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CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO IMMIGRATION.

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This, however, will necessarily involve the expenditure of a considerable sum yearly ; and the Committee think it is probable that, in the interests of your Colony, and in the promotion of the emigration you require, your Government might be willing to afford pecuniary assistance in carrying out the plan. If the various Colonies were to assure the Committee, say, £100 per annum each, for the establishment of such a central bureau in the metropolis, the Committee cannot doubt that the money would be well employed in respect to the promotion of eligible emigrants thereto. I am, therefore, to request your consideration of the subject, and beg you to bring it under the notice of your Government. I have, &c. The Colonial Secretary, New Zealand. J. Standisii Halt.

Enclosure 2 in No. 5. The Hon. W. Gisboene to Mr. J. S. Halt. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sib,— Wellington, 9th March, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th December last, enclosing a Circular, with copy of Resolutions, issued by the Committee of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund at London, and requesting that the subject of emigration of the unemployed in London may receive the attention of this Government. In reply, I have to inform you that copies of your letter and its enclosure will be sent to the New Zealand Commissioners in London, and also laid before the General Assembly. J. S. Hally, Esq., I have, &c, Secretary of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, W. Gisborne. 15 Cockspur Street, London, E.C.