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4. Expenses connected loith Landing Immigrants. All expenses for landing, wharfage, and carriage of immigrants' luggage to the depots, are authorized. 5. Medical Attendance. Necessary medical attendance for immigrants whilst in the depot, or under maintenance by the Government, is authorized. 6. Occasional Pecuniary Assistance. Pecuniary assistance is authorized in exceptional circumstances, such as want of means to proceed to place where employment is offered, loss of luggage, insufficient outfit to suit climate. Promissory notes should in such cases he taken for the amounts advanced. 7. Advertising and Printing. Advertisements in the local newspapers, of class of immigrants requiring employment, and of hiring days, are authorized. I have, &c, His Honor the Superintendent, Auckland. Julitts Vogel.

TAKANAKX No. 5. His Honor the Superintendent, Taranaki, to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — Superintendent's Office, New Plymouth, sth December, 1873. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 16th October, 1873, together with a copy of an Order in Council, 15th October, 1873, establishing a system of free emigration to the Colony, and asking my co-operation with the General Government in their endeavours to bring population into the country ; also, copies of forms to be used by persons nominating their friends, which forms you ask me to have circulated, &c. In reply, I beg leave to say that I shall have great pleasure if I can in any way assist the Government in bringing population into the Colony. The forms have been, and will again from time to time be, distributed as desired. I have seen the Immigration Officer, and I need only say that we will do all in our power to aid the views and wishes of the General Government in peopling the country. I have, &c, P. A. Carrington, The Hon. Julius Vogel, C.M.G., &c, Wellington. Superintendent.

No. 6. The Hon. the Minister for Immigration to His Honor the Superintendent, Taranaki. Sir, — Immigration Office, Wellington, 22nd December, 1873. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 73, of the sth instant, and am gratified with your Honor's assurance that you will cordially co-operate with the General Government in the introduction and settlement of immigrants. I have to inform you that I shall be prepared to sanction expenditure upon immigration in your Province which may come under the following heads and conditions. Vouchers for the same, properly substantiated by your Honor, will be duly recognized : — 1. Local Staffs. —Immigration Officer, £25. If circumstances render it necessary at some future time to increase the staff, every consideration will be given to your Honor's recommendations to this effect. 2. Repairs to Depot. —The requisite repairs to the depot, as estimated by the District Engineer, are authorized, as well as any necessary expenditure to keep it in a serviceable condition. Pending the receipt of advices of a shipment of emigrants direct to New Plymouth, I do not think it necessary to enter into the subject of settlement in the out-districts. I enclose for your information copy of a letter* which I transmitted to the Agent-General by the mail of 24th November ultimo, relative to immigration to Taranaki. I have,"&c, His Honor the Superintendent, Taranaki. Julius Vooel.

HAWKE'S BAY. No. 7. His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay, to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — Superintendent's Office, Napier, 22nd October, 1873. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your printed letter of the 14th instant, stating the terms upon which the Government is desirous of arranging with the Provincial Governments for the charge of immigrants on their arrival in the Provinces, and inquiring whether I will take such charge in the Province of Hawke's Bay, upon the conditions named in your letter. In the first place, I desire to express my readiness to co-operate and assist to the utmost of my power in giving effect to the immigration scheme, and with such view I will undertake the charge of immigrants, on their arrival in this Province, on the conditions named. With respect to those con- * This letter is printed in D.—l., 1874, p. 13.