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1. Local Staff (Vote 88 upon Estimates). Immigration Officer ... ... ... ... ... ... £50 (This amount may be, if thought necessary, extended to £100.) Inspector of Scandinavians, Seventy-Mile Bush ... ... ... 100 Barrack-Master and Matron ... ... ... ... ... 30 Two Schoolmasters in Seventy-Mile Bush ... ... ... ... 160 (This amount may be, if thought necessary, extended to £200.) Messenger ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 2. Repairs to Barracks (Vote 95 upon Estimates). The barracks are authorized to be kept in good serviceable state of repair, so as to be fit at any time for the reception and maintenance of immigrants. Authority for any substantial alterations must be obtained from the Minister. 3. Maintenance of Immigrants in Barracks. Under ordinary circumstances, maintenance for immigrants is authorized for one week after arrival, by which time they may be supposed to find work. Single men should certainly, except under exceptional circumstances, not require to remain in barracks after that period, but further time may be allowed to married people with families. 4>. Expenses connected with Landing Immigrants. All expenses are authorized for landing, wharfage, cartage, &c, connected with the landing of immigrants, and conveyance of themselves and their baggage to the barracks. 5. Forwarding Immigrants to Out-districts. A moderate expenditure for this purpose is authorized in cases where difficulty occurs in freely disposing of the immigrants at head-quarters. 6. Depots up Country. Should it be deemed advisable, in the promotion of the settlement of newly-arrived immigrants, to establish a depot or depots up country, and the Provincial Government be disposed to defray a portion of the cost, proposals will bo favourably entertained for the establishment and maintenance of such depots. 7. Medical Attendance. Necessary medical attendance for immigrants in barracks is authorized. It is suggested that it may be more economical to make an arrangement by the year with some medical man. Funeral expenses of immigrants dying in barracks are also authorized. 8. Occasional Pecuniary Assistance to Immigrants. Pecuniary assistance is authorized in exceptional circumstances — e.g., want of means to proceed to place where employment is offered, loss of baggage, insufficient outfit to suit climate. Promissory notes should in these cases be taken. 9. Settlement of Scandinavians in Seventy-Mile Bush. Expenditure is authorized for forwarding fresh arrivals to the villages, and for settling them on their land; the present arrangements for repayment being continued. 10. Gratuities to Officers of Ships. These amounts are authorized in accordance with advices received in each case from the AgentGeneral, and subject to your being satisfied with the conduct of the officers. 11. Advertising and Printing. Advertisements in the local papers, of expected arrivals and class of expected immigrants, also as to hiring days, are authorized. Also the printing of notices necessary to promote the distribution of immigrants. I hare, Ac, His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay. Julius Tooeli.

WELLINGTON. No. 10. His Honor the Superintendent, "Wellington, to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sic, — Superintendent's Office, "Wellington, 7th November, 1873. In reply to your letter of this date, directing my attention to your printed circular of the 14th ultimo, and requesting me to favour you with a reply thereto at my earliest convenience, I beg to state that had it not been for an unforeseen pressure of business of various kinds and of a pressing character, your letter would have received a reply before this. But the importance of the proposals it contains requires that it should be submitted to the Provincial Executive, and receive careful consideration. "Under the circumstances to which I have referred, this has hitherto been impossible, nor do I see any prospect of being able to furnish you with a definite reply until after the Session of the Provincial Council. I can assure you that it is from no disrespect to yourself, or indifference to the subject you proposa for consideration, that the delay you bring under my notice has occurred. I have, &c, "William Fttzheebeet, The Hon. J. Vogel, Minister for Immigration, "Wellington. Superintendent.