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Enclosure 2 in No. 4. The Hon. Mr. Dick to Dr. Stephenson. Sic, — Immigration Office, Wellington, sth February, 1883. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th January, which was written from Auckland prior to your departure from New Zealand, respecting the introduction to the colony of young persons trained in the institutions under your care in England. In reply, I have to state that I am prepared, on behalf of the Government, to render you the same facilities for introducing a limited number of young persons from the Homes conducted by you as are extended to persons who are nominated for passages by their friends in the colony. There is, however some difference in the terms submitted in your letter and those which I understand were agreed to at the interview you had with me at Wellington. I understood that the terms upon which you wanted the young people brought out were that a certain number, not exceeding twenty, should be nominated by friends of the institution who are at present in the colony. For instance, Mr. Izett and Mr. Twentyman were to send nominations from Canterbury, and other persons to be named by you were to send nominations from other parts of the colony. In your letter you request that the Agent-General may be informed that the Government approves of young persons from the Home being accepted as emigrants, and that he may be reqtiested to promote your wishes in the matter; and, further, that free passages may be granted to the young people to the extent of, say, twenty each year. I think you will admit that it could not be expected that the Government would undertake the responsibility of sending on its own account for any of the young people brought up in the Home, and undertaking to find employment for them after arrival in the colony. Further, it would not be right to afford this class of emigrants more liberal terms than are accorded to nominated immigrants generally. The terms upon which the Immigration Department will provide passages for a limited number of young persons to be sent out by you (say to the extent of twenty) are — (1) that they shall be nominated on the form of nomination by calling, by responsible persons in the colony, who will take charge of them immediately on their arrival and provide them with employment; and (2) that payment shall be made, either at the time of nomination in the colony, or to the Agent-General in London, before passages are granted, at the rates at which ordinary nominations are received. Copies of this correspondence will be forwarded to the Agent-General by the first mail, with a request that, upon the stipulated terms being complied with, and upon his being satisfied as to the general fitness of the nominees, he will provide passages for a number of young persons not exceeding twenty, to be selected by you on the nomination of r«sidents in the colony. I have, &c, Eev. Dr. Stephenson, Bonner Eoad, London. Thomas Dick.

No. 5. The Hon. the Minister of Immigration to the Agent-Genebal. Sib, — Immigration Office, Wellington, 24th March, 1883. I have the honour to forward herewith an abstract showing the proportion of nominations according to nationalities made in the colony to the present time, and forwarded to you in the ordinary course. You will, no doubt, have observed that the proportions have not been in accordance with the scheme laid down in 1878, but, in consequence of the number of nominations in favour of single women, the Government have not thought it desirable to take any action in this office to more closely regulate the proportions. I am, of course, as yet without information as to the proportion in which the nominations sent to you have been acted upon, and I have refrained from authorizing passages for other than nominated persons, as it would be unwise to increase the numbers to arrive during the winter months. In view, however, of the fact that nominations are decreasing, and that it will be desirable to maintain a steady stream of immigration during the spring and summer, I have To" inform you that the Government will authorize the careful selection of a limited number of emigrants over and above those nominated sufficient to maintain the average to the extent contemplated by the appropriations of Parliament; the number to arrive annually being, as you are aware, about 5,000. The Government leave you to exercise your discretion in adjusting the despatch of emigrants month by month according to circumstances. I am aware there is greater difficulty in obtaining emigrants in the United Kingdom during the summer months than there is during winter, but probably this will not materially affect your operations. With regard to the class of emigrants to be shipped, you have already been authorized to send '1,000 single women in excess of those that are nominated, should you be able to obtain them, and I note with satisfaction that you have thought it right to send a number of girls as reported in your letter No. 7, of the 20th January last. Of other classes of emigrants, those whom you may select should be chosen, firstly, with a view of adjusting the proportion of nationalities, and, secondly, with a view to settlement in agricultural districts, that is, to give preference to a class of persons used to agricultural pursuits. The payment to be madeFby those whom you may select for passages outside those nominated should be on the .same scale as that prescribed for immigrants nominated in the colony, which practically would~make the cost to those who come to New Zealand about the same as that of going to America or other countries which are at present attracting immigrants. This may be accepted as a general instruction, subject however to such modification as circumstances may seem to call for in individual cases.

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