ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 25, 18 October 1873, Page 10

ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS.

One hundred and sixty-one immigrants, equal to 131£ statute adults, arrived at Otago, ex the Dover Castle, all well. The hiring took place at the Immigration Barracks, and tlie wages were as follows : — Cooks and household servants, £30 to £40 a year and found ; the demand being greatly in excess of the supply. Farm laborers found ready employment at £1 a, week aid kept. A number of mechanics are still open for employment. The sanitaTy arrangements of the Barracks are excellent. Speak'ng of the immirrnts by the Celestial Queen, which arrived at Lyttelton, a Christchurch journal 8:n s : — The Immigration Barracks were thrown open to employers of labour at ten o'clock yesterday morning, end in a vpry short time the whole of the 150 immigrants ■who arrived by the Celrstisil Queen found employment, with the exception of three families. The rates of wages given were as follows : — Mnrried couples, £55 to £65 prr annum and found, or £78 with house only ; single men, £40 to £50 per annum and found ; single women, *120 to L 25 per anm?m and found ; carpenters, 10s per day. In almost every engagement of m ivried couples and single farm laborers a bonus of £10 was offered if the person or persons engaged remain not le>s than twelve months with the employer making the engagement.