AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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[Republished from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 55 dated 12th October, 1871.]

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 25th October, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that the Chairman of the First Meeting of the Ratepayers of the Cambridge North Township Highway District has reported in writing to the Superintendent the names of the under-mentioned persons, duly elected as Members of the District Board:

James Hally,
Hugh Campbell,
Hugh M. D. Pearson,
John Runciman,
Andrew Robinson.

Joseph May,
Deputy-Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 20th October, 1871.

I HEREBY notify that the several Chairmen of the after-named District Boards under "The Highways Act, 1871," have reported in writing to the Superintendent the names of the under-mentioned persons duly appointed members of those Boards respectively, to supply vacancies:

Hamilton East Township—Isaac Coates, and Robert Williamson, vice Phillip Le Quesne, and John K. McDonald, resigned.
Wairoa—David Shaw junior, and William Clow, vice Henry Worthington and Alexander Crawford, resigned.

Hugh H. Lusk,
Provincial Secretary.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 26th October, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of "The Highways Act, 1871," that certified copies of the Assessment Lists for the Hamilton,
Maketu,
Waikomiti,
Matakana,
Matakohe, and
Town of Ngaruawahia
Highway Districts respectively, have been forwarded to this Office.

Hugh H. Lusk,
Provincial Secretary.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 26th October, 1871.

THE names of the undermentioned persons, appointed Collectors of Rates for the Highway Districts set opposite their respective names, have been reported to this Office:

Papakura—James Ballantine.
Ruarangi—John James.
Wainui—Alfred Wm. Baker.
Upper Mahurangi—William Charles Macklow.

Hugh H. Lusk,
Provincial Secretary.

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

REGULATIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS INTO THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

ANY person residing in Europe desirous of obtaining an assisted passage to the Province of Auckland in vessels under contract to proceed to any port of that Province, may receive assistance on the following terms:

1. The Government will afford to small farmers and agricultural labourers assistance equal in amount to one-half the passage money.

2. Assisted passages will be granted to such persons only as shall be approved by the Agent-General of the Colony in England acting under instructions from the Colonial Government.

3. No single man above the age of 50 years, and no person above 60 years of age, shall under any circumstances receive an assisted passage.

4. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passages must satisfy the Agent-General that they are in good health, and bear good characters.

5. Free passages will be provided for single women between the ages of 15 and 35, accustomed to domestic service, who shall produce satisfactory proof of good character.

6. In certain other cases free passages may be granted upon conditions, of which the Agent-General in England will from time to time be advised.

REGULATIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF IMMIGRANTS INTO THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND UPON THE NOMINATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN.

1. Any person resident in the Province of Auckland desirous of nominating friends in Europe for passages to that Province, may do so on payment at the time of making such application of £7 10s. in respect of each adult male, of £5 in respect of each adult female, and of £3 for each child between the ages of one and twelve years. These rates include the passage from the port of embarkation to Auckland only; the cost of reaching such port must be defrayed by the immigrants themselves.

2. Free passages may be granted upon application by friends in the Province to single women between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, accustomed to domestic service, and able to produce satisfactory proof of good character to the Agent-General in London.

3. In the event of any immigrants applied for declining to immigrate, whatever money may have been deposited on their account with the Government, will be returned so soon as the Agent-General shall have apprised the Government of such refusal. But in the event of any immigrants applied for accepting the offer of a passage in a particular ship, and failing to embark at the time and place appointed by the Agent-General in England for the sailing of such ship, or inform him in good time of their inability to do so, their passage money will be forfeited.

4. All the ships employed in this service shall be under the provisions of the Passenger Act.

5. In all cases the Agent-General shall have the power to refuse passages where the intending immigrants are in ill health, or unfitted, in his judgment, to undertake the voyage, provided that in such cases all deposits shall be repaid.

6. Applications for passages must be addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Auckland, in the following form, viz: