Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 20

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✨ Immigration Fund Statements

STATEMENT,

Shewing the amount of Immigration Fund supplied by private means, in proportion to that voted by the Government under the present system of Immigration.

	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Sum originally voted ...	10,000 0 0
Sent to England since* ...	1,000 0 0
		11,000 0 0
Paid in Cash by Immigrants in England ...	1,697 7 6
Paid in Bills of Exchange by Colonists, assisting their friends to emigrate ...	1,585 15 0
Paid in Promissory Notes by Immigrants one year after arrival ...	3,640 12 6
		6,923 15 0
Total sum produced by the vote...		£ 17,923 15 0

* This is not the whole amount sent home, but it is the whole which has been used in sending out the ships hitherto arrived in the Colony.

STATEMENT,

Shewing the amount of Bills of Exchange drawn by Persons in the Colony to assist their friends to Emigrate.

	£ s. d.
Amount already used ...	1,585 15 0
Amount not yet applied for passage of the persons for whose benefit the Bills were drawn ...	3,560 5 0
	*£ 5,146 0 0**

* NOTE.—This amount represents the extent to which the resident Colonists are willing and can afford to assist their friends in England to emigrate. But it is not to be inferred that the whole of this will be used. The Bills are drawn for half the passage money reckoning it at £24 a head but if it costs less, the Government remit the difference to the Bill drawer. Besides which, some of the Bills are never used, the parties for whose benefit they are drawn neglecting or declining to take advantage of them.

STATEMENT,

Compiled from returns in the Secretary's Office; shewing the number of Persons who have received assisted passages, since the application of the £10,000 to Immigration.

| SHIP. | ADULTS. | CHILDREN. | TOTALS. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| "Grasmere" ... | 40 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 92 |
| "Caroline Agnes" ... | 63 | 63 | 29 | 21 | 176 |
| "Cashmere" ... | 57 | 42 | 39 | 21 | 159 |
| "Isabella Hercus" ... | 46 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 129 |
| "Sir Edward Paget" ... | 62 | 59 | 27 | 20 | 168 |
| Total... | 268 | 221 | 134 | 101 | 724 |

JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary.

PRINTED BY J. WILLIS AT THE "STANDARD" OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.

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💰 Statement of Immigration Fund Sources

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
KeywordsImmigration Fund, Private Contributions, Government Vote, Financial Statement

💰 Statement of Bills of Exchange for Emigration Assistance

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
KeywordsBills of Exchange, Emigration Assistance, Financial Statement

🛂 Statement of Assisted Passages

Domain🛂 Immigration
KeywordsAssisted Passages, Immigration, Ship Arrivals, Passenger Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

Joseph Brittan, Provincial Secretary

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