Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 22

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✨ Immigration Regulations



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a.m. from the 1st September to the 31st March inclusive, and at 7 a.m. from the 1st of April to the 31st August, and must sweep and clean out the berths and floors before 8 o’clock a.m.

  1. Immigrants will be expected to air their bedding daily, and observe strict cleanliness at all times.

  2. Every Immigrant will be required to muster at 8 o’clock a.m. daily.

  3. All slops must be carried to the places appointed for that purpose.

  4. No Immigrant will be permitted to write upon, nor in any way to damage any of the buildings.

  5. No fire or light shall be kept burning in any room in the Barracks after 9 p.m., except under the direction of the Immigration Officer.

  6. All Immigrants accommodated in the Barracks must be in their rooms by 9 o’clock p.m., at which time the Barracks will be closed for the night.

  7. No smoking will be allowed at any time within the Barracks.

  8. No Immigrant will be allowed to remain on Government Rations or in the Barracks longer than forty-eight hours after obtaining employment, except with the permission, in writing, of the Immigration Officer.

  9. Any person who shall use obscene language, become intoxicated, or violate any of the above rules, will be immediately expelled from the Barracks.

  10. No person will be permitted to remain in the Barracks after he shall have been directed to leave the same by the Immigration Officer, or by some person duly authorized by him.

REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE HIRING OF EMIGRANTS.

  1. Applications for married couples or single men should be made to the Overseer. It is his duty to point out such Immigrants as are of the class sought for, and generally to assist employers in making the necessary arrangements. It is his duty to see that no unreasonable engagement is made by an employer, and that no reasonable offer is refused by an Immigrant.

  2. Applications for single females should be made to the Matron. It is her duty to point out those who are of the class sought for, and generally to assist employers in making agreements, and to see that no reasonable offer is refused by an Immigrant.

  3. If any unreasonable offer be made by an Employer, the Overseer or Matron of the department must report the circumstance to the Immigration Officer, who, if necessary, will warn and advise the Immigrant.

  4. Any employer unknown to the Overseer or Immigration Officer may be requested to bring an introduction from a respectable householder.

  5. All agreements shall be written out and signed in books kept for that purpose.

  6. Any Immigrant who refuses a reasonable offer of service will be required to leave at once. The fact of such refusal should be reported to the Immigration Officer without delay.

  7. Immigrants who have accepted service must leave the Barracks without delay, and cannot be re-admitted.

  8. No Officer in the Immigration Department is permitted to engage Servants for other persons.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

ALEXANDER BACK,

Immigration Officer.



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🛂 Regulations for Immigrants in Barracks

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