Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 4

Page 20

✨ Immigration Reports and Accounts



20

and the proper allowance made to them.

  1. Schedules of persons embarked must be forwarded in duplicate to the Immigration Secretary, Nelson, one copy being sent in the vessel itself.

  2. Copies of Schedules transmitted from Nelson, must be retransmitted with a statement opposite the names of each person sent for, as to whether they have sailed or not, and if not the reason to be stated, and as often as an opportunity offers the agent will advise the Commissioners beforehand of the number and names of the persons about to proceed in any vessel, and the probable date of sailing.

  3. When necessary proper bonds for securing the repayment of the passage money to the Commissioners of any person whose passage has not been guaranteed in the colony, to be taken by the agent, and forwarded to Nelson in duplicate.

  4. Certified lists of the names and ages of persons actually embarked with the amount of passage money payable on account of same to be forwarded to Mr. Tyler and the Immigration Secretary, Nelson.

Lastly. Every precaution is to be taken by the agent to secure the comfort and well-being of the emigrants.

During the past year applications have been forwarded for 136 persons, which added to the 169 sent for previous to that date make a total of 305 souls; out of that number 97 had arrived per ships Anne Longton, Bride, and Wild Duck, reducing the number to 208 souls equal to about 186 adults, the cost of whose passage, at the present rate charged in England, would amount to £3,441, as shown in the statement of Liabilities.

The above estimate of the cost of passage money is made at £18 10s. per adult; this is considered high, but by the last mail a letter was received by the Commissioners from Mr. Tytler, informing them of a general rise in freights of from 20 to 25 per cent. and that passages could not be obtained for less than the amount stated.

On reference to the annexed Returns it will be seen that the total passage money repaid during the year amounted to £742 14s. 9d., and that the balance in hand is £2,971 7s. 3d., the Commissioners will, therefore, with the instalments coming due, have sufficient funds at their disposal to enable them to carry on the Immigration requisite for the Province, without the assistance of vote from Provincial Funds.

J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.

Statement of RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the Commissioners of IMMIGRATION, Nelson, during the Year ended 31st March, 1861.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.
Passage Money repaid ... 742 13 9 Salary.
Secretary to Board ... 50 0 0
Immigration.
Moiety of Passage Money of Immigrants per Anne Longton, Bride, and Wild Duck ... 609 13 0
Ditto of Immigrants from Adelaide... 70 0 0
Gratuities to Captains and Surgeons 83 0 0
Miscellaneous.
Stationery, Advertising, &c. ... 4 15 0
Total Receipts..... 742 13 9 £ 817 8 0
Balance from last Year ... 2,560 17 11 Balance to next year ... 2,486 3 8
£ 3,303 11 8 £ 3,303 11 8

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Immigration Secretary.

Immigration Office, Nelson,
May 1, 1861.



Next Page →

PDF Highlighting: "Alfred Greenfield"



Online Sources for this page:

PDF — PDF Nelson Provincial Gazette 1861, No 4




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛂 Report of the Commissioners of Immigration of the Province of Nelson (continued from previous page)

🛂 Immigration
Immigration, Commissioners, Shipping, Emigrants, Nelson, Passage Money
  • Mr. Tyler, Recipient of immigration lists
  • Mr. Tytler, Correspondent regarding freight rates

  • J. P. Robinson, Superintendent

🛂 Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners of Immigration, Nelson

🛂 Immigration
1 May 1861
Immigration, Financial Statement, Receipts, Expenditure, Nelson
  • Alfred Greenfield, Immigration Secretary