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This Proclamation shall regulate the number of days during which the Ship "be provided wholly by Steam alone."
| If the Ship be provided by Sails alone. | If the Ship be provided wholly or in part by Steam Engines. |
|---|---|
| To any Islands in the Pacific Ocean ... | Days. 50 |
| To North or South America ............ | 80 |
| To New South Wales .................... | 40 |
| To Van Diemen’s Land ................. | 40 |
| To Victoria ........................... | 50 |
| To South Australia .................... | 60 |
This Proclamation shall take effect from and after the day of the date hereof.
Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Government House, at Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, in the Islands aforesaid, this thirteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-two.
G. GREY,
Governor-in-Chief.
By His Excellency’s command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.
God Save the Queen!
Civil Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, December 29th, 1852.
HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct that the following Despatch relative to the “Passengers Act,” of the 15th and 16th Vic. cap. 44, should be published for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.
(Circular.)
Downing Street,
12th August, 1852.
Sir,—My attention having been lately drawn to a case in which an Emigrant vessel bound for Victoria, appears to have taken some additional parties on board after having finally cleared at the Port of Liverpool, I have to instruct you as private emigration has now so largely increased to the Australian Colonies, to impress upon the Emigration Officers, at the out Ports of the Colony under your Government, the duty of strictly watching all Emigrant ships which may arrive, and of ascertaining whether the provisions of the Passengers Act have been duly observed on the voyage, and that there are no Emigrants on board who are not on the Master’s List, nor more than the ship can legally carry.
I enclose for your information, and in order that Emigration Officers under you may have the means of making themselves acquainted with its provisions the accompanying copies of the new Act, which will come into operation on the 1st of October next.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JOHN S. PAKINGTON.
Governor Sir George Grey,
K.C.B., &c., &c.
Civil Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, December 29th, 1852.
HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct that the following Despatches in reference to the desertion of Seamen from Merchant Vessels, be published for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.
(Circular.)
Downing Street,
30th June, 1852.
Sir,—I transmit herewith for your information and guidance the copy of a letter and of its enclosures, from the Secretary to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, upon the subject of a doubt which had arisen in the Colony of Victoria, whether a Merchant Seaman who had been convicted and imprisoned for Desertion from his ship, was not thereby released from his engagements.
You will perceive from the accompanying copy of a Report from the Law Officers of the Crown, that they are of opinion that a Merchant Seaman is not.
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New Munster Gazette 1852, No 32
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Proclamation regarding the length of passenger ship voyages
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 December 1852
Proclamation, Passengers’ Act, 1852, Voyages, Passenger ships
- G. Grey, Governor-in-Chief
- ALFRED DOMETT, Civil Secretary
🏛️ Despatch regarding the Passengers Act
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration29 December 1852
Despatch, Passengers Act, Emigration, Emigrant vessels
- ALFRED DOMETT, Civil Secretary
- JOHN S. PAKINGTON
- Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
🏛️ Despatches regarding the desertion of Seamen from Merchant Vessels
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration29 December 1852
Despatch, Merchant Seamen, Desertion, Merchant Vessels
- ALFRED DOMETT, Civil Secretary