✨ Immigration Apprenticeship Regulations
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1842,
Published by Authority.
VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 1842. [No. 45]
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st November, 1842,
IMMIGRANT BOYS ARRIVED PER
ST. GEORGE,
HIS EXCELLENCY the OFFICER Administer-
ing the Government, directs it to be no-
tified, that the undermentioned Immigrant Boys,
who have been selected by the Visitors of the
Parkhurst Prison, and approved by Her Majesty,
as eligible for pardons, on the condition of Emi-
gration to New Zealand, and apprenticeship for
a certain period in the Colony, have arrived by
the St. George.
Under Instructions received from the Right
Honorable the Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, regarding their disposal, these
Boys will be apprenticed to persons desirous of
obtaining them, who shall, after due enquiry, be
found fit and proper persons to be entrusted
with such a charge.
In order further to explain the views of Her
Majesty's Government in sanctioning the Emi-
gration of these Boys to this Colony, His Excel-
lency has commanded the publication of the fol-
lowing Extracts from the Regulations drawn up
by the Visitors of the above Prison, for the
guidance of the Local Government, when re-
commending them for the indulgence which has
been granted by Her Majesty.
Rule 9th. That in placing out the Boys,
reference be had as much as possible to the
Trades in which they have been instructed dur-
ing their confinement at Parkhurst.
10th. That the Governor be required to place
the Apprentices with those Settlers only in whose
respectability and character there is reason to
confide; and to give the preference, in the first
instance, to Masters who reside within such a
distance from the seat of Government, as to
admit of their being frequently seen by a Go-
vernment Officer.
11th. That the Governor be required to
appoint a competent person as Guardian of the
Boys so apprenticed.
12th. That the Guardian shall visit the Boys
once every four months; ascertain their treat-
ment, investigate their complaints, and commu-
nicate immediately with the Governor whenever
any case occurs which calls for his prompt in-
terference.
13th. That the Guardian render assistance
to the Boys in procuring situations, or employ-
ment at the end of their apprenticeship.
14th. That the Guardian make a report to
the Governor every six months, and also a gene-
ral report at the end of the year, stating the
condition of each individual, the working of the
apprenticeship system, and the manner in which
the Boys dispose of themselves at the expiration
of their apprenticeship.
15th. That the Governor be required to trans-
mit these several reports of the Guardian to the
Colonial Office half yearly, with such remarks
as he may consider advisable.
17th. That the period from which the Ap-
prentices are bound, be at the discretion of the
Governor: provided, however, that no Boy be
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🛂 Arrival and Apprenticeship Regulations for Parkhurst Immigrant Boys
🛂 Immigration1 November 1842
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