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SOUTHLAND
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. I.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1863. [No. 60.]
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, September 23, 1863,
IT is hereby notified that I have appointed
Theophilus Heale, Esq., J.P.,
to be a Visiting Justice to the Gaol in
Southland.
J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, September 22, 1863.
IT is hereby notified that
T. K. Weldon, Esq.,
is appointed to be Commissioner of Police
for the Province of Southland.
J. A. R. Menzies,
Superintendent.
INSTRUCTIONS TO EMIGRATION AGENTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
- Persons desirous of obtaining Assisted Passages to the Province of Southland in vessels under contract with the Provincial Government, may receive assistance on the following conditions:
(1.) Persons who shall produce to the Emigration Agents satisfactory testimonials of character, shall receive assistance to an amount equal to half the passage money, upon granting a promissory note for that amount, payable to the Treasurer of the Province of Southland, and who if able-bodied, men, shall moreover sign an agreement to work, if required, in the employment of the Government of Southland for a period of four months after landing in the Province, at the current rate of wages for the time being. Such promissory notes shall be payable on demand, but unless such passenger dispute the debt, or attempt to leave the Province, or forsake the employment of the Government without its consent, before the expiry of their term of agreement, payment will be required only by instalments, withheld in the case of able-bodied men from their current Monthly Wages, and extending over the term of their engagement.
(2.) Such assisted passages will be afforded only to Mechanics, Labouring Men, and Female Domestic Servants. No person above fifty years of age, unless a member of a large family nor any single man above forty years of age shall be so assisted; nor shall any person receive such assistance unless approved of by the Emigration Agent.
(3.) The rate of passage money is fixed until further notice at £15 10s. per
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1863, No 60
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⚖️ Appointment of Visiting Justice to the Gaol
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 September 1863
Appointment, Visiting Justice, Gaol, Southland
- Theophilus Heale (Esquire), Appointed Visiting Justice to the Gaol
- J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent
⚖️ Appointment of Commissioner of Police
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement22 September 1863
Appointment, Commissioner of Police, Southland
- T. K. Weldon (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner of Police
- J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent
🛂 Instructions to Emigration Agents
🛂 ImmigrationEmigration, Assisted Passages, Mechanics, Labourers, Domestic Servants, Southland