Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 5

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✨ Immigration and Port Statistics

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1857.

THE following Statement of Accepted and Rejected Tenders is published for general information.

Description of service Tendered for	Names of Parties Tendering	Amount of Accepted Tender	Amount of Rejected Tender
		£ s. d	£ s. d
For the introduction into the Province of Wellington from Great Britain of a number of Immigrants equal to 2000 statute adults at £* head .......................	William Lyon	14 10 0
For do. do. do.	Hickson & Co.		17 18 0
For do. do. do.	Stuart, Kinross & Co		16 17 6
For do. do. do.	Wilson & Co.		18 0 0
For 1000 and under 2000 .........			18 18 0
For any number under 1000 .......			19 17 0
For a number equal to 300 adults	Worsley & Co.		17 17 6

William Fitzherbert,
Provincial Secretary.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wanganui between the Quarters ending the 31st December, 1855 and 1856.

| Arrivals from | 1855 | | 1856 | | Departures to | 1855 | | 1856 | |
| | Ships | Tons | Ships | Tons | | Ships | Tons | Ships | Tons |
| Great Britain ........ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Great Britain ....... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New South Wales ...... | 1 | 78 | 1 | 24 | New South Wales .... | 2 | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| Victoria ............. | 2 | 152 | 0 | 0 | Victoria ............ | 1 | 93 | 2 | 234 |
| Coastwise ............ | 14 | 341 | 7 | 294 | Coastwise ............ | 13 | 307 | 7 | 204 |
| Total ............ | 17 | 571 | 8 | 418 | Total ............ | 16 | 561 | 9 | 438 |

Custom House, Wanganui
14th February, 1857.

D. S. Durie,
Acting Sub Collector of Customs.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 5

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛂 Statement of Accepted and Rejected Tenders for Immigration Services

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated27 February 1857
KeywordsImmigration, Tenders, Wellington Province, William Lyon, Hickson & Co., Stuart Kinross & Co., Wilson & Co., Worsley & Co.
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

William Lyon, Accepted tender for immigration services
Hickson, Rejected tender for immigration services
Kinross, Rejected tender for immigration services
Stuart, Rejected tender for immigration services
Wilson, Rejected tender for immigration services
Worsley, Rejected tender for immigration services

👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

🚂 Comparative Return of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wanganui

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated14 February 1857
KeywordsPort statistics, Arrivals, Departures, Wanganui, Ships, Tons, Great Britain, New South Wales, Victoria, Coastwise
👩‍💼 Officials

D. S. Durie, Acting Sub Collector of Customs

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