Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 28

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✨ Immigration Notices



NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary

VOL. X.] FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1863. [No. 28]

IMMIGRATION.

Superintendent's Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1863.

  1. The Provincial Government having made arrangements for a line of Emigration from Great Britain to Wellington, persons desirous of availing themselves of it on behalf of relatives or friends, are requested to make application in writing to this office; particularising the names, probable ages, callings, and places of residence of the proposed Emigrants.

  2. The Rate of Passage Money will be fixed until further notice at £15 (fifteen pounds) per statute adult.

  3. Applicants may at the time of making their application either pay £12 (twelve pounds) per adult, as the whole amount of their contribution, or pay half the passage money, giving security for the payment of the other moiety on arrival of the party sent for, with the understanding that on payment of the last mentioned moiety at the time above specified, they will be entitled to a bonus of £3 (three pounds) per adult, but not otherwise.

  4. In case of any Emigrant applied for accepting the offer of a passage in a particular ship, but not presenting himself for embarkation at the time and place appointed by the Agent in England for the sailing of such vessel, and so being left behind, one half of the passage money will be forfeited.

  5. In the event of any of the parties applied for declining to emigrate, the amount deposited in this office will be returned, so soon as the English Agent shall have apprised the Provincial Government thereof.

  6. All ships employed in this service being under the provisions of the "Passenger Act," every means will be used to secure the comfort and welfare of the passengers.

JOHN KNOWLES,
Immigration Clerk.



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🛂 Emigration Arrangements from Great Britain to Wellington

🛂 Immigration
1 June 1863
Emigration, Passage Money, Arrangements, Wellington, Great Britain
  • John Knowles, Immigration Clerk