Assorted documents, Immigration
Production date
1873
1878
Object detail
Brief Description
Assorted official documents relating to immigration.
a) Undated list of Rates of Wages, including: Tradesmen, per day of 8 hours; Farm and Station Hands; Female Labour; Domestic Servants; Prices of Provisions. The list is in alphabetical order of occupation under each heading, with a list of wages and a column for remarks.
b) Blank birth and death certificates. Signed by the Surgeon-Superintendent and the Immigration Officer.
c) Instructions to the Surgeon-Superintendent of Emigrant Ships of the Government of New Zealand, dated 1873.
d) Immigration, Further Letters from the Agent-General, dated 1878 and presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. Most pages are missing.
e) Memorandum from Treasury, dated 1 June 1878.
f) Memorandum from Treasury, dated 27 May 1879.
g) Advertisement calling for Tenders for the Conveyance of Immigrants and Cargo to New Zealand for twelve months commencing 8 May 1878. The bound packet includes: the title page; Tender for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo; Acceptance of Tender for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo to New Zealand; Bond; Conditions of Contract for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo, general conditions; Schedule of food rations over the course of a week; list of medicines, etcetera, required for every 100 passengers; and other regulations regarding necessary supplies for passengers during the voyage.
a) Undated list of Rates of Wages, including: Tradesmen, per day of 8 hours; Farm and Station Hands; Female Labour; Domestic Servants; Prices of Provisions. The list is in alphabetical order of occupation under each heading, with a list of wages and a column for remarks.
b) Blank birth and death certificates. Signed by the Surgeon-Superintendent and the Immigration Officer.
c) Instructions to the Surgeon-Superintendent of Emigrant Ships of the Government of New Zealand, dated 1873.
d) Immigration, Further Letters from the Agent-General, dated 1878 and presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. Most pages are missing.
e) Memorandum from Treasury, dated 1 June 1878.
f) Memorandum from Treasury, dated 27 May 1879.
g) Advertisement calling for Tenders for the Conveyance of Immigrants and Cargo to New Zealand for twelve months commencing 8 May 1878. The bound packet includes: the title page; Tender for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo; Acceptance of Tender for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo to New Zealand; Bond; Conditions of Contract for Conveyance of Emigrants and Cargo, general conditions; Schedule of food rations over the course of a week; list of medicines, etcetera, required for every 100 passengers; and other regulations regarding necessary supplies for passengers during the voyage.
Production date
1873
1878
1878
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Paper with mostly ink handwriting and black ink printing.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 345 x 210mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject date
1873
Other number(s)
70641
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