[1862] - Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1862 - [Front matter]

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

E. J. MONNERY

Clothiers and General Outfitting Warehousemen,

TO ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE,

No. 165, FENCHURCH STREET, E. C.

Bedding, &c., requisite for a First-class Passenger.

Bedding &c., requisite for a Second-class Passenger.

OUTFIT for 10s. 6d.

OUTFIT for 21s.

Any of the above Articles can be had separate.

CABINS FITTED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.

Lists of the Cabin Furniture, Clotting, &c., with Prices, Free on application.

Baggage Warehoused free of charge, and carefully Shipped.

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

ASSISTED EMIGRATION

TO

CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND.

The Provincial Government of Canterbury continue to Grant Assisted Passages to about 200 Emigrants per Month.

The Government Contributes in all cases, towards the cost of the passage-- which is £17--a sum equal to that paid by the Emigrant before sailing. Half the Passage Money is therefore sufficient, and to those who can afford to pay it, this is the cheapest mode of getting to the Colony.

When less than half the Passage Money is paid, the balance calculated as already stated is advanced on Loan, to be repaid in the Colony.

Single Women, as General Servants, are more required than any other class of Emigrants, and to those the entire cost of passage will, for the present, be advanced, if they are not able to make any payment here. Next to those, Married Couples, without children, or with grown up families, respecting whom the minimum payments required vary in different cases.

Single Men are less required than any other class of Emigrants, and for the present, they will be required to pay half the Passage Money.

The Assisted Passages are restricted almost entirely to Agricultural Workmen, Shepherds, and Women Servants.

Applications may be made either Personally, or by Letter, to John Marshman, Esq., Canterbury Emigration Office, 16, Charing Cross, London, S. W.

IRON ROOFS, SHEDS, HOUSES, CHURCHES,

TUPPER & CO.'S CORRUGATED GALVANIZED IRON,

For Roofing, Patent Tiles, Houses, Churches, Schools, &c., packed for Shipment, also Gutters, Pipes, Ridging, Pails, Tubing, Wire, Nails, Screws, &c. --all Galvanized.

TUPPER & Co. furnish designs and estimates free of Charge. They supply, properly packed for Shipment, with all necessary drawings and instructions for erection abroad, every description of Iron Roofing, Iron Sheds, Stores, Houses, Churches, &c.; these are temporarily erected at the Iron Roofing Works; in London, where they can be inspected prior to shipment.

TUPPER & Co.'s brands of Galvanized Corrugated Iron and their Patent Tiles are well known in the Australian, Cape, East and West Indian, and most Foreign Markets, as the best and cheapest.

All materials are guaranteed to be of the best quality.

For Prices, Drawings, and Catalogues, apply at 61a, Moorgate Street, London, E. C., or Berkley Street, Birmingham.

*** Tupper & Co.'s Process of Galvanizing prevents Bust.

OFFICES--61a, MOORGATE STREET, LONDON,

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MAP OF THE
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY
NEW ZEALAND.

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PREFACE

THE object of the following pages is not to recommend indiscriminate emigration to Canterbury, or even to recommend it at all; but to afford to persons who might have it in consideration, such information about the country and its business, as will assist them in a decision, and be useful to those who may determine upon it. It might be as well to say, that the writer, who is now the Provincial Emigration Agent in England, is familiar with New Zealand life, and has been for the last eight or nine years a farmer in Canterbury. The last of the "Canterbury Papers," the objects of which were similar to those of the present pamphlet, was published more than two years ago, and is therefore inapplicable in some respects to the colony as it is now.

16, CHARING CROSS, LONDON,
February 1862.

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CONTENTS.

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NEW ZEALAND ISLANDS. Geographical Position--Provincial Divisions--Government--Law Courts--Steam Communication and Mail Service--Banking Establishments...................1

DESCRIPTION OF CANTERBURY. Mountainous Country--The Plains--Agricultural Land--Centres of Population--The Port Town, Lyttelton--Inland Towns, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, and the Saltwater Creek--Akaroa--Timaru..................3

CLIMATE, NATURAL PRODUCTIONS. The Seasons--Winds--Coal Discoveries--Other Minerals--Forests and description of Timber--Animals...........................8

SETTLEMENT, &c. The Canterbury Association--Ecclesiastical Endowments--College--Government Education Grant--The Provincial Legislature..............................13

INLAND COMMUNICATION. The Port Hills--Roads from the Port to the Plains--Water Communication between Lyttelton and the Inland Towns for Small Vessels--The Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway--Future Extension of Railways--Facilities for Travelling in the Interior--Disadvantages of Existing Communication between the Port Town and the Producing Districts.......................15

LAND REGULATIONS. Price of Land and Mode of Purchase--Title--Pasturage Runs--Relations of Agricultural to Pastoral Interests--Price of Land Higher than in other Provinces--Considerations which led to the higher price being adopted--Appropriation of Land Revenue--Comparison with other Provinces in respect of Immigration and Public Works..............19

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AGRICULTURE. Markets for Agricultural and Dairy Produce--Cattle and Sheep Farming on English Grasses--Small Farms and facilities for obtaining Freeholds by Working Men Mode of Farming and Average Yield of Grain Crops--Progress of Agriculture--Position, value accruing to occupied land from increase of population.......................23

SHEEP FARMING. Value of Sheep Runs, Mr. Weld's Estimate of Profits of Sheep Farming--Purchase by Sheep Farmers of Portions of their Runs--Capital Required to start an Establishment--Sheep Let on Terms--Prospective Value of Sheep--Suggestions as to the Use of a Limited Capital................29

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. What Sort of People ought to Emigrate--Discontent among New Comers--Value of Money and Modes of Using it--Description of Men who may count with certainty upon obtaining Employment--Relation of Capital to Supply of Labour--Respective Positions, and Prospects of Working Men in England and in Canterbury--Indifference Exhibited by Such Men to the Advantages of Emigration--Considerations which influence the Colony in assisting Immigration--Single Women, what description most needed--Social Conditions--Distribution of Population--Newspapers--Literary Institutions--Amusements.........................36

ASSISTED EMIGRATION. Description of Persons to whom Assisted Passages are Granted--Conditions--Steerage Passages, what the Ship Provides, and how Emigrants are Classed and Accommodated--Outfit Required--What Emigrants should take with them--Provision made by the Provincial Government for the Reception of Emigrants, and facilities afforded for their obtaining Employment........................45

STOCK, MARKETS, RATES OF WAGES ................ 48

STATISTICS, for the Years 1854 to 1860 .................... 51

CUSTOMS DUTIES ACT ................................. 52