Emigration,1832, to 
New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land

A newspaper account of an 1832 emigration scheme.


The Emigration or Immigration Question

In our last we mentioned an advance, which was to be
made to mechanics and their families, to enable them
to emigrate to these colonies, under certain regulations,
a copy of which now subjoin:-

Colonial Office
8th Nov 1831.

THe commissioners for emigration have received numerous 
applications from persons desirous of emigration to New
South Wales or Van Diemen's Land; but the greater proportion 
of these applicants state their inability to defray the 
charge of their conveyance, and request to be allowed some
aid for that purpose, on conditions of repaying the same
out of their earnings in the Colony in which they propose
to settle.

The Commissioners for emigration therefore, have satisfaction
in being able to announce that his Majesty's Government has
sanctioned the appropriation of a limited sum out of the 
colonial revenues of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land,
to aid the private funds of such emigrants as shall appear
likely to earn the means of repaying that aid and to become
useful settlers.The following are the regulations under which
this indulgence will be dispensed:-

No one family will be allowed an advance exceeding £20; and
therefore it will be useless for parties, who may not possess
the remainder of the sum requisite for engaging their passage,
to apply to the commissioners.

No advance will be made except to persons who are competent
workmen in some of the ordinary mechanical arts; as for 
instance, to blacksmiths, carpenters & c, and the advance
will be further confined to men who are married and intend
to take their wives with them.

Every person desirous of receiving the proposed advance must
fill up,and send back to the secretary of the commissioners,
the return hereto annexed. If the information contained in 
this return shall be considered satisfactory, the applicant
will receive notice to that effect.
He may then proceed to make his agreement with the owners or
masters of ships proceeding to NSW or VDL ,and as soon as
any ship-owner or master shall notify to the commissioners
for emigration (in that form which will be provided for that
purpose) that the emigrant has taken the other necessary steps
his passsage, an order will be granted for the payment,in
the colony of £20 to the agent or master of the vessel in 
which this emigrant may arrive. The emigrant of course will 
be able to obtain a corresponding deduction from the amount
paid by himself in this country.

The order for payment will be entrusted to the master of the
vessel in which the emigrant is to proceed, and will consist of
a sealed despatch to the Governor, containing the name and 
description of the party on whose account the money is to be
paid; but arrangements will be made by which the delivery
of this order to the master shall not take place until the
emigrant shall have signed the acknowledgement which will
be required from him, of the debt he will contract with
Government. For it is the intention of His Majesty's Government,
and it cannot be too clearly understood by all persons who 
may accept this LOAN, that repayment of the debt.(in
such proportions,and at such intervals,as may not be unsuitable
to the circumstances of each emigrant) shall be strictly
enforced by means of ample powers which the laws of the
colony render available for that purpose.

Should the number of applications to the commissioners be
greater than the funds at their disposal will enabled them
to comply with, priority of date will form the rule of
selection among applications in which there shall appear no
other grounds of distinction.

By order of the commissioners
T.Frederick Elliot
Secretary to the commissioners.





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