The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-28 00:00:00

FACILITIES FOR EMIGRATION.

Emigration is a subject that naturally occupies a
large apace in the thoughts of every intelligent English
workman. However dearly he may appreciate the ad-
vantages of a settled, and the baulsbips of a new
country, he knows that in :rent Britain he can hardly
lupe to ...re than live from hand to month all his
life ; that he and his children must be workmen, and
no nude. Whereas in a colony. reasonable intelligence,
industry, ant thrift will enalle him, in a few years, to
aehieve a competence and raise his children in the
social scale. A little pamphlet by the Rev. A. S.
Herring giver some very useful information to emi-
grants, and deserves a careful perusal. It is published
by Messrs. Partridge. of Paternooter-row. I,yelon,
under the title of "Emigration for Poor Folks," and
intending emigrants Arial purchase a yipy. The
price in only ld. (by post a) Prow it we take the
following table of wages in different colonies :--

1
t 0 0II 4
Wages. 4 41.
I i
;'..i 4= I
, =
Ig ; 1
Masons

Brick la yets „
Carpenters .. „
Blacksmiths „
shoemakers „
t tech:odes, „
Yearly, with
hoard.
Farm Lshourers.
Mai vital Couples.
Shepherds ..
Handy men ....

90. Od. 10s. Od. Bs. Gd. Ti. Gd. Ts. (M.
Ti. Od. Ss. I. Ti. W. Ti. Od. I Ti. (M.
9s. Od. is. Gd. Ti. od. 7a. ed.
Od. 9e. 04. Ti. fa. 9.. 04. Ti.
00. Od. 9s. 04. I Ts. Od. 7s. 04. 1 Gs. Od.
61. 9u. 9s. Od. 9.. Od. Ws. !M. 416. !pt.
10s. Od. 120. Oil. 100. W. bs lid. 00.04.

£2B I £3O £36 £3O
45 50 65
30 33 27 30
30 4. 64.
33 27 6
daily. daily.
30 26 130 1'1I: LIS
16
24 25
22
22 24 20 24 14

Cooke
How.onahla
Farm & General.

"The provisions are good and plentiful. All children over
eight are useful ; happy is the man that bath his quiver full
of them All wages vary by reason of skill and other re-
unirmnents Meat cost from MI. to 5.1 , 114111 i bread from lid.
to it. per lb. New Zealand being the dearest, and Canada
among the cheapest."

Mr. Herring also given the following particulars re-
ganling the means and coot of emigration :

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" CANADA. —Th ere are a few ' short ships; ie. sailing
vessels, taking adults at La las. from Liverpool : steam ships,
with rooked provisions, 66 Ca.; motor eight, half .price ;
babies, £.l Is. - Messrs. Allan, Alexandria. buildngs, James-
street. Liverpool, are greatly to he preferred ; they act inost
kindly towards steeraim passengers. From London by steam,
kil lon. : under twelve, half-price.
" At STRA LIS. —llell.urne, £l4 ; Sydney, £l5 ; Queens-
land, £l5 Adelaide, £ll Cape of Good Rope, £l5 ; New
Zealand, £l7 : California, .f:3O ; British Columbia, £25
Falkland Islands, £l6 105. New York, £.4 and £5 sailing.
£6 6s. steam—Messrs. Grinnell, 67, Leadenhalfatreet, Lon-
don.'

To particular classes, especially women, some colo-
nies give free or assisted passages. The following
are the particulars, with addresses of the emigration
agents
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Qt EENSI. ND —if r. Wheeler, i Itroad-strcet, London
—.Ploughmen, "vent, bricklayers, curriers, shepherds, car-
penters, blacksmiths, whitesmiths, shipwrights. Married
couples, tit each; children limier twelve, half price ; babies
free. Single men, a:.4. Unmarried women, Is to 35, free.
Agricultural labourers, married, with one child, free.
Verdon, 8, Victoria-street, Westminster.
Unmarried women, 13 to ;;:, lice also sine few warded
farm labourers, with two children under twelve.

" OTAGO NEvi* ZEALAND). Mr, Andrews.. 641,
.Princeu-

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street, Min burgh. —Female servants, mantel tann labourers,
ant shepherls, free, or on a small payment.

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CANTERBURY (NEW %FAL!, sP'.—ollice, PI, Charing-cross,
London.—Femalea, over 1., free. Farm lalstmers mid shep-
herds have ulna they brine any g:d doubled, and for tho
rest of passage money 0) thy give as prnuite tone)y. Pas•
sage warrants are obtainable in the coioidst by colonists for
friends is England at greatly reduced fares. This is the
cheapest wry to get out. Tout, for al:. married men, £2
married women, a`,2 male. LI female children under 15, can
be brought from England to Queenel and, Victoria, an,
other
olonles."

Most emigrants look forward GI being, in due time,
landowner+, and will learn with satisfaction that—
.' land is rally and cheaply boimht In all our colonies, hut
mole ought to purchase any until after they have resided a
little time in the eolony.

CANADA --COMmissioner, Mr. W. Dison, 11, Mom, street,
Strand, London.—Free grants This Is the best country for
per man. Every hunily can claim 200 acres, and every
male person over IS, 100 :term in I'anada West, of lion. Mr.
Riehards. at Toronto. The Dominion Doveniment sells laud
at 2s. to ss. per acre. Lands e:111 I.e hired, leased, or partly
bought at a cheap rote, according to situation. Canada East,
Nova ',cot's, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, New-
foundland. all BOW or about to be in the Dominion, make both
free grants, sell, or let lands on most reasonable terms. Most
of the land requires clearing of forest trees.
•' BRITISH r 1.1:31111a AND VaNcol. VIM'S ISLAND.—rpriet
priM is 2d per acre, and by auction for town and other
lots.

" VnioRIA, AND GENERALLY THRorGHOrT AUNTRALIA.—
gl per acre, part payment ,lily required. Auction lures tor
town and country lots frequent. Throughout Australia land
is productive, and requires little clearing. Free grants also
made. Passenger% to Queensland paying their passage hare
a £3O land-grant order."