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advance to be repaid by the Provincial Government in instalments, I do not at present consider it desirable to accept this offer, as we appear to be a long way oft" the difficulty it is proposed to meet. Should it, however, be found, when the barracks in Blenheim are completed and immigrants are actually arriving, that a further amount of accommodation is required, I will revert to the proposal you have kindly made. I have, &c, A. P. Seymour, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington. Superintendent.

No. 80. The Hon. the Ministee for Immigeation to His Honor the Supebintendent, Marlborough. Sic, — General Government Offices, Dunedin, 2nd January, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 17th December, respecting the great demand for immigrants in Marlborough. I enclose copy of telegrams on the subject, —they sufficiently show my desire to meet your wishes, and the great difficulty there is in doing so. I have, &c, His Honor the Superintendent, Marlborough. Julius Vogel.

Enclosures in No. 80. (Copy Telegrams.) Dunedin, 27th December. Supebintendent Marlborough complains most strongly want of labour. Can you send him over some immigrants at once. Marlborough certainly has not had its share. C. E. Haughton. Julius Vogel. Wellington, 29th December. Will try and get some of present arrived immigrants for Marlborough. "Salisbury" and "Ocean Mail" will be duo about the same date in February, when we can certainly scud a batch. Hon. Julius Vogel. C. E. Haughton. . Dunedin, 29th December, 1873. Repeesented to Under Secretary necessity of sending immigrants to Marlborough. He replies, he will try to send some of present batch from Wellington, but will certainly be able to send some in February. Am sorry this does not promise to supply your wants very readily. I will, if you desire it, cable Agent-General to endeavour to send ship direct to Picton, or, if ship cannot be got, to send certain number of emigrants to some other port, to be thence transferred to Marlborough. State what number you would like me to cable for. His Honor the Superintendent, Marlborough. Julius Vogel.

No. 81. His Honor the Supebintendent, Marlborough, to the Hon. the Ministee for Immigeation. Sic, — Superintendent's Office, Blenheim, 9th January, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram from Dunedin, of the 27th and 29th of December, and of the Bth of January ; also from Mr. Haughton, of the 7th January, and to inform you that the first instalment of immigrants has arrived all right. lam glad to receive even so small a number, trusting that it is only the commencement of a continuous stream. You propose sending more next month : if a numerous lot, I would suggest that some be sent to Blenheim aud some to Picton. Messrs. Fell Brothers, of Blenheim, have three sailing vessels trading to Wellington, and they are willing to bring immigrants across at a charge of ten shillings a head, or if fed on board, fifteen shillings a head. These vessels are leaving Wellington for Blenheim two or three times a week, so that no delay need arise. I am now able to inform you that, until the immigration depot is finished, I can procure the use of temporary buildings in Blenheim, suitable for a depot, at a very moderate cost. Three buildings have been placed at my disposal for the weekly rent of 30s. They are buildings attached to a flaxmill now out of work, comprising,—lst, men's house fitted up to accommodate twenty-five or thirty hands, kitchen, manager's room, and storeroom ; 2nd, double roomed cottage, with chimney; 3rd, large open storeroom, which could be fitted up with partition or bunks, if necessary. If you think that you will be able to send the immigrants, I would recommend that these places should be engaged for three months. The depot at Picton is suitable for about half a dozen families. The accommodation in Blenheim, as described, alone is sufficient for several families and a considerable body of single men, s.ay fifty or more. Lodgings can be found for single women elsewhere. In regard to sending a ship-load direct to this Province, I am obliged by your offer to telegraph to the Agent-General by cable to send a ship here as soon as possible, but I do not think that would be desirable. From the time that must necessarily elapse, a ship could not get here until the winter, when the busy time of the year is over. I would, therefore, prefer that as many as possible should be sent here during the summer from vessels now on their way out, and that a full ship-load should come here direct

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