CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 3 9 special cases, as their presence tends to embarrass the Government in respect No. 1. of convict discipline. VAN DIEMEN'S I have taken the liberty on several recent occasions of adverting to the giving LAND. of bounties to females in preference to any other description of immigrants. Despatch from The result of the present venture encourages me still more decidedly to recom- Lieut. Gov. Arthur mend that course, and to suggest that a vessel of about 300 tons with females to Mr. Secretary would prove exceedingly acceptable at the flourishing port of Launceston. 26 Feb The benevolent exertions of the Ladies' Committee will be, I am sure, fully appreciated by His Majesty's Government. I have, & c. ( signed) Geo. Arthur. AN ALPHABETICAL RETURN of the disposal of the FREE FEMALE IMMIGRANTS, per SARAH. IG to 25 February 1835. NAME. - ^ Albin, Maria - Alexander, Mary Anderson, Lucy M. Anderson, Jane Alfrida, Alfridius Adams, Anne Ansell, Agnes Beaumont, Anne Bawser, Sarah Blake, Rebeca Bessiker, Eliz. M. Bryant, Margaret Bryant. Anne Browne, Margaret Burn, Maria - Barrett, Honora Bales, Mary - Bryant, Mary Bryant, Elizabeth - Bryant, Catharine - Cavendish, Catherine Cundell, Mary Clark, Margaret Chappel, Louisa Capell, Susan A. Callowe, Rachel Cole, Ellen Cole, Mary Anne - Cawan, Mary Campbell, Margaret Chippett, Elizabeth Dale. Elizabeth Dempsy, Mary Davie, Barbara Driscoll, Caroline - Drummond, Margaret Evans, Susan - Eyre, Martha Eyre, Sophia - Eldridge, Henrietta Ferris, Isabella Freddon, Elizabeth Farrell, Mary Farrell, Elizabeth - Fichess, Catherine - Francis, Theodosia - Gurney, Anne Gardiner, Mrs. Graydon, Maria AGE. OCCUPATION. general servant milliner dressmaker - general servant ditto nurserymaid general servant nurserymaid house servant housemaid - housemaid - - - nurserymaid and sempstress - general servant housemaid - general servant ditto nurserymaid general servant nurserygirl - governess general servant ditto nurserymaid cook - fancy worker general servant housemaid - ditto nurserymaid housekeeper general servant ditto housemaid - general servant cook - ditto - general servant cook - governess F 2 DISPOSAL Mrs. Moore, Davey street Intends going to business. Going into business. Mr. Warham, Elizabeth- street - Mrs. Webb, Argyle- street - Not yet provided for. Mrs. Seccombe, Launceston Not yet engaged. Married to one of the seamen. Disengaged ( sick). Captain Swanston - Gone with parents to Sydney. - - ditto. Mr. Logan .... Mr. Wood, Hobart Town - The Rev. Mr. Miller - - At present in the Colonial Hospital. Gone with her father, a settler. - - ditto. Gone to Sydney with her father. Mrs. Parsons, Humbolton - Mrs. Wilkinson ... Mr. Ashton, Green Ponds - Mr. Deane - Mr. Bryant, Redlands Mrs. Abbot, New Town Mrs. Kemp. - - Gone with her father, a pas- senger per Sarah. Mr. Burne, St. Patrick- street Mrs. Turnbull - Mrs. Hewitt - Mrs. Dobson, Macquarrie- street Intends entering business. - - Gone to live with her cousin, Mrs. Pierce, Hobart Town. Mr. Archer - Mrs. Pedder. Mrs. Hewitt - - - Mr. Walker, Norfolk Plains As yet disengaged. - - Living with her father, pas- senger per Sarah. Mr. Marzetti - Mr. Butler, Old Wharf - Mrs. Learmouth ... Mrs. Gillis, Launceston Mrs. M'Killop - Mrs. Palmer, Patrick- street Mrs. Learmouth ... Mr. Walker, Norfolk Plains Rate of Wage » per Annum. £. s. d. 10 - - 10 - - 9 ~ ~ 10 - - 14 - - 14 - - 15 - - 12 - - 12 LO 12 lO 12 4 12 12 16 IG 12 - - 16 16 - 12 - - 12 - - 10 - - 12 12 - 12 - - 15 - - 12 12 - 12 - - 15 15 - 30 - - ( continued) 4