No. 1. NEW SOUTH WALES. 3 4 CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. Extract Despatch from Lord Glenelg to Sir R. Bourke. 8 Jan. 1836. Mr. Foster, 5 Dec. 1835- Mr. Hay, 8 Jan. 1836. EXTRACT of a DESPATCH from Lord Glenelg to Governor Sir Richard Bourke ; dated Downing- street, 8th January 1836. [ A similar Despatch was sent to Colonel Arthur, Lieutenant- governor of Van Diemen's Land.] Sir, I HAVE the honour herewith to transmit to you copies of a correspondence which has taken place between one of my under secretaries and the chairman of the committee by whom the female emigrants have been selected and dispatched to the Australian colonies, by which you will perceive that the report of the committee offers some suggestions for the improvement of the present system of carrying out the female emigrants. Amongst those to which I have thought it right to accede, the most important is the proposal for increasing to 301, the bounty at present granted to heads of families for the purpose of assisting them to defray the expense of their passage out; but this indulgence can only of course be granted in cases where the emigrants may be selected, and proceed to the colony under arrangements effected either by the committee or by Mr. J. D. Pinnock, the colonial agent for emigration. It has been settled that four ships shall be dispatched to the Australian colonies during the present year, with about 250 females in each ; the first to sail from London to Launceston on the 28th April; the second from Cork to Sydney on the 26th May; the third from London to Hobart Town on the 22d September; and the fourth from Ireland to Sydney at some subsequent date. This arrangement, by which the vessels proceeding to Sydney are to sail from Ireland, has been made in consequence of the opinion expressed in your despatch of the 8th May 1835. The entire selection of the emigrants who will be allowed to proceed to Sydney will be entrusted to a committee formed in Cork for that purpose, and to the colonial agent for emigration. The expense attendant upon the passage of these emigrants will be defrayed in the same manner as heretofore; and I request that all necessary arrange- ments may be made for securing to the young women who may arrive by these successive opportunities every possible comfort and accommodation, from the period of arrival until that of their obtaining suitable situations. I have, See. ( signed) Glenelg. Extract Letter from Edw. Foster, Esq. to R. W. Hay, Esq. 5 Dec. 1835. EXTRACT of a LETTER from Edward Foster, Esq. to JR. W. Hay, Esq., ( 5 December 1835. THE Emigration Committee having, during the present year, continued to carry on the important service entrusted to them by His Majesty's Government, have the honour to sub- mit to you a review of their proceedings for the consideration of the Secretary of State. In the course of this year four ships have been dispatched, under the direction of the Committee, with female emigrants to the Australian colonies ; viz., the Canton, for Sydney, which left Gravesend on the 1st of May; the Charles Kerr, for Launceston, in Van Diemen's . Land, which sailed 011 the 9th of July; the Boadicea, for Hobart Town, which proceeded on the 1st of October; and the ship James Pattison, for Cork, whence she sailed for Sydney, on tbe 30th of October. The duty of the Committee as respects the latter ship was confined to her selection, provisioning, and general equipment, and tg the appointment of a suitable superintendent and officers; the selection of the females who proceeded in her having, under your direction, been confided to a local committee at Cork, aided by Lieutenant Friend, R. N., His Majesty's Emigration Agent at that port, and Mr. Pinnock, sent from the Colonial Office to superintend the business in Ireland. The number of individuals sent out in each ship was as follows: Ship Canton, of 510 tons register. First, females to whom a free passage Was granted in accordance with tbe regu- lations acted upon by the Committee - - - - - - - - 171 Second, females either married or above the age of 30, and therefore paying their own passage --------- - 18 Third, female children, under 15 years of age, and therefore paid for by their friends 13 Fourth, male children ( members of families on board) paid for by their friends - 23 Fifth, males accompanying their families - 14 Total - - - - 239