CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING EMIGRATION. 36 5 Dec. 1835. No. 1. bond, duly executed and witnessed by the surgeon- superintendent on board, is now trans- NEW SOUTH mitted to the governor by eacb ship, that he may, should any infraction of the conditions of WALES. the bonds take place, act on the orders of the Secretary of State by prosecuting the offend- ers at once in the colony, the penalties being made payable to the Colonial Treasurer in the Extract Letter from respective colonies; on the other hand, in order to stimulate to correct conduct, and to the Edw. Foster, Esq. best possible performance of their duties, gratuities have been ordered, under the authority to R. W. Hay, Esq. 0f y0ur department, to be paid to each of the officers before- named, by the Governor in the colony, should he have reason to believe they have well and faithfully performed their duty; under the double operation therefore of the serious consequences to which they are thus sub- jected on the one hand, and the hope of pecuniary reward on the other, the Committee look with confidence that the reprehensible conduct which was exhibited on board the David Scott will not recur. In the system of superintendence also a material improvement has been adopted, the plan of former years of appointing a superintendent and surgeon for the separate duties of each office, was found to give rise on some occasions to disunion and altercation between these officers, and to produce its natural fruits, complaint and disorder among the emigrants on board; during the present year the Committee have concentrated the authority on each occa- sion in one gentleman, a surgeon- superintendent, to whom, independently of a free cabin passage, a gratuity of 501, is now payable by the respective governors, under the directon of the Secretary of State, but the payment of this gratuity depends entirely on the governor's approbation of the superintendent's conduct and management during the voyage; the Com- mittee trust that these several measures will operate beneficially on the moral security and comfort of all the persons to whom they have reference. The proportion of females having greatly increased from various parts of the United Kingdom, who have this year proceeded in the Committee's ships ( not one- fifth of the whole having been selected from candidates residing in the city of London and the entire county of Middlesex), and it being essential that they should be placed, during their sojourn in this city, under circumstances of entire moral security, the Committee engaged a convenient house, at a moderate rent, for that purpose, the bedding provided for the voyage being temporarily used for the accommodation of the emigrants ; and the Committee have been gratified to find that their arrangements in this respect have given entire satisfaction to all the females who have availed themselves of the protection of the Committee while in London. Through the kindness of the " British and Foreign Bible Society," the " Prayer Book and Homily Society," the " Religious Tract Society," and the " British and Foreign Temperance Society," bibles, testaments and suitable religious tracts have been obtained on the departure of each ship for the use of the emigrants; and a supply of other moral and entertaining pub- lications has also, in each case, been put on board, and the distribution confided to the superintendent. Schools have also been directed by the Committee to be established on board their ships generally, to the great advantage of the younger emigrants, and also to many of riper years. Since the Committee first undertook ( in 1833) these duties, the number of individuals they have been instrumental in sending to the Australian colonies is as follows: 1833: First class - Second ditto Third ditto - Fourth ditto Fifth ditto - 451 15 25 14 11 Total in 1833 - - - 51G 1834: First class - Second ditto Third ditto - Fourth ditto Fifth ditto - - 845 66 150 77 80 Total in 1834 - - - 1,218 1835: First class - Second ditto Third ditto - Fourth ditto Fifth ditto - _ 809 64 44 55 78 Total in 1835 - - - 1,050 giving an aggregate of persons who have proceeded under the arrangements of the Com- mittee, since their appointment, of First