The promissory notes taken from immigrants for payment towards the passages of children, who exceeded the number allowed, or might be over age, or other wise'unsuitable, and also the notes taken before free immigration had set in, had not proved profitable to the Govern ment. The total amount of these notes taken was something like £57,766 but the total amount collected notwith standing the very great efforts that had been made was about £5,600 ; so there was outstanding about. £51,000 on pro missory notes. The Government had therefore set their faces against receiv ing any more promissory notes, intend ing to take a smaller amount in order that arrangements might be made by which there would be nothing hanging over immigrants on their arrival, and enabling them to stari free. The House would agree with him that it must be demoralizing that a man should give a promissory note and on coming out and finding that other men'had go° out free, repudiate the note, or feel that he had something hanging over him which other men had not. This must check his usefulness as a citizen and injure his morality. The proposals for this year were that 13.000 immigrants should be introduced. Hon members would see by the-papers laid on the table that Vogel had ordered 25,000 this year, but it had been determined to have en more promissory notes ahd to revert to the system of-free passages and there fore to provide for 13,000 only. The proportion of immigrants to each pro-1 vince was Auckland, 2,200 ; Taranaki, 600 ; Hawkes Bay, 1000; Welling ton, 2000 ; Mailborough, Nelson, ami and Westland, 400 each ; Dunedin, 2,00 J ; .Invercargill, 1,000; and Can terbury, 3,000. By latest advices the following had been despatched :

Auckland, 1,2891; Taranaki, 324f; Hawke's Bay, 1,401 ■ V\ ellington, 1448 ; Marlborough,, Nelson, ancVWest land, 551^. Dunedin, 1,777 ; Inver cargill, 0061 : Canterbury, 1,249. The effect of Vogel having ordered so large a number as 28,000 was that the order substquently'" given for 13,000 would have been executed- at air early period during the year, so that the last of the ships would be here either in Septem ber or October. 