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1831 Aug. 10
Colonization Society
Means of Effectuation
Inducements to
II. Non-proprietor Settlers
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6. Assurance To each couple, assurance of
in return for labour, as above assurance of subsistence
to the same value as at first, for such time so long as
it chooses to serve. As soon as any In the case of each such couple,
as soon as it can obtain any better price for its labour,
it is not only the expectation but the desire of the Company,
that it should so do.
7. Assurance of being taken care of in case of illness,
and being provided for during life, in case of its and
in proportion to the loss of capacity for labour, by loss of limb, or the use of it
8. To each married man Assurance of being able to purchase land, upon
the terms here mentioned, as soon as, out of his savings, he has with
the addition of what, if any thing he has carried with him, he has
made up the price set upon it.
9 Minimum (but that the ordinary price 5d per acre
minimum quantity of land, (but that the ordinary quantity),
80 acres. Thence, Price of the whole lot about £20
10. Assurance of finding in the stores of the Company,
at the first built town in the Colony, the all requisite instruments
of husbandry at fixt prices
Observations
The Company (it is supposed) will fall in difficulty
as to the engaging to find perpetual employment for all
such immigrants as choose to accept it. Not to speak
of Buildings, for which skilled labour will on the part of
some of the be necessary, the roads and other means
of communication will at all times afford an ample demand
for ordinary labour.
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