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Say, Family No. I contributes £20

II. 12

III. 14

IV. 16

V. 18

Total £80

Say that the Society contributes £80

£160

This 160l. gives a passage at 12l. each to 13 adults, as marked thus* opposite their names, leaving 4l. over.

Say that they arrive in the Colony in January, 1850.

No. I. gets 18l., 16l., 18l., 16., 12l. Total of wages 80l.

No. III. gets 14l. „ „ 14l.

No. IV. gets 18l., 16l., 12l. . . . . „ „ 46l.

No. V. gets 16l., 18l., 16l., 10l. . . . „ „ 60l.

£200

Remitted to England 98

Balance of wages £102

No. I. Five Adults remit each £7 10 9¼ = £Z7 13 10¼

No. III. One do. 7 10 9

No. IV. Three do. do. 7 10 9¼ = 22 12 3¾

No. V. Four do. do. 7 10 9¼ = 30 3 1

£98

Say the families at home contribute 10

£108

This 108l. gives in December, 1850, (say the Society anticipates the remittance of 98l.,) passages to Families Nos. I., II., and III., making, with children, nine adults; so that the first and second lot of emigrants are by the end of the year 1851, or earlier, in a position to remit the total sum now due by each family, viz..

No. I. remits £28 6 1¾

No. II. „ 6

No. Ill, „ 14 9 2¾

No. IV. „ 9 7 8¼

No.V. „ 23 16 11

Total . £81 19 11¾

This 81l. and odd will now give a passage to the remaining two families, Nos. IV. and V., being four adults and five children.