paying for passage from Scotland to NZ

[glenview]

Hi Rootschatters

I have come across terminology on an emigration record that I don't understand. I would like to be clear in my head about who was paying and who was to be paid back for the journey made by a family of few resources emigrating to New Zealand in 1862.
Someone on this site very kindly sent a link to records which helped me confirm that the family that I had lost track of in Scottish records had indeed emigrated. He/she found them on a passenger list.

One sheet on which their names appear is headed Assisted emigration to Canterbury New Zealand, by the ship Chariot of Fame and another is headed BILLS sent from the colony to the undermentioned Persons Passengers by the Chariot of Fame

The columns of the sheet about bills are:
Name of Person to whom Bills have been remitted by Friends in the Colony (husband ,wife, children)
Drawer (a former neighbour in Scotland)
Acceptor (a name I don't recognise is in this column)
Ist 2nd or 3rd of exchange (1st)
Date  (June 1862)
Amount of Bill  (£20 each for the couple and £16.13.4 for 4 children 17,15,13,11years old
Amount to be collected     " " "

If anyone can explain what the usual practice was I would be very grateful.

Thank you in anticipation

Mary

[Ruskie]

Mary, was this record from NZ or Scotland?

It is not familiar to me, but it seems that the family may have been sponsored to go to NZ (ie their fares etc paid), possibly with the promise of work, and they are required to pay this money back.

It might be that those on the NZ board have more knowledge of this than those in Scotland, so this question may be worth moving to NZ.

[glenview]

Thank you Ruskie.

 Since it is indeed a NZ record I will re post as you suggest.
Mary

[Ruskie]

Mary's new thread on the NZ board:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=755888.msg6055008#msg6055008