Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1854 – No. 20

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✨ Immigration Statistics, Banking, and Municipal Regulations



RETURN OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION AT THE PORT OF AUCKLAND DURING THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1854.

PLACES. Immigration. Emigration.
Adults. Adults.
Males. Females.
Great Britain 36 22
New South Wales 59 26
Melbourne 109 22
Van Diemen's Land 0 0
Pacific Islands 0 0
United States 0 0
Totals 204 70

This Return does not include Military (of the regular troops) nor their families.

D ROUGH,
Immigration Agent and Emigration Officer

COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.

Total Amount of Notes in circulation at the Offices of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Auckland, on the 24th day of June, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks:—

£5 and upwards ... £4,435
Under £5 ... 3,157

Total ... £7,592

Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day:—

Gold ... £5,443
Silver ... 32

Total ... £5,475

I, Alexander Shepherd, the Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance, No. 16, Session 8.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of July, 1854.

POISONOUS DRUGS.

WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal Section No. 2, as the same is set forth under the head of "Arsenic, &c.," in the Bye Laws passed by the Auckland City Council, on the 15th day of May, 1854, and to substitute another provision in lieu thereof:

Be it therefore ordained and declared by the Auckland City Council in Council assembled as follows:—

  1. The said Section No. 2 is hereby repealed.

  2. Any druggist or other person who shall sell or supply Opium, Laudanum, Morphia, or Prussic acid to any person without a written request or authority from a duly qualified medical man, or who shall sell any of the active poisonous drugs without first affixing a label on the paper covering the same having the name of the article and the word "Poison" printed thereon in large plain letters, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds.

City Council Chamber,
Auckland, July 18th, 1854.

THE following Bye-Law, enacted by the Auckland City Council, and assented to by His Honour the Superintendent, is now published in accordance with the provision contained in the 39th section of the "Auckland City Council Act," and will come into operation at the expiration of one month after this date.

WALTER LEE,
Chairman City Council.

Passed by the Auckland City Council this twelfth day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-four.

WALTER LEE,
Chairman City Council.

MITCHELL,
Clerk City Council.

I hereby signify my assent to this Bye-Law.

R. H. WYNYARD,
Superintendent.

Printed and Published by Williamson & Wilson, for the Provincial Government.



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🛂 Immigration and Emigration Statistics for Auckland Port

🛂 Immigration
Immigration, Emigration, Statistics, Auckland Port
  • D Rough, Immigration Agent and Emigration Officer

💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Circulation and Coin Holdings

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 July 1854
Bank Notes, Coin Holdings, Colonial Bank of Issue
  • Alexander Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer

⚖️ Auckland City Council Bye-Law on Poisonous Drugs

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
18 July 1854
Poisonous Drugs, Bye-Law, Auckland City Council
  • Walter Lee, Chairman City Council
  • Mitchell, Clerk City Council
  • R. H. Wynyard, Superintendent