Banking and Financial Report




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COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.

Amount of the Notes in circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 19th day of August, 1854.

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 19th day of August, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:

£5 and upwards .. .. .. £13,810
Under £5 .. .. .. 19,762

Total .. .. .. £33,572

Total amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day, viz.:

Gold .. .. .. £13,035
Silver .. .. .. 537

Total .. .. .. £13,572

I, Henry St. Hill, being the Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account of the notes in circulation and of the coins held by the said office, as required under Ordinance No. 16, Sess. 8,

P.P. HENRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

HENRY ST. HILL.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 19th August, 1854.

The sum of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000) sterling has been invested under the Warrant of His Excellency the Governor, in the Public Funds in England, through the Commissariat Department, by arrangements made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

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



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1854, No 23





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💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Report

💰 Finance & Revenue
19 August 1854
Currency, Notes, Coin, Banking, Financial Report
  • Henry St. Hill, Manager of Colonial Bank of Issue

  • Henry St. Hill, Acting Manager