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AUCKLAND
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol[^1] 3.] AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 1855. [No. 31]
Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
19th October, 1855.
I HEREBY notify that I have appointed
RICHARD FIELD PORTER, Esq.,
to be Provincial Treasurer for the Province of Auckland.
The appointment to date from the 18th inst.
William Brown,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
19th October, 1855.
THE following tenders have been accepted.
For carting scoria ash to Albert-Street,
Coombs and Daldy,
at 6s. 11d. per cube yard.
Daniel Addis,
at 6s. 11d. do.
For carting metal for the Howick road
T. Finch, H. Bryant, R. Andrews,
at 30s. per day.
For forming and metalling Howick road from White’s bridge to the cutting at Heath’s
Searles and Andrews,
at £10 per chain.
William Brown,
Superintendent.
Public Pound, Newmarket,
13th October, 1855.
IMPOUNDED by H. Mason, for trespassing in an enclosed paddock at Howick,
1 red and white steer, no brand, 2 years old.
Also,
1 brindle bull, with white belly and one ear mark.
1 red and white bull, no brand.
1 white bull, with brown ears and eyes, no brand.
If not claimed, to be sold at the Public Pound at noon on the 13th November next agreeable to the provisions of the Impounding Ordinance, Victoria 11, Session 8, No. 6,
Joseph Osborn,
Poundkeeper.
By the Ranger of the Onehunga Hundred for running on the Crown Lands,
COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.
Amount of Notes in circulation at “the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 6th day of October, 1855, being the close of the preceding four weeks:
£5 and upwards .................. £47,305
Under £5 ...................... 21,461
Total .......................... £68,766
Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day:
Gold .......................... £13,080
Silver ........................ 586
Total .......................... £13,666
I, Henry St. Hill, Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account of the Notes in circulation and of the Coin held by the said Office, as required under Ordinances No. 16, Session 8, and No. 14, Session 11.
Henry St. Hill,
Manager.
Colonial Bank of Issue, Wellington.
The sum of Twenty-five thousand pounds (£25,000) sterling has been invested under a 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.
H. St. H.
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💰 Appointment of Provincial Treasurer
💰 Finance & Revenue19 October 1855
Appointment, Provincial Treasurer, Auckland
- Richard Field Porter (Esquire), Appointed Provincial Treasurer
- William Brown, Superintendent
🏗️ Accepted Tenders for Public Works
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works19 October 1855
Tenders, Carting, Road Construction, Howick
8 names identified
- Coombs, Accepted tender for carting scoria ash
- Daldy, Accepted tender for carting scoria ash
- Daniel Addis, Accepted tender for carting scoria ash
- T. Finch, Accepted tender for carting metal
- H. Bryant, Accepted tender for carting metal
- R. Andrews, Accepted tender for carting metal
- Searles, Accepted tender for road construction
- Andrews, Accepted tender for road construction
- William Brown, Superintendent
⚖️ Impounded Livestock Notice
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement13 October 1855
Impounding, Livestock, Trespass, Howick
- Joseph Osborn, Poundkeeper
💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Notes and Coin Report
💰 Finance & Revenue6 October 1855
Bank Notes, Coin, Circulation, Wellington
- Henry St. Hill, Manager
💰 Investment of Public Funds
💰 Finance & RevenuePublic Funds, Investment, England
- H. St. H.