Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1854 – No. 12

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✨ Shipping Movements and Bank Notes



QUARTERLY LIST OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES IN THE PORT OF VICTORIA FROM THE 1ST. OF JANUARY TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1854, INCLUSIVELY.

Date of arrival. Name of Ship. Tonnage. From whence Nature of Cargo. Date of Departure. Destination. Cargo.
1854
Jan. 2 Caledonia 18 Wellington Sundries Jan. 7 Sydney Ballast
3 Kaka 15 Do. Do. 16 Wellington Sundries
4 Eagle 715 Newcastle Stock 16 Do. Do.
7 Wellington 58 Wellington Sundries 16 Otago Part orig. Cargo
7 Palinurus 14 Do. Do. 17 Nelson Sundries
10 Despatch 138 Do. Do. 19 Auckland Part orig. Cargo
10 Necromancer 16 Nelson Do. 25 Akaroa Do.
14 Northfleet 951 Wellington Do. 30 Callao Ballast
15 Mountain Maid 192 Nelson Do. Feb. 2 Wellington Original Cargo
18 Mahtoree 305 Wellington Produce 24 Wellington Sundries
30 Resolution 31 Chatham Is. Sundries 28 Otago Part orig. Cargo
Kaka 15 Wellington Sundries 27 Do. Do.
Feb. 6 Despatch 138 Otago Part orig. Cargo March 24 Wellington Part orig. Cargo
11 Eliza 117 Wellington Passengers 23 Do. Produce
20 Gt. brig. Victoria Do. Sundries
21 Prima Donna 137 Do. Stock 25 Sydney Ballast
March 7 Admiral Grenfell 324 Sydney Sundries 27 Do. Do.
13 Catherine Ann 13 Wellington Sundries 26 Wellington Part orig. Cargo
13 Tory 483 Eden Stock
17 Waterwitch 253 Sydney Do.
18 Gazelle 285 Do. Do.
18 Clutha 154 Otago Sundries
21 Duke of Portland 533 Wellington Part orig. Cargo

JOHN PARSONS, Harbour Master.

Lyttelton, 31st March, 1854.

Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the first day of April, 1854.

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 1st April, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz. :

£5 and upwards . . . £13,820
Under £5 . . . 18,481
———————
£32,301

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

Gold . . . £16,752
Silver . . . 549
———————
£17,301

I, Henry St. Hill, being the acting 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, Session 8.

HENRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 1st April, 1854.

The sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds (£15,000) 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.

HENRY ST. HILL.

PRINTED BY I. SHRIMPTON, AT THE "TIMES" OFFICE, LYTTLETON.



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🚂 Quarterly List of Arrivals and Departures in the Port of Victoria

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 March 1854
Shipping, Port Victoria, Arrivals, Departures, Cargo
  • John Parsons, Harbour Master

💰 Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Colonial Bank of Issue

💰 Finance & Revenue
1 April 1854
Bank Notes, Circulation, Colonial Bank, Wellington
  • Henry St. Hill, Acting Manager

💰 Investment of Fifteen Thousand Pounds in Public Funds

💰 Finance & Revenue
Investment, Public Funds, England, Commissariat Department
  • Henry St. Hill