RICCARTON ROAD.

TENDERS will be received at the Superintendent’s Office, Christchurch, up to Wednesday, 22nd inst., at 4 o’clock, p.m., for metalling a portion of the Riccarton Road, extending from the corner of Mr. Deans’s fence, opposite Murray’s public house, to the first culvert, a distance of about 5 chains. The metal to be laid on the hard side of the road 16 feet wide, 10 inches thick in the centre, and 4 inches at the sides. The metal may be procured from the gravel bed under the high bank of the river Avon, near the creek in Hagley Park. For further particulars apply to Mr. Cridland, Christchurch.

By order of His Honor the Superintendent,

EDWARD PUCKLE,
Private Secretary.

BANK OF ISSUE.

Colonial Bank of Issue.

Total amount of Notes in circulation at the office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Auckland, on the 7th day of January 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks:—

£5 and upwards ... £4610
Under £5 ... 2521

Total ... £7131

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

Gold ... £5362
Silver ... 139

Total ... £5501

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

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Dated at Auckland this 26th day of January, 1854.

Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, Wellington, on the 4th Day of February, 1854.

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 4th day of February, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards ... £11,470
Under £5 ... 10,998

Total ... £22,468

Total Amount of Coin held by the same Office, on the same day, viz.:—

Gold ... £6,904
Silver ... 564

Total ... £7,468

I, Henry St. Hill, being the Acting Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance No. 16, Session 8.

(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, Feb. 4, 1854.

The sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds 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.

(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL.

Amount of the Notes in circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, Wellington, on the 4th day of March, 1854.

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 4th day of March, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards ... £13,655
Under £5 ... 17,602

Total ... £34,257

Total Amount of Coin held by the same Office, on the same day, viz.:—

Gold ... £15,700
Silver ... 557

Total ... £16,257

I, Henry St. Hill, being the Acting Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance No. 16, Session 8.

(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, Mar. 4, 1854.

The sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds 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.

(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL.

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