✨ Trade and Banking Statistics
PORT OF AKAROA, PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND.
An Account of the Staple Articles, the Produce of these Islands, exported in the
year ended 31st Dec., 1854, as compared with the year ended 31st Dec. 1853.
| Description of Articles. | Year ended 31st December, 1854. | Year ended 31st December, 1853. |
|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| Cheese | 0 0 0 | ... 20 0 0 |
| Oats | 0 0 0 | ... 80 0 0 |
| Potatoes | 0 0 0 | ... 180 0 0 |
| Timber | 0 0 0 | ... 150 0 0 |
| Turnips | 0 0 0 | ... 15 0 0 |
| Firewood | 150 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| Spars | 500 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| £650 0 0 | £505 0 0 |
ROBERT GREAVES, Sub-Collector.
Custom House, Akaroa, 27th February, 1855.
COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.
Amount of the Notes in Circulation at the
Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at
Wellington, the 7th April, 1855.
Amount of Notes in Circulation on the
7th April, 1855, being the close of the
preceding four weeks, viz.:
£5 and upwards ... 16,495
Under £5 ... 20,669
Total ... £37,164
Total Amount of Coin held by the same
Office, on the same day, viz.:
Gold ... 11,578
Silver ... 586
Total ... £12,164
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 Ordinance, No. 16, Session
8, and No. 14, Session 11.
(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL,
Manager.
Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, April 7, 1855.
The sum of Twenty-Five Thousand
Pounds (£25,000) 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.
(Signed) HENRY ST. HILL.
PRINTED BY J. WILLIS, AT THE “STANDARD” OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 9
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Imports and Exports at Port of Akaroa for 1854
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🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry27 February 1855
Imports, Exports, Trade, Port of Akaroa, Canterbury, Statistics
- Robert Greaves, Sub-Collector
💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Notes and Coin Holdings
💰 Finance & Revenue7 April 1855
Banking, Currency, Notes, Coin, Wellington
- Henry St. Hill, Manager