the Importation, Sale, and Removal of Powder, Arms, and other warlike Stores: Now, therefore I, James Edward Fitz Gerald, Superintendent of the said Province, in pursuance of the Powers vested in me in that behalf, do hereby Proclaim and Declare that the following additional Regulation for the Importation and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and other warlike stores shall be in force within the said Province:—

"All acts required to be done by the Superintendent in respect to the sale, importation, or removal of arms, gunpowder, and other warlike stores, in virtue of any regulations now in force within the said Province shall during the absence of the said Superintendent from the said Province be done by the Provincial Secretary thereof."

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Canterbury, at Christchurch, this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.

JAMES EDWARD FITZ GERALD,
SUPERINTENDENT.

By order of his Honor,
JOSEPH BRITTAN,
Provincial Secretary.

God Save the Queen.

Amount of the Notes in circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Wellington, the 19th April, 1856.

Amount of the Notes in circulation on the 19th April, 1856, being the closing of the preceding four weeks, viz:—

£5 and upwards ............ £18,730
£1 and under £5 ............ 20,525

Total .................... £39,255

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

Gold ..................... £13,660
Silver ................... 595

Total .................... £14,255

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, 19th April, 1856.

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.

HENRY ST. HILL.

Amount of the Notes in circulation at the office of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Wellington, the 17th May, 1856.

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 17th May, 1856, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz:—

£5 and upwards ............ £19,495
Under £5 .................. 21,572

Total .................... £41,067

Total amount of coin held by the same office on the same day, viz:—

Gold ..................... £15,468
Silver ................... 599

Total .................... £16,067

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, 17th May, 1856.

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.

HENRY ST. HILL.