✨ Bank Notes Circulation and Election Notice
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 NOTES IN CIRCULATION AT THE OFFICE OF THE
COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE, AT
WELLINGTON, THE 12th JULY,
1856.
Amount of Notes in Circulation on the
12th July, 1856, being the close of
the preceding four weeks, viz.:—
£ s d
£5, and upwards... 19,285 0 0
Under £5... 20,113 0 0
£39,348 0 0
Total amount of Coin held by the same
Office, on the same day, viz.:—
£ s d
Gold... 13,745 0 0
Silver... 603 0 0
£14,348 0 0
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
VIII, and No. 14, Session XI.
HENRY ST. HILL,
Manager.
Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 12th July, 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.
New Zealand to wit,—Province of Canterbury.
WHEREAS a Writ, under the
hand of Thomas Gore Browne,
Esquire, Companion of the most
honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in
and over the islands of New Zealand,
&c., &c., bearing date the Eighth day
of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six,
hath been directed to me, Charles
Christopher Bowen, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the Christchurch Country District, requiring and commanding
me to cause to be elected, by and from
amongst the voters duly qualified for
that purpose, freely and indifferently
and in manner and form by law prescribed, One Person to serve as a member of the House of Representatives,
for the Christchurch Country District,
in the Room of Dingley Askham
Brittain, Esquire, resigned: Now
therefore I, the said Charles Christopher Bowen, Esquire, Returning
Officer for the Christchurch Country
District, do hereby, in pursuance of
the said recited writ, give notice that a
public meeting of the Electors of the
Christchurch Country District will be
holden at the Offices of the Provincial
Government, in the town of Christchurch, on Monday, the 13th day of
October next, at noon, for the purpose
of nominating One Person to serve as a
member of the House of Representatives, for the Christchurch Country District, and in the event of a poll
being demanded for the candidates or
any of them, such polling shall take
place on Tuesday, the 14th day of
October next, in the lobby of the
Provincial Council Chamber, at
Christchurch; and in the Police office at
Lyttelton; and at Mr. Black’s Store
Kaiapoi: the voting to commence at
any time after nine o’clock, a.m., of the
said day, and to close at four o’clock
p.m., of the same day.
Charles Christopher Bowen,
Returning Officer,
Government Offices, Lyttelton,
August 29th, 1856.
PRINTED BY J. WILLIE AT THE STANDARD OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1856, No 17
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Investment of Sterling Funds
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💰 Finance & RevenueInvestment, Sterling, Government Funds
- Henry St. Hill
💰 Amount of Notes in Circulation at Colonial Bank of Issue
💰 Finance & Revenue12 July 1856
Bank Notes, Circulation, Coin, Wellington
- Henry St. Hill, Manager
🏛️ Notice of Election for Christchurch Country District
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration29 August 1856
Election, House of Representatives, Christchurch, Canterbury
- Dingley Askham Brittain (Esquire), Resigned member of House of Representatives
- Charles Christopher Bowen, Returning Officer