Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 4

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✨ Financial and Trade Statistics



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COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE

Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Office
of the Colonial Bank of Issue, Wellington,
on Saturday, 3rd February, 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 ........................... £16,578
Silver .......................... 586

Total .......................... £17,164

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 re-
quired under Ordinances No. 16, Sess. 8,
and No. 14, Sess. 11.

Henry St. Hill,
Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1855.

The sum of twenty thousand pounds
(£20,000) 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.

A RETURN of EXPORTS, the Produce of New Zealand, from the Port of Mono-

nui, from the 1st day of October to the 31st day of December, 1854.

ARTICLES QUANTITY VALUE
Scaffold Poles 100 £50 0 0
Timber—sawn 80,000 feet 800 0 0
Maize 210 bushels 105 0 0
Wheat 35 „ 15 0 0

Total .......................... £970 0 0

H. M. Customs, Mongonui,
January 6, 1855.

W. B. White,
Sub-Collector.

A RETURN, showing the Number, Tonnage and Crews of Coasters; reported In-

wards and Outwards; and of the Imports of New Zealand Produce, at
the Port of Mongonui, for the Quarter ended December 31, 1854.

INWARDS OUTWARDS
Vessels Tonnage Crews Vessels
10 332 41 13
ARTICLES QUANTITY VALUE
Grass Seed 10 bushels £2 0 0
Firewood 45 cords 45 0 0
Hops 20 lbs. 2 10 0
Maize 24 bushels 12 0 0
Pigs 7 14 0 0
Sheep 2 2 0 0
Timber—sawn 400 feet 4 0 0
Wheat 9 bushels 4 10 0

Total .......................... £86 0 0

H. M. Customs, Mongonui,
January 6, 1855.

W. B. White,
Sub-Collector.

Printed by Williamson & Wilson, for the Provincial Government.



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💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Notes and Coin Report

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 February 1855
Bank Notes, Coin, Circulation, Wellington
  • Henry St. Hill, Manager, Colonial Bank of Issue

🏭 Exports from Mongonui Port

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
6 January 1855
Exports, Mongonui, Scaffold Poles, Timber, Maize, Wheat
  • W. B. White, Sub-Collector, H. M. Customs

🏭 Coasters and Imports at Mongonui Port

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
6 January 1855
Coasters, Tonnage, Crews, Imports, Mongonui
  • W. B. White, Sub-Collector, H. M. Customs