TOTAL AMOUNT OF NOTES IN CIRCULATION AT THE OFFICE OF THE "COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE," AT WELLINGTON ON THE 29th DAY OF JUNE, 1850.

Amount of Notes in Circulation on the 29th day of June, 1850, being the close of the preceding four weeks:—

£5 and upwards .................. £1000 0 0
Under £5 ........................ 1403 0 0

Total .......................... £2403 0 0

Total Amount of Coin held by the above Office, on the same day:

Gold ............................ £531 10 0
Silver .......................... 1871 10 0

Total .......................... £2403 0 0

I HENRY W. PETRE, the Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a true Account as required by the Ordinance No. 16, Session 8.
Dated this first day of July, 1850.
Colonial Treasury, Wellington.

HENRY W. PETRE,
Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 1850.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, having in the accompanying Notices, invited the Natives of this Province, to furnish specimens of native produce and manufacture, to be forwarded to the Grand Exhibition in London in 1851, relies on the co-operation of the Magistrates, Clergymen, and other Europeans, resident in native districts, in explaining to the Maories the objects of the exhibition; and affording them information and advice as to the selection of proper articles for specimens, and as to the best mode of forwarding them to Wellington.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

KI NGA TANGATA MAORI O RUNGA NEI.

WHAKARONGO MAI.

E HOA ma e nga Tangata Maori o konei, o Poneke nei, o tenei Tai puta noa ki Otaki, Manawatu, roto o Whanganui, awhio noa ki tera Tai ki te Wairoa, ki Ngatikahuhunu, Whakatu te Awatiti, Akaroa me Otakou,—E hoa ma,
Whakarongo mai, kei te Tau ki mua ake nei, kei te 1851, ka ara te Hui a te Kuini o Ingarangi, otira na raua tahi ko Te Piriniha Arepata:—te tikanga o taua Hui nei, he whakakite i nga Rawa, o ia whenua; o ia whenua: kaore he whenua i ngaro, kore rawa, kore rawa. Nokonei i puta ai te whakaro o te Kawana, kia hui tahi nga Maori ki te whakakite i nga Rawa o tenei motu o Nui Tireni; kia kawea ki Ingarangi, kia kitea ai nga Hua o tenei whenua ki te aroaro o te tokomaha:
Akuanei pea nga Maori ki ai, he aha ra te huhuatanga o tenei Hui? koiano. Otira, te take o tenei Hui, koia tenei—he whakakite i nga Rawa tupu ake o te whenua, i nga Rawa whaihanga ranei a te tangata, hei whakakaha, hei whakamahana, hei whakataetaenga ma nga tangata o ia whenua, o ia whenua,—kia riro ai te huhuatanga utu, i tenei ranei, i tera ranei, me nga Rawa i pahika ake te po.
Na, e hoa ma, nokonei to Kuwana o Poneke, i mea ai, kia uru tahi tatou nga Maori ki te whakakite i nga Rawa,

TRANSLATION.

TO MY NATIVE FRIENDS living here at Port Nicholson, on the coast at Otaki, at Manawatu, and up the Wanganui River, and from thence to the Wairoa on the East Coast, among the Ngatikahuhunu’s, also at Nelson or Queen Charlotte’s Sound, Akaroa and Otago,—Listen—In the year 1851, a great meeting of people will take place under the auspices of the Queen and Prince Albert. The object of this meeting is to exhibit the productions of all countries—none will be left out:

The Governor has therefore thought that it would be right that the natives should unite with the other nations in exhibiting the Productions of this country that theirs also may be conveyed to England and exhibited before the great assembling of the people.

It is natural to suppose that the natives will enquire what the object of this exhibition is? and whether anything is to be gained therefrom? The purpose of the exhibition is this, to develop the resources whether natural or artificial of any country, and to stimulate the industry and encourage the talent of their inhabitants by exciting competition and comparison and awarding prizes for such articles of natural produce or of skilled manufacture, as may be deemed worthy of such distinction—and on this account,