Financial and Customs Notices




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TOTAL AMOUNT of Notes in circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 18th day of October, 1851:—

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 18th day of October, 1851, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards ........................ £735
Under £5 .............................. 4727

Total ................................. £5462

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

Gold .................................. £277
Silver ................................ 1185

Total ................................. £1462

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.

HENRY W. PETRE,
Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Wellington,
23rd day of October, 1851.

The sum of four thousand pounds has been invested, under the warrant of his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, in the public funds in England, through the Commissariat Department, by arrangement made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

HENRY W. PETRE,
Colonial Treasurer.

NOTICE.

SALE OF CONDEMNED GOODS.

THE FOLLOWING GOODS, seized and condemned, will be sold by Public Auction, at the Custom House, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 26th day of November, 1851, at 12 o’clock, at noon:—

B—in a diamond—6; One case goods, consisting of—Blue and Red Serge Shirts, Scotch Twilled Shirts, Lamb’s Wool Vests, Children’s Woollen Boots and Hoods, Cotton Prints, &c., &c.

Also,—

JJ—in a diamond—22, 92; Two cases, containing—12 pieces Kerseymere and Doeskin, Woollen Checks, Holland, Silica, 100 gross Buttons, and sundry packages Tailors’ Trimmings, &c., &c.

STEPHEN CARKEEK,
Collector.

Custom House, Wellington,
10th Oct., 1851.

Printed at the Spectator Office.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF New Munster Gazette 1851, No 28





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 Colonial Bank of Issue Circulation Report

💰 Finance & Revenue
23 October 1851
Bank Notes, Coin, Colonial Bank, Circulation, Treasury
  • Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer

💰 Investment in Public Funds

💰 Finance & Revenue
Public Funds, Investment, England, Commissariat Department
  • Henry W. Petre, Colonial Treasurer

🏭 Sale of Condemned Goods

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 October 1851
Customs, Condemned Goods, Auction, Wellington
  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector