New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 61

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

STATEMENT showing Discount-stamp TRANSACTIONS in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1904.

Postal District. Discount-stamps sold. Discount-stamps redeemed. Unsold Discount-stamps on Hand on 30th June, 1904.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 11 15 0 10 2 0 150 5 0
Blenheim .. .. 10 15 0
Christchurch .. 0 19 0 14 15 0
Dunedin 4 15 0 2 14 0 17 10 0
Gisborne .. .. 12 5 0
Greymouth .. .. 25 0 0
Hokitika .. .. 12 10 0
Invercargill .. .. 24 5 0
Napier .. 2 5 0 2 16 0 24 5 0
Nelson .. .. .. 12 0 0
New Plymouth .. 0 1 0 12 15 0
Oamaru .. .. .. 24 15 0
Thames .. 67 15 0 60 12 0 28 15 0
Timaru .. .. .. 32 5 0
Wanganui .. 0 1 0 16 15 0
Wellington 716 10 0 659 9 0 328 15 0
Westport .. .. 11 5 0
Totals, June quarter, 1904 803 0 0 736 14 0 758 15 0
Totals, June quarter, 1903 688 10 0 591 11 0 775 5 0

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of June, 1904. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
Max. Temp. in Shade. Min. Temp. in Shade. Mean Temp. in Shade. Solar Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Rainfall, in Inches. Veloc. Wind, in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10 Direction of Wind.
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 29·045 55·6 47·1 51·3 67 45 1·12 344 10 N.W.
2 28·975 57·5 46·0 51·7 93 43 ·21 284 4 N.W.
3 29·035 54·0 43·0 48·5 92 39 .. 134 3 Calm
4 29·179 60·0 42·0 51·0 96 37 .. 172 1 N.W.
5 29·383 53·2 41·4 47·3 89 37 1·10 276 8 S.W.
6 29·641 46·9 39·0 42·4 79 35 ·04 231 10 W.
7 29·975 48·5 44·0 46·2 76 40 ·10 138 3 Calm
8 29·764 57·4 46·8 52·1 93 42 .. 212 3 N.W.
9 30·088 60·3 37·9 49·1 96 33 .. 121 0 Calm
10 30·169 57·4 38·0 47·7 91 33 .. 157 8 N.W.
11 30·079 53·2 42·0 47·6 82 40 trace 420 8 N.W.
12 29·964 60·5 40·3 50·4 92 39 .. 212 2 Calm
13 29·931 58·7 40·4 49·5 94 39 .. 112 3 Calm
14 29·798 57·5 44·0 50·7 90 40 .. 128 0 Calm
15 29·395 63·7 48·4 56·0 98 47 ·14 78 10 N.
16 29·228 53·9 46·1 50·0 82 43 ·36 412 3 N.W.
17 29·321 52·7 43·3 48·0 92 42 1·28 391 4 N.W.
18 29·409 54·2 51·0 52·6 92 47 ·02 343 8 N.W.
19 29·873 55·7 39·3 47·0 86 35 ·18 61 4 Calm
20 30·206 49·3 43·3 46·3 86 40 ·17 73 9 S.E.
21 30·260 49·2 41·0 45·1 85 37 ·12 81 1 Calm
22 30·117 50·1 38·0 44·0 85 34 ·01 87 9 N.
23 29·855 52·6 45·1 48·8 86 45 .. 244 9 N.
24 29·563 54·6 46·2 50·4 78 39 ·06 328 5 N.
25 29·418 57·4 50·4 53·9 86 37 ·01 325 4 N.W.
26 29·415 56·4 48·3 52·3 94 38 ·06 115 10 N.
27 29·125 57·3 44·9 51·1 82 43 1·02 175 10 S.
28 29·355 50·6 45·2 47·9 75 43 ·46 167 10 S.
29 29·655 48·7 41·3 45·0 75 39 ·19 376 7 S.
30 30·128 48·3 38·4 43·3 85 36 ·31 222 9 S.
* 29·645 53·8 43·4 48·9 86·5 39·6 6·960 213·8 5·8 ..
† 29·988 .. .. 46·4 .. .. 3·040 .. .. ..

Means, &c. † Same month previous year.

NOTE.—On the whole, a very wet month; rain fell on twenty days. The total rainfall has only been exceeded on four occasions during the past thirty-nine years; average,

4·98 in. Winds throughout light and variable. Maximum temperature in shade, 63·7°; minimum, 37·9°; mean temperature of dew point, 40·7°; mean humidity, 73.

CUTHBERT FREYBERG,
Acting Observer.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 27th June, 1904.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation 801,248 13 10
Bills in circulation 23,327 8 5
Balances due to other Banks 16,813 11 3
Government deposits 1,128,134 15 4
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest 4,357,786 19 11
Bearing interest 4,151,528 12 1
Total average liabilities £10,478,840 0 10

ASSETS.

£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal 1,329,378 10 2
Gold and silver in bullion or bars 84,304 14 8
Notes and bills of other Banks 54,681 15 11
Balances due from other Banks 1,166 10 9
Landed property 101,692 8 5
Amount of all other securities—
1. Notes and bills discounted 982,367 5 6
2. Colonial Government securities 716,631 5 0
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) 4,192,010 2 3
5. Securities not included under the above heads 676,461 7 8
Total average assets £8,138,694 0 4

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 for six months, paid May last.)
Preference shares fully paid up issued to the Crown under “Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903,” £500,000.
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £21,281.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £25,599 16s. 8d.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of July, 1904.

ALEX. MICHIE, General Manager.
RICH'D. W. GIBBS, Accountant.



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🚂 Statement of Discount-stamp Transactions in New Zealand Postal Districts for Quarter Ended 30 June 1904 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 July 1904
Discount stamps, Postal transactions, Postal districts, Quarterly report, Government statistics, Revenue, Mail services, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary

🎓 Meteorological Observations for Wellington in June 1904

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Weather, Meteorology, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Cloud cover, Solar radiation, Terrestrial radiation, Wellington, Climate data
  • Cuthbert Freyberg, Acting Observer

💰 Statement of Average Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand for Quarter Ended 27 June 1904

💰 Finance & Revenue
14 July 1904
Bank of New Zealand, Liabilities, Assets, Financial statement, Government bank, Deposits, Securities, Gold reserves, Quarterly report
  • Alex. Michie, General Manager
  • Rich'd. W. Gibbs, Accountant