being lawfully acting in that capacity, the Treasurer of and for the said Islands, or the person for the time being lawfully acting in that capacity, and such other persons as the said Governor should deem to be qualified and capable to advise him. Now, therefore, His Excellency the Officer administering the Government directs it to be notified that the undermentioned Officers have this day taken and subscribed the proper oaths as Members of the said Executive Council.

The Honourable Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable William Swainson, Attorney-General.

The Honourable Alexander Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer.

By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

By Lieutenant-Colonel ROBERT HENRY WYNYARD, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Chief Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Military Forces within the Colony of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act made and enacted in the Parliament holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is amongst other things enacted that the General Assembly of New Zealand shall be holden at any place and time within New Zealand which the Governor shall from time to time by Proclamation for that purpose appoint. Now, THEREFORE, I the Officer administering the Government of New Zealand, Do HEREBY proclaim and appoint that the said General Assembly shall be holden, and shall meet for the Dispatch of Business at Auckland, on the 24th day of May now next ensuing, at twelve o'clock at noon. And the Members of the said Assembly are hereby warned to give their attendance at the said time and place accordingly.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand, at Auckland, this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

R. H. WYNYARD,
Chief Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Military Forces within the colony of New Zealand.

By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

AMOUNT of the Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 7th day of January, 1854:—
Amount of Notes in circulation on the 7th day of January, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards .......................... £11,615
Under £5 .................................. 11,262

                                    £22,878

Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day, viz.:—

Gold ..................................... £7,299
Silver ................................... 579

                                    £7,878

I, Henry St. Hill, being the Acting Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance, No. 16, Session VIII.

HARRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 7th January, 1854.

The Sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds 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.—H. St. H.

AMOUNT of the Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 4th day of February, 1854:
Amount of Notes in circulation on the 4th day of February, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz.:—

£5 and upwards .......................... £11,470
Under £5 .................................. 10,998

                                    £22,468

Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day, viz.:—

Gold ..................................... £6,204
Silver ................................... 564

                                    £6,768

I, Henry St. Hill, being the Acting Manager of the said Bank, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance, No. 16, Session VIII.

HARRY ST. HILL,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 4th February, 1854.

The sum of Fifteen Thousand Pounds 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.—H. St. H.

TOTAL Amount of Notes in Circulation at the Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Auckland, on the 7th day of January, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks:—

£5 and upwards .......................... £4,610
Under £5 .................................. 2,921

                                    £7,531

Total Amount of Coin held by the same office on the same day:—

Gold ..................................... £5,299
Silver ................................... 169

                                    £5,501

I, Alexander Shepherd, the Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a true account, as required by the Ordinance No. 16, Session VIII.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Dated at Auckland,
this 23rd day of January, 1854.

Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPBELL and JOHN TODD, Dunedin.