Banking Statistics




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A MOUNT of the Notes in Circulation at the

Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at
Wellington, on the 4th day of March, 1854:—

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 4th day of March, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz:—

£5 and upwards .......................... £12,655
Under £5 .......................... 17,689

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

Gold .......................... £15,700
Silver .......................... 607

........................ £16,307

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.

Henry St. Hill,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 4th March, 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.

A MOUNT of the Notes in Circulation at the

Office of the Colonial Bank of Issue, at Wellington, on the 1st day of April, 1854:—

Amount of Notes in circulation on the 1st day of April, 1854, being the close of the preceding four weeks, viz:—

£5 and upwards .......................... £18,829
Under £5 .......................... 18,481

........................ £32,301

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

Gold .......................... £16,752
Silver .......................... 549

........................ £17,301

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.

Henry St. Hill,
Acting Manager.

Colonial Bank of Issue,
Wellington, 1st April, 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.

Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPIBELL and JOHN TOMS, Dunedin.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1854, No 9





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💰 Notes in Circulation and Coin Holdings at Colonial Bank of Issue, 4 March 1854

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 March 1854
Banking, Notes, Circulation, Coin, Gold, Silver, Colonial Bank, Wellington
  • Henry St. Hill, Acting Manager

💰 Notes in Circulation and Coin Holdings at Colonial Bank of Issue, 1 April 1854

💰 Finance & Revenue
1 April 1854
Banking, Notes, Circulation, Coin, Gold, Silver, Colonial Bank, Wellington
  • Henry St. Hill, Acting Manager