Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington, 15th Nov. 1854.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a Special Meeting of the Justices
of the Peace for the Town and District
of Wellington, will be holden at the
Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wellington,
on Tuesday, the 5th day of December
next, at 12 o’clock, for the purpose of
receiving Applications for the Transfer
of Publicans’ Licences.

Robt. S. Cheeseman,
Clerk to the Bench.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, Nov. 17th, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
acknowledges the receipt,
for transmission to England, of the undermentioned sums, being contributions
in aid of the Fund for the relief of the
Widows and Orphans of the Soldiers and
Sailors who may be killed in the present
war, viz. :—

From the Rev. R. B. Paul, M.A., Minister
of Church of England ... £5 7 2
From Rev. R. S. Peele ... do. ... 42 7 1
(including £12 10s. 8d. from 65th Regt.)
From the Rev. J. Green, Minister
of Primitive Methodist Church ... 4 6 1
From Rev. J. Watkin, Minister
of Wesleyan Church ... 12 5 0
Do. ... do. ... 1 15 0
From Rev. C. Creed, Minister of Wesleyan Church, Hutt ... 8 1 2
From Rev. C. H. S. Nicoll, Minister of
Church of England, Wanganui ... 17 13 8
From Rev. D. Hogg, Minister of United
Presbyterian Church, Wanganui
and Turakina ... 21 15 0
From the Treasurer of the Tradesmen’s
Club, Wellington ... 21 2 4
From the Rev. W. Dron, Minister of
Free Church, Hutt ... 3 0 0
From Anonymous ... 2 0 0
From D. Riddiford, Esq. ... 5 0 0
From Miss Channing ... 0 5 0
From Henry Russell, Esq., Wairarapa ... 2 0 0
From A. Hutt, Esq., J.P. ... 12 12 6
From Rev. J. Woodward ... 0 6 3
From Rev. W. Kirton, Minister
of Church of Scotland ... 15 0 0
From the Rev. J. Moir, Minister of the
Free Church of Scotland ... 0 0 0
From the Rev. J. P. O’Reilly, Minister
of Roman Catholic Church.
St. Mary’s Church, Wellington ... 20 12 0
St. Peter’s and Paul, Hutt ... 1 19 9
Chapel of the Nativity, Wellington ... 6 19 3

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 7th November, 1854.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Officer Administering the Government has
been pleased to direct that the names of
the following gentlemen should be added
to the Commission of the Peace for the
Province of Wellington:—

John Cameron, Esq.,
A. de Bathe Brandon, Esq.,
John Dorset, Esq.,
W. Lyon, Esq.,
Nathaniel Levin, Esq.,
Thomas Mason, Esq.,
Samuel Revans, Esq.,
Charles Johnson Pharazyn, Esq.

By His Excellency’s command,
Andrew Sinclair,
Colonial Secretary

COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE.

Amount of the Notes in Circulation at
the Office of the Colonial Bank of
Issue at Wellington, the 11th November, 1854.

Amount of Notes in Circulation on the
11th day of November, 1854, being the
close of the preceding four weeks, viz:—
£5 and upwards ... £14,250
Under £5 ... 20,004

Total ... £34,254

Total Amount of Coin held by the
same office on the same day, viz:—
Gold ... £13,703
Silver ... 551

£14,254

I, Henry St. Hill, Manager of the
said Bank, do hereby certify that the
above is a true account of the Notes in
circulation, and of the Coins held by
the said office, as required under
Ordinance No. 16, Session 8 and No.
14, Session 11.

Henry St. Hill,
Manager.

Colonial Bank Issue,
Wellington, Nov. 11th, 1854.

The sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds
(20,000) 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.

Henry St. Hill.