Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3223

Applications invited for the Position of Farm Manager's Assistant at Weraroa.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st October, 1913.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 15th November, 1913, for the position of Farm Manager's Assistant at the Weraroa Experimental Farm.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must be not more than 40 years of age.

4. Applicants must have (a) a general knowledge of farming; (b) a knowledge of clerical work, including typing and correspondence, also book-keeping and accounts.

5. It is desirable, but not essential, that applicants should be married.

6. Salary, £170; maximum, £200. General Division.

7. Appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

GEO. F. DIXON,
Acting Secretary.

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned examinations will be held on the dates specified in each case :-

Intermediate Competitive (Education Board Senior Scholarship Examination): On or about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Intermediate Non-competitive, for Senior Free Places in Secondary Schools and District High Schools and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers: On or about 18th November, 1913, and following days.

Junior National Scholarship: On or about the 27th and 28th November, 1913.

Junior Free Place (including the examination for Junior Free Places in Technical Schools): On or about the 27th and 28th November, 1913.

Teachers’ Certificate Examinations, Class C and Class D: On or about the 5th January, 1914, and following days.

NOTE.—The Civil Service Junior (Public Service Entrance) Examination being now confined exclusively to candidates desirous of entering the Public Service, Scholarship candidates who are required by the various scholarship regulations to take this examination will now enter as Intermediate Competitive candidates.

Entries for Junior National Scholarships and Junior Free Places and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers must be made through the principals or head teachers of the schools attended, and will be received by Secretaries of Education Boards not later than the 15th September, 1913. Junior Scholarship and Junior Free Place entries received after that date can be accepted only with the consent of the Education Department, which, if satisfied in any special case that there has been reasonable ground for the delay, may allow not more than seven days of grace.

Late entries for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers can be accepted only under conditions applicable to the Intermediate Examination.

Entries for the Intermediate Competitive and Non-competitive Examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, until the 15th September, 1913, or, with a late fee of £1, until the 22nd September, 1913.

Entries for the Teachers’ C and D Certificate Examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, until the 15th October, 1913, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 31st October, 1913.

For Scholarship and Free Place entries, and for entrance to the First Examination of Pupil-teachers, no entrance fee is payable.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained after 1st July from the office of any Education Board or of the Education Department.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools

Bank Statements.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1913.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. 940,270 13 10
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 47,234 15 10
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 19,815 8 8
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,813,741 15 3
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 6,212,110 5 11
Bearing interest .. .. .. 5,397,658 6 0

Total average liabilities .. .. £14,430,831 5 6

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. £ 2,111,705 3 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 72,376 12 9
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 118,487 7 5
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 2,423 5 11
Landed property .. .. .. 136,727 13 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 957,268 10 2
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. 718,681 0 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 8,305,905 4 3
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 484,129 18 5

Total average assets .. .. .. £12,907,704 15 8

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £1,000,000.
Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, £500,000.
Ordinary shares, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on preference shares, 10 per cent. per annum.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on ordinary shares (12 per cent. per annum, and bonus 3 per cent. per annum), 15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on preference shares, £50,000.
Amount of the last dividend declared on ordinary shares, £75,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,418,117.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of October, 1913.

W. CALLENDER, General Manager.
A. McLENNAN, for Accountant.

GENERAL ABSTRACT showing the average amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia, within the Dominion of New Zealand, taken from the several weekly statements, during the Quarter from the 1st July to 30th September, 1913.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. £ 133,359 18 6
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 18,886 4 8
Balances due to other Banks .. .. ..
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,400,654 2 5
Bearing interest .. .. .. 651,904 3 7

Total average liabilities .. .. £2,204,804 9 2

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. £ 647,879 10 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 507 12 4
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 27,963 0 11
Balances due from other Banks .. .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 13,980 8 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 242,953 13 2
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 2,706,581 5 3
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 4,257 18 3

Total average assets .. .. .. £3,644,123 9 4

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £2,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend and bonus declared to the shareholders, 14 per cent. dividend, and bonus 12s. per share, equal to 17 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend and bonus declared, £136,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £2,689,000.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October, 1913.

A. P. WEBSTER, Inspector.
R. SWANSTON, Accountant.