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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 111

Applications invited for the Position of Matron, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th October, 1914.

1. A PPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 23rd October, 1914, for the position of Matron, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium (temporary premises).

2. Applicants must be duly registered nurses, not over forty years of age.

3. 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.

4. The duties are as follows:—
   (a.) To have charge of the Sanatorium under the general supervision of the Resident Medical Officer.
   (b.) To attend to the nursing of patients; and
   (c.) To control indoor staff and laundry, and generally act as housekeeper.

5. Salary, £150 per annum, less £30 to be deducted for board and residence; maximum, £165. General Division.

6. The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912. Duties to commence not later than 2nd November, 1914.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Assistant Analyst, Dominion Laboratory, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th October, 1914.

1. A PPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 9th November, 1914, for the position of Assistant Analyst, Dominion Laboratory, Wellington.

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. The duties will be general in character, but a knowledge of assaying and mineral analysis will be considered a recommendation.

4. Salary, £180; maximum, £260. Professional Division.

5. Appointment to be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Results of the Land Surveyors’ Examination, Commonwealth States of Australia and Dominion of New Zealand, September, 1914.—New Zealand Candidates.

The Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 7th October, 1914.

I T is hereby notified for general information that at the March examination fourteen candidates sat. Of these, Mr. Henry Herbert Whittaker, Hamilton; Mr. Harold Leishman Langdon, Masterton; Mr. Ernest Christopher Barker, Christchurch; Mr. Guy Shuckburgh Collyns, Associate in Civil Engineering, Greymouth; Mr. Gerard William Sampson, Christchurch, completed the examination, having passed in some of the subjects at a former examination.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Bank Statements.

S TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1914.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. 1,194,258 8 1
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 40,727 4 11
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 16,873 4 6
Government deposits .. .. .. 3,189,976 9 9
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 6,580,378 11 9
Bearing interest .. .. .. 5,446,503 13 2

Total average liabilities £16,468,717 12 2

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 2,470,467 3 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 63,797 12 3
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 113,338 18 0
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 2,649 6 3
Landed property .. .. .. 139,870 13 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 912,094 18 6
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 718,681 0 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 9,232,754 14 11
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 491,789 13 1

Total average assets .. .. £14,144,944 0 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 1914:—
4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £526,405.
“A” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, £500,000.
“B” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913, £250,000.
Ordinary shares, £947,503.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on “A” 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, £1,601,608.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October, 1914.

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

G ENERAL 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, 1914.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. 149,509 10 9
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 15,714 2 10
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. ..
Government deposits .. .. .. 10 0 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,527,676 17 1
Bearing interest .. .. .. 673,541 16 7

Total average liabilities ..£2,366,452 7 3

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 676,199 0 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 681 19 7
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 27,325 10 10
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 20,351 18 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 188,449 1 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 2,965,227 17 11
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 5,054 0 1

Total average assets .. .. ..£3,883,289 9 8

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, £170,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £2,784,000.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of October, 1914.

ROBT. B. SMITH, Acting Inspector.
R. SWANSTON, Accountant.