JULY 7. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1615

The Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908.

IN pursuance of section 58 of the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908, a synopsis of the business of the under-mentioned insurance associations, as on 31st March, 1932, based on statements deposited by those associations in the office of the Public Trustee, is hereby published :-

OTAGO FARMERS’ UNION MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

Assets—
Cash in hand and in bank .. .. .. 929 0 0
Loans and investments .. .. .. 16,759 13 9
Outstanding premium notes .. .. .. 104,457 18 0
Other assets .. .. .. 4,128 16 1

Liabilities—
Policies in force .. .. .. 4,364,854 0 0
Existing claims .. .. .. 966 4 5
Reserves .. .. .. ..

Income—
Premium notes .. .. .. 16,060 15 0
Interest .. .. .. 908 1 4
Other income .. .. .. 16 6 11

Expenditure—
Losses .. .. .. .. 4,712 13 7
Expenses .. .. .. .. 7,741 18 4
Reinsurance .. .. .. .. 1,806 13 9
Other payments and expenditure .. 23 14 11

TARANAKI FARMERS’ MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

Assets—
Cash in hand and in bank .. .. .. 695 5 10
Loans and investments .. .. .. 19,668 0 0
Outstanding premium notes .. .. .. 63,838 6 2
Other assets .. .. .. 1,083 19 1

Liabilities—
Policies in force .. .. .. 886,979 0 0
Existing claims .. .. .. 2,782 4 5
Reserves .. .. .. 578 0 0

Income—
Premium notes .. .. .. 5,831 19 8
Interest .. .. .. 1,051 12 9
Other income .. .. .. 884 16 1

Expenditure
Losses .. .. .. .. 4,827 7 9
Expenses .. .. .. .. 717 6 4
Reinsurance .. .. .. .. 987 9 2
Other payments and expenditure .. 2,334 8 5

WELLINGTON FARMERS’ MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.

Assets—
Cash in hand and in bank .. .. .. 934 7 8
Loans and investments .. .. .. 10,500 0 0
Outstanding premium notes .. .. .. 61,915 10 3
Other assets .. .. .. 95 11 4

Liabilities—
Policies in force .. .. .. 1,064,678 4 0
Existing claims .. .. .. ..
Reserves .. .. .. ..

Income—
Premium notes .. .. .. 8,491 19 10
Interest .. .. .. 500 11 10
Other income .. .. .. ..

Expenditure—
Losses .. .. .. .. 3,254 15 6
Expenses .. .. .. .. 337 9 0
Reinsurance .. .. .. .. 700 0 8
Other payments and expenditure .. 1,262 1 10

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Election of Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 5th July, 1932.

I, JAMES FRANCIS QUINN, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was Cornelius John O’Reilly, Esquire, of Porangahau. I do therefore hereby declare that the said Cornelius John O’Reilly is duly elected a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board for a term of two years as from the 28th day of August, 1932.

J. F. QUINN, Returning Officer.

Land Surveyor’s Examination, September, 1932, Australia and New Zealand.

The Survey Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 30th June, 1932.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Survey Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as surveyor, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 26th September, 1932, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday, 12th September, and that the examination fee as undernoted must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and other particulars may be obtained.

Candidates sitting for the first time will be accepted at this examination, and must sit in Wellington.

Candidates completing former sittings may sit in other centres where there is a Chief Surveyor’s office, on payment of an extra fee of £1 1s. in addition to the ordinary fees which are as under :—

Completing in one or two compulsory subjects, fee of £1 1s. per subject. (Physics-Geology-Forestry paper is not included.)

Examination in all subjects, fee of £5 5s.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Survey Board.

Government Buildings, Wellington.

Southland Education Board.—Board Elections, 1932.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, and its amendments, it is hereby publicly notified that the following persons have been duly elected as members of the Education Board of the District of Southland :—

Invercargill Urban Area—William Grieve.
Central Ward—William Bell.
East Ward—Stanley Rice.
West Ward—John Charles Thomson.

It is further notified that the candidates declared elected were the only ones nominated.

R. BROWNLIE, Returning Officer.

Education Office, Invercargill, 29th June, 1932.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 4th July, 1932. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.