Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3363

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 1934.

Liabilities. Assets.
£ s. d. £ s. d.

1. Paid-up capital .. .. .. 500,000 0 0 8. Reserve—
2. General Reserve Fund .. .. 1,000,000 0 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. 3,601,727 0 0
3. Bank-notes .. .. .. 8,783,469 10 0 (b) Sterling exchange .. .. 24,375,967 4 11
4. Demand liabilities— (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
   (a) State .. .. .. 3,472,576 19 9 9. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 121,643 8 8
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 15,855,469 19 6 10. Discounts—
   (c) Other .. .. .. 1,374 9 4 (a) Commercial and agricultural
5. Time deposits .. .. .. .. .. .. bills .. .. .. ..
6. Liabilities in currencies other than (b) Treasury and local-body bills.. ..
   N.Z. currency .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11. Advances—
7. Other liabilities .. .. .. 27,034 11 8 (a) To the State or State under-
   takings .. .. ..
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. ..
8. Investments .. .. .. .. 1,506,386 0 0
9. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. .. ..
10. Other assets .. .. .. .. 34,201 16 8
    £29,639,925 10 3 £29,639,925 10 3

Proportion of reserve (No. 8 less No. 6) to notes and other demand liabilities, 99·51 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Acting Chief Accountant.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Levin on the 23rd October, 1934.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 12th October, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Levin on the 23rd October, 1934, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Ikaroa, 1934/35—17.]

C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

The Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1934.

LAND-TAX PAYABLE.

BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 8th day of October, 1934, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the duty by way of land-tax leviable under the said Act should be paid in one sum on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1934, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington, C. 1; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly.

Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 28th November, 1934. The liability to pay is not suspended by any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues; any overpayment will be adjusted by refund. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st October, 1934. Demands must be presented with all payments, and taxpayers who expect a demand and do not receive one should notify me of the fact.

C. E. DOWLAND,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Notice to Mariners No. 39 of 1934.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th October, 1934.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON.

Steeple Rock Beacon and Buoy.

Previous notices: Nos. 8 and 16 of 1934 hereby cancelled.

Position: 230°, 3,450 ft. from front leading beacon. Latitude, 41° 19′4 S.; longitude, 174° 50′8 E. (approx.).

Abridged description: Fl. R. ev. sec. 23 ft. 7 M. (U).

Details: On and after the 23rd inst. a red light, flashing every second, flash 0·3 sec., will be exhibited from the new beacon at an elevation of 23 ft. The light will be visible from 176° through south to 286°. The beacon is a concrete structure, cylindrical in shape, and painted white with a broad horizontal black band.

The buoy formerly moored near the above position has been discontinued.

Charts affected: 1423—695—2054.

Publications affected: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1933, page 491; New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 98; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 229, 1935 edition, page 223.

Authority: Wellington Harbour Board, 9/10/34.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/15.)

Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1934.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th October, 1934.

PUBLICATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE-TABLES FOR THE YEAR 1935.

THE New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables for 1935, compiled at the Nautical Adviser’s Office, Marine Department, will be published at Wellington on the 1st November, 1934, and afterwards may be purchased from Government Shipping Offices or the Marine Department, Wellington.

The publication will contain the following information:—

Tidal predictions, giving the daily times and heights of high and low water for the ports of Auckland, Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Wellington, and Westport.

Time differences, by which the approximate time of high and low water may be obtained at 104 places within New Zealand.

Tidal-stream predictions, giving the approximate daily times of the flood and ebb streams making at French Pass and Tory Channel.