Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4145

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY, 3RD DECEMBER, 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 .. .. .. 3,001,731 0 0
3. Bank-notes .. .. .. 9,648,988 10 0 (b) Sterling exchange .. .. 23,552,170 8 8
4. Demand liabilities— (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. ..
   (a) State .. .. .. 6,496,604 9 7 9. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 84,249 5 0
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 10,597,388 6 7 10. Discounts—
   (c) Other .. .. .. 3,611 14 2 (a) Commercial and agricultural
5. Time deposits .. .. .. .. bills .. .. .. ..
6. Liabilities in currencies other than (b) Treasury and local-body bills..
   N.Z. currency .. .. .. 37,275 13 3 11. Advances—
7. Other liabilities .. .. .. .. (a) To the State or State under-
   takings .. .. .. ..
   (b) To other public authorities ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. ..
8. Investments .. .. .. 1,616,713 1 1
9. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
10. Other assets .. .. .. 29,004 18 10

£28,283,868 13 7 £28,283,868 13 7

Proportion of reserve (No. 8 less No. 6) to notes and other demand liabilities, 99·27 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Acting Chief Accountant.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under Section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privileges held under the licences mentioned in the Schedule hereto will, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register of Mining Privileges at the expiration of three months from the date hereof.

H. R. BUSH, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Public Service Superannuation Fund.—Election of Members of the Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1935, for the purpose of electing, as members of the Public Service Superannuation Board, two representatives of the contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department, one representative of the contributors who belong to the Police Force, and three representatives of the contributors who belong to other Departments of the Public Service.

The said election will be held at the office of the Public Service Superannuation Board, Police Building, Johnston Street, Wellington, C. 1.

A separate ballot will be taken of the contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department, of the contributors who belong to the Police Force, and of the contributors who belong to other Departments of the Public Service.

Nominations will be received by the Returning Officer, in the form prescribed by Regulation 44 under the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, until Monday, the 28th day of January, 1935, at 4.30 o’clock p.m. The voting-lists will be closed on the same date.

The poll will close at 5 o’clock p.m. on the 4th March, 1935. Ballot-papers posted to the Returning Officer must reach him not later than 5 o’clock p.m. on the fifteenth day after the date of the closing of the poll. Ballot-papers, if delivered to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered in a sealed envelope not later than 5 o’clock p.m. on the day of the closing of the poll.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of December, 1934.

R. S. WOGAN, Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 51 of 1934.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th December, 1934.

NEW ZEALAND.—COOK STRAIT.—STEPHENS ISLAND PASSAGE.
Existence of Shoal.

Position: Lat., 40° 41′·7 S.; long., 173° 58′·1 E., Chart No. 2684.

Details: A rocky ledge trending N.E.-S.W. for about 80 ft., with a least depth of 15 ft., is reported to exist in a position approximately 343°, 3 cables from Cape Stephens.

A further examination of the locality will be made at a later date.

Charts affected: Nos. 695—2684—2054—2616—3329.

Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 245.

Authority: Captain Simpson, s.s. “Matai.”

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 6/1/184.)

Officiating Ministers for 1934.—Notice No. 44.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1934.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend John Reynell Neild, B.A.

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Harold Beaumont Burnett.
The Reverend George Archibald Douglas Spence.

Baptists.

The Reverend William Nugent Flett.
The Reverend Felix Hayes Lloyd.

Gospel Service Mission Church.

Mr. Arthur Francis Coverdale Hicks.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th December, 1934.

THE following results of the elections of trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

MALCOLM FRASER, Under-Secretary.

Mangawhere Drainage District, County of Otorohanga—

Allen W. Hood.
William Irvine.
Alfred F. Marshall.
Thomas G. Rawlings.
Conway G. Murphy.

(I.A. 1933/119/61.)

Orahiri Drainage District, Counties of Waitomo and Otorohanga—

Allen W. Hood.
William G. Johnston.
Robert M. McInnes.
William A. Spicer.
Arthur E. St. Clair.

(I.A. 1933/119/60.)