MAR. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 687
New Zealand Dairy Board Election, 1935.

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF MIDDLE WARD ELECTION.

I, GILBERT GRAHAM HODGKINS, Returning Officer
for the purpose of the Dairy Board Election, 1935,
do hereby declare the result of the election in the Middle
Ward for a member of the New Zealand Dairy Board, which
closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th March, 1935, to be
as follows :—

Votes.
Campbell, Neil . . . . . 3,127
Dermer, Cyril Guy Conduitt . 23,518
Green, Walter Clement Guy.. 15,118
Linton, Andrew . . . . . 24,222
Roberts, Benjamin . . . . 1,447
Smith, Samuel Thomas Paviour . . 40
Sutton, Robert Boswell . . . . 2,572

I therefore declare the said Andrew Linton to be elected.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of March, 1935.
G. G. HODGKINS, Returning Officer.

New Zealand Dairy Board Election, 1935.

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF SOUTHERN WARD ELECTION.

I, GILBERT GRAHAM HODGKINS, Returning Officer
for the purpose of the Dairy Board Election, 1935,
do hereby declare the result of the election in the Southern
Ward for a member of the New Zealand Dairy Board, which
closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th March, 1935, to be
as follows :—

Votes.
Dunlop, John . . . . . 12,922
Guild, Andrew Rollo . . . . 820
Lee, William . . . . . 11,135

I therefore declare the said John Dunlop to be elected.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of March, 1935.
G. G. HODGKINS, Returning Officer.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
ON MONDAY, 11TH MARCH, 1935.

Liabilities.

1. Paid-up capital . . . . £ 500,000 0 0
2. General Reserve Fund . . . £ 1,000,000 0 0
3. Bank-notes . . . . £ 9,184,041 10 0
4. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State . . . . £ 12,325,998 8 7
   (b) Banks . . . . £ 4,648,346 17 4
   (c) Other . . . . £ 7,480 5 10
5. Time deposits . . . . . .
6. Liabilities in currencies other than
   N.Z. currency . . . . . .
7. Other liabilities . . . . £ 50,280 16 1

£27,716,147 17 10

Assets.
8. Reserve—
(a) Gold . . . . £ 3,001,731 0 0
(b) Sterling exchange . . . £ 22,454,687 9 2
(c) Gold exchange . . . .
9. Subsidiary coin . . . . £ 179,073 18 11
10. Discounts—
(a) Commercial and agricultural
bills . . . . . .
(b) Treasury and local-body bills . .
11. Advances—
(a) To the State or State under-
takings . . . . . .
(b) To other public authorities . .
(c) Other . . . . . .
12. Investments . . . . £ 2,057,539 0 5
13. Bank buildings . . . . . .
14. Other assets . . . . £ 23,116 9 4

£27,716,147 17 10

Proportion of reserve (No. 8 less No. 6) to notes and other demand liabilities, 97.29 per cent.
W. R. EGGERS, Acting Chief Accountant.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 1935.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection under the Land Act, 1924, and
applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the
25th March, 1935.
The land described in the First Schedule may, at the
option of the applicants, be purchased for cash, or on deferred
payments, or be selected on renewable lease. The land
described in the Second Schedule may be selected on renewable
lease only.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday,
the 26th March, 1935, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant
is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land
Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.
The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Tauranga County.—Maketu Survey District.
SECTION 10, Block XIII : Area, 186 acres. Capital value,
£50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; Half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £1.
Weighted with £200 for improvements, consisting of
dwelling, sheds, 60 chains of road boundary-fencing, 75 chains
of subdivisional fencing, half-share in 130 chains boundary-
fencing, clearing and grassing. Payable either in cash or
by a deposit of £30, and the balance, £170, on instalment
mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent over a
period of thirty years with interest at 5½ per cent. Half-
yearly instalment of principal and interest combined, £5 16s. 3d.
This property, which is suitable for grazing sheep, is situated
on the Whataroa Road, twenty-one miles from Ngongotaha
Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and Saleyards.
The area comprises undulating to hilly bush country,
broken by steep gullies and a gorge on the north and south
boundaries. Soil is sandy loam to clay resting on rhyolite
and clay formation. Approximately 100 acres felled and
grassed, now reverted, 40 acres felled, stumped and grassed,
ragwort infested, 46 acres in natural state. Ragwort and
blackberry require immediate attention.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.—Kawhia South Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for five years, subject to at
least £50 being spent on manure or improvements during
rent-free period.)
SECTION 5, Block XVI : Area, 1,206 acres 1 rood 27 perches.
Capital value, £600 ; half-yearly rent, £12.
Weighted with £250 for improvements, consisting of
dwelling of four rooms, bathroom, washhouse, and scullery
(all under one roof), approximately 670 chains of fencing (in
poor condition). This sum is payable in cash, or by a cash