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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the eastern and southern boundaries of Lot 1 on plan No. 2951, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Invercargill; thence along the eastern boundary of Lot 3 on plan 2951 aforesaid and that boundary produced to the southern boundary of a public road; thence easterly along the southern boundary of the said road; thence along the eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Section 37, Block XXII aforesaid, to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 20, Block XXII aforesaid; thence to and along the southern boundary of Section 20 aforesaid and the southern and western boundaries of Section 19, Block XXII aforesaid, to and across a public road; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of the said road; thence along the western boundary of Section 32, Block XXII aforesaid, the southern and western boundaries of Section 27, Block XXII aforesaid, to a public road, and across that road to the south-western corner of Lot 1 on plan 2991, deposited as aforesaid; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of a public road and across another road to the southern boundary of Section 35, Block XXII aforesaid; thence along the southern and western boundaries of the said Section 35, the southern and eastern boundaries of Section 6, Block XXII aforesaid, and the latter boundary produced to

the northern boundary of Mason’s Road; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Mason’s Road and north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Section 84 aforesaid to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 216/7, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 27th January, 1936.

THE St. Thomas’s Branch, No. 867, with registered office at Rakaia, is registered as a branch of The New Zealand District of the Hibernian-Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 27th day of January, 1936.

G. E. BRADLEY,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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, 27th January, 1936.
E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY, 27TH JANUARY, 1936.

Liabilities.
£ s. d.

1. Paid-up capital .. .. 500,000 0 0
2. General Reserve Fund .. .. 1,000,000 0 0
3. Bank-notes .. .. 10,063,689 10 0
4. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. 4,510,169 10 4
   (b) Banks .. .. 10,253,190 2 7
   (c) Other .. .. 451,779 16 11
5. Time deposits .. .. ..
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. ..
7. Other liabilities .. .. 123,418 8 0
   £26,902,247 7 10

Assets.
£ s. d.
8. Reserve—
(a) Gold .. .. 2,801,733 0 0
(b) Sterling exchange .. .. 22,103,949 1 0
(c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
9. Subsidiary coin .. .. 198,616 10 11
10. Discounts—
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. .. ..
(b) Treasury and local-body bills .. .. ..
11. Advances—
(a) To the State or State undertakings .. .. ..
(b) To other public authorities .. .. ..
(c) Other .. .. 1,771,470 8 1
12. Investments .. .. ..
13. Bank buildings .. .. 26,478 7 10
14. Other assets .. .. ..
£26,902,247 7 10

Proportion of reserve (No. 8 less No. 6) to notes and other demand liabilities, 98·523 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Acting Chief Accountant.