FEB. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 343

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, 1st February, 1937. 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, 1ST FEBRUARY, 1937.

Liabilities.

1. General Reserve Fund ... £1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes ... 13,018,862 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State ... 4,846,102 1 0
   (b) Banks ... 12,202,827 0 0
   (c) Other ... 376,512 8 8
4. Time deposits ... —
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency ... —
6. Other liabilities ... 144,871 5 8

Total: £32,089,174 15 4

Assets.

7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold ... £2,801,790 0 0
   (b) Sterling exchange ... 18,769,537 13 9
   (c) Gold exchange ... —
8. Subsidiary coin ... 161,190 4 10
9. Discounts—
   (a) Commercial and agricultural bills ... —
   (b) Treasury and local-body bills ... —
10. Advances—
    (a) To the State or State undertakings—
    (1) Dairy Industry Account ... 5,973,070 17 9
    (2) For other purposes ... 1,800,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities ... —
    (c) Other ... —
11. Investments ... 2,453,050 0 0
12. Bank buildings ... —
13. Other assets ... 130,535 19 0

Total: £32,089,174 15 4

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 70.855 per cent.
W. R. EGGERS, Deputy Chief Accountant.

Election of Members of the Board of Appeal under the Public Service Act, 1912, and Amendments thereof.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 28th January, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with the Public Service Act, 1912, and its amendments, and regulations made thereunder, an election will be held during May, 1937, at Wellington, for the purpose of electing members of the Public Service Board of Appeal.
Nominations, to be made on forms obtainable from the Secretary, Public Service Commissioners, must reach the Returning Officer, Public Service Commissioners' Office, Wellington, not later than noon on Saturday, the 3rd day of April, 1937.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1937.—Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1937.
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.
Reverend Francis James Ferry.

The Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand.
Mr. James Owen Langford.

The Assemblies of God in New Zealand.
Mr. John Bromley.
Mr. Joseph John Fisher.
Mr. Albert Hogan.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Education Reserves in North Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd February, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, 10th March, 1937, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.
Whangarei County.—Mangapai Parish.
ALLOTMENT 32: Area, 29 acres 1 rood. Upset yearly rent, 15s.
Weighted with £16 17s. 6d. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising 45 chains of fencing.
Situated at Mangapai, on the old Waiapu-Mangapai Road. Access is from Oakleigh Railway-station which is about four miles distant; of this about two miles and a half is metalled, the balance being a formed clay road. The section comprises undulating country and is covered with thick tea-tree and gorse. Soil is clay resting on clay formation; watered by soakage only. Altitude is from sea-level to 200 ft. above sea-level.
(H.O. 9/1434; D.O. E.R. 1173.)

Waiuku Town District.—Waiuku East Parish.
Lot 1, D.P. 20681, being part Allotment 177: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 25 perches. Upset yearly rent, £6.
Weighted with £120 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising iron shed, 45 ft. by 35 ft., with concrete floor, suitable for garage or workshop.