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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1
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, 10TH JANUARY, 1938.
Liabilities.
£ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund ..... 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes ..... 14,728,457 10 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State ..... 3,220,531 0 1
   (b) Banks ..... 8,851,651 16 1
   (c) Other ..... 574,948 17 1
4. Time deposits .....
5. Liabilities in currencies other than
   New Zealand currency .....
6. Other liabilities ..... 169,374 4 1
   £29,044,963 7 4
   Assets.
7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold ..... 2,801,791 0 0
   (b) Sterling exchange ..... 16,147,895 2 0
   (c) Gold exchange .....
8. Subsidiary coin ..... 215,270 19 8
9. Discounts—
   (a) Commercial and agricultural
   bills .....
   (b) Treasury and local-body bills
10. Advances—
    (a) To the State or State undertakings—
    (1) Primary Products Marketing Department. ..... 6,243,664 5 1
    (2) For other purposes ..... 900,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities
    (c) Other
11. Investments ..... 2,658,325 0 0
12. Bank buildings
13. Other assets ..... 78,017 0 7
    £29,044,963 7 4
    Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 69.221 per cent.
    W. H. WELSH, Chief Accountant.
    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:
    | No. | Name. | Occupation. | Residence. | Date | Date | Testate or | Stamp Office |
    | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
    | of Death. | Election | Intestate. | concerned. |
    | filed. | | |
    | 1 | Drysdale, Jessie Ferguson | Widow | Auckland | 25/7/37 | 23/12/37 | Intestate | Auckland. |
    | 2 | Duke, James Welsh | Hairdresser and | Woodville | 7/12/37 | 23/12/37 | Testate | Napier. |
    | | | Tobacconist | | | | | |
    | 3 | Fisher, William Alfred | Retired miner | Invercargill | 8/12/37 | 23/12/37 | Intestate | Invercargill. |
    | 4 | Palmer, Harry | Retired farmer | 88 Valley, Wakefield | 16/11/37 | 23/12/37 | Testate | Nelson. |
    | 5 | Scott, Charlotte | Widow | Westport | 22/10/37 | 23/12/37 | | Hokitika. |
    | 6 | Taylor, Ellen | | Clive, formerly Kaiapoi | 16/10/37 | 23/12/37 | | Christchurch. |
    | 7 | Carr, Arthur | Carpenter | Johannesburg | 5/2/23 | 6/1/38 | Intestate | Dunedin. |
    | 8 | Gibson, Thomas Henry | Minor | Dunedin | 3/2/35 | 6/1/38 | | |
    | 9 | Kelly, Annie | Widow | | 29/11/37 | 6/1/38 | Testate | |
    | 10 | Truman, Maria Eleanor | Married woman | Christchurch | 21/10/37 | 6/1/38 | Intestate | Christchurch. |
    Public Trust Office, Wellington, 10th January, 1938.
    E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.
    Mining Privileges struck off the Register.
    Office of the Mining Registrar, Gore, 17th December, 1937.
    NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, that the
    mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereunder have this day been struck off the Register.
    W. J. BLACKLER, Mining Registrar.
    SCHEDULE.
    | License | Date. | Nature of Privilege. | Locality. | Registered Holder. |
    | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
    | No. | | | | |
    | 4 | 20/7/31 | Water-race | Unnamed Creek, Section 3A,
    Block VII, Otara District. | Thomas Bennett. |
    | 7 | 14/3/32 | " | Unnamed Creek, Wallace Beach, Tautuku District | John Frederick Hanright. |
    | 2 | 22/2/32 | " | Unnamed Creek, Shades Beach, Waikawa District | Ebenezer Lockerbie. |
    | 36 | 28/11/33 | " | Long Beach Creek, Sections 2 and 8, Block XVI, and Section 7, Block XV, Waikawa District | William Clifford, William Ernest Horn, and Ebenezer Lockerbie. |
    WAIIKAI REGISTRY.
    | 13 | 7/6/16 | Residence-site | Section 80B, Block I, Wendon | Edwin Hamer. |
    | 12 | 23/1/34 | Water-race | Above junction of Argyle and Winding Creek, Waikai | Berthold Herman Nees and Leonard Mannix Nees. |