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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14
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, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1940.
| Liabilities. | £ s. d. | Assets. | £ s. d. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. General Reserve Fund | 1,500,000 0 0 | 7. Reserve— (a) Gold | 2,801,839 0 0 |
| 2. Bank-notes | 18,090,137 10 0 | (b) Sterling exchange* | 9,512,769 0 8 |
| 3. Demand liabilities— | | (c) Gold exchange | |
| (a) State | 5,737,123 1 10 | 8. Subsidiary coin | 166,209 9 6 |
| (b) Banks | 15,981,815 18 3 | 9. Discounts— (a) Commercial and agricultural bills | |
| (c) Other | 138,049 18 6 | (b) Treasury and local-body bills | |
| 4. Time deposits | | 10. Advances— (a) To the State or State undertakings— | |
| 5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency | 14,821 5 2 | (1) Primary Products Marketing Department | 4,152,314 0 9 |
| 6. Other liabilities | 837,819 1 8 | (2) For other purposes | 22,110,000 0 0 |
| | | (b) To other public authorities | |
| | | (c) Other | |
| | | 11. Investments | 3,362,623 3 8 |
| | | 12. Bank buildings | |
| | | 13. Other assets | 194,012 0 10 |
£(N.Z.)42,299,766 15 5 £(N.Z.)42,299,766 15 5

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.
  Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 30·79 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 of Death. | Date Election filed. | Testate or Intestate. | Stamp Office concerned. |
  | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
  | 1 | Anderson, Beatrice Rose | Married woman | Timaru | 4/1/40 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Christchurch. |
  | 2 | Auld, Robert | Labourer | Waitahuna | 11/11/39 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | Dunedin. |
  | 3 | Cook, Susannah | Married woman | Havelock North (formerly Pio Pio) | 20/12/39 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Napier. |
  | 4 | Green, Frances Isabella | | Gleniti, Timaru | 5/10/39 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | Christchurch. |
  | 5 | Hall, Frances Livinia | | Pukekohe | 20/8/39 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Auckland. |
  | 6 | Higgin, Patrick | Labourer | Westerfield | 18/1/40 | 15/2/40 | | Christchurch. |
  | 7 | Holz, Bertha | Widow | Newlands | 10/12/39 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | Wellington. |
  | 8 | Jeffares, Benjamin | Shepherd | Te Awamutu | 7/12/39 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Auckland. |
  | 9 | Johnston, Jane | Married woman | Petone | 13/12/39 | 15/2/40 | | Wellington. |
  | 10 | Killworth, Jessie | Widow | Waimate | 7/1/40 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | Christchurch. |
  | 11 | Mackenzie, Roderick | Waterside worker | Wellington | 18/1/40 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Wellington. |
  | 12 | Mackie, Mary Ellen | Married woman | Wanganui | 18/1/40 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | |
  | 13 | Madden, Catherine Margaret | Widow | Horse-shoe Bend | 14/10/39 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Dunedin. |
  | 14 | McConway, John | Shepherd | Marshlands, Blenheim | 21/1/40 | 15/2/40 | Intestate | Blenheim. |
  | 15 | Moffat, Annie | Widow | Lower Hutt | 13/1/40 | 15/2/40 | | Wellington. |
  | 16 | O'Driscoll, Patrick (also known as Patrick Thomas O'Driscoll) | Labourer | Ashburton | 1/12/39 | 15/2/40 | | Christchurch. |
  | 17 | Peterson, Leonard | | Auckland | 15/1/40 | 15/2/40 | | Auckland. |
  | 18 | Tayler, Leslie Retalic | Railway clerk | Invercargill | 24/12/39 | 15/2/40 | Testate | Invercargill. |
  Public Trust Office, Wellington, 19th February, 1940.
  E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.
  Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.
  WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiry with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder and the whereabouts of the owner thereof and have in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto : And whereas I have not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner and believe that such owner or an agent of such owner is not in the Dominion nor has such owner established his title to the said land as required by the said Act : I hereby give notice that the said land is under and by virtue of the said Act vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid as from the date of the publication hereof and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than five hundred pounds.
  Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of February, 1940.
  E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.
  SCHEDULE.
  ALL that one undivided moiety or equal half-share in that parcel of land situate in the Town of Tauranga, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Allotment No. 427 of Section 2 of the said town, and being formerly the whole of the land in Crown Grant, Number 1613K, to Thomas Sellars, dated the 3rd day of May, 1869, and being now the whole of the land in Certificate of Title, Volume 512, folio 156 (Auckland Registry), limited as to parcels and title.