New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 21

Page 395

✨ Public Works Tenders and Reserve Bank Statement



MAR. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 395

Work. Cost. Name of Contractor.
Hawera-Wanganui State Highway, Westmere Section—Reconstruction and sealing 3½ miles £ s. d. 12,011 0 6 K. Tomsett.
Wallaceville Animal Health Laboratory—Erection of vaccine store and packing-room 341 16 4 Nicholas and Goss.
Napier - Palmerston North State Highway—Mabakarakeke Stream Bridge 3,942 17 6 Rope Construction Co., Ltd.
Christchurch-Lyttelton State Highway, Heathcote River—Evans Pass—Preparation and sealing 7,036 8 4 British Pavements (Canty.), Ltd.
Greymouth Post-office—Renovations 242 12 6 E. and H. Holmes.
Christchurch-Timaru State Highway—Hinds River Bridge 4,551 0 0 G. R. Saunders.
Clarence River Bridge—North Bank—Formation and installing 3,033 7 6 Southern Cross Construction Co., Ltd.
Section 64, Hamilton—Penstock lighting, units 5 and 6 17,864 4 9 Hume Steel, Ltd.
Morrinsville District High School 879 7 8 W. S. Goosman, Ltd.
Gisborne-Napier via Hangaroa—Surfaceman’s cottage 825 0 0 F. J. Hodder.
Dannevirke High School—Alterations and additions 367 5 0 Johnson and Mollgaard.
Invercargill-Bluff State Highway, Invercargill-Greenhills—Sealing 3,229 10 11 Southland Construction Co., Ltd.
Dunedin-Gore State Highway, McNab-Gore Section—Sealing 832 9 6 Southland Construction Co., Ltd.
National Park—Wanganui State Highway, Aberfeldie Hill—Sealing 5,057 11 8 Mathews and Kirkby.
St. Helen’s Hospital, Nurses’ Home—Fire-escapes 216 5 0 H. A. Jones.
Gisborne-Napier via Hangaroa—Supply and delivery of 1,040 yards shingle 1,131 0 0 Clark and Son.
Lyttelton-Motukarara Main Highway, Borough Boundary—Governor’s Bay—Preparation, priming, and sealing 3,379 0 0 Neuchatel Asphalte Co. (A’sia.), Ltd.
Christchurch-Chaneys Main Highway, Shirley-Styx River—Bituminous sealing course 3,900 0 0 British Pavements (Canty.), Ltd.
Waikaremoana Lower Development — Dismantling, removal, and re-erection of Y.M.C.A. building 308 0 0 F. R. Hamilton.
Poukawa School—Ground improvements 418 0 0 I. I. Lancaster.
Gisborne - Te Araroa - Tokomaru Bay—Supply of metal 366 13 4 Amalgamated Transport.

Wellington, 6th March, 1940. J. WOOD, Engineer-in-Chief.

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, 11TH MARCH, 1940.

Liabilities.

  1. General Reserve Fund .. .. £ s. d. 1,500,000 0 0
  2. Bank-notes .. .. 17,996,274 10 0
  3. Demand liabilities—
    (a) State .. .. 10,250,952 0 3
    (b) Banks .. .. 11,041,546 19 8
    (c) Other .. .. 142,657 16 6
  4. Time deposits .. .. ..
  5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. 12,751 18 2
  6. Other liabilities .. .. 842,278 11 8

£(N.Z.)41,786,461 16 3

Assets.

  1. Reserve—
    (a) Gold .. .. £ s. d. 2,801,839 0 0
    (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 11,844,357 2 0
    (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
  2. Subsidiary coin .. .. 161,858 15 10
  3. Discounts—
    (a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. .. ..
    (b) Treasury and local-body bills .. .. ..
  4. Advances—
    (a) To the State or State undertakings—
    (1) Marketing Department .. 3,356,505 9 5
    (2) For other purposes .. 20,260,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities .. .. ..
    (c) Other .. .. ..
  5. Investments .. .. 3,166,018 6 5
  6. Bank buildings .. .. ..
  7. Other assets .. .. 195,883 2 7

£(N.Z.)41,786,461 16 3

*Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 37·111 per cent.

W. H. WELSH, Chief Accountant.



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🏗️ List of Tenders Passed by Public Works Department (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 March 1940
Tenders, Public Works, Construction, Roads, Bridges, Buildings
15 names identified
  • K. Tomsett, Contractor for Hawera-Wanganui State Highway
  • Nicholas, Contractor for Wallaceville Animal Health Laboratory
  • Goss, Contractor for Wallaceville Animal Health Laboratory
  • Rope, Contractor for Napier-Palmerston North State Highway
  • G. R. Saunders, Contractor for Christchurch-Timaru State Highway
  • E. Holmes, Contractor for Greymouth Post-office
  • H. Holmes, Contractor for Greymouth Post-office
  • W. S. Goosman, Contractor for Morrinsville District High School
  • F. J. Hodder, Contractor for Gisborne-Napier via Hangaroa
  • Johnson, Contractor for Dannevirke High School
  • Mollgaard, Contractor for Dannevirke High School
  • H. A. Jones, Contractor for St. Helen’s Hospital
  • Clark, Contractor for Gisborne-Napier via Hangaroa
  • F. R. Hamilton, Contractor for Waikaremoana Lower Development
  • I. I. Lancaster, Contractor for Poukawa School

  • J. Wood, Engineer-in-Chief

💰 Statement of Assets and Liabilities of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

💰 Finance & Revenue
Reserve Bank, Assets, Liabilities, Financial Statement
  • W. H. Welsh, Chief Accountant