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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Notice to Mariners No. 4 of 1942.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th February, 1942.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

(1) Alteration in Light.

(1) Position: Orakei Wharf. Lat., 36° 50′ 5 S.; long., 174° 49′ E. (approx.).
Abridged description: F.R. 18 ft. 6 M. (U.).
Alteration: The light has been altered from flashing red to fixed red.

(2) Light established.

(2) Position: 251° 2,730 ft. from Bean Rock lighthouse.
Abridged description: Occ. ev. 4 sec.
Details: An occulting white light—eclipse 2 sec.—has been established in this position.

NOTE.—All vessels entering or leaving the harbour are warned to pass to the northward of this light.

Charts affected: Nos. 1970, 1896.

Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Part X, 1939 (1), No. 1950; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 204.

Authority: Auckland Harbour Board, 3/2/42.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 4/2102 and 8/9/91; ONS. M. 96.)

Notice restricting the Sale and Use of Drugs of the Sulphonamide Groups.

Pursuant to the Medical Supplies Emergency Regulations 1939, I, Michael Herbert Watt, Medical Supplies Controller, do hereby give notice as under:—

1. This notice may be cited as the Medical Supplies Notice 1942.

2. The notice given under the said regulations on the 22nd day of July, 1940, relating to the drug 2-sulphanilylaminopyridine is hereby revoked.

3. No owner or person in possession of supplies of any of the drugs named in the Schedule hereto shall use, dispose of, part with the possession or control of, or otherwise deal with the said drugs except in accordance with the following directions:—

(a) The drugs shall not be sold by wholesale to any person except registered medical practitioners, registered dentists, registered veterinary surgeons, and registered pharmaceutical chemists.

(b) The drugs shall not be sold by retail except pursuant to a prescription signed by a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist or a registered veterinary surgeon.

SCHEDULE.

PARA-AMINOBENZENESULPHONAMIDE; its salts; derivatives of para-aminobenzenesulphonamide, having another radical or radicals substituted for one or both of the hydrogen atoms of the para-amino group, or of the sulphonamide group or of both of these groups; their salts.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of February, 1942.

M. H. WATT, Medical Supplies Controller.

Wheat, Oats, and Barley.—Estimated Yields.

Census and Statistics Department,
Wellington, 10th February, 1942.

The following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1941-42 have been compiled from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.

The above estimates may be compared with last season’s actual average yields, which were: Wheat, 34·15 bushels; oats, 43·41 bushels; and barley, 33·30 bushels.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1941-42 should be approximately 8,600,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 8,305,865 bushels for the season 1940-41.

The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons ending with 1940-41 averaged 21 per cent. of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 2,550,000 bushels, as against a yield of 3,114,946 bushels for the season 1940-41.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain should be approximately 1,300,000 bushels, as against 1,066,408 bushels for the season 1940-41.

J. W. BUTCHER, Government Statistician.

Notice to Persons affected by an Application for a License under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936.

Fish Canning.

An application has been received from Messrs. Herring Products Co. (a company proposed to be incorporated with a capital of £5,000), for a fish-canner’s license to enable them to commence the canning of the “Picton” herring in factory premises to be established at Nelson.

Any person who considers he will be materially affected by the decision of the Bureau of Industry on this application, and who wishes to make representations accordingly, must furnish them in writing not later than the 26th February, 1942.

G. L. O’HALLORAN, Secretary.

Bureau of Industry, G.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

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, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1942.

Liabilities.

| 1. General Reserve Fund | £ 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Bank-notes | 23,456,804 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Demand liabilities— | | | |
| (a) State | 9,828,645 | 9 | 6 |
| (b) Banks | 16,005,995 | 10| 4 |
| (c) Other | 209,421 | 3 | 11|
| 4. Time deposits | | | |
| 5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency | 25,329 | 17 | 8 |
| 6. Other liabilities | 1,169,008 | 9 | 5 |

£(N.Z.)52,195,204 10 10

Assets.

| 7. Reserve— | | | |
| (a) Gold | 2,801,877 | 10| 0 |
| (b) Sterling exchange* | 15,389,885 | 2 | 3 |
| (c) Gold exchange | | | |
| 8. Subsidiary coin | 65,896 | 2 | 6 |
| 9. Discounts— | | | |
| (a) Commercial and agricultural bills | | | |
| (b) Treasury and local-body bills | | | |
| 10. Advances— | | | |
| (a) To the State or State undertakings— | | | |
| (1) Marketing Department | 4,421,195 | 13| 1 |
| (2) For other purposes | 23,750,000 | 0 | 0 |
| (b) To other public authorities | | | |
| (c) Other | | | |
| 11. Investments | 4,150,427 | 15| 5 |
| 12. Bank buildings | | | |
| 13. Other assets | 1,615,922 | 7 | 7 |

£(N.Z.)52,195,204 10 10

*Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 36·699 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.