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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 48

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, 21st June, 1943.

W. G. BAIRD, 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, 14TH JUNE, 1943

Liabilities

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. .. 32,192,838 10 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. .. 17,329,738 19 5
   (b) Banks .. .. .. .. 33,119,931 18 4
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. 2,234,980 1 10
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 314,017 10 6
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. .. 1,825,545 7 2

£(N.Z.)88,517,052 7 3

Assets

7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold .. .. .. .. £ 2,801,877 10 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 27,442,790 6 11
   (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. .. 55,998 5 2
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 .. .. 9,199,490 16 9
    (2) For other purposes .. .. 34,953,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities .. ..
    (c) Other .. .. .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. .. 10,304,986 17 2
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 3,758,908 11 3

£(N.Z.)88,517,052 7 3

*Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 35·263 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

The Potatoes (Transportation) Order 1943, No. 2

PURSUANT to powers conferred on the Primary Industries Controller by the Primary Industries Emergency Regulations 1939,* and duly delegated to me by the said Controller, pursuant to clause 5 of the said regulations, I, Ross Papprill Fraser, the Acting-Director of the Internal Marketing Division of the Marketing Department, do hereby order and direct as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Transportation) Order 1943, No. 2, and shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1943.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. Nothing in this order shall apply with respect to—
   (a) Seed potatoes; or
   (b) Potatoes consigned through the Government Railways Department in lots not exceeding 2 cwt. in any case.

RESTRICTION ON CONSIGNMENT OF SOUTH ISLAND POTATOES TO PORT OF WELLINGTON

3. (1) Except as provided in the last preceding clause, no potatoes grown in the South Island shall be consigned for delivery at the Port of Wellington except by a member of the New Zealand Grain, Seed, and Produce Merchants’ Federation (Incorporated).

   (2) It shall be the duty of every person by whom any potatoes are consigned as aforesaid to produce to the person accepting the consignment satisfactory evidence of his membership of the said Federation, and no person shall accept any such consignment unless he is satisfied that the consignor is a member of the said Federation.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1943.

R. P. FRASER, Acting-Director.

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/163, page 728.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

WILLIAM BOURKE, of Huntly, Miner, was adjudged bankrupt on the 17th June, 1943. Creditors meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, 1st July, 1943, at 2.30 p.m.

V. R. CROWHURST, Courthouse, Hamilton.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 359, folio 121 (Auckland Registry), for Lot 63, Deposited Plan 15817, being part of Allotments 53 and 520, Parish of Taupiri, in favour of WILLIAM HENRY COPESTAKE, formerly of Pukemiro, Butcher, now of Avondale, Retired Butcher, and evidence of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 451, folio 104 (Auckland Registry), for Lot 11, Deposited Plan 15958, being part of Allotment 79 of the Parish of Te Rapa, in favour of WALLACE GEORGE HOSKING, of Auckland, Carpenter, and evidence of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 558, folio 170 (Auckland Registry), for part Lots 154, 155, 156, and 157, of the Waitangirua Block, in favour of MYRTLE PATRICIA WOODS, of Thames, Spinster (now deceased), and evidence of the loss of renewable lease, Vol. 338, folio 305 (Auckland Registry), for Section 1, Block IV, Maramarua Survey District, in favour of ALFRED LIARDET MACDONALD, of Te Aroha, Farmer (now deceased), and evidence of the loss of occupation license, Vol. 749, folio 36 (Auckland Registry), for Section 15, Block XIV, Horohoro Survey District, in favour of PERCY JOSEPH COULAM, of Ngakuru, Farmer, having been lodged with me together with applications for new certificates of title, a provisional lease, and a provisional license in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificates of title, provisional lease, and provisional license after fourteen days from the 24th June, 1943.

Dated the 18th June, 1943, at the Land Registry Office at Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.