Feb. 28] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 283

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, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1946

Liabilities
£ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 43,758,518 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. 18,417,513 19 9
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 64,159,057 5 9
   (c) Other .. .. .. 492,411 19 5
4. Time deposits .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 70,001 12 4
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,304,839 8 3

£(N.Z.)131,702,342 5 6

Assets
£ s. d.
7. Reserve—
(a) Gold .. .. .. 2,801,877 10 0
(b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 68,564,509 12 1
(c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 17,097 14 5
9. Discounts—
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
(b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
10. Advances—
(a) To the State or State undertakings—
(1) Marketing organizations .. 2,193,346 7 2
(2) For other purposes .. 40,000,000 0 0
(b) To other public authorities .. ..
(c) Other .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. 16,861,008 6 8
12. Bank buildings .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. 1,264,502 15 2

£(N.Z.)131,702,342 5 6

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 56·215 per cent.
W. R. EGGERS Chief Accountant.

Decisions of the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

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

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the authority conferred on the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936, the following decisions have been made in respect of applications for licenses.
G. L. O’HALLORAN, Secretary.

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear

Footgluve Shoe Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Auckland | For a license to manufacture women’s shoes by the machine-sewn and cemented processes | Granted (on appeal) | 18 Feb., 1946.
J. L. Burley, Cobden, Greymouth | For a license to manufacture women’s shoes of the sandal type | Declined | 18 Feb., 1946.
United Machinists, Ltd., care of Box 56, Upper Symonds Street, Auckland | For a license to permit the machining of footwear uppers in Dargaville | Granted .. | 18 Feb., 1946.
I. F. Guise, 26 Lambton Quay, Wellington | For a license to manufacture men’s boots and shoes by the fairstitch process for sale through own shop | Granted .. | 18 Feb., 1946.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

J. M. Robins and A. W. B. Crosbie, 127 Tay Street, Invercargill | For a license to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed at garage and service-station premises at 127 Tay Street, Invercargill | Granted (one pump inside building) | 18 Feb., 1946.
E. L. Wilson, Te Aroha Motors, Whitaker Street, Te Aroha | For a license to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed at garage premises at Whitaker Street, Te Aroha | Granted (one pump inside building) | 18 Feb., 1946.
W. J. Burley, Reefton | For a license to resell motor-spirit from four pumps installed at garage and service-station premises at the corner of Broadway and Walshe Street, Reefton | Granted .. | 18 Feb., 1946.
E. P. O’Reilly, corner of Carrington Road and Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth | For a license to resell motor-spirit from one pump installed at garage premises at the corner of Carrington Road and Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth | Declined | 18 Feb., 1946.
C. F., J. G., and A. R. O’Malley, Christchurch | For a license to operate the Mecca Service Station, Papanui Road, Christchurch | Granted .. | 18 Feb., 1946.
E. J. Wilson, corner of Bealey Avenue and Papanui Road, Christchurch | For permission to transfer the license in respect of the Mecca Service Station at the corner of Bealey Avenue and Papanui Road, Christchurch, to a proposed new service station at the corner of Victoria and Montreal Streets, Christchurch | Declined | 18 Feb., 1946.

Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear

Vivian Slippers, Ltd., Lombard Building, 24 Bond Street, Wellington, has applied for an extension of its existing license so as to permit the machining of uppers at Feilding.

Disabled Servicemen’s Re-establishment League, 407 Colonial Mutual Buildings, Wellington, has applied for an extension of its existing license so as to permit the manufacture of shoes and slippers at Napier Training Centre.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

Motordrome (Auckland), Ltd., St. Mark’s Road, Remuera, Auckland, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from one pump proposed to be installed at garage premises, St. Mark’s Road, Remuera.

Wainui-o-Mata Transport, Ltd., Lower Hutt, has applied for permission to transfer two pumps from premises in Hutt Park Road, Lower Hutt, to a proposed new site in Randwick Road Extension, Lower Hutt.

Applicants and other persons considering themselves to be materially affected by the decisions of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should, not later than the fourteenth day of March, 1946, submit any written evidence and representations they may desire to tender. All communications should be addressed to the Secretary, Bureau of Industry, P.O. Box, 3025, Wellington.
G. L. O’HALLORAN, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1946

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd February, 1946.

SOUTH PACIFIC.—SAMOA ISLANDS

Alterations in Funuataupu and Apolima Lights

(1) FUNUATAUPU

Position : Lat., 13° 59′ S. ; long., 171° 22′ W. (approx.).
New Abridged Description : Fl. 10 sec. 190 ft. 5 M. (U).
Alterations : Elevation has been increased to 190 ft. and visibility decreased to 5 miles. The tower has been painted white with vertical black stripes in the centre.

(2) APOLIMA

Position : Lat., 13° 49′ S., long. ; 172° 09′ W. (approx.).
Alterations : The visibility has been temporarily reduced to 5 miles, and the tower painted white with a vertical black stripe in the centre.
Chart affected : No. 1730.
Publications : Admiralty List of Lights, Part X, 1942, Nos. 2446 and 2461 ; Pacific Island Pilot, Vol. II, 1943, pages 412 and 418.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/118.)

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