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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 38]

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Ruatoria on the 25th June, 1946

Office of the Native Land Court, Gisborne, 28th May, 1946.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Native Land Court and the Maori Land Board will sit at Ruatoria on Tuesday, the 25th June, 1946, or as soon thereafter as possible, to hear and determine the matters in the Schedule hereunder.

R. J. THOMPSON, Registrar.

[Gisborne 1946-7/4.]

SCHEDULE

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, 27TH MAY, 1946

Liabilities

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 44,344,015 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. 19,103,481 5 2
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 58,948,403 15 1
   (c) Other .. .. .. 375,660 10 8
4. Time deposits .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 14,906 0 11
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,534,915 10 8

£(N.Z.)127,821,382 2 6

Assets

7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold .. .. .. £ 2,801,877 10 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 79,372,418 13 9
   (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 59,860 8 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 organizations .. 478,825 13 4
    (2) For other purposes .. 40,000,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities .. ..
    (c) Other .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. 4,045,324 19 8
12. Bank buildings .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. 1,063,074 17 7

£(N.Z.)127,821,382 2 6

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 66·920 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th June, 1946.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for lease under the Hanmer Crown Leases Act, 1928, as amended by the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1944, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 8th July, 1946.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 9th July, 1946, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND
Amuri County.—Lyndon Survey District.—Subdivision of Sections 8 and 9, Block I, Hanmer Township

Lot 5: Area, 32·3 perches. Annual rental, £3 16s.

This section is situated in the Hanmer Township fronting Scarborough Terrace, and comprises a good building-site in close proximity to the post-office and the school.

Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

A condition of the lease is that buildings to the value of £500 must be erected on each section within twelve months.

No person may hold or acquire more than one section for the same purpose, but any person who is already the holder of or who acquires at this offering a section for the erection of business premises thereon may acquire a further section for residential purposes, or vice versa.

Special Conditions

(1) A sewerage system to embrace, inter alia, the section now offered will be installed by the Crown as soon as possible, and lessee will not be permitted to install septic tanks.

(2) The lessee will be required to pay a proportionate amount (to be determined by the Crown) of the cost of installing the sewerage system, such proportionate amount being payable in cash or by annual instalments not exceeding £10. Lessee will have to bear the whole cost of connecting this section with the system.

(3) The lessee will be required to meet an annual charge (to be determined by the Crown or the local body) for the maintenance of the sewerage system as soon as it is functioning.

(4) The right is reserved to the Crown and the local body to enter upon the section and to do all that is necessary for the construction and the maintenance of the sewerage system.

Discharged servicemen or the wife or widow of a discharged serviceman of the recent war have preference over all other applicants.

Form of lease may be perused and any other particulars required may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

T. W. PRESTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/796; D.O. H.C.L. 208.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

JAMES MICHAEL HOLLAND, of Blenheim, Builder, was adjudged bankrupt on 31st May, 1946. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, 13th June, 1946, at 11 a.m.

J. T. A. BEAUMONT, Official Assignee, Blenheim.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 8th July, 1946 :—

8162. BARTHOLOMEW LAND AND TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED, at Hamilton. Lot 1, Plan 33164, being part Allotment 24, Town of Hamilton West, containing 2·2 perches. Occupied by applicant.

8163. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND. Lots 2 and 3, Plan 33164, being part Allotment 24, Town of Hamilton West, containing 2·19 perches. Occupied by Charles Edward Jones.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 31st day of May, 1946, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.