JULY 25] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1025

Exemption Order under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,* the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations, so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :—

A motor-driver’s license issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to the person described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the respective employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
Cedric Donald Hartley, Taikatu Road R.D., Father.
Manaia

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of July, 1946.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211.
  Amendment No. 1 : Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/101, page 199.
  Amendment No. 2 : Statutory Regulations 1945, Serial number 1945/199, page 527.

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,* the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.
Hastings Borough Council Raymond Alfred Shuker.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of July, 1946.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211.
  Amendment No. 1 : Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/101, page 199.
  Amendment No. 2 : Statutory Regulations 1945, Serial number 1945/199, page 527.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1946

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd July, 1946.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON
Barret Reef: Light and Whistle Buoy to be established

Position: Lat., 41° 21′·2 S.; long., 174° 50′·2 E. (approx.).
Abridged Description: Fl. 6 sec.
Details: On or about the 31st July, 1946, a light and whistle buoy will be established in the above position showing a flashing white light every 6 seconds (1 sec. flash 5 secs. eclipse). Pending the establishment of the buoy, three spherical black buoys will be laid in the position stated to mark the moorings.

No further notice will be issued.
Charts affected: Nos. 1423, 695, 2054.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1930, page 97; Admiralty List of Lights, Part X, 1942, page 297; New Zealand Nautica Almanac and Tide-tables, page 144.
Authority: Wellington Harbour Board, 18/7/46.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

(M. 8/57/1.)

Rules of the Royal Society of New Zealand amended

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1946.

IT is hereby notified that at the annual meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand held on the 22nd May, 1946, the following amendment to the Rules of the Royal Society of New Zealand published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 84 of the 14th November, 1935, was made :—

SECTION G. I.—FELLOWS

(Rule 2)

That Rule 2 be amended by the deletion of the word “forty” and insertion of the word “fifty” in place thereof.

F. R. CALLAGHAN, Deputy Secretary.

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, 8TH JULY, 1946

Liabilities Assets

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ 1,500,000 0 0 7. Reserve—
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. .. .. .. 44,694,579 0 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. .. 2,801,877 10 0
3. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 85,240,797 16 4
   (a) State .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,315,787 0 2 (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. ..
   (b) Banks .. .. .. .. .. .. 59,060,251 13 11 8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. .. 39,126 8 10
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. .. .. 343,359 1 6 9. Discounts—
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New (b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
   Zealand currency .. .. .. .. 75,501 5 6 10. Advances—
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. .. 3,042,272 14 1 (a) To the State or State undertakings—
   (1) Marketing organizations .. ..
   (2) For other purposes .. .. 32,000,000 0 0
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. .. ..
   11. Investments .. .. .. .. 4,016,242 0 8
   12. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. .. ..
   13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 1,933,706 19 4

£(N.Z.)126,031,750 15 2 £(N.Z.)126,031,750 15 2

Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 72·452 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

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, 15TH JULY, 1946

Liabilities Assets

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ 1,500,000 0 0 7. Reserve—
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. .. .. .. 44,925,144 0 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. .. 2,801,877 10 0
3. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 85,662,235 0 6
   (a) State .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,926,018 13 3 (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. ..
   (b) Banks .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,021,966 2 6 8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. .. 35,245 7 4
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. .. .. 312,678 5 10 9. Discounts—
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New (b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
   Zealand currency .. .. .. .. 34,757 0 3 10. Advances—
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. .. 3,212,576 7 3 (a) To the State or State undertakings—
   (1) Marketing organizations .. .. 315,210 12 1
   (2) For other purposes .. .. 30,000,000 0 0
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. .. ..
   11. Investments .. .. .. .. 4,016,242 0 8
   12. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. .. ..
   13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 2,102,329 18 6

£(N.Z.)124,933,140 9 1 £(N.Z.)124,933,140 9 1

Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 73·577 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.