APRIL 17] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 469

Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III
of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1946

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear
Gadabouts Ltd., 410 Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland, has
applied for permission to establish a closing-room department in
Waihi.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit
Gold Band Taxis, Ltd., 142 Tuam Street, Christchurch, has
applied for permission to shift three pumps used for the sale of
motor-spirit to a new position on the same premises to provide for
a double drive-through access.

South Suburban Transport Co. (by F. H. Haigh, Barrister and
Solicitor, P.O. Box 119, Auckland), has applied for a license to resell
motor-spirit from four pumps to be installed on proposed premises
at the junction of Great South Road and Baird’s Road, Papatoetoe.

J. Somerville (by L. E. Morgan, Barrister and Solicitor,
P.O. Box 12, Reefton), has applied for a license to resell motor-
spirit through one pump to be installed on premises near Mawheraiti
Railway-station in the Inangahua County.

C. Murray, Whangape, has applied for a license to resell motor-
spirit from one pump to be installed on proposed garage premises
at Whangape.

F. J. Sharp, corner of Windsor and Herbert Streets, North
Invercargill, has applied for a license to resell motor-spirit from
two pumps to be installed on service-station premises at the corner
of Windsor and Herbert Streets, North Invercargill.

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 1st day of May, 1947,
submit any written evidence and representations they may desire
to tender. All communications should be addressed to the Acting-
Secretary, Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

V. E. JONES, Acting-Secretary.

Election of Member of the Education Board of the District of
Wanganui

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, it
is hereby notified that for the election of a member to fill the
extraordinary vacancy in the West Ward of the Wanganui Education
District caused by the death of Mr. E. F. Hemingway, the result
of the poll held on the 26th day of March, 1947, was as follows:—

Votes.
Alfred Samuel Coleman .. .. .. .. 78
Ernest Randolph Hodge .. .. .. .. 120
Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 198
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. 3

I hereby declare the said Ernest Randolph Hodge duly elected
as a member of the Board.

GEO. N. BOULTON, Returning Officer.
Wanganui, 2nd April, 1947.

Officiating Ministers for 1947.—Notice No. 10

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1947.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the
following names of officiating ministers within the meaning
of the said Act are published for general information:—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand
Mr. Frederick John Climo.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder John Taylor Hyde.
Elder Robert Ernest Parsons.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY,
2ND APRIL, 1947

Liabilities

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ s. d.
   1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. .. 46,942,625 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. .. 22,227,538 1 0
   (b) Banks .. .. .. .. 55,702,943 19 0
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. 691,555 11 6
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New
   Zealand currency .. .. .. 26,455 15 8
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,633,499 4 10

£(N.Z.)130,724,617 12 0

Assets

7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold .. .. .. .. £ s. d.
   2,801,877 10 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 86,689,326 5 5
   (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 48,194 10 8
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) For other purposes .. .. 36,000,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities .. ..
    (c) Other .. .. .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. .. 3 868,093 2 11
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 1,317,126 3 0

£(N.Z.)130,724,617 12 0

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 71·249 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

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, 14th April, 1947.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

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