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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, 24TH MARCH, 1948

Liabilities

£ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 48,618,964 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. 19,973,770 0 10
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 47,115,984 12 2
   (c) Other .. .. .. 1,058,367 6 7
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 150,141 6 3
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,654,610 6 7
   £(N.Z.)122,071,837 12 5

Assets

£ s. d.
7. Reserve—
(a) Gold .. .. .. .. 2,802,147 0 0
(b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 68,959,067 13 6
(c) Gold exchange .. .. .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. .. 118,798 17 0
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 .. 5,038,314 10 7
(2) For other purposes .. 34,741,174 1 2
(b) To other public authorities .. .. ..
(c) Other .. .. .. .. 1,430,831 17 2
11. Investments .. .. .. .. 7,868,093 2 11
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 1,113,410 10 1
£(N.Z.)122,071,837 12 5

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.
  Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 61·328 per cent.
  W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

Notice under the Regulations Act, 1936

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and Orders as under :—

Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

E. V. PAUL, Government Printer.

Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Maori Land Act, 1931

Maori Land Court Office, Wanganui, 31st March, 1948.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Maori Land Court under the provisions of the Maori Land Act, 1931.

L. J. BROOKER, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Whanganui, 31 o Maehe, 1948.
He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai, e whakaaturia e te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei.

TE PURUKA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

Wellington, 31st March, 1948.
THE following notice, received by the Minister of Finance from the Mayor of the Borough of Birkenhead, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

BOROUGH OF BIRKENHEAD
Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Birkenhead taken on the 20th day of March, 1948, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £41,850, for the purpose of (a) the sum of £30,000 to seal the Birkdale bus route and side-roads, concreting footpaths, kerbing and channelling, and (b) the sum of £11,850 for the purpose of enlarging the existing water mains extending the water-supply reticulation to the Aerovue Estate roads and other roads :—
Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 270
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 228
Informal .. .. .. .. .. .. Nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 23rd day of March, 1948.

E. J. OSBORNE, Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1948

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st March, 1948.
NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—NELSON
Subsurface Investigations
Details : The investigations are scheduled to commence on lst April, 1948, and during operations an 80 ft. punt will be moored fore and aft and athwartships.
The areas affected are :—
(1) South of No. 10 Berth (No. 3 Shed) from end of wharf to line of power-house.
(2) North of Main Wharf (No. 2 Shed) 1,500 ft. north by 1,000 ft. west from corner of wharf.
Regulation lights will be exhibited should it be necessary to leave punt in the fairway during darkness hours.
Chart affected : No. 2185.
Publication : New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 260.
Authority : Nelson Harbour Board.

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.
(M. 3/13/115.)