Sept. 30] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1239

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,
15TH SEPTEMBER, 1948

Liabilities Assets
£ s. d. £ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0 7. Reserve—
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 48,205,636 10 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. 2,802,147 0 0
3. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 62,197,403 13 5
   (a) State .. .. .. 12,421,851 6 1 (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. ..
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 65,153,852 4 3 8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 157,309 16 10
   (c) Other .. .. .. 212,137 19 9 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 .. .. .. 28,279 12 2 10. Advances—
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,415,752 1 6 (a) To the State or State undertakings—
   (1) Marketing organizations .. 1,075,279 19 2
   (2) For other purposes .. 34,191,908 18 7
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. .. 3,075,110 11 4
   11. Investments .. .. .. 9,524,097 13 3
   12. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
   13. Other assets .. .. .. 17,914,252 1 2
   £(N.Z.)130,937,509 13 9 £(N.Z.)130,937,509 13 9

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 51·567 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, C.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 licences.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

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

Pharmacy Industry

O. E. Coombridge, 18 Telford Terrace, Oriental Bay, Wellington, has applied for a licence to operate a new pharmacy at Plimmerton.

D. G. Croot, 123 West End Road, Westmere, Auckland, has applied for a licence to operate a new pharmacy at 586 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

B. D. Williamson, 398 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from four pumps to be installed on proposed new service-station premises at the corner of Page’s Road and Woodham Road Extension, Christchurch.

Tararua Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., Ballance, Pahiatua, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on dairy factory premises at Ballance, Pahiatua.

F. C. Platt, 281 Tuam Street, Christchurch, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed in the open yard of garage premises known as “Platts Motors,” 281 Tuam Street, Christchurch.

A. G. H. Laing, General Storekeeper, Pukeatua, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on store premises at Pukeatua.

M. J. Oliver, P.O. Box 210, Dannevirke, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed outside store premises at Oringi.

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 14th October, 1948, submit any written evidence and representations they may desire to tender. All communications should be addressed to Secretary, Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1948.—Notice No. 24

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1948.

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 Presbyterian Church of New Zealand

The Reverend Claude Cannell Hoskin.

The Reverend Hugh Cecil Smyth.

The Methodist Church of New Zealand

Mr. Nguru Winikerei.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elder Kenneth Bigler Lyman.

Elder Gordon Claridge Young.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1948.—Notice No. 25

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1948.

IT is hereby notified that the name of the undermentioned officiating minister has been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage List, 1908, by request :—

Congregational Independents

The Reverend Claude Cannell Hoskin.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.