THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 54
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.
| Applicant and Location. | Nature of Application. | Decision. | Date. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Burkes (New Plymouth), Ltd., 20 Brougham Street, New Plymouth | For a licence to manufacture Roman sandals | Granted (on appeal) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| C. E. Looner, 86 Evans Bay Road, Balena Bay, Wellington | For a licence to manufacture children's soft-sole slippers, sizes 2's to 6's, by the machine-sewn process | Granted | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| Felt and Textiles of N.Z., Ltd., Wellington | For an extension of its existing licence operated at Myrl Shoe Co. (and branch of the Felt and Textiles), so as to permit the manufacture by the fair-stitched process | Granted | 27th Sept., 1948. |
Pharmacy Industry
| Hutt Valley Consumers' Co-operative Society, Ltd. | For a licence to operate a new pharmacy at Pearce Crescent, Taita, Lower Hutt | Granted (on appeal) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| F. R. Braddock, 82 Eruera Street, Rotorua | For a licence to operate a new pharmacy at Mangakino | Granted | 27th Sept., 1948. |
Fish-canning Industry
| Brown Barrett (Picton), Ltd., P.O. Box 55, Picton | For an extension of its existing licence so as to permit the canning of crayfish | Granted | 27th Sept., 1948. |
Manufacture of Paper and Paper Pulp
| Westland Wood Pulp and Products Syndicate, P.O. Box 79, Hokitika | For a licence to manufacture paper pulp and products | Declined | 27th Sept., 1948. |
Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit
| Loomb and Cleary, Ltd., Panmure, Auckland | For a variation of conditions of the company's motor-spirits reseller's licence covering one inside pump to permit the installation of the pump on a site outside the garage at the corner of Ireland and Dominion Roads, Panmure, Auckland | Granted (on appeal) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| Cleaver Motors, Ltd., Tainui Street, Matamata | For amendment of the company's existing licence to permit the installation of a pump on a drive-through in view of the public in lieu of the present site | Granted (on appeal) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| Hudson and Burnham, Ltd., Levin | For a variation of the company's licence covering one pump installed inside garage premises at Queen Street, Levin, to permit the installation of the pump outside | Granted (on appeal) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| R. R. Moore (trading as Moore Motors), Kopu, Thames Valley | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed outside garage premises at Kopu, Thames Valley | Granted (subject to the condition that the licensee operates a bona fide motor-repair service to the satisfaction of the Bureau) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| Goldline Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., Auckland | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on garage premises at 28 Wakefield Street, Auckland | Granted (subject to the condition that the licensee operates a bona fide motor-repair service to the satisfaction of the Bureau) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
| J. T. Hawke, Hamilton | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from six pumps to be installed on proposed service-station premises at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Tramway Roads, Claudelands, Hamilton | Granted (on appeal) (four pumps only) | 27th Sept., 1948. |
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, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1948
Liabilities
| £ s. d. | Assets | £ s. d. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. General Reserve Fund | 1,500,000 0 0 | 7. Reserve— (a) Gold | 2,802,147 0 0 |
| 2. Bank-notes | 48,096,295 0 0 | (b) Sterling exchange | 53,670,891 15 11 |
| 3. Demand liabilities— (a) State | 11,939,973 6 8 | (c) Gold exchange | |
| (b) Banks | 62,256,504 4 0 | 8. Subsidiary coin | 177,613 10 11 |
| (c) Other | 173,959 4 11 | 9. Discounts— (a) Commercial and agricultural bills | |
| 4. Time deposits | | (b) Treasury and local-body bills | |
| 5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency | 28,112 7 1 | 10. Advances— (a) To the State or State undertakings— (1) Marketing organizations | 81,568 18 6 |
| 6. Other liabilities | 3,461,490 0 4 | (2) For other purposes | 36,000,000 0 0 |
| | | (b) To other public authorities | |
| | | (c) Other | 3,148,823 0 3 |
| | | 11. Investments | 13,124,097 13 3 |
| | | 12. Bank buildings | |
| | | 13. Other assets | 18,451,190 4 2 |
£(N.Z.)127,456,332 3 0 | | £(N.Z.)127,456,332 3 0 |
\ Expressed in New Zealand currency.
Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 46·090 per cent.
W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.