Officiating Ministers for 1950.—Notice No. 23

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 Raymond William Morris.
The Reverend William Gardiner Scott, M.A.
P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

The Standards Act, 1941.—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification.—D. 2407. Slippers

NOTICE is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand Standard Specification is now being circulated to affected interests for consideration and comment. The closing date fixed for such comment is the 22nd September, 1950.

All persons who may be affected by this specification once it has been declared a Standard Specification by the Minister of Industries and Commerce may, at any time before the closing date for comments, obtain, on application, free copies from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington, so as to have an opportunity to consider the draft and to comment thereon to the Standards Council or to an appropriate committee of the Council in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act, 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on the dates stated in the first column hereunder, the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941:

Applications for copies should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 3049), Wellington C. 1.

R. T. WRIGHT,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

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, 22nd June, 1950.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

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, 14TH JUNE, 1950

Liabilities

| £ | s. d. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. General Reserve Fund | 1,500,000 | 0 0 |
| 2. Bank-notes | 54,081,701 | 10 0 |
| 3. Demand liabilities—(a) State | 9,234,831 | 11 2 |
| (b) Banks | 83,120,872 | 1 7 |
| (c) Other | 6,567,373 | 19 2 |
| 4. Time Deposits | — | — |
| 5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency | 31,103 | 6 1 |
| 6. Other liabilities | 4,414,307 | 6 0 |
| £(N.Z.)158,950,189 | 14 0 | |

Assets

| £ | s. d. |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Reserve—
| (a) Gold | 4,237,596 | 17 11 |
| (b) Sterling exchange* | 61,095,910 | 1 0 |
| (c) Gold exchange | — | — |
| 8. Subsidiary coin | 159,271 | 13 5 |
| 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 | 4,969,319 | 6 2 |
| (2) For other purposes | 53,000,000 | 0 0 |
| (b) To other public authorities | — | — |
| (c) Other | 5,388,630 | 16 3 |
| 11. Investments | 27,658,142 | 3 8 |
| 12. Bank buildings | — | — |
| 13. Other assets | 2,441,318 | 15 7 |
| £(N.Z.)158,950,189 | 14 0 | |

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 42·679 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.