Feb. 9] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 161

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,
25TH JANUARY, 1950

Liabilities Assets
£ s. d. £ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0 7. Reserve—
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 55,260,675 10 0 (a) Gold .. .. .. 3,893,740 0 4
3. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 40,959,901 13 8
   (a) State .. .. .. 8,728,282 18 5 (c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 88,964,725 8 11 8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 146,672 1 8
   (c) Other .. .. .. 428,393 4 7 9. Discounts—
4. Time Deposits .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New (a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
   Zealand currency .. .. .. 32,010 5 1 (b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 4,503,223 4 9 10. Advances—
   (a) To the State or State undertakings—
   (1) Marketing organizations .. 10,671,315 3 5
   (2) For other purposes .. 49,044,324 12 9
   (b) To other public authorities .. ..
   (c) Other .. .. 5,202,666 19 10
7. Investments .. .. .. 48,658,142 3 8
8. Bank buildings .. .. ..
9. Other assets .. .. .. 840,547 16 5
   £(N.Z.)159,417,310 11 9 £(N.Z.)159,417,310 11 9

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 29·222 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.

S. J. COLLINS, Secretary.

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

Pharmacy Industry

A. E. Aldridge, 84a Wairoa Road, Narrowneck, Auckland, has applied for a licence to operate a new pharmacy at 4 St. Johns Road, Meadowbank, Auckland.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

W. Millner, Ltd., Sockburn, has applied for licences to resell motor-spirit from (1) four pumps to be installed on service-station premises at the corner of Epsom and Middlepark Roads, Sockburn, and (2) two pumps to be installed on service-station premises, 108 Middlepark Road, Sockburn.

A. G. Stenhouse, Stewart Street, Whakatane, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on garage premises at Stewart Street, Whakatane.

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 23rd February, 1950, 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.

S. J. COLLINS, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1950

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th February, 1950.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON.—HALSWELL POINT

Fog Signal Established

Position: At the beacon. Lat. 41° 17′ S.; long. 174° 49′·6 E. (approx.).

Details: A Nautophone Triple Vibrator Horn Signal giving a 5 seconds blast every 20 seconds, i.e., 5 seconds blast 15 seconds silent, will be in operation at the above beacon on 17th February, 1950.

Charts affected: Nos. 803, 1423, 695.

Publications: New Zealand Pilot 1946, page 111. New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, page 227. Admiralty List of Lights Vol. X, No. 4012.

(M. 3/3/258.)

W. C. SMITH, Secretary.

Conscience-money Received

The Treasury,
Wellington, 31st January, 1950.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the following amounts forwarded by persons unknown as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government:—

£2 and £1 10s. to the Customs Department.
£1 10s. to the Education Department.
£5 to the Land and Income Tax Department.
10s. to the Division of Mental Hygiene.
£2 10s. to the Mines Department.
£13 to the New Zealand Forest Service.
£1, £2, £2, and £5 to the Social Security Department.
£2 to the Works Department.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

Officiating Ministers for 1950—Notice No. 3

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1950.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an officiating minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists

Pastor Nelson William Skeates

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

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