21 AUG.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1397

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, 6 AUGUST 1952

Liabilities
£ s. d.
2. General Reserve Fund .. .. 1,500,000 0 0
3. Bank-notes .. .. 60,156,480 10 0
4. Demand liabilities-
(a) State .. .. .. 8,596,504 17 1
(b) Banks .. .. .. 44,252,931 3 2
(c) Other .. .. .. 345,912 0 11
5. Time deposits .. .. .. ..
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. 14,620 2 2
7. Other liabilities .. .. .. 5,374,137 4 10
£(N.Z.)120,240,585 18 2

Assets
£ s. d.
8. Reserve-
(a) Gold
.. .. .. .. .. .. 5,964,659 1 8
(b) Sterling exchange*
.. .. .. .. .. .. 19,238,590 18 9
(c) Gold exchange
(d) Other exchange .. .. .. .. .. 1,978,686 8 5
9. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. .. .. 601,739 14 5
10. Discounts-
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
(b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
11. Advances-
(a) To the State or State undertakings-
(1) Marketing organizations .. .. .. 3,196,016 2 3
(2) For other purposes .. .. .. 50,194,416 18 8
(b) To other public authorities
(c) Other .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,018,613 13 8
12.tInvestments .. .. .. .. .. 32,181,885 13 1
13. Bank buildings .. .. .. .. ..
14. Other assets .. .. .. .. .. 865,977 7 3
£(N.Z.)120,240,585 18 2

• Expressed in New Zealand currency. † Included in this item are sterling investments of £(N.Z.)32,140,079 12s. 4d.

H. M. IBELL, Deputy Chief Accountant.

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 :-
| No. | Name. | Occupation. | Residence. | Date of Death. | Date Election Filed. | Testate or Intestate. | Stamp Office Concerned. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Birss, Charles | Motor-driver | Christchurch | 30/5/52 | 11/8/52 | Intestate | Christchurch. |
| 2 | Bishop, Albert Nelson | Farm manager | Kakariki | 14/7/52 | 8/8/52 | , | Wellington. |
| 3 | Bowman, Audrey Ellen | Spinster | Auckland | 15/7/52 | 11/8/52 | , | Auckland. |
| 4 | Brown, Alexander | Retired farmer | Formerly Browns, late Invercargill | 3/7/52 | 12/8/52 | Testate | Invercargill. |
| 5 | Clark, David | General labourer | Auckland | 5/7/52 | 11/8/52 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 6 | Clark, Elizabeth Sarah | Widow | Mangatera, near Dannevirke | 15/7/52 | 14/8/52 | Testate | Napier. |
| 7 | Dickie, Henry William | Salesman | Wanganui | 13/7/52 | 14/8/52 | , | Wanganui. |
| 8 | Doidge, Margaret Louise | Widow | Hastings | 24/7/52 | 12/8/52 | Intestate | Napier. |
| 9 | Ellis, Fred | Retired mill-hand | Formerly Otaki Gorge, late Palmerston North | 25/5/52 | 11/8/52 | Testate | Wellington. |
| 10 | Gifford, James Wallace | Retired farmer | Richmond | 4/7/52 | 13/8/52 | , | Nelson. |
| 11 | Giles, Robert Reginald | Presser | Wanganui | 27/1/52 | 8/8/52 | Intestate | Wanganui. |
| 12 | Hall, Fennell Bowen | Journalist | Havelock North | 21/7/52 | 12/8/52 | Testate | Napier. |
| 13 | Head, John James | Retired general labourer | Kaniere | 10/7/52 | 6/8/52 | Intestate | Greymouth. |
| 14 | Healey, William | Retired labourer | Auckland | 7/7/52 | 11/8/52 | , | Auckland. |
| 15 | Horne, Linda Florence | Married woman | , | 26/6/52 | 11/8/52 | Testate | , |
| 16 | Jones, Arthur Spencer | Retired railway employee | Taumarunui | 20/7/52 | 1/8/52 | Intestate | , |
| 17 | Langdon, Edith Alice Wall | Widow | Wanganui | 17/7/52 | 14/8/52 | Testate | Wanganui. |
| 18 | Landon, David James | Retired butcher | Pareora | 12/7/52 | 8/8/52 | , | Christchurch. |
| 19 | Macdonald, Alexander | Retired seaman | Wanganui | 23/6/52 | 8/8/52 | , | Wanganui. |
| 20 | MacDonald, Alice Mary | Married woman | Christchurch | 30/6/52 | 11/8/52 | Intestate | Christchurch. |
| 21 | Marshall, Jean | , | The City of Toronto in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada | 12/3/52 | 11/8/52 | , | Auckland. |
| 22 | Miller, Thomas Gilbert Richard | Labourer | Oamaru | 7/7/52 | 5/8/52 | Testate | Dunedin. |
| 23 | Montgomery, Mary | Married woman | Southbridge | 12/4/52 | 6/8/52 | , | Christchurch. |
| 24 | Newport, Eunice Emily | Widow | Appleby | 11/6/51 | 8/8/52 | Intestate | Wellington. |
| 25 | O'Gorman, John Patrick | Retired postmaster | Formerly Woodville, late Nelson | 25/6/52 | 13/8/52 | Testate | Nelson. |
| 26 | Reed, Amelia May | Widow | Christchurch | 5/7/52 | 6/8/52 | , | Christchurch. |
| *27 | Sawyer, Frederick Charles | Formerly undertaker, late mercer | Formerly Cambridge, late Palmerston North | 25/1/51 | 29/5/52 | , | Wellington. |
| 28 | Simpson, James | Tailor's cutter | Auckland | 8/6/52 | 11/8/52 | , | Auckland. |
| 29 | South, Catherine Joseph | Married woman | Annesbrook | 10/7/52 | 6/8/52 | , | Nelson. |
| 30 | Todd, Thomas | Retired miner | Hope | 13/7/52 | 13/8/52 | , | , |
| 31 | Wake, Eric Roy Hereward | Sheepfarmer | Ranui, Oaro | 26/10/45 | 6/8/52 | Intestate, de bonis non | Christchurch. |
| 32 | Wilson, Christina | Widow | Oamaru | 30/5/52 | 7/8/52 | Testate | Dunedin. |
| 33 | Zimmerman, Heinerich | Farmer | Formerly Mapiu, late Waharoa | 10/11/51 | 11/8/52 | , | Auckland. |

• Gazetted on 17 May 1951 as Sawyer, Frederick Charles, Mercer, Palmerston North, intestate.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 18 August 1952. G. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

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