29 JAN.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 145 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 14 JANUARY 1953 Liabilities £ s. d. 2. General Reserve Fund ... 1,500,000 0 0 3. Bank-notes ... 65,516,644 0 0 4. Demand liabilities— (a) State ... 10,877,175 11 10 (b) Banks ... 73,780,540 12 3 (c) Other ... 410,202 3 10 5. Time deposits ... 6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency ... 17,143 14 4 7. Other liabilities ... 6,255,494 0 4 £(N.Z.)158,357,200 2 7 Expressed in New Zealand currency. Assets £ s. d. 8. Reserve— (a) Gold ... 6,014,509 8 6 (b) Sterling exchange ... 34,351,921 16 1 (c) Gold exchange ... (d) Other exchange ... 860,804 11 4 9. Subsidiary coin ... 632,237 12 4 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 ... 931,926 14 9 (2) For other purposes ... 50,951,243 4 8 (b) To other public authorities ... (c) Other ... 6,018,613 13 8 12. Investments† ... 58,131,885 13 1 13. Bank buildings ... 14. Other assets ... 464,057 8 2 £(N.Z.)158,357,200 2 7 † Included in this item are sterling investments of £(N.Z.)22,090,079 12s. 4d. W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant. The Standards Act 1941—Amendment of Standard Specification NOTICE is hereby given that on 19 January 1953, the undermentioned standard specification was amended by the Minister of Industries and Commerce by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder : Number and Title of Specification : N.Z.S.S. 43, Portland cement (ordinary and rapid hardening); being B.S. 12 : 1947 amended to meet New Zealand requirements, with Amendments PD 780, May 1948; PD 993, January 1950; New Zealand Amendment No. 3, April 1951; and Amendment No. 4, being British Amendment No. 3, PD 1072, August 1950. Amendments : No. 5, being British Amendment No. 4, PD 1329, January 1952. No. 6, being British Amendment No. 5, PD 1350, February 1952. Price of Copy (Post Free) : 3s. 6d. Applications for copies of the standard specification so amended should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request. L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer, Standards Institute. Nelson Education Board—Extraordinary Vacancy—Urban Area IT is hereby publicly notified that the only nomination received was that of Sydney Alva Haines. I therefore declare Sydney Alva Haines duly elected as a member for the Urban Area. C. J. MARTIN, Returning Officer. Nelson, 21 January 1953. Price Order No 1449 (Amendment No. 4 of Price Order No 1393) (Eggs) PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, hereby makes the following amending Price Order :— 1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No 1449, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order 1393 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order). 2. This Order shall come into force on the 30th day of January 1953. 3. The principal Order, as amended by Price Order No. 1444†, is hereby further amended by omitting from the First Schedule thereto under the heading “Hen Eggs” with respect to the price of ‘‘Pullet Grade Fresh’’ the figure ‘‘3s. 9d.’’, and substituting the figure ‘‘3s. 7d.’’. Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of January 1953. The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of— [L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member. D. W. A. BARKER, Member. Gazette, 18 July 1952, Vol. II, page 1236. † Gazette, 23 January 1953, Vol. I, page 95. Notice to Persons Affected by Applications for Licences Under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act 1936 Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit C. Jurlina, Sweetwater, near Awanui, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on store premises at Sweetwater, three miles north of Awanui. M. Matich, Storekeeper, Ruawai, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit in drums for the use of launches only, from store premises in Wharf Road, Ruawai. 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 12 February 1953, 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 2492, Wellington. J. D. KERR, Secretary. N.Z. FOREST SERVICE NOTICE Land in the Otago Land District Acquired as Permanent State Forest Land New Zealand Forest Service, Wellington, 23 January 1953. NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act 1949, as permanent State forest land. SCHEDULE OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—SOUTHLAND CONSERVANCY ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 1-5 perches, more or less, situated in Block XVII, Tokomairiro Survey District, being Allotments 53, 54, and 55, Block X, Town of Milton, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 155, folio 112. As the same is delineated on plan No. 215/20, deposited in the Head Office of the New Zealand Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. A. L. POOLE, Assistant Director of Forestry. (F.S. 6/7/103) BANKRUPTCY NOTICES In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court REX HENRY SCARROTT, of Waipawa, Council Employee, was adjudged bankrupt on 23 December 1952. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Friday, 30 January 1953, at 11 a.m. P. MARTIN, Official Assignee. Courthouse, Napier. In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court JACK BRUCE GALLAGHER, of Hawera, Dry-cleaner, was adjudged bankrupt on 22 January 1953. Creditors' meeting will be held at Courthouse, Hawera, on Monday, 2 February 1953 at 2 p.m. T. J. SHARKEY, Acting Official Assignee. Hawera.