Public Trust Office: Appointment of Agent, Kurow

It is notified for public information that Mr. Gordon Sutherland has been appointed to the position of agent of the Public Trust Office at Kurow.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of February 1953.

G. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

Wellington, 10 February 1953.

THE following notice, received by the Right Hon. the Minister of Finance from the Chairman, Bluff Harbour Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

THE BLUFF HARBOUR BOARD

Declaration of a Poll on a Loan Proposal

Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926, I hereby give notice that at the poll of ratepayers of the Bluff Harbour District, taken by the Bluff Harbour Board on the 13th day of December 1952, on the proposal to raise a special loan under the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926 of £3,536,000 for the purposes of the construction and carrying out of harbour works in Bluff Harbour, the number of votes recorded for and against the proposal is as follows:—

Votes.
For the proposal..... 5,211
Against the proposal..... 2,060

I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

Signed at Bluff, this 2nd day of February 1953.

G. C. HAMILTON,
Chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board.

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

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirits

G. W. Rowe, Cameron Road South, Tauranga, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on garage and service-station premises at Cameron Road South, Tauranga.

C. C. Robertson, Carter's Beach, near Westport, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on store premises at Carter's Beach, near Westport.

L. A. Parsons, Shelly Beach, South Head, Kaipara Harbour (near Helensville), has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit otherwise than through pumps from camp premises at Shelly Beach.

N.Z. Forest Products, Ltd., Kinleith, near Tokoroa, has applied for permission to resell motor-spirit from one pump at mill premises, Kinleith.

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 5 March 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.

Amending Order No. 82 of the Government Service Tribunal

In the matter of section 9 (b) of the Government Service Tribunal Act 1948, and in the matter of an application dated 11 February 1953, jointly made by the New Zealand Educational Institute (Registered) and the Director of Education.

THE Government Service Tribunal, having heard and considered the joint application of the New Zealand Educational Institute (Registered) and the Director of Education dated 11 February 1953, doth hereby order—

1. This Order amends Principal Order No. 60 as follows:

2. Clause 51: By adding the following clause as clause 51 thereof:—

‘The grade of salary otherwise payable under this Order in respect of the position of an assistant teacher in a normal school and the position of a teacher in a model school is hereby raised at the rate specified in Part X of the Second Schedule to this Order:

Provided that the provisions of the clause shall not apply in respect of the position of a teacher in a special class or a hospital class attached to a normal school except with the approval of the Director of Education:

Provided, further, that the additional salary specified in Part X of the Second Schedule to this Order shall not be payable if the teacher is transferred or appointed to a position in a school other than a normal school or a model school.’

3. Second Schedule: By adding thereto the following as Part X:—

Clause 51: Rate of additional salary payable Annual Rate. to an assistant teacher in a normal school £60

This Order shall have effect on and from the 1st day of March 1953.

In witness whereof the Chairman and Members of the Government Service Tribunal have hereunto set their hands this 13th day of February 1953.

H. J. THOMPSON, S.M., Chairman.
B. L. DALLARD, Member.
J. W. G. DAVIDSON, Member.

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, 4 FEBRUARY 1953

Liabilities

£ s. d.
2. General Reserve Fund ..... 1,500,000 0 0
3. Bank notes ..... 63,107,883 0 0
4. Demand liabilities—
(a) State ..... 12,866,627 14 1
(b) Banks ..... 86,795,757 10 6
(c) Other ..... 329,212 15 7
5. Time deposits
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency ..... 18,516 12 3
7. Other liabilities ..... 6,317,098 19 2

£ (N.Z.) 170,935,096 11 7

*Expressed in New Zealand currency.
† Included in this item are sterling investments of £ (N.Z.) 22,090,079 12s. 4d.

Assets

£ s. d.
8. Reserve—
(a) Gold ..... 6,014,638 7 3
(b) Sterling exchange* ..... 42,801,050 9 1
(c) Gold exchange
(d) Other exchange ..... 728,239 9 10
9. Subsidiary coin ..... 629,787 5 11
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 ..... 1,927,827 14 3
(2) For other purposes ..... 54,096,115 11 6
(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 ..... 592,938 7 0

£ (N.Z.) 170,935,096 11 7

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.