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, 1 SEPTEMBER 1954

Liabilities

2. General Reserve Fund 1,500,000 0 0
3. Bank notes 67,811,213 0 0
4. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State—
   (i) Government Marketing Accounts 5,725 13 3
   (ii) Other 7,530,407 12 10
   (b) Banks 73,108,032 14 7
   (c) Other—
   (i) Marketing organizations 1,279,881 12 11
   (ii) Other demand liabilities 854,943 4 9
5. Time deposits
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency 31,334 0 4
7. Other liabilities 6,765,265 5 4

£ (N.Z.) 158,886,803 4 0

Assets

8. Reserve—
   (a) Gold 6,172,099 2 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* 82,515,252 3 4
   (c) Gold exchange
   (d) Other exchange 453,160 0 2
9. Subsidiary coin 597,822 17 11
10. Discounts—
    (a) Commercial and agricultural bills
    (b) Treasury and local-body bills
11. Advances—
    (a) To the State or State undertakings—
    (i) Government Marketing Accounts 3,839,068 6 6
    (ii) For other purposes 29,418,587 16 9
    (b) To other public authorities
    (c) Other—
    (i) Marketing organizations
    (ii) Other advances 11,018,749 18 11
12. Investments—
    (a) Sterling* 23,715,974 9 3
    (b) Other 264,066 17 8
13. Bank buildings
14. Other assets 892,021 11 6

£ (N.Z.) 158,886,803 4 0

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

Auckland Education Board—Result of By-election—Ward No. 2—Kaikohe

IN accordance with the Education Act 1914, notice is hereby given that as the number of nominations received equalled the number of vacancies a ballot is not necessary. I therefore declare William Francis George White duly elected as a member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland in respect of Ward No. 2 (Kaikohe).

G. H. SHORLAND, Returning Officer.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

JOHN REGINALD BRANNIGAN, of 49 Victoria Street, Onehunga, Auckland, was adjudged bankrupt on 10 September 1954. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Friday, 24 September 1954, at 10.30 a.m.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy—In the Supreme Court Holden at Auckland

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of account and balance sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the reports of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sittings of the said Court, to be holden on Friday, the 24th day of September 1954, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as application may be heard, I intend to apply for orders releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Alexander, Robert William, Mount Eden, Fruiterer.
Austin, Arthur, Manurewa, Motor Driver.
Barrs, Charles Noel, Deceased.
Behan, John Patrick, Ponsonby, Coal and Firewood Merchant.
Board, G., Torbay, Plasterer.
Broomhall, Cyril Frank, Ellerslie, Labourer.
Buisson, Huon Lucien Martyn, Auckland, Solicitor.
Bullen, D., Auckland, Builder.
Bunn, Athol Raymond, Titirangi, Storeman.
Bunyan, Bruce Ian Gordon, Onepu, near Te Teko, Farm Hand.
Burgess, George Francis, Balmoral, Builder.
Chittenden, Maurice Noel, Epsom, Restaurant Proprietor.
Clark, Horace, Opotiki, Agent.
Collecutt, Cecil Noel, Auckland, Lorry Driver.
Cooke, Robert Thomas, Auckland, Freezing-works Employee.
Cossill, Leo, Dargaville, Labourer.
Craven, E., Auckland, Manager.
Curry, C. W., Newmarket, Motor-car Dealer.
Davis, Jack, Auckland, Labourer.
Donald, Charles Jack, Auckland, Panel Beater.
Empson, Oscar Clendon, Northcote, Salesman.
Faulkner, E. V., Mairangi Bay, Fruiterer.

Gaskell, Eric, Auckland, Foreman Moulder.
Haddock, Geoffrey Percy, Henderson, Builder.
Hagan, Betty, Tuakau, Married Woman.
Haven, John Ewen, Helensville, Driver.
Hoare, John Edgar, Orakei, Lino. and Carpet Layer.
Hornell, A. R., Wellsford, Builder.
Houltham, Albert Charles, Matakana Island, Tauranga, formerly Taxi Driver, now Labourer.
James, Felix Ernest, Auckland, Showman.
Kelly, Anthony Ivor, Panmure, Painter.
Kett, Sylvia Marion, Auckland, Married Woman.
Kimbel, Frederick Martin, Birkenhead, Storekeeper.
Legae, Charles Richard Bertram, Auckland, Salesman.
Le Vard, Charles, Onehunga, Contractor.
Lovett, James Cawood, Auckland, Driver.
Lyons, Henry John, Point Chevalier, Builder.
McCauley, John (deceased), late of Auckland, Builder.
McCrae, Bruce Robert, Auckland, Radio Salesman.
Manly, Reginald George Harwood, Auckland.
Matson, Leslie Gordon, One Tree Hill, Welder.
May, Frank, Orakei, Electrician.
Meekan, Jack Byers, Ponsonby, Survey Cadet.
Mitchinson, William Hector, Titirangi, Contractor.
Monk, Leonard, Onehunga, Builder.
Monk, E. L., New Lynn, Artist.
Moros, Kenneth, Henderson, Motor Carrier.
Munro, John William, Auckland, Motor Mechanic.
Olsen, John Charles Allan, Pipiwai, Caterer.
Potter, George John Gillian, Orewa, Storekeeper.
Reed, Harry Edison, Grey Lynn, Grocer.
Rountree, Walter Charles, Auckland, Carpenter.
Rountree, William Raymond, Papatoetoe, Drain Layer.
Scarlett, James Meldrum, Herne Bay, Fitter.
Scott, John, Auckland, Labourer.
Short, George Francis, Auckland, Motor Mechanic.
Simpkin, Ernest Harold, Dargaville, Stock Agent.
Simpson, H. E., Point Chevalier, Shoemaker.
Simpson, W. G., Avondale, Shoemaker.
Smith, Archibald Ransom, formerly of Kumeu, now of Whitford, Motor Mechanic.
Thompson, Murray James, Penrose, Baker.
Todd, Gordon Duncan, Onehunga, Carrier.
Trainor, Dallas McGruer, Newmarket, Concrete Worker.
Turner, Charles Wilson, Auckland, Piano Tuner.
Vivian, William Arthur, Avondale, Storeman.
Whittle, Clarence Victor, Nihotupu, Contractor.
Williams, Arthur Warwick, Waiheke Island, Grocer.
Wood, Clarence William, Onehunga, Contractor.
Wright, Edward Frederick, Takapuna, Drain Layer.
Wright, F. C., Grafton, Company Director.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

JOHN STANLEY D'ARCY TUCK, and ROBERT JACK FORBES, both of Hamilton, Builders, carrying on business in partnership at Hamilton under the firm name or style of Tuck and Forbes, were adjudged bankrupt on 9 September 1954. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office, Courthouse, Hamilton, on Thursday, 23 September 1954, at 11 a.m.

C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee.

Hamilton, 9 September 1954.