8 SEPT. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1415

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, 24 AUGUST 1955

Liabilities Assets
£ s. d. £ s. d.
2. General Reserve Fund — — 1,500,000 0 0 8. Reserve—
3. Bank notes — — 68,333,650 0 0 (a) Gold — — 6,161,364 14 10
4. Demand liabilities— (b) Sterling exchange — — 56,670,308 18 0
(a) State— (c) Gold exchange — — — — —
(i) Government Marketing Accounts — — 1,765,658 0 10 (d) Other exchange — — 421,963 17 2
(ii) Other — — 8,473,165 17 8 9. Subsidiary coin — — 554,067 15 8
(b) Banks — — 54,574,536 8 8 10. Discounts—
(c) Other— (a) Commercial and agricultural bills — — — — —
(i) Marketing organizations — — 307,235 0 3 (b) Treasury and local body bills — — — — —
(ii) Other demand liabilities — — 624,099 16 1 11. Advances—
5. Time deposits — — — — — (a) To the State or State undertakings—
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency — — 34,752 10 1 (i) Government Marketing Accounts — — 506,821 5 3
7. Other liabilities — — 6,985,188 5 2 (ii) For other purposes — — 18,419,020 5 5
(b) To other public authorities — — — — —
(c) Other—
(i) Marketing organizations — — 12,605,380 18 4
(ii) Other advances — — 13,283,749 18 11
12. Investments—
(a) Sterling — — — — — 22,890,974 9 3
(b) Other — — — — — 10,366,345 15 9
13. Bank buildings — — — — — 718,088 0 2
14. Other assets — — — — —
£ (N.Z.)142,598,085 18 9 £ (N.Z.)142,598,085 18 9

*Expressed in New Zealand currency.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

PURSUANT to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Copies can be purchased from the Government Printer, Publications Branch, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

R. E. OWEN, Government Printer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

PURSUANT to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the following notice received by the Minister of Finance from the Chairman of the Manawatu Catchment Board is hereby published.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of August 1955.

E. L. GREENSMITH, Secretary to the Treasury.

MANAWATU CATCHMENT BOARD

Waikawa-Manakau Rivers Scheme Loan 1955, £2,500—Notice of Result of Poll on a Proposal to Raise a Loan

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Waikawa-Manakau Rivers Scheme Special Area, taken on 18 August 1955, on the proposal of the Manawatu Catchment Board to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of carrying out river control and drainage works on the Waikawa and Manakau Rivers and adjacent areas:

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 52. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 14.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Palmerston North this 22nd day of August 1955.

JAS. D. AITCHISON, Chairman.

N.Z. FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Land in the Wellington Land District Acquired as Permanent State Forest Land

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

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—WELLINGTON CONSERVANCY

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, Horowhenua County, containing by admeasurement 208 acres, more or less, being Horowhenua No. 78 Block, situated in Block VII, Waiopehu Survey District, and being all the land in certificates of title, Volume 188, folios 58 and 59. As shown on plan 85/7 deposited in the Head Office of the New Zealand Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1955.

ALEX. R. ENTRICAN, Director of Forestry.

(F.S. 9/3/132)