17 JANUARY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 53 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, 9 JANUARY 1957 Liabilities £ s. d 2. General Reserve Fund 1,500,000 0 0 3. Bank notes 77,501,410 0 0 4. Demand liabilities— (a) State— (i) Government marketing accounts (ii) Other 1,180,374 9 8 9,856,459 3 3 (b) Banks 65,988,079 15 9 (c) Other— (i) Marketing organisations 414,180 8 0 (ii) Other demand liabilities 720,563 15 11 5. Time deposits 6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency 212,466 4 11 7. Other liabilities 9,298,628 2 0 £(N.Z.) 166,672,161 19 6 Assets £ s. d 8. Reserve— (a) Gold (b) Sterling exchange (c) Gold exchange (d) Other exchange 6,162,112 18 10 30,603,478 10 9 448,245 18 7 9. Subsidiary coin 615,470 15 1 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 409,377 13 1 (ii) For other purposes 50,000,000 0 0 (b) To other public authorities (c) Other— (i) Marketing organisations 19,363,590 17 5 (ii) Other advances 5,018,749 18 11 12. Investments— (a) Sterling 27,785,974 9 3 (b) Other 25,387,187 0 5 13. Bank buildings 14. Other assets 877,973 17 2 £(N.Z.) 166,672,161 19 6 *Expressed in New Zealand currency. R. M. SMITH, Chief Accountant. Wholesalers' Licences Under the Sales Tax Act 1932–33 Granted, Surrendered, or Revoked PURSUANT to the Sales Tax Act 1932–33, the Comptroller of Customs hereby gives notice that licences to act as wholesalers have been granted to the licensees mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and that the licences to act as wholesalers granted to the licensees mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto have been surrendered or revoked. FIRST SCHEDULE LICENCES GRANTED Name of Licensee Licence Place at Which Operative Business Is From Carried On Bassett and Co. Ltd. 1/4/54 Wanganui Battery Supplies Ltd. 1/4/55 Auckland, Wellington Capron Carter Pty. Ltd. 1/12/56 Auckland Clarkson, J. B., and Co. Ltd. 1/12/56 Wellington Collard Bros. (Brian Herbert 1/11/56 Henderson Collard and Lionel Ivan Collard, trading as) Coral-Craft (N.Z.) Ltd. 1/12/56 Auckland Dandy Sales Division (N.Z.) 1/12/56 Auckland Ltd. Eletronic Research Ltd. 17/9/56 New Plymouth Guthrie Bowron and Co. Ltd. 1/9/56 Invercargill Henderson Electroplaters (Allan 1/11/56 Henderson Graham Moffitt, trading as) Holeproof Mills Ltd. 19/11/56 Auckland Holland House (Diana Gerzon 1/1/57 Auckland and Phil Gerzon, trading as) Progress Manufacturing Co. 1/12/56 Paraparaumu. Ltd. Prosser, Southern, and Co. Ltd. 1/12/56 Wellington Reid and Twiname Ltd. 1/9/56 Auckland Seldon, M., Ltd. 1/12/56 Lower Hutt Technical Services Ltd. 1/12/56 Auckland Vulcan Automotive Supplies 4/12/56 Napier. Ltd. Waikato Brass Founders Ltd. 1/10/56 Hamilton Ward, D. G. and G. L., Ltd. 1/11/56 Palmerston North. White, L. G., Ltd. 1/12/56 Christchurch SECOND SCHEDULE LICENCES SURRENDERED OR REVOKED Name of Licensee Licence Place at Which Cancelled Business Was From Carried on Allied Textiles Ltd. 30/11/56 Lower Hutt Apex Bookbinding Ltd. 30/9/56 Auckland Bell Cycle and Motor Co. Ltd. Christchurch Chromafuse (N.Z.) Ltd. 30/9/56 Auckland Collard, B. H. 31/10/56 Henderson Commercial Trading Co. (N.Z.) 30/11/56 Dunedin, Christ- Ltd. church, Wellington, Auckland, Inver- cargill Delaney, E. M. 31/3/56 Wellington Dunedin Glass Bevelling and 31/10/56 Dunedin Silvering Co. Ltd. Electric and Plumbing Supplies 18/12/56 Dunedin Ltd. Galt and Mockridge (Ebenezer 30/4/55 Wellington Pollock Galt and Herbert John Mockridge, trading as) Ganderton, H. L., and Co. 31/10/56 Auckland Gresham Trading Co. Ltd. 30/9/56 Wellington Holloway, A. J., Ltd. 30/11/56 Dunedin Kiwi Bacon Co. (Chch.) Ltd. 31/10/56 Christchurch Korma Mills Ltd. 18/11/56 Auckland L. J. Productions (E. J. Hylton 31/3/56 Auckland and C. J. Massey, trading as) McLean, R. G. M. 30/6/56 Wellington Newdick and Loveridge Ltd. 31/10/56 Wellington Pilgrim Press (R. W. Lowry and 31/3/56 Auckland D. G. M. MacKay, trading as) Plastic Specialists (Reginald Ian 31/7/56 Auckland Liebert, trading as) Prosser, E. G., and Co. Ltd. 30/11/56 Wellington Reid and Twiname Ltd. 31/8/56 Auckland Russell, Neda, and Co. (Joseph 31/10/56 Wellington Leonard Pearce, trading as) Seaton, William Edward 30/11/56 Wellington Seldon, M., Ltd. 30/11/56 Wellington Supreme Frozen Products Ltd. 1/11/56 Timaru Waikato Brass Founders Ltd. 30/9/56 Frankton Junction Ward, D. G., and G. L. (Donald 31/10/56 Palmerston North Gordon Ward, trading as) Winn, J. F. 31/7/56 Wellington Wood Utilities 31/12/55 Auckland Dated at Wellington this 17th day of January 1957. J. P. D. JOHNSEN, Comptroller of Customs.