Hamb. 57. 2245

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act, 1933.—Fixing Period within which other Banks shall transfer Gold Coin and Bullion to Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

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[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section fifteen of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act, 1933, it is enacted that on and after a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Proclamation, being not earlier than six months after the date of the publication of such Proclamation in the Gazette, the Reserve Bank established by that Act shall have the right to issue bank-notes in New Zealand, and by subsection two of the said section fifteen it is further enacted that on the date proclaimed by the Governor-General in accordance with the aforesaid subsection one, or within such time thereafter as may be prescribed by the Governor-General in the same or in a later Proclamation, every bank carrying on business in New Zealand shall transfer to the Reserve Bank in exchange for the equivalent value of bank-notes of the Reserve Bank, or for credit with that bank, all gold coin or bullion then held by it on its own account :

And whereas by a Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and published in the Gazette of the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the Governor-General, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said subsection one of section fifteen of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act, 1933, did fix the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, as the date on and after which the Reserve Bank of New Zealand should have the right to issue bank-notes in New Zealand :

And whereas it is expedient to extend beyond the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the time within which the banks carrying on business in New Zealand shall transfer to the Reserve Bank as aforesaid all gold coin and bullion held by them :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by subsection two of section fifteen of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act, 1933, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby prescribe a period of three months as the time after the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, within which every bank carrying on business in New Zealand shall transfer to the Reserve Bank in exchange for the equivalent value of bank-notes of the Reserve Bank, or for credit with that bank, all gold coin and bullion then held by it on its own account.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 24th day of July, 1934.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Finance.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

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Land set apart as Provisional State Forest declared to be subject to the Land Act, 1924.

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[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting on the recommendation of the Minister of Lands, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto, being portion of a provisional State forest set apart by Proclamation dated the sixteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and gazetted on the twenty-fifth day of that month, is required for settlement purposes ; and, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, such land shall from and after the day of the gazetting hereof cease to be provisional State forest, and shall become subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 8, Block VII, Waitahu Survey District: Area, 245 acres 3 roods 29 perches, more or less.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 19th day of July, 1934.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

(L. and S. X/97/32.)