FEB. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 161
RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY,
5TH FEBRUARY, 1945
Liabilities

1. General Reserve Fund ... 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes ... 39,599,038 10 0
3. Demand liabilities-
   (a) State ... 8,405,182 2 4
   (b) Banks ... 33,218,540 0 7
   (c) Other ... 512,388 4 1
4. Time deposits ...
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New
   Zealand currency ... 203,305 5 7
6. Other liabilities ... 2,321,973 15 8
   £(N.Z.)85,760,427 18 3
   Assets
7. Reserve-
   (a) Gold ... 2,801,877 10 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* ... 41,612,084 5 9
   (c) Gold exchange ...
8. Subsidiary coin ... 42,396 1 3
9. Discounts-
   (a) Commercial and agricultural bills ...
   (b) Treasury and local-body bills ...
10. Advances-
    (a) To the State or State undertakings-
    (l) Marketing Department ...
    (2) For other purposes ... 27,885,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities ...
    (c) Other ...
11. Investments ... 11,737,077 8 6
12. Bank buildings ...
13. Other assets ... 1,681,992 12 9
    £(N.Z.)85,760,427 18 3

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.
  Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 54.090 per cent.
  W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.
  Notices under the Regulations Act, 1936
  NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under:-
  Authority for Enactment.
  Emergency Regulations Act, 1939
  Statutes Amendment Act, 1944
  Primary Industries Emergency Regulations, 1939
  Board of Trade Act, 1919
  Short Title or Subject-matter.
  Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942, Amendment No. 5
  Notice regarding Information concerning Patients in Hospital Institutions
  Fertilizer Control Order 1944, Amendment No. 3
  Board of Trade (Onion) Regulations 1938, Amendment No. 3
  Serial
  Number.
  1945/6
  1945/7
  1945/8
  1945/9
  Date of
  Enactment.
  13/2/45
  26/1/45
  12/2/45
  14/2/45
  Price (Postage
  1d. extra.)
  2d.
  1d.
  1d.
  3d.
  Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.
  E. V. PAUL, Government Printer.
  Price Order No. 316 (Oatmeal and Rolled Oats;
  PURSUANT to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939,* the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 316, and shall come into force on the 26th day of February, 1945.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
2. This Order applies with respect to all oatmeal and rolled oats sold otherwise than under the trade names of Creamoata, Milk Oaties, Otienuts, Cream O'Groats, Otis, Oatlets, Oatina, or Oto.
   FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF OATMEAL AND ROLLED OATS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
   Manufacturers' Prices
3. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any manufacturer for any oatmeal or rolled oats to which this Order applies that is sold to a wholesaler shall be:-
   (i) For oatmeal-
   In 200 lb. sacks ... 25 10 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 100 lb. sacks ... 26 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 50 lb. bags ... 27 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 25 lb. bags (packed in sacks in lots of eight) 27 10 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 25 lb. bags (loose) ... 27 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 7 lb. bags (packed in sacks in lots of twenty-eight) ... 32 15 4 per ton of 2,240 lb.
   In 5 lb. bags (packed in sacks in lots of forty) ... 30 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In containers of any other size ... 25 10 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   (ii) For rolled oats-
   In 200 lb. sacks ... 28 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 125 lb. sacks ... 28 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 100 lb. sacks ... 28 10 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 50 lb. bags ... 29 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.
   In 20 lb. bags ... 4 4 10 per dozen bags.
   In 4 lb. bags ... 0 17 6 per dozen bags.
   In 2 lb. packets ... 0 10 6 per dozen packets.
   In containers of any other size ... 28 0 6 per ton of 2,000 lb.

(2) With respect to deliveries (whether made to a wholesaler or to any person on behalf of a wholesaler) to Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill, the maximum prices fixed by subclause (1) hereof are fixed as for delivery free of freight charges into the consignee's store.
(3) With respect to deliveries (whether made to a wholesaler or to any person on behalf of a wholesaler) to Auckland, Whangarei, Tauranga, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, Blenheim, Westport, Timaru, Oamaru, Greymouth, or Hokitika, the maximum prices fixed by subclause (1) hereof are fixed as for delivery free of sea freight, marine-insurance charges, and rail freight to the port or railway-station (as the case may be) that is nearest or most convenient of access to the consignee's store.
(4) With respect to deliveries (whether made to a wholesaler or to any person on behalf of a wholesaler) to places other than the cities or boroughs specified in subclauses (2) and (3) hereof, the maximum prices fixed by subclause (1) hereof are fixed as for delivery free of sea freight and marine-insurance charges to such one of the ports specified in subclauses (2) and (3) hereof as is nearest or most convenient of access to the consignee's store.
(5) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced as follows:-
(i) By a trade discount of 10 per cent. thereof:
(ii) With respect to deliveries effected partly or wholly by sea through any of the ports of Auckland, Whangarei, Tauranga, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, Blenheim, or Westport, by a further trade discount of 1½ per cent. of the price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause (by way of an allowance against landing-charges):
(iii) By a discount of 2½ per cent. of the price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause where payment is made within seven days from the date of invoice:
(iv) By a discount of 1¼ per cent. where payment is made after seven days from the date of invoice, but on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the wholesaler.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this clause, any arrangement existing at the date of the coming into force of this Order between manufacturers and merchants at Tauranga or Whangarei for payment of an allowance in lieu of the payment of sea freight on any oatmeal or rolled oats to which this Order applies may continue in effect until notice to the contrary is given by the Tribunal.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/257, page 1057.