MAY 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 491

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, 23RD APRIL, 1945

Liabilities
£ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 40,103,665 10 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. 16,018,526 11 4
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 38,496,730 10 9
   (c) Other .. .. .. 588,188 15 9
4. Time deposits .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 10,020 2 4
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 2,424,080 10 5

£(N.Z.)99,141,212 0 7

Assets
£ s. d.
7. Reserve—
(a) Gold .. .. .. 2,801,877 10 0
(b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 49,910,556 17 5
(c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 33,140 9 0
9. Discounts—
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
(b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
10. Advances—
(a) To the State or State undertakings—
(1) Marketing Department .. 3,628,416 7 4
(2) For other purposes .. 27,000,000 0 0
(b) To other public authorities .. ..
(c) Other .. .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. 14,325,076 19 1
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. 1,442,143 17 9

£(N.Z.)99,141,212 0 7

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 55·356 per cent.

R. W. COX, Deputy Chief Accountant.

Price Order 368 (Dates)

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. 368, and shall come into force on the 11th day of May, 1945.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This Order applies with respect to all dates imported as bulk dates and sold in New Zealand in the form in which they are received whether in the original containers or otherwise.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF DATES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers’ Prices

3. The maximum prices (exclusive of sales tax) that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any dates to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—

(a) When sold by a wholesaler whose premises are situated in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, the maximum price shall be—

Per Hundredweight : At the Rate of

(i) For Khadrawi (Khadrowee) dates— s. d.
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 93 9
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 71 9

(ii) For Sair (Sayer) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 87 3
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 64 0

(iii) For any other dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 71 9
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 48 5

(b) When sold by a wholesaler whose premises are situated elsewhere the prices fixed by paragraph (a) hereof may be increased by 3s. per hundredweight.

Retailers’ Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum prices that may be charged or received by any retailer for any dates to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—

(a) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situated in any area within which any wholesaler carrying on business in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum price shall be—

Per Pound : At the Rate of

(i) For Khadrawi (Khadrowee) dates— s. d.
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 1 3
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 1 0

(ii) For Sair (Sayer) dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 1 2
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 0 11

(iii) For any other dates—
Pitted (stoned) .. .. 1 0
Whole (unstoned) .. .. 0 9

(b) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situated elsewhere the prices fixed by paragraph (a) hereof may be increased by ½d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of dates sold by a retailer the maximum price, calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause, is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this clause and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorize special maximum retail prices in respect of any dates to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary freight charges are incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery from the source of supply that is nearest or most convenient of access to him. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of dates or may relate generally to all dates to which this Order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

5. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any dates to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the dates to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:—

(a) The name of the dates ;
(b) The word “Stoned” or “Unstoned,” as the case may be ;
(c) The retail price per pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May, 1945.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

Tokerau Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

J. H. ROBERTSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Tokerau,
Akarana, 3 o Mei, 1945.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai, e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

TE RAPIHANA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.

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