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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 65

Abstract of Railways Working Account

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1945

1ST APRIL, 1945, TO 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1945

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1945 .. £ 71,353,574

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, 8TH OCTOBER, 1945

Liabilities

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. £ 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. .. 41,282,020 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. .. 8,631,881 19 9
   (b) Banks .. .. .. .. 52,770,013 8 6
   (c) Other .. .. .. .. 747,355 19 5
4. Time deposits .. .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 135,566 10 1
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 2,478,954 14 11

£(N.Z.)107,545,792 12 8

Assets

7. Reserve—
   (a) Gold .. .. .. .. £ 2,801,877 10 0
   (b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 70,615,644 5 9
   (c) Gold exchange .. .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 20,953 14 4
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 .. 2,077,210 0 5
    (2) For other purposes .. 20,000,000 0 0
    (b) To other public authorities .. ..
    (c) Other .. .. .. ..
11. Investments .. .. .. .. 10,997,263 19 2
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. .. 1,032,843 3 0

£(N.Z.)107,545,792 12 8

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 70·85 per cent.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

Price Order No. 450 (Paint—Lamaco Brand)

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. 450, and shall come into force on the 22nd day of October, 1945.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This Order applies only with respect to retail sales of paint of the several kinds and colours specified in the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

3. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold in the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold elsewhere than in the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto, increased by a proportionate part of any transport or other charges actually and reasonably incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery into his store: Provided that the amount added in respect of such charges shall not in any case exceed 1s. per gallon.

(3) If in respect of any lot of paint 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.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of October, 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.

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