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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 23

MINISTER'S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued

Manufacturing, industrial—(continued)
Leatherworking, viz.—(continued)
Link and washer cutting machines.
Leather drying machines, cabinet, the “Wilson,” including toggle frames imported therewith. (The blower and “Mersteel” recording instrument are to be separately classified under T.I. 351 (4) and 342 respectively.)
Pinking machines.
Press knives for cutting out :—
(1) Leather portions of braces and suspenders.
(2) Leather to shapes for gloves.
Presses peculiar to use in the manufacture of leather mats.
Printing plates, pebble grain.
Rolling machines, leather.
Saming machines, being setting-out roller presses (also quirin sleeves therefor) for use by tanners.
Shaving blades and metal tapes therefor, for leather shaving machines.
Seasoning machines, serial table type, for applying liquid dressing to leather.
Setting out machines.
Splitting machines.
Staking machines used by tanners to make leather pliable after tanning.
Strap cutting machines.
Strap punching machines.
Stuffer, short straw and flock, a machine for stuffing horse collars with straw and flock.
Tanners wooden tumbler, ironwork and gears for.
Toggles “Bulldog,” appliances for attaching hides and skins to stretching frames.
Trace-burnishing machines.
Trace trimming machines.
Turning machines, used in making leather gloves to turn the glove fingers inside out.
Tanning apparatus, the “Star” including the steam coil.
Unhairing machines for tanneries. | | | |

The following decisions are revised :—
Pages 255 to 259 inclusive, of the Tariff Book—All the decisions listed under the subheading “Bootmaking and Leatherworking.”

M.O. 1 Shank conditioner No. 1627.
M.O. 15 Leather brushing machines.
M.O. 16 Tanning apparatus, the “Star.”
M.O. 20 Outsole roughing machine, Model B.
M.O. 20 Upper roughing machine, Model C.
M.O. 22 Celastic conditioning machine.
M.O. 22 Rotary waist reducing machine.
M.O. 22 Softener or solvent applying machine.
M.O. 24 Heel attaching machine No. 10.
M.O. 27 Boarding and graining machine, the “Fortuna.”

M.O. 28 Backing press, the “Simplex.”
M.O. 29 Vulca-soling press, the “Dandy.”
M.O. 33 Cabinet leather drying machine, the “Wilson.”
M.O. 44 Bags for rotary pneumatic presses.
M.O. 55 Eyeletting machine, “U.S.M.C.” Model C.
M.O. 55 Sole cementing machine, “U.S.M.C.” Model A.
M.O. 55 Wiring machine, “U.S.M.C.” Model D.
M.O. 68 “Welder-on” machine, the “Landis.”
M.O. 82 Shoe stretcher, the “Dandy.”

Minister’s Order No. 112.]

D. G. SAVERS, Comptroller of Customs.

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, 23RD MARCH, 1949

Liabilities
£ s. d.

1. General Reserve Fund .. .. .. 1,500,000 0 0
2. Bank-notes .. .. .. 49,336,973 0 0
3. Demand liabilities—
   (a) State .. .. .. 27,038,890 12 1
   (b) Banks .. .. .. 58,445,905 9 6
   (c) Other .. .. .. 671,083 10 3
4. Time deposits .. .. .. ..
5. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency .. .. .. 39,919 5 3
6. Other liabilities .. .. .. 3,937,543 6 4

£(N.Z.)140,970,315 3 5

Assets
£ s. d.
7. Reserve—
(a) Gold .. .. .. 2,842,835 17 11
(b) Sterling exchange* .. .. 50,537,050 12 5
(c) Gold exchange .. .. ..
8. Subsidiary coin .. .. .. 331,476 1 10
9. Discounts—
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills .. ..
(b) Treasury and local-body bills .. ..
10. Advances—
(a) To the State or State undertakings—
(1) Marketing organizations .. 4,620,862 17 7
(2) For other purposes .. 38,000,000 0 0
(b) To other public authorities .. ..
(c) Other .. .. .. 4,855,777 17 7
11. Investments .. .. .. 37,095,301 0 7
12. Bank buildings .. .. .. ..
13. Other assets .. .. .. 2,687,010 15 6

£(N.Z.)140,970,315 3 5

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

Proportion of reserve (No. 7 less No. 5) to notes and other demand liabilities, 39·367 per cent.

R. W. COX, Deputy Chief Accountant.