Notice of Adoptions Under Part IX of the Maori Land Act 1931

Office of the Maori Land Court, Tokerau District, 4 September 1952.

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

J. H. ROBERTSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu Tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i Raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori 1931

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 tamariki whangai, o whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

J. H. ROBERTSON, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

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, 3 SEPTEMBER 1952

£(N.Z.)124,581,177 7 10

• Expressed in New Zealand currency.

† Included in this item are sterling investments of £(N.Z.)32,140,079 12s. 4d.

W. R. EGGERS, Chief Accountant.

Price Order No. 1408 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order 1387) (Spirits and Beer)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, hereby makes the following amending Price Order:

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1408, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1387* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 12th day of September 1952.

3. The principal Order is amended as follows:

By revoking clause 5 (1) and substituting the following clause:

“5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged by the holder of a publican’s licence or an accommodation licence for consumption on licensed premises, or by the holder of a conditional licence under the authority of that licence, for any drink containing spirits shall be—

“(a) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is less than a full standard measure, 8d.;

“(b) Where the quantity of spirits contained in the drink is a full standard measure, or more than a full standard measure, 1s. for each full standard measure.”

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of September 1952.

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

P. B. MARSHALL, President.

G. LAURENCE, Member.

• Gazette, 26 June, Vol. II, page 1125.

Board of Trade Notice No. 36 : Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Gut

Board of Trade,

3 September 1952.

1. The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on catgut which is included in Tariff Item 449 (2) (d) (Catgut, other than that classed under Tariff Item 134 (3)) and Tariff Items 423 and 449 (2) (d) (Imitation catgut).

The present rates of duty in respect of these items are—

Tariff Item 423—

British Preferential: 3%.

General: 20% plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty.

Tariff Item 449 (2) (d)—

British Preferential: 3%.

General: 3%.

2. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of these parts of the Tariff Items, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 11 November 1952, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Buildings, Stout Street, Wellington.

3. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the notes for the guidance of witnesses which have been approved by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.

4. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 28 October 1952. Each statement will, in general, need to be read under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

R. F. WILSON,

Secretary, Board of Trade.

C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C. 1.