2 MAY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
787
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, 10 APRIL 1957
Liabilities
£ s. d.
2. General Reserve Fund
1,500,000 0 0
3. Bank notes
73,748,101 10 0
4. Demand liabilities-
(a) State-
(i) Government marketing accounts
807,901 16 4
(ii) Other
7,919,289 1 7
(b) Banks
44,831,526 11 3
(c) Other-
(i) Marketing organisations
377,130 4 8
(ii) Other demand liabilities
1,453,057 18 6
5. Time deposits
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency
49,535 18 2
7. Other liabilities
10,269,882 14 6
£140,956,425 15 0
Assets
8. Reserve-
£ s. d.
(a) Gold
6,162,136 2 10
(b) Sterling exchange
36,173,655 19 3
(c) Gold exchange
(d) Other exchange
419,989 5 11
9. Subsidiary coin
638,596 15 5
10. Discounts-
(a) Commercial and agricultural bills
(b) Treasury and local body bills
11. Advances-
(a) To the State or State undertakings-
(i) Government marketing accounts
297,052 18 5
(ii) For other purposes
20,000,000 0 0
(b) To other public authorities
(c) Other-
(i) Marketing organisations
34,097,085 16 0
(ii) Other advances
3,764,062 8 11
12. Investments-
(a) Sterling
27,785,974 9 3
(b) Other
10,387,187 0 5
13. Bank buildings
14. Other assets
1,230,684 18 7
£140,956,425 15 0
H. M. IBELL, Deputy Chief Accountant.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Declaring Land to be Subject to the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Hokianga Development Scheme)
PURSUANT to section 45 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933 (as amended by section 23 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment Act 1936), the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, acting with the authority of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from 3 May 1957, the balance to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each other bank for the time being carrying on business in New Zealand in accordance with the said section 45 shall be such that, when added to that bank's holdings of Reserve Bank notes, it shall be equal to not less than 26½ per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 10 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand, as shown in the last preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance with section 46 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933:
Provided that the minimum balance to be maintained at the Reserve Bank shall not be less than 7 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 3 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand.
For the purpose of this calculation a bank's holding of Reserve Bank notes shall be shown in the latest available weekly return provided under the Statistics Act 1955.
G. WILSON, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 30 April 1957.
Notice Under Section 30 of the Mining Act 1926
NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Maori Land Court will be held at Kawhia on Wednesday, 15 May 1957, commencing at 10 a.m., to consider an application for the grant of an order declaring the Maori land described in the Schedule hereto to be ceded to Her Majesty for mining purposes in terms of section 30 (1) (b) of the Mining Act 1926.
SCHEDULE
ALL those pieces of land situated in Blocks I, II, and III, Marokopa Survey District, and in Blocks XV and XVI, Albatross Survey District, and being Taharoa A 1A, A 1c 7 (part), A 1c 16A, A 1c 16C-J, A 2c, A 3A, A 4 (part), A 6A, A 7A, A 7J 4, A 7J 8A-B, A 7J 9, A 7J 10, and A 7J 13A-B.
Dated at Auckland this 16th day of April 1957.
A. E. EDWARDS, Registrar.
(M.A. 5/14/3)
Notice Under Section 30 of the Maori Trustee Act 1953
PURSUANT to section 30 of the Maori Trustee Act 1953, the Maori Trustee hereby gives notice that lists of unclaimed moneys, dated 18 April 1957, derived from the Aotea Maori Land Court District, and held by him, have been filed in the office of the Registrar of the Maori Land Court at: Whangarei, Auckland, Rotorua, Gisborne, Wanganui, and Wellington, and at all sub-offices of the Department of Maori Affairs, where the same may be inspected during office hours without payment of fee.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of April 1957.
T. T. ROPIHA, Maori Trustee.
Aotea No. 8.
PURSUANT to section 330 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on and from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.
SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Block and Area
Land Survey District A. R. P.
Wairau North 1B 1A XIII, Waoku 18 0 32
Wairau North 1B 3A (all XIII, Waoku 49 3 21
C.T. 1341/32)
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 1957.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—
M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 61/3 15/1/342; D.O. 19/F/4)
Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification
PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 18 April 1957, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:
Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1187: Clothes lockers.
Price of Copy (Post Free): 2s. 6d.
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 1957.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
Amendment of Standard Specifications
PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 18 April 1957, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder.
Price of Number and Title of Specification Amendment Copy (Post Free)
s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 615: Wrought iron chain No. 1 (Ref. No. 6 0 slings; being B.S. 781 : 1950 PD 2119) 9 March 1955
N.Z.S.S. 703: Electrically welded No. 1 (Ref. No. 3 6 mild steel chain; being B.S. PD 2117) 2 590 : 1949 March 1955
Application for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 30th day of April 1957.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.