7 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1389

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

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 Governor of the Reserve Bank, acting with the authority of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from 8 September 1961, 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 holding of Reserve Bank notes, it shall be equal to not less than 26 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 as shown in the latest available weekly return provided under the Statistics Act 1955.

E. C. FUSSELL, Governor of the Reserve Bank.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 6 September 1961.

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941, and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 28 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free) s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 660: School requisites. Part 1:1961: Rulers (revision of N.Z.S.S. 660:1950) 3 0
N.Z.S.S. 1611:1961: Fibrous plaster sheets 3 0

NOTE—These standards are being printed and will be available soon.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1, or to the Government Printing Offices at Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–65)

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 22 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1635:1961: Test tubes and boiling tubes; being B.S. 3218:1960.

Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–58)

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 28 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1650:1961: Plug-and-socket gas connectors for portable appliances; being B.S. 570:1959.

Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–59)

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 25 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free) s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 498: The sampling of coal and coke (revision of N.Z.S.S. 498:1949)
Part 1:1961: The sampling of coal; being B.S. 1017: Part 1:1960 25 0
Part 2:1961: The sampling of coke; being B.S. 1017: Part 2:1960 25 0

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–62)

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941, and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 25 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free) s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 64: 1961: Hard-drawn copper conductors for overhead power transmission purposes; being B.S. 125:1954, amended to meet New Zealand requirements (revision of N.Z.S.S. 64:1950) 4 6
N.Z.S.S. 1605: Fixed carbon resistors for use in telecommunication and allied electronic equipment. Part 1:1961: General requirements and tests; being B.S. 2112: Part 1:1959 10 0

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–60)

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941, and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 14 August 1961, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free) s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 1619:1961: Magnetic tape sound recording and reproduction; being B.S. 1568:1960 4 6
N.Z.S.S. 1621:1961: Basic dimensions for printed wiring; being B.S. 3081:1959 3 0
N.Z.S.S. 1622: Part 2:1961: Motion picture film Part 2: 16mm film; being B.S. 677:Part 2:1958 6 0
N.Z.S.S. 1627:1961: Methods for sampling liquid petroleum products in bulk storage; being B.S. 3195:1959 4 6
N.Z.S.S. 1628:1961: Calcium-base greases; being B.S. 3223:1960 7 6
N.Z.S.S. 1629:1961: Method for determining the permeability to water vapour of flexible sheet materials used for packaging; being B.S. 3177:1959 4 6
N.Z.S.S. 1636:1961: 16mm motion picture projection reels, being American standard PH22.11–1953 2 6

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, or P.O. Box 195, Wellington C.1.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1961.

G. LAURENCE,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–56)