Additional Member of the Glencoe Rabbit Board (Notice
No. Ag. 7406)

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Minister
of Agriculture hereby publishes the following resolution passed
by the Glencoe Rabbit Board on the 17th day of August 1961.

RESOLUTION
THAT, in accordance with section 25 (4) of the Rabbits Act
1955, the number of elective members to the Glencoe Rabbit
Board be increased from five to six members.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 1961.

T. L. HAYMAN, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 20891)

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the
Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Bay of Islands Development
Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that, on the date of
the publication of this notice in the Gazette, the land described
in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said
land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 12 June 1930
and published in the Gazette, 26 June 1930, Volume II, page
2054.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Oakura F 2B 1B III, Whangaruru 2 1 24

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of October 1961.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

B. E. SOUTER,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 61/7, 61/7A; D.O. TK. 7238)

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the
Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Waikato Development Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that, on the date of
the publication of this notice in the Gazette, the land described
in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said
land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 13 December
1932 and published in the Gazette, 22 December 1932, Volume
III, page 2791.

SCHEDULE
SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Maungatautari 4E 1A (part V and IX, Maungatautari 20 2 13
C.T. 1026/114)
Maungatautari 4E 1B 2 (part C.T. 1026/114) V and IX, Maungatautari 51 1 33
(This was the estimated area prior to survey, which now
shows the correct area to be 49 acres 2 roods 9 perches.)

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1961.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

B. E. SOUTER,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 62/23, 62/23A, 15/2/89; D.O. 23/Q/1)

Price Order No. 1859 (Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price
Tribunal hereby makes the following Price Order:

1. This order may be cited as price Order No. 1859 and
   shall come into force on the 20th day of October 1961.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1742* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the
   liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto
   committed before the coming into force of this order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to all bananas sold by way
   of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF BANANAS

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
   by any retailer for any bananas to which this order applies
   shall be determined as follows:
   (a) With respect to bananas sold at any place within the
   metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
   church, or Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto
   or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei,
   Takapuna, Hamilton, Tauranga, Gisborne, New Ply-
   mouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier,
   Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport,
   Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, Balclutha, or Invercargill,
   at the rate of 1s. 0½d. per pound.
   (b) With respect to bananas sold elsewhere in New Zealand, at the rate of 1s. 1d. per pound.
   (2) If in respect of any lot of bananas the 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 next upward half-
   penny.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
   provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any,
   as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer,
   may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any
   bananas to which this order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight
   or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given
   by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to
   a specified lot or consignment of bananas, or may relate
   generally to all bananas to which this order applies sold by
   the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop
   any bananas to which this order applies shall keep in a
   prominent position in such proximity to the bananas to
   which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket,
   placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and
   prominent characters the retail price per pound of the bananas.

SCHEDULE
DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
Name of Districts Included Therein
Metropolitan
Area
Auckland .... The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of Bir-
kenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount
Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill,
New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote,
Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu,
and Mount Wellington.
Wellington .... The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt,
and the Boroughs of Eastbourne and
Petone.
Christchurch .... The City of Christchurch and the Borough
of Riccarton.
Dunedin .... The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of
Green Island, Port Chalmers, St. Kilda,
and West Harbour.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of October 1961.
The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the
presence of—

S. T. BARNETT, President.
[L.S.]
R. D. CHRISTIE, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

*Gazette, 29 May 1958, Vol. II, p. 707
(I. and C.)

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 20 October 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 24 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 pre-
ceding 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, 18 October 1961.