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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 23

Tariff Notice—Decision on Application for Withdrawal of Approval by the Minister of Customs

NOTICE is hereby given that the application notified in Tariff Notice 186* for the withdrawal of the approval by the Minister of Customs of the under-mentioned goods under item 448 (3) of the Customs Tariff of New Zealand, has been declined:

Ladder tape, wholly of plastic, other than woven plastic material, specially suited for use with venetian blinds.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of April 1962.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.

*Gazette, 18 January 1962, p. 45.

(Tariff Notice No. 201)

Tariff Notice—Decision on Application for Determination

NOTICE is hereby given that the application notified in Tariff Notice 190* for the classification, by determination of the Minister of Customs, of the under-mentioned goods has been declined:

(a) Chain or diamond mesh netting.

(b) Fabricated field fence, viz, sheep and pig netting, boundary fencing, etc.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of April 1962.

J. F. CUMMINGS, Comptroller of Customs.

*Gazette, 15 February 1962, page 315.

(Tariff Notice No. 202)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Rotorua (Notice No. Ag. 7499)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purpose of the said section, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Rotorua County Council on the 27th day of February 1962.

SPECIAL ORDER

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Rotorua County Council hereby resolves by way of special order that Barley Grass (Hordeum murinum) being a plant included in the First Schedule of the said Act (Noxious Weeds Extension Order 1960, S.R. 1960/113) shall be a noxious weed within the whole of the district of the County of Rotorua.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of April 1962.

D. N. R. WEBB, Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 20649)

MacRaes Rabbit District Divided into Wards (Notice No. Ag. 7500)

PURSUANT to section 14A of the Rabbits Act 1955, the MacRaes Rabbit Board hereby declares the MacRaes Rabbit District, which was constituted by Order in Council on the 6th day of March 1961,* to be divided into wards having the names and boundaries specified in the Schedule hereto.

Name of Ward

Nenthorn

Green Valley

Mount Highlay

SCHEDULE

Boundaries of Ward

As described in the Schedule to the Nenthorn Rabbit District Order 1955†.

As described in the Schedule to the Green Valley Rabbit District Order 1956†.

As described in the Schedule to an Order in Council constituting the MacRaes Rabbit District and made on the 7th day of November 1951§.

Dated at MacRaes this 21st day of March 1962.

E. H. MATHESON,

Chairman, MacRaes Rabbit Board.

*Gazette, 1961, Vol. I, p. 420

†Gazette, 1955, Vol. II, p. 1116

†Gazette, 1956, Vol. III, p. 1730

§Gazette, 1951, Vol. III, p. 1695

Fixing the Number of Members to be Elected for Each Ward of the MacRaes Rabbit District (Notice No. Ag. 7501)

PURSUANT to section 25A of the Rabbits Act 1955, the MacRaes Rabbit Board hereby declares that the number of members to be elected for each ward of the MacRaes Rabbit District; which was constituted by Order in Council on the 6th day of March 1961,* shall be the number specified in the Schedule hereto opposite the name of the ward.

SCHEDULE

Name of Ward Number of Members

Nenthorn 3

Green Valley 3

Mount Highlay 1

Dated at MacRaes this 21st day of March 1962.

E. H. MATHESON,

Chairman, MacRaes Rabbit Board.

*Gazette, 1961, Vol. I, p. 420

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 Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, acting with the authority of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from 13 April 1962, 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 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.

G. WILSON,

Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 11 April 1962.

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, 4 APRIL 1962

Liabilities

2. General Reserve Fund £ s. d.

1,500,000 0 0

3. Bank notes

82,883,147 10 0

4. Demand liabilities—

(a) State—

(i) Government marketing accounts

1,192,939 18 7

(ii) Other

27,722,869 14 8

(b) Banks

34,503,394 14 8

(c) Other

(i) Marketing organisations

2,064,739 4 2

(ii) Other demand liabilities

915,869 11 6

5. Time deposits

6. Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency

217,931 19 9

7. Other liabilities

10,619,934 18 8

£161,620,827 12 0

Assets

8. Reserve—

(a) Gold

242,331 19 4

(b) Sterling exchange

21,024,961 6 9

(c) Gold exchange

(d) Other exchange

587,326 4 8

9. Subsidiary coin

267,929 0 4

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

(ii) For other purposes

70,948 17 8

(b) To other public authorities

(c) Other—

(i) Marketing organisations

46,947,431 13 3

(ii) Other advances

2,985,000 0 0

12. Investments—

(a) Sterling

16,441,612 14 10

(b) Other

71,174,517 18 0

13. Bank buildings

14. Other assets

1,878,767 17 2

£161,620,827 12 0

R. M. SMITH, Chief Accountant.