21 FEBRUARY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

NOTES ON THE WEATHER FOR JANUARY 1963

General: January was a dry month, and also very warm in the
South Island. For about the last three weeks of the month many
parts of the North Island received no rain at all. Drying winds were
also comparatively frequent, and by the end of the month pastures
in many parts of both Islands were showing the effects of the dry
spell. In parts of the Auckland Province dairy production was
falling off.

Rainfall: Over the greater part of the country rainfall was less
than three-quarters of the average value. In most of Marlborough
Sounds and parts of eastern Northland and Coromandel it was
less than a quarter.

Rainfall was above average by about 40 to 70 per cent in most
of Hawke's Bay, on the Southland Plains, and in parts of Wellington
and southern Wairarapa.

In the North Island nearly all the month's total fell from about
the 8th to the 10th, and this heavy rain caused slips and washouts
in the King Country, with serious dislocation of rail traffic.

Temperatures: Temperatures were above average by 2 to 4 degrees
in the South Island and by 1 degree in the North Island.

There was a cool spell from about the 9th to the 12th, with snow
on Egmont and Ruapehu. Southland also experienced unusually
cool temperatures on the 25th, with snow well down on the mountains.

Sunshine: From Hamilton and Gisborne to South Canterbury
and South Westland sunshine was mainly 20-30 hours above
average, except in Taranaki and Buller. In far northern and far
southern districts it was 15-40 hours below average.

Weather Sequence: The fine spell which had commenced towards
the end of December 1962 continued for the first five days of January
over most of New Zealand as an anticyclone moved slowly across the country. However, on the 1st and 2nd the passage of a
depression and trough to the south caused rain in Fiordland,
south Westland, and coastal Southland; and by the 5th freshening
northerlies were bringing rain again to the West Coast.

The period from the 6th to the 11th was one of unsettled weather
over the greater part of the country. A depression from the Tasman
Sea passed close to Southland and the associated trough of low
pressure moved slowly eastward over New Zealand, with rain
spreading northward and eastward. The rain became heavy from
the 8th to the 10th over parts of the North Island with the formation
of a small depression there. Slips and washouts in the King Country
caused serious dislocation of rail traffic. Winds turned to the south,
with cooler temperatures and a clearance on the West Coast and
in Southland and most of Otago. As the depression moved away
on the 11th the weather also improved in northern and western
districts of the North Island and in Canterbury. In many parts of
the North Island there was no rain for the remaining 20 days of
the month.

A spell of settled weather followed from the 12th to the 19th as
an anticyclone moved across the country. However, freshening
easterlies associated with the passage of a depression to the north
during the 15th and 16th caused some showers in Gisborne and
Coromandel.

Mainly settled weather persisted over the North Island from the
20th to the end of the month under the influence of anticyclones.
In the South Island the weather was rather variable and in western
and southern areas frequently unsettled as depressions passed to
the south. Some light rain spread to parts of Wellington and Wairarapa on the 21st and to North Taranaki and Waitomo on the
23rd and 24th. The 25th was marked by unusually cool temperatures
in Southland, with snow well down on the mountains.

R. G. SIMMERS, Director.
(N.Z. Met. S. Misc. Pub. 107)

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, 13 FEBRUARY 1963

Liabilities

2. General Reserve Fund
3. Bank notes
4. Demand liabilities-
   (a) State-
   (i) Government marketing
   accounts
   (ii) Other
   (b) Banks
   (c) Other
   (i) Marketing organisations
   (ii) Other demand liabilities
5. Time deposits
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New
   Zealand currency
7. Other liabilities

£ s. d.
1,500,000 0 0
83,462,373 10 0
1,748,615 13 4
12,260,322 10 7
94,087,346 0 9
150,186 0 8
1,653,340 13 11
20,881 19 1
8,868,720 12 4

£203,751,787 0 8

Assets

8. Reserve-
   (a) Gold
   (b) Sterling exchange
   (c) Gold exchange
   (d) Other exchange
9. Subsidiary coin
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
    (b) To other public authorities
    (c) Other-
    (i) Marketing organisations
    (ii) Other advances
12. Investments-
    (a) Sterling
    (b) Other
13. Bank buildings
14. Other assets

£ s. d.
243,603 12 4
34,308,409 18 6
554,609 14 6
436,319 11 5
40,723,603 17 10
37,660,117 10 11
1,130,000 0 0
16,441,612 14 10
70,819,439 0 5
1,434,070 19 11

£203,751,787 0 8

R. M. SMITH, Chief Accountant.

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

PURSUANT to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Authority for Enactment
Workers' Compensation Act 1956
Milk Act 1944
Milk Act 1944
Licensing Act 1908
Social Security Act 1938

Short Title or Subject-matter
Employers' Liability Insurance Regulations 1962,
Amendment No. 1
Hutt Valley and Bays Metropolitan Milk District
Order 1963
Hutt Valley and Bays Metropolitan Milk Board
Order 1963
Licensing Regulations 1949, Amendment No. 5
Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 1939,
Amendment No. 3

Serial
Number
1963/16
1963/17
1963/18
1963/19
1963/20

Date
of
Enactment
19/2/63
19/2/63
19/2/63
19/2/63
19/2/63

Price
(Postage
Free)
1s.
6d.
6d.
6d.
6d.

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