29. AUGUST

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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 21 AUGUST 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

80,981,095 0 0

889,787 15 2

18,980,715 4 11

83,405,439 12 9

436,659 7 9

2,906,065 4 0

77,476 1 7

7,235,521 17 7

£196,412,760 3 9

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.

243,607 19 4

48,052,294 11 10

532,749 17 11

449,431 5 4

22,418,876 16 9

27,696,190 7 8

4,600,000 0 0

20,786,143 19 10

69,789,055 9 1

1,844,409 16 0

£196,412,760 3 9

R. M. SMITH, Chief Accountant.

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 30 August 1963, 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 30 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, Governor of the Reserve Bank.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 28 August 1963.

The Standards Act 1941-Draft New Zealand Specification No. D 7527: Cotton Mops (Revision of N.Z.S.S. 792:1950)

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.

All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 31 October 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,

Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2-6306)

Standard Specifications Revoked

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1941 and regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 20 August 1963, revoked the specifications listed in the Schedule hereto.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,

Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2-63062)

SCHEDULE

LIST OF REVOKED STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS

N.Z.S.S. Title

783A:1963 Equal angles, unequal angles and T-bars for structural purposes, being supplement 1:1959 to B.S. 4A, 1934 universal heavy flange and long stalk.

783B:1960 Broad flange beams, universal beams, and column sections, being B.S. 4B:1959.

104:1949 Glossary of terms used in railway signalling, being B.S. 719:1936.

122:1949 Engineering symbols and abbreviations, being B.S. 560:1934.

149:1952 Electrically driven point operating machines for railways, being B.S. 581:1950.

150:1952 Alternating current line relays double-element, 3-position for railway signalling, being B.S. 561:1951.

153:1951 Tractive armature direct-current neutral polar line relays for railways signalling, being B.S. 519:1950.

156:1951 Terminals for electrical apparatus for railway signalling purposes, being B.S. 442:1950.

E.180:1945 Aluminium alloy bars for the manufacture of fuses and fuse parts.

The Standards Act 1941-British Standards (Codes of Practice) Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the under-mentioned British codes of practice are being considered for adoption as New Zealand standard specifications.

NUMBER AND TITLE OF SPECIFICATION

CP 209: Care and maintenance of floor surfaces. Part 1:1963: Wooden flooring.

CP 212: Wall tiling. Part 1:1963: Internal ceramic wall tiling in normal conditions.

CP 1014:1963: Code of practice for the protection of electrical power equipment against climatic conditions.

All persons who may be affected by them and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for receipt of comment is 26 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,

Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/1-29)