3 SEPTEMBER

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, 26 AUGUST 1964

Liabilities

2. General Reserve Fund
   £
   s.
   d.
   1,500,000 0 0
3. Bank notes
   79,661,071 0 0
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
   £200,095,357 15 7
   2,142,901 8 4
   14,418,429 10 5
   92,729,254 11 11
   402,793 3 2
   1,559,433 13 3
   186,195 9 0
   7,495,279 9 6

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
    £200,095,357 15 7
    243,625 7 4
    49,338,016 17 5
    502,613 0 7
    525,651 11 6
    35,232,470 13 5
    23,403,742 2 1
    4,465,937 10 0
    24,347,313 17 4
    60,591,393 2 7
    1,444,593 13 4

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 4 September 1964, 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 25 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 3 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, 2 September 1964.

Plant Declared Noxious Weed in the County of Opotiki

(Notice No. Ag. 8042)

Pursuant to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953, for the purposes of the said section, the following special order made by the Opotiki County Council on the 17th day of June 1964, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

That, the Opotiki County Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that the following plant, being a plant mentioned in the First Schedule to the said Act, is a noxious weed within the County of Opotiki:

Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of August 1964.

G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration),

(Ag. 20649)

The Standards Act 1941-Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

Pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Act 1941, and the regulations made thereunder the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 30 July 1964, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: NZSS GP 42: 1964 Metal office equipment.

Price of Copy (Post Free): 2s.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1, or to the Government Bookshops at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of August 1964.

V. FAIRHALL,

Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/2:2507)

The Standards Act 1941-Specifications Published by the International Dairy Federation Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the specifications listed in the Schedule hereto are being considered for adoption as New Zealand standard specifications. 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, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 30 September 1964.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of September 1964.

V. FAIRHALL,

Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE

LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS

FIL-IDF 1:1955 Determination of the fat content of normal liquid milk.
FIL-IDF 4:1958 Determination of dry matter in cheese and processed cheese.
FIL-IDF 5:1959 Determination of the fat content.
FIL-IDF 14:1960 Milk pipe fittings.
FIL-IDF 16:1961 Determination of the fat content of cream by the Röse-Gotlieb method.
FIL-IDF 17:1961 Determination of the salt content of cheese.
FIL-IDF 20:1962 Determination of the total nitrogen content of milk by the Kjeldahl method.
FIL-IDF 21:1962 Determination of the total solids content of milk.