1532
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 56

INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TRIBUNAL

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for a decision as to whether the book Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs, published by Grove Press Incorporated, New York, U.S.A., is indecent or not, or for a decision as to its classification.

INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TRIBUNAL

I, Victor Worth Thomas, Comptroller of Customs, give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for a decision as to whether the book Story of O, by Pauline Reage, published by Grove Press Incorporated, New York, U.S.A., is indecent or not, or for a decision as to its classification.

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954—Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 85 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1954, it is hereby notified that the registration of the Wanganui Society of Painters and Decorators Industrial Union of Workers, Registered No. 258, situated at 54 Field Street, Wanganui, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of August 1967.

H. G. DUNCAN,
Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour.

Notice to Make Payment of Land Tax Under the Land and Income Tax Act 1954

PURSUANT to the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, notice is hereby given as follows:

Land tax on land held on the 31st day of March 1967 shall be due and payable in one sum, on the 7th day of October 1967, at any taxes office of the Inland Revenue Department or at any post office with savings bank facilities.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 1967.

D. A. STEVENS,
Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

PURSUANT to section 33 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964, the Reserve Bank, acting with the approval of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as at the close of business on 7 September 1967, and until further notice, balances to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each trading bank shall be equal to an amount which will be not less than the aggregate of: 1 percent of that bank’s demand deposits in New Zealand, plus 1 percent of that bank’s time deposits in New Zealand as shown in the last preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance with section 31 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964.

A. R. LOW, Governor.

Wellington, 5 September 1967.

Ministry of Works—Schedule of Civil Engineering, Building, and Housing Contracts of $20,000 or More in Value

P. L. LAING, Commissioner of Works.

Land in Marlborough Land District Forfeited

PURSUANT to section 146 of the Land Act 1948, notice is hereby given that the Land Settlement Board, with the approval of the Minister of Lands, has by resolution declared the under-mentioned lease forfeited, and that the land is thereby reverted to the Crown.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of July 1967.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/4812/10; D.O. RLU 15)

R. J. MacLACHLAN, Director-General of Lands.

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

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

Copies can be purchased from the Government Publications Bookshops—corner of Rutland and Lorne Streets (P.O. Box 5344), Auckland; Investment House, Alma Street (P.O. Box 857), Hamilton; Mulgrave Street (Private Bag), Wellington; 130 Oxford Terrace (P.O. Box 1721), Christchurch; corner of Water and Bond Streets (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

R. E. OWEN, Government Printer.