27 FEBRUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
379

The Standards Act 1965—Miscellaneous Publication Adopted

Pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council has approved the issue of the under-mentioned miscellaneous publication:

Number and Title
Price of Copy (Post Free)
$

MP 16: 1968 Report of the Metric Advisory Committee 0.75

Application for copies should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 1969.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/5: 13)

The Standards Act 1965—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated:

Number and Title of Specification
D 9026 Grading rules for New Zealand timber.

All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 31 March 1969.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 1969.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/8)

The Controlled (Non-Resident) Accounts Notice 1968, Amendment No. 6

Pursuant to the Exchange Control Regulations 1965, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

1. (a) This notice may be cited as the Controlled (Non-resident) Accounts Notice 1968, Amendment No. 6, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Controlled (Non-resident) Accounts Notice 1968* (hereinafter referred to as the principal notice).

(b) This notice shall come into force on the 24th day of February 1969.

2. The Third Schedule of the principal notice is hereby amended by inserting the following name:

Fong, James ....... ....... Hong Kong.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February 1969.

For the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

A. R. LOW, Governor.

*Published in the New Zealand Gazette, Thursday, 29 August 1968, No. 54, p. 1463.

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 20 February 1969, and until further notice, balances to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each trading bank shall be equal to an amount which, when added to that bank’s holdings of Reserve Bank notes as disclosed in that bank’s latest available weekly return of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955, will be not less than the aggregate of:

24 percent of that bank’s demand deposits in New Zealand plus 3 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, 18 February 1969.

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, 12 FEBRUARY 1969

Liabilities
$

Notes in Circulation .. .. .. .. 165,384,564
Demand Deposits—
(a) State .. .. .. .. 26,475,366
(b) Banks .. .. .. .. 66,045,304
(c) Marketing Accounts .. .. .. 3,423,669
(d) Other .. .. .. .. 55,501,095
Time deposits .. .. .. .. ..
Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency—
(a) Demand .. .. .. $ 210,013
(b) Time .. .. .. 20,483,916
20,693,929
Other liabilities .. .. .. .. 4,795,141
Capital accounts—
(a) General Reserve Fund .. .. 3,000,000
(b) Other Reserves .. .. 14,061,427
17,061,427
$359,380,495

Assets
$

Gold .. .. .. .. .. 1,466,631
Overseas assets—
(a) Current accounts and short-term bills .. .. .. 41,215,792
(b) Investments .. .. .. 43,306,897
84,522,689
New Zealand Coin .. .. .. 4,590,893
Discounts .. .. .. .. ..
Advances—
(a) To the State (including Treasury bills) .. .. 45,519,694
(b) To Marketing Accounts .. 142,422,920
(c) Other Advances .. .. 10,127,835
198,070,449
Investments in New Zealand—
(a) N.Z. Government Securities .. 61,429,384
(b) Other .. .. .. 147,000
61,576,384
Other assets .. .. .. .. 9,153,449
$359,380,495

M. R. HUTTON, Chief Accountant.