THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Temporary Protection of Industry

NOTICE is hereby given that the Emergency Protection Authority has been requested to undertake an inquiry in terms of the Tariff and Development Board Act 1961 and its amendments, and to report in terms of section 10D of that Act, concerning the following goods.

Liquid supply or production meters falling within Tariff item Ex 90.26.29.

Date of reference: 18 January 1971.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of January 1971.

M. J. MORIARTY,
Secretary of Industries and Commerce.
(I. and C. 2/27/1)

Acquisition of Land as Miller Bush Scenic Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, notice is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired as a reserve for scenic purposes, subject to the provisions of Part IV of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—ROTORUA COUNTY—MILLER BUSH SCENIC RESERVE

LOT 1, D.P. S. 13660, being part Section 2, Block III, Tarawera Survey District: area, 25 acres and 30 perches, more or less. Part certificate of title, Volume 5B, folio 660.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of January 1971.

R. J. MACLACHLAN, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 4/1375; D.O. 13/250)

Returns of Insurance Premiums Required from Persons, etc., Insuring Property Against Fire Otherwise than with an Insurance Company Carrying on Business in New Zealand

THE attention of all persons, firms, companies, and associations being owners of property in respect of which premiums are paid to an insurance company not carrying on business in New Zealand is drawn to section 52 of the Fire Services Act 1949 (as amended by the Fire Services Amendment Acts 1953, 1956, and 1959); and, furthermore, the attention of all persons, firms, companies, and associations in possession of funds for insurance purposes is drawn to section 52 (2) of the Act, which is quoted as follows:

“For the purpose of this section where an owner of any property within a united urban fire district, urban fire district,

or secondary urban fire district makes a payment in respect of that property to any fund established for insurance purposes either within or beyond New Zealand, the person in possession of the fund shall be deemed to be an insurance company and every amount paid to the fund shall be deemed to be a premium.”

By notice in the Gazette, dated 4 February 1971, the Minister of Internal Affairs has fixed 5 March 1971 as the date by which returns showing the total gross amount of premiums received by or due to fire insurance companies during the year ended 31 December 1970 shall be transmitted to the Fire Service Council.

Returns, accompanied by a statutory declaration, must be lodged forthwith and should be addressed to the Secretary, Fire Service Council, G.P.O. Box 2133, Wellington.

B. J. Q. JACKSON, Secretary, Fire Service Council.
(FSC. 22/7)

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of January 1971.

S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

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, 20 JANUARY 1971

28 January 1971

M. R. HUTTON, Chief Accountant.