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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 15

6. No raw tobacco shall be sold by any person other than
   the grower thereof or purchased from such other person at less
   than 20c per pound free on board ship or free on
   rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the
   place at which such tobacco is, at the time of sale thereof,
   being held or stored.

7. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of clauses
   5 and 6 hereof, the Tribunal may, in any case where it con-
   siders it proper so to do, authorise the sale and purchase of
   tobacco at a price less than the price fixed by either of those
   clauses.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 1974.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the
presence of—
[L.S.]
K. R. CONGREVE, President.
M. A. HERCUS, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

(T. and I.)
*Gazette, 9 November 1972, Vol. III, p. 2423

Reserve Bank of New Zealand—Wellington

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 from the
close of business on 1 March 1974, and until further notice
each trading bank shall maintain, on average during each
calendar month, balances at the Reserve Bank plus holdings
of Reserve Bank notes and of New Zealand Government
securities together equal to an amount which shall not be
less than the aggregate of:

Thirty-nine percent of that bank’s average demand deposit
liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding
calendar month as shown by an average of the weekly returns
of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955, plus

Sixteen percent of that bank’s average time deposit liabilities
in New Zealand in the immediately preceding calendar month
as shown by an average of the weekly returns of Banking
Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955.

For the purposes of this notice:

(1) The monthly average of a trading bank’s holdings of
Reserve Bank notes shall be the average of the figures as
shown by the weekly returns of Banking Statistics under the
Statistics Act 1955, for that bank received in the calendar
month to which the requirement applies.

(2) The monthly average of a trading bank’s balances at
the Reserve Bank and holdings of New Zealand Government
securities shall be the average of all daily figures for that
bank in the calendar month to which the requirement applies.

(3) Government securities shall consist of Government
stock and Treasury bills (all at nominal value) including
advance subscriptions for stock lodged by a trading bank
with the Reserve Bank.

(4) Balances at the Reserve Bank shall include both demand
deposit balances and time deposit balances.

R. W. R. WHITE, Deputy Governor.
19 February 1974.

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specifications Proposed
for Revocation

NOTICE is hereby given that the New Zealand standard
specifications listed in the Schedule hereto have been reviewed
by committees of the Standards Council and have been
recommended for revocation, pursuant to the provisions of
the Standards Act 1965.

Any person who may be affected by the proposal to
revoke these standard specifications, and who wishes to
object to their revocation, is invited to submit comments
to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag,
Wellington, not later than 15 March 1974.

SCHEDULE

Number and Title of Standard Specification
*NZS 56 : 1955 (BS 91 : 1954) Electrical cable soldering
sockets.
†NZS 660: — School requisites—
Part 2: 1952 White and coloured chalks.
Part 3: 1952 Water-colour paints.

Number and Title of Standard Specification
NZS 765 : — (BS 1497 : —) Impregnated-asbestos-
covered copper conductors—
Part 1: 1961 (BS 1497: Part 1: 1957) Round wire.
Part 2: 1961 (BS 1497: Part 2: 1957) Rectangular con-
ductors.
†NZS 1380 : 1958 (BS 1070 : 1956) Black paint (tar-base).
NZS 1407 : — (BS 1791 : —) Cotton covered copper
conductors—
Part 1: 1963 (BS 1791: Part 1: 1962) Round wire.
Part 2: 1958 (BS 1791: Part 2: 1957) Rectangular con-
ductors.
§NZS 1414 : — (BS 2899 : —) Rubber insulation and
sheath of electric cables—
Part 1: 1959 (BS 2899: Part 1: 1958) Natural rubber,
styrene-butadiene rubber and polychloroprene.
Part 2: 1962 (BS 2899: Part 2: 1961) Silicone Rubber
insulation.
Part 3: 1962 (BS 2899: Part 3: 1961) Butyl rubber insula-
tion and sheath.
Part 4: 1969 (BS 2899: Part 4: 1967) Heat-resisting,
oil-resisting, and flame-retardant sheath of electric
cables.
NZS 1607 : — (BS 1815 : —) Enamelled and cotton-
covered copper conductors (oleo-resinous enamel)—
Part 1: 1965 (BS 1815: Part 1: 1964) Round wire.
NZS 1608 : — (BS 1844 : —) Enamelled copper con-
ductors (enamel with vinyl acetate base)—
Part 2: 1963 (BS 1844: Part 2: 1958) Rectangular con-
ductors.
NZS 1610 : — (BS 1933 : —) Varnish-bonded glass-
covered copper conductors—
Part 1: 1961 (BS 1933: Part 1: 1953) Round wire.
Part 2: 1961 (BS 1933: Part 2: 1965) Rectangular con-
ductors.
NZS 1682 : — (BS 3058 : —) Varnish-bonded glass-
braided copper conductors—
Part 2: 1962 (BS 3058: Part 2: 1958) Rectangular con-
ductors—
§NZS 1752 : — (BS 3207 : —) Mineral-insulated cables—
Part 1: 1969 (BS 3207: Part 1: 1968) Copper sheathed
cables with copper conductors.
NZS 1950 : 1965 Rubber-insulated cables and flexible cords
for electric power and lighting (Superseded by NZS 6452).
NZS 1990 : 1965 (BS 801 : 1953) Lead and lead alloy
sheaths of electric cable.
NZS 2088 : 1966 (BS 3858 : 1965) Binding and identification
sleeves for use on electric cables and wires.
NZS 2142 : — (BS 3684 : —) Silk-covered copper con-
ductors—
Part 1: 1966 (BS 3684: Part 1: 1963) Round wire.
NZS 2143 : — (BS 3685 : —) Enamelled and silk-
covered copper conductors (oleo-resinous enamel)—
Part 1: 1966 (BS 3685: Part 1: 1963) Round wire.
NZS 2144 : — (BS 3901 : —) Rayon-covered copper
conductors—
Part 1: 1966 (BS 3901: Part 1: 1965) Round wire.
NZS 2145 : — (BS 3902 : —) Enamelled and rayon-
covered copper conductors (oleo-resinous enamel)—
Part 1: 1966 (BS 3902: Part 1: 1965) Round wire.
NZS 2283 : — (BS 4081 : —) Fittings for mineral
insulated cables—
Part 1: 1969 (BS 4081: Part 1: 1966) Terminations for
copper-sheathed cables.
MP 13 : 1965 (BSI/PD 2379 : 1962) Register of manu-
facturers’ identification threads for electric cables and
cords.

*The identical British standard has been proposed for endorse-
ment as suitable for use in New Zealand.
†Proposed for withdrawal on the grounds of non-usage.
‡A later edition of the British standard has been proposed
for endorsement as suitable for use in New Zealand.
§A later British standard of similar title has been endorsed
as suitable for use in New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of February 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/6)

Specifications Declared Suitable for Purpose of Electrical
Wiring Regulations 1961

PURSUANT to the provisions of regulations 18 (3) of the
Electrical Wiring Regulations 1961, the following specifica-
tions are declared suitable for the purpose of those regula-
tions: