Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $ South Canterbury Electric Power Board: Electricity Development Loan 1974 450,000 Taranaki Harbours Board: Redemption Loan No. 2, 1974 114,000 Upper Hutt City Council: Parks Development (River Berm) Loan 1974 50,000 Pedestrian Subway Loan 1974 70,000 Town Planning Development Loan 1974 300,000 Dated at Wellington this 28th day of June 1974. S. C. PARKER, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. (T. 40/416/6)

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 July 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 28 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 11 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. 26 June 1974. R. W. R. WHITE, Deputy Governor.

Declaration that Persons are Approved Sureties for the Purposes of the Syndicates Act 1973 PURSUANT to section 2 (6) of the Syndicates Act 1973, I hereby declare that each of the under-mentioned companies be approved sureties for the purposes of sections 9 and 14 of that Act: Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited. New Zealand Insurance Company Limited. Dated at Wellington this 19th day of June 1974. G. S. ORR, Secretary for Justice.

Maori Land Development Notice WHEREAS by virtue of the notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto the land described in that notice was declared to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953; and whereas by reason of an amalgamation of titles it is considered necessary to replace the notice aforesaid. Now, therefore, pursuant to section 330 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby gives notice as follows.

NOTICE 1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development Notice Hamilton 1974, No. 11. 2. The notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto is hereby revoked. 3. The land described in the Second Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be subject to Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953. FIRST SCHEDULE Date of Notice Reference Registration No. 15 September 1969 Gazette, 18 September 1969, No. 57, p. 1805 S. 512575 SECOND SCHEDULE SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT ALL that piece of land described as follows: ha Being 44.5460 Hoe-o-Tainui North 2E, situated in Block V, Waitoa Survey District. Amalgamation order dated 4 December 1973. Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June 1974. For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs: E. W. WILLIAMS, for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs. (M. and I.A. H.O. 15/2/427; D.O. 23/144)

Maori Land Development Notice PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby gives notice as follows. NOTICE 1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development Notice Gisborne 1974, No. 3. 2. The notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto is hereby revoked. 3. The land described in the Second Schedule hereto is hereby released from Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953. FIRST SCHEDULE Date of Notice Reference Registration No. 17 March 1972 Gazette, No. 29, 29 March 1972, p. 692 278420 SECOND SCHEDULE HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT ALL that piece of land described as follows: ha Being 79.1000 Mohaka B10 (as shown in plan S.O. 6573) situated in Blocks IV and VIII, Mohaka Survey District. Dated at Wellington this 24th day of June 1974. For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs: E. W. WILLIAMS, for Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs. (M. and I.A. H.O. 15/4/122; D.O. 14/3/11)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds Under the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, in the County of Westland (No. 782 Ag. 20649A) PURSUANT to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1953, for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the following Special Order, made by the Westland County Council on the 16th day of May 1974 is hereby published. SPECIAL ORDER That Westland County Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it, by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, hereby resolves by way of Special Order that, spiny broom