of No. 2 State Highway (Pokeno-Wellington) from the Ngawapurua Bridge at the Manawatu River to the north boundary of Pahiatua Borough as more particularly shown on sheets 1 to 5 of plan LA 51/10/1 and accompanying Schedule held in the office of the Resident Engineer, Ministry of Works and Development, Trentham, and there available for public inspection, to be a limited access road.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 1976.

D. J. CHAPMAN, Secretary.

(72/2/10/5)

National Roads Board—Notice Partially Revoking Declaration of State Highway to be a Limited Access Road

PURSUANT to subsection (5) of section 4 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1963, the National Roads Board hereby revokes its resolution of 18 July 1975* pursuant to section 4 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1963 declaring that part of No. 60 State Highway (Richmond to Collingwood) from the Motueka Borough Boundary to its junction with Dehra Doon Road as more particularly shown on sheets 1 to 4 of plan LA 54/58/1 and accompanying Schedule held in the office of the Resident Engineer, Ministry of Works and Development, Nelson, and there available for public inspection, to be a limited access road in so far as it affects that part of the said No. 60 State Highway over half its width of the road reserve commencing at the point of junction of the southern boundary of Lot 4 of D.P. 3952 with the highway boundary and extending northwards for 140 metres to allow the subdivision to be registered.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February 1976.

D. J. CHAPMAN, Secretary.

*Gazette, No. 63, 31 July 1975, p. 1676

(72/60/11/5)

Average Price for Apples and Pears for the 1975–76 Season Declared (No. 1370 Ag. 3563)

PURSUANT to section 27 (7) of the Apple and Pear Marketing Act 1971, notice is hereby given that the Apple and Pear Prices Authority has determined the average price to be paid to growers by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board for all apples and pears purchased by the Board from growers during the 1975–76 season shall be 7.848 cents per kilogram of bare fruit ungraded and unpacked and delivered by the grower to the receiving depot of the Board nearest to the orchard on which the fruit was grown.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February 1976.

R. M. RICHARDSON,
Chairman, Apple and Pear Prices Authority.

Customs Notice—Exchange Rates

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the Customs Act 1966, that the exchange rate of 806.89 lira to the New Zealand dollar relates to imported goods shipped from Italy on and after 2 March 1976.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 1976.

J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

Customs Notice—Exchange Rates

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the Customs Act 1966, that the following exchange rates to the New Zealand dollar relate to imported goods shipped from the country of export on and after 1 March 1976:

Argentina..... .....
Australia..... ..... 0.83 Dollar
Austria..... ..... 19.18 Schilling
Bangladesh..... ..... 15.41 Taka
Belgium..... ..... 41.27 Franc
Brazil..... ..... 9.73 Cruzeiro
Burma..... ..... 6.84 Kyat
Canada..... ..... 1.03 Dollar
China..... ..... 2.01 Renminbi
Czechoslovakia..... ..... 6.12 Crown
Denmark..... ..... 6.27 Krone
Egypt..... ..... 0.41 Pound
Fiji..... ..... 0.89 Dollar
Finland..... ..... 4.05 Mark
France..... ..... 4.61 Franc
French Polynesia..... ..... 83.03 FP Franc
Greece..... ..... 36.25 Drachma
Hong Kong..... ..... 5.16 Dollar
India..... ..... 9.30 Rupee
Israel..... ..... 7.69 Pound
Italy..... .....
Jamaica..... ..... 0.95 Dollar
Japan..... ..... 313.61 Yen
Korea, South..... ..... 504.81 Won
Malaysia..... ..... 2.64 Dollar (new)
Netherlands..... ..... 2.79 Guilder
Norway..... ..... 5.86 Krona
Pakistan..... ..... 10.29 Rupee
Portugal..... ..... 28.72 Escudo
Singapore..... ..... 2.60 Dollar (new)
South Africa..... ..... 0.90 Rand
Spain..... ..... 68.80 Peseta
Sri Lanka..... ..... 7.96 Rupee
Sweden..... ..... 4.65 Krona
Switzerland..... ..... 2.65 Franc
Taiwan..... ..... 39.58 NT Dollar
Tonga..... ..... 0.72 Pa'ange
United Kingdom..... ..... 0.51 Pound
U.S.A..... ..... 1.04 Dollar
West Germany..... ..... 2.65 Mark
Western Samoa..... ..... 0.79 Tala

*No exchange rate available. Goods shipped on or after 23 January 1976 will have their value for duty assessed on the basis of the f.o.b. export selling price. Collectors of Customs will be advised immediately an exchange rate is received.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of February 1976.

J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, 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

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $

Dunedin City Council:
Development Loan No. 26, 1975..... ..... 538,200
Hamilton City Council:
Stormwater Loan 1975..... ..... 1,000,000
Kawerau Borough Council:
Pensioner Owner/Occupier Flats Loan 1974..... ..... 4,000
Staff Housing Loan 1974..... ..... 39,000
Lower Hutt City Council:
Sewerage and Drainage Loan No. 2, 1975..... ..... 150,000
Paeroa Borough Council:
Staff Housing Loan 1975..... ..... 20,000
Rotorua County Council:
Ngongotaha Sewerage Reticulation Loan 1975..... ..... 620,000
Taranaki County Council:
Rural Housing Loan 1975..... ..... 60,000
Timaru Harbour Board:
Mechanical Handling Plant Renewal Loan 1976..... ..... 80,000
Waipara County Council:
Rural Water Supplies Improvements Loan 1975..... ..... 40,000
Plant Purchase and Renewal Loan 1975..... ..... 100,000

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of February 1976.

S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

(T. 40/416/6)

Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council: Establishment of South Canterbury Community Arts Council as a Community Arts Council

PURSUANT to section 32 (i) of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand Act 1974, on the recommendation of the Southern Regional Arts Council and on the application of the South Canterbury Community Arts Council, the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand hereby designates