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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 63

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Jack Alexander McLeod Kean, Comptroller of Customs, give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for a decision as to whether the book described below is indecent or not, or for a decision as to its classification.

Title: Penthouse Magazine, U.S. Vol. 7, No. 6.

Publisher: Penthouse International Ltd., New York.

Indecent Publications Tribunal

I, Jack Alexander McLeod Kean, Comptroller of Customs, give notice that I have applied to the Indecent Publications Tribunal for a decision as to whether the book described below is indecent or not, or for a decision as to its classification.

Title: R. Films.

Publisher: Anon.

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 from the close of business on 1 June 1976, 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:

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

15 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.

A. R. LOW, Governor.

Wellington, 27 May 1976.

The Standards Act 1965—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 May 1976, declared the undermentioned specifications to be standard specifications.

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Post free)

NZS 3103:1976 Sands for mortars, and internal and external plasters. Metric units. $2.80 (Superseding NZS 2129).

NZS 5401:1976 Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles. Metric units. $14.60 (Superseding NZS 1662).

Copies of the standard specifications may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of May 1976.

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

(S.A. 1–114/2/2:588–89)

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specifications Revoked

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 May 1976, revoked the undermentioned standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification

NZS 7:1948 (BS 485:1934) Tests on thin metal sheet and strip (not exceeding 0.128 in. (10 SWG) in thickness).

NZS 20:— (BS 131:— Part 1: 1961) The Izod Impact test on metals.

Part 2: 1962 (BS 131: Part 2: 1959) The Charpy V-notch impact test.

Part 3: 1963 (BS 131: Part 3: 1962) The Charpy U-notch impact test.

Part 4: 1963 (BS 131: Part 4: 1962) Calibration of pendulum impact testing machines for metals.

Part 5: 1965 (BS 131: Part 5: 1965) Determination of crystallinity.

NZS 23:1964 (BS 18:1962) Methods for tensile testing of metals.

NZS 174:— (BS 240:—) Method for Brinell hardness test—

Part 1: 1963 (BS 240: Part 1: 1962) Testing of metals.

Part 2: 1951 (BS 240: Part 2: 1950) Steel balls for Brinell hardness testing.

NZS 208:1960 (BS 757:1959) Methods of sampling and testing gelatines.

NZS 677:1950 (BS 1349:1947) Impact test for grey cast irons.

NZS 1063:1952 (BS 1686:1950) Long-period, high-sensitivity, tensile creep testing.

NZS 1064:1952 (BS 1687:1950) Medium-sensitivity tensile creep testing.

NZS 1065:1952 (BS 1688:1950) Determination of time to rupture under stress.

NZS 1662:1969 Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles. (Superseded by NZS 5401).

NZS 1731:1962 (BS 3416:1961) Black bitumen coating solutions for cold applications.

NZS 2108:1966 (BS 3846:1965) Methods for calibration and grading of extensometers for testing of metals.

NZS 2129:1967 Sands for mortars, plasters, and external renderings. (Superseded by NZS 3103).

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of May 1976.

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

(S.A. 2–114/2/7: 920–37)

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

PURSUANT to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Copies can be purchased from Government Publications Bookshops—Housing Corporation of New Zealand Building, Rutland Street (P.O. Box 5344), Auckland 1; Barton Street (P.O. Box 857), Hamilton; Mulgrave Street (Private Bag), Wellington 1; World Trade Center, Cubacade, Wellington 1; Rutherford House, Wellington 1; 130 Oxford Terrace (Private Bag), Christchurch 1; T. and G. Building, Princes Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial numbers.

A. R. SHEARER, Government Printer.