7 DECEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

3373

Te Awamutu-Kinleith Pipeline—Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of the Petroleum Act 1937, the Natural Gas Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. has applied to the Minister of Mines for a pipeline authorisation to construct a pipeline to convey natural gas from Te Awamutu to Kinleith. The pipeline will pass through the various properties along the route which has been flagged and already known to the property owners concerned.

The route is also shown on plans accompanying the application, copies of which are on view at the Maui Pipeline Project Office, 25–27 Hutt Road, Wellington, and the District Office of Ministry of Works and Development, at Hamilton.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of November 1978.

T. G. SHADWELL,
Project Manager, Maui Pipeline Project.

(P.W. 28/3/1; M.P.P. 29/1/8)

Exemption from Requirements as to Safety Glass

Pursuant to regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, the Secretary for Transport hereby exempts any trailer caravan, first registered before the 1st day of January 1980, from the requirements as to safety glass under regulation 73 (5) of the Traffic Regulations 1976.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of November 1978.

R. N. ABRAM, for Secretary for Transport.

*S.R. 1976/227 Amendment No. 1: 1978/72

(T.T. 14/1/15)

Maori Land Development Notice

Pursuant to section 330 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Maori Land Board hereby gives notice as follows:

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development Notice Wanganui 1978, No. 9.

2. The land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be subject to Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.

SCHEDULE

South Auckland Land District

All that piece of land described as follows:

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1978.

For and on behalf of the Maori Land Board:

B. S. ROBINSON, Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. H.O. 65/45; D.O. 6/54/1)

The Standards Act 1965—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.

Number and Title of Specification

DZ 3109 Concrete construction (A4, 95 pp.) $4.75

This draft provides minimum requirements for the construction of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete or a combination, in elements of any building or civil engineering structure; and provides a means of compliance with the construction requirements of NZS 1900: Chapter 9.3A.

All persons who may be affected by this publication and who desire to comment thereon, may obtain copies at the price shown, from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 13–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Note—Payment must accompany all requests for drafts.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 15 March 1979.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of November 1978.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/8)

Trading Bank Reserve Asset Ratios

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 December 1978, and until further notice, each trading bank shall maintain, during each calendar month, balances at the Reserve Bank plus holdings of Reserve Bank notes, and of New Zealand Government securities, such that the aggregate of the averages of those balances and holdings during that calendar month (determined in accordance with clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this notice) equals or exceeds the aggregate of:

51 percent of that trading bank's average demand deposit liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding calendar month (determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 5 of this notice); plus

15 percent of that trading bank's average time deposit liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding calendar month (determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 5 of this notice);

Provided that a trading bank may make up its balances and holdings as aforesaid for a calendar month to the amount hereinbefore required for that calendar month by way of borrowings from the Reserve Bank made during that calendar month or during the first 10 business days of the next following calendar month, and on terms and conditions to be determined by the Reserve Bank, and the proceeds of all such borrowings shall be credited to the account of that trading bank with the Reserve Bank.

For the purposes of this notice:

(1) Balances held by a trading bank at the Reserve Bank shall (subject to clause 6 of this notice) include both demand deposit balances and time deposit balances of that trading bank.

(2) The average of a trading bank's holdings of Reserve Bank notes for a calendar month shall be the average of the figures shown in all weekly returns of Banking Statistics by that trading bank under the Statistics Act 1975 received during that calendar month.

(3) The average of a trading bank's balances at the Reserve Bank and holdings of New Zealand Government securities for a calendar month shall in each case be the average of the figures for balances and such securities held by that trading bank on each day during that calendar month.

(4) Government securities held by a trading bank shall consist of Government stock and Treasury bills (all at nominal value) held by that trading bank.