25 MARCH

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Schedule 1

Rate of interest payable on a deposit (other than an investment deposit repayable at the end of a fixed term or a protection deposit)

Schedule 2

Rates of interest payable on protection deposits

Schedule 3

Rate of interest payable on an investment deposit repayable at the end of a fixed term

Fixed term of 3 months

| For the range $5,000 to $9,999 inclusive | 4.50 |
| For the range $10,000 to $49,999 inclusive | 4.90 |
| For the range $50,000 to $249,999 inclusive | 5.00 |
| For the range above $250,000 | 5.00 |

Fixed term of 6 months

| For the range $5,000 to $9,999 inclusive | 4.55 |
| For the range $10,000 to $49,999 inclusive | 5.10 |
| For the range $50,000 to $249,999 inclusive | 5.20 |
| For the range above $250,000 | 5.20 |

Fixed term of 9 months

| For the range $5,000 to $9,999 inclusive | 4.80 |
| For the range $10,000 to $49,999 inclusive | 5.15 |
| For the range $50,000 to $249,999 inclusive | 5.40 |
| For the range above $250,000 | 5.40 |

Fixed term of 12 months

| For the range $5,000 to $9,999 inclusive | 4.80 |
| For the range $10,000 to $49,999 inclusive | 5.25 |
| For the range $50,000 to $249,999 inclusive | 5.50 |
| For the range above $250,000 | 5.50 |

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of March 2004.

PAT WAITE, Chief Executive, Public Trust.

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Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Antarctic New Zealand

British Settlements Act 1887

Officer of the Government of Ross Dependency Appointed

SILVIA CARTWRIGHT, Governor-General

Background:

A. An Order in Council dated 30 July 1923* (“the order”) made under the British Settlements Act 1887 (UK) appoints the Governor-General of New Zealand to be the Governor of the Ross Dependency (“the Governor”) and vests in the Governor certain powers:

B. The order empowers the Governor to make rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency:

C. Regulations made by the Governor on 14 November 1923† provide that all persons appointed by the Governor may be empowered to do such things as may be necessary or desirable to ensure that the laws in force in the Dependency are duly observed and complied with in every respect, and to do all things necessary or expedient for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependency, and to safeguard and preserve Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty over and in respect of the Dependency:

D. It is now expedient that Daniel Ronald Mathers be appointed an officer of the Government of the Dependency:

Now therefore I, Dame Silvia Cartwright, the Governor-General of New Zealand, and as such the Governor of the Dependency, appoint

Daniel Ronald Mathers

to be an officer of the Government of the Dependency while he acts as Senior New Zealand Representative at Scott Base during the period beginning with this appointment and ending with the close of 10 October 2004:

I confer on Daniel Ronald Mathers, while he holds office as an officer of the Government of the Dependency, all the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Justice of the Peace, and also the powers exercisable in New Zealand by a Coroner:

Daniel Ronald Mathers is to exercise his functions at such places within the Dependency as may be directed by an officer of the Government of the Dependency who has the general executive and administrative authority in preserving Her Majesty’s rights and sovereignty and the laws in force in the Dependency.

As witness the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General as the Governor of the Ross Dependency,

this 5th day of March 2004.

PHIL GOFF, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

*New Zealand Gazette, 1923, Vol. II, page 2211

†New Zealand Gazette, 1923, Vol. III, page 2815

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