(1) The Commission shall keep a separate capital fund to be called the note reserve fund and shall maintain and manage such fund in accordance with this Act and shall pay into such fund all moneys which are by this Act required to be paid thereinto and shall pay out of such fund all moneys which are by this Act required to be paid thereout.
(2) The capital of the note reserve fund shall be held by the Commission or at its disposal in such one or more of the following forms as the Commission in its absolute discretion shall think proper and in no other form, that is to say:
(b) gold coins which are for the time being legal tender in Saorstát Eireann for unlimited amounts;
(c) money in any form which is for the time being legal tender in Great Britain for unlimited amounts;
(d) British Government securities;
(e) securities guaranteed by the British Government;
(f) sterling balances on current or deposit account at the London Agency or any Bank in Great Britain or