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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 13
The Standards Act 1941—Amendment of Standard Specifications
NOTICE is hereby given that on 17 February 1954 the under-
mentioned standard specifications were amended by the
Minister of Industries and Commerce by incorporation of the amend-
ments shown hereunder :
Number and Title of Amendment Price of
Specification Copy (Post
Free)
s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 95 : Code of building by-laws—Part VIII : No. 3, February 1954 2 6
Residential buildings
N.Z.S.S. 623 : Conditions of tender and general conditions of contract for civil engineering works No. 1, February 1954 3 0
Applications for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. I. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1954.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications
NOTICE is hereby given that on 15 February 1954 the under-
mentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941.
Price of
Number and Title of Specification Copy (Post
Free)
s. d.
N.Z.S.S. 27, Part 1 : Milling cutters 12 6
N.Z.S.S. 27, Part 2 : Reamers, countersinks and counterbores, being B.S. 122 : Part 1 : 1953 and B.S. 122 : Part 2 : 1952 respectively (superseding N.Z.S.S. 27 : Milling cutters and reamers, being B.S. 122 : 1938) 15 0
N.Z.S.S. 960, Part 3 : Quick-release tapers and gauges for quick-release tapers, being B.S. 1660 ; Part 3 : 1953 4 0
N.Z.S.S. 1200 : Classification of symmetrical light distribution from lighting fittings, being B.S. 398 : 1948 2 6
N.Z.S.S. 1202 : Plain limit gauges limits and tolerances, being B.S. 969 : 1953 3 6
N.Z.S.S. 1203 : 1 per cent chromium steel castings (abrasion resisting), being B.S. 1956 : 1953 2 0
N.Z.S.S. 1204 : Pressure-operated relay valves for use with town gas, being B.S. 1963 : 1953 2 6
N.Z.S.S. 1205 : Seamless steel butt-welding pipe fittings for general purposes, being B.S. 1965 : 1953 3 0
N.Z.S.S. 1206 : Corrugated furnaces for cylindrical boilers ; being B.S. 1971 : 1953 5 0
N.Z.S.S. 1207 : Large aluminium alloy rivets (½ in. to 1 in. nominal diameters), being B.S. 1974 : 1953 4 0
N.Z.S.S. 1208 : Accuracy of chucks for lathes and drilling machines, being B.S. 1983 : 1953 4 0
N.Z.S.S. 1209 : Dimensions of diamond truing tools,
being B.S. 2002 : 1953 2 6
Applications for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. I.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of February 1954.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications
NOTICE is hereby given that on 17 February 1954 the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941:
Number and Title of Specification.
N.Z.S.S. 791: Code of General By-laws—
Part XVIII—Licensing of plumbers.
Part XIX—Licensing of drainlayers.
Part XX—Amusement devices and shooting-galleries.
Part XXII—Water supply.
NOTE.—These Parts are additional to those listed in the New Zealand Gazette No. 48 of 17 July 1952. Inquiries for copies of current by-laws dealing with the abovementioned titles should be addressed to the appropriate local authority.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1954.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1954
NEW ZEALAND—NORTH ISLAND—AUCKLAND HARBOUR AND APPROACHES
Information about Cables, Beacons, and Lights
(Repeating Notice No. 3072 contained in Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 52 of 1953, Weekly Complete Edition)

1. The accompanying blocks show amendments to cables in Rangitoto Channel (36° 47' S., 174° 48' E., approx.), Motuihe Channel (36° 47' S., 174° 57' E., approx.) and, on charts 3797 and 2543, Tamaki Strait (36° 51' S., 175° 03' E. approx.).
2. The symbol for a submarine cable is to be inserted from position 36° 49' 51" S., 174° 48' 00" E. in a 196° direction to the shore of Hobson Bay.
3. Small circles marked as shown, are to be inserted in positions :
   (a) 'Bn' 36° 47' 35" S., 175° 01' 24" E.
   (b) 'Bn' 36° 52' 14" S., 174° 54' 44" E.
   The beacon at (a) and the two beacons at (b) are white triangular with 'Cable' in black.
4. The following are to be inserted :
   (a) A light-star 'Bn F.R.' 213° 2-76 miles from the Perch in position 36° 50' 10" S., 175° 04' 10" E. (approx.).
   (b) A small circle 'Bn' 033° 0-09 miles from the Perch in position 36° 50' 10" S., 175° 04' 10" E. (approx.).
   (c) A small circle 'Bn' 205° 2-95 miles from the Perch in position 36° 50' 10" S., 175° 04' 10" E. (approx.).
   (d) A small circle 'Bn' 087° 0-80 miles from the Perch in position 36° 50' 10" S., 175° 04' 10" E. (approx.).
   The symbol for a submarine cable 'Power' is to be inserted from (a) to (b).
   The symbol for a submarine cable is to be inserted from (c) as follows:
   In an 012° direction for 0-25 miles, thence 039° to (d). The beacons at (a) and (b) are triangular; the two beacons at (c) and the beacon at (d) are white triangular with 'Cable' in black.
5. The existing cable '(P.A.)' between (4a) and Awa-awa-roa Bay, north-eastward, has been discontinued and is to be expunged.
   Charts affected : (Last correction) ; 1896 (1507/53) ; 3797 (1) (1918/53) ; 2543 (1) (1918/53).
   Publications : New Zealand Pilot, 1946, pages 174, 178, 182 and 187.
   Authority : Marine Department.
   Wellington, N.Z., 22 February 1954.
   W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
   (M. 4/1411)
   Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1954
   NEW ZEALAND—NORTH ISLAND—AUCKLAND HARBOUR
   Amendments to Charts
   (Repeating Notice No. 47 contained in Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1954, Weekly Complete Edition)
   THE accompanying blocks show amendments to wharves, lights and depths in position 36° 50' 30" S., 174° 46' 50" E. (approx.).
   Charts affected : (Last correction) ; 1970 (1313/53) ; 1896 (3072/53).
   Publications : New Zealand Pilot, 1946, page 186.
   Authority : Marine Department.
   Wellington, N.Z., 22 February 1954.
   W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
   (M. 4/3927)
   Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1954
   NEW PUBLICATIONS
   THE undermentioned new charts have been published at Hydrographic Branch, Department of the Navy, December 1953, under the superintendence of Captain C. C. Lowry, R.N., and copies may be obtained from the Mercantile Marine offices in the Dominion:
   Chart No. N.Z. 9 ; Cape Palliser to Kaikoura.
   Chart No. N.Z. 10 ; Kaikoura to Banks Peninsula.
   The price of each chart is 9s.
   Wellington, N.Z., 22 February 1954.
   W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
   (M. 6/2/18)