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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935—Plugs, Plug-sockets, Tap-ons, and Cord-extension Sockets
PURSUANT to section 45 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933 (as amended by section 23 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment Act 1936), the Governor of the Reserve Bank, acting with the authority of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as from 28 February 1958, the balance to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each other bank for the time being carrying on business in New Zealand in accordance with the said section 45 shall be such that, when added to that bank's holding of Reserve Bank notes, it shall be equal to not less than 10 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 5 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand, as shown in the last preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance with section 46 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1933:
Provided that the minimum balance to be maintained at the Reserve Bank shall not be less than 7 per cent of its demand liabilities in New Zealand, plus 3 per cent of its time liabilities in New Zealand.
For the purpose of this calculation a bank's holding of Reserve Bank notes shall be as shown in the latest available weekly return provided under the Statistics Act 1955.
E. C. FUSSELL, Governor of the Reserve Bank. Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 21 February 1958.

Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification
PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 14 February 1958, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:
Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1300 : 1958: General requirements for electrical appliances and accessories.
Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.
Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 1958.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

PURSUANT to the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935, notice is hereby given that:
(a) Plugs, plug-sockets, tap-ons, and cord-extension sockets, shall-
(i) Comply with the requirements of New Zealand Standard Specification 198 : 1958: 3-pin Flat Pin Plugs, Plug-sockets, Tap-ons, and Cord-extension Sockets with 10 amp., 250 volt (Maximum) Rating; or
(ii) Be of such other type that has received my approval:
(b) Plugs, plug-sockets, tap-ons, and cord-extension sockets that do not conform with the requirements of paragraph (a) hereof shall not be manufactured for sale, offered for sale, installed, or used:
(c) The provisions of this notice shall take effect immediately on its publication in the Gazette, provided that permission is hereby granted until the 31st day of December 1958 for the sale and use of 10 amp., 250 volt, flat pin type plugs, plug-sockets, tap-ons, and cord-extension sockets which comply with the relevant requirements of N.Z.S.S. 198, August 1951 edition, and amendments, or which have been approved by me under Electrical Wiring Regulation 27-72 subsequent to the 3rd day of November 1955:
(d) The recognised testing authority in New Zealand for the testing of plugs, plug-sockets, tap-ons, and cord-extension sockets as provided for in N.Z.S.S. 198 : 1958 shall be the Industrial Development Department, Canterbury University, Christchurch:
(e) The provisions of this notice supersede the provisions of the notices concerning plugs and cord connectors dated the 1st day of November 1955 and published in the Gazette on the 3rd day of the same month at page 1719, and dated the 22nd day of November 1955 and published in the Gazette on the 24th day of the same month at page 1812, and those notices are hereby revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 1958.
A. E. DAVENPORT, General Manager, State Hydro-electric Department.

Amendment of Standard Specifications
PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 10 February 1958, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:
Number and Title of Specification
N.Z.S.S. 19 : Part 1 : Steel eyebolts with collars; being B.S. 529 : Part 1 : 1944 No. 3 (Ref. No. PD 2115, 9 March 1955):
No. 5 (Ref. No. PD 2755, 29 March 1957):
No. 6 (Ref. No. PD 2829, 25 June 1957)
N.Z.S.S. 153 : Tractive armature direct current neutral-polar line relays for railway signalling; being B.S. 519 : 1950
Application 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. 1. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 1958.
L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer, Standards Council

Amendment of Standard Specifications
PURSUANT to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on the dates stated in the first column hereunder, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:
Date
N.Z.S.S. 396: Impregnated paper-insulated cables for electricity supply:
Part 1. Lead or lead-alloy sheathed cables for working voltages up
7 Feb. 1958
No. 2 (Ref. No. PD 2425, 15 May 1956): 7 0
No. 3 (Ref. No. PD 2542, 10 August
1956)
13 Jan. 1958
Part 2. Aluminium sheathed cables for working voltages up to and including 22 kV; being B.S. 480 : Part 2 : 1954
No. 2 (Ref. No. PD 2426, 15 May 1956): 6 0
No. 3 (Ref. No. PD 2543, 13 August
1956)
Application 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. 1. Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 1958.
L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer, Standards Council.