22 AUGUST

Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941, and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 19 August 1963, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Application for copies should be made to the New Zealand Standards Institute, Departmental Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63049)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft Amendment to the New Zealand Standard Specification for N.Z.S.S. 496: Profiles of Mouldings and Joinery

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft amendment is being circulated under the reference No. D 7503.
All persons who may be affected by this amendment and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies free of charge from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
The closing date for receipt of comment is 20 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63052)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Specification No. D 7458: Portable Electric Tools (Hand Held)

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.
All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
The closing date for the receipt of comment is 27 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63053)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Specifications No. 7456, Electric Boiling Plates, Radiant Type, and No. D 7457, Electric Boiling Plates, Solid Type, for Domestic Purposes

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand standard specifications are being circulated.
All persons who may be affected by either of these specifications and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
The closing date for the receipt of comment is 20 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63060)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Specification No. D 7497: School Rulers (Revision of N.Z.S.S. 660: Part 1:1961)

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.
All persons who may be affected by this specification and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
The closing date for the receipt of comment is 30 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63058)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft Amendment to the Proposed New Zealand Standard Specification for Recommended Common Names for Pesticides; being B.S. 1831:1961

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft amendment is being circulated under the reference No. D 7498.
All persons who may be affected by this amendment and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies free of charge from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.
The closing date for receipt of comment is 20 September 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2–63055)

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 13—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Protective Goggles; also Frames and Mountings and Parts Thereof for Goggles

1. The Tariff and Development Board proposes to inquire into and report on the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on protective goggles; also frames and mountings and parts thereof for goggles. These goods are included in the following tariff items:
   Item Number:
   861.210.0 – Frames and mountings, and parts thereof, for spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles, and the like.
   861.220.1 – Goggles and the like, corrective, protective, or other.
   The present rates of import duty in respect of these items are:
   British Preferential Free
   Most Favoured Nation 15 per cent
   General 20 per cent
2. For the purpose of taking evidence on this subject the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Thursday, 24 October 1963, at 10a.m., in Room 102, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.
3. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the “Notes for the Guidance of Witnesses” which have been prepared by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the undersigned.
4. Twelve copies of a typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with those notes, should be lodged with the undersigned not later than Thursday, 10 October 1963. Each statement will, in general, need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1963.

N. V. FARRANT,
Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.
P.O. Box 5070, Wellington.

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 14—Public Inquiry Into Import Duties on Refractory Cements or Mortars

1. The Tariff and Development Board proposes to inquire into and report on the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on the under-mentioned goods:
   Item Number:
   662.330.0 – Refractory cements or mortars.
   The present rates of import duty in respect of this item are:
   British Preferential Free
   General Free