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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 28

AMENDMENTS TO BRITISH STANDARDS—continued

B.S.
Title
Amend.
No.
PD

669 : 1960 Flexible tubing and connector ends for
appliances burning town gas
.. 2 5053

734 : — Density hydrometers for use in milk—
Part 2 : 1959 Methods
.. 1 5041

903 : — Methods of testing vulcanised rubber—
Part A 19 : 1956 Accelerated ageing
tests
.. 2 5063

Part A 20 : 1959 Determination of
hardness (micro-test)
.. 1 5064

1113 : 1958 Water tube boilers
.. 5 5042

1129 : 1960 Timber ladders, steps, and trestles
.. 3 5055

1440 : 1962 Endless V-belt drives for industrial
purposes
.. 3 5043

1500 : — Fusion-welded pressure vessels for use
in the chemical, petroleum, and
allied industries—
Part 1 : 1958 Carbon and low-alloy
steels
.. 2 5092

1500A : 1960 Extract from B.S. 1500 Part 1 : 1958
.. 1 5093

1673 : — Methods of testing raw rubber and un-
vulcanised compounded rubber—
Part 3 : 1951 Methods of physical
testing
.. 4 5044

1858 : 1957 Bitumen-base filling compounds for
electrical purposes
.. 1 5052

1972 : 1961 Polythene pipe (type 425) for cold-water
services
.. 2 5088

2463 : 1962 Transfusion equipment for medical use
.. 1 5056

2750 : 1956 Recommendations for field and labora-
tory measurement of airborne and
impact sound transmission in
buildings
.. 1 5065

2760 : 1956 Pitch-impregnated fibre drain and sewer
pipes
.. 2 5047

2803 : 1956 Oil-hardened and tempered steel wire for
springs for general engineering
purposes
.. 1 5059

2902 : 1957 Higher tensile steel chain slings and rings,
links alternative to rings, egg links,
and intermediate links
.. 2 5061

2903 : 1957 Higher tensile steel hooks
.. 3 5049

3032 : 1958 Higher tensile steel shackles
.. 2 5045

3043 : 1958 Storage envelopes for processed X-ray
films
.. 2 5048

3283 : 1960 Non-reversible connectors and appliance
inlets for portable electrical appli-
ances
.. 2 5067

This amendment includes an alteration
to the title and reference. It will
now read 3283 Part 1 : 1960 13A
Connector and appliance inlet (for
circuits up to 250 V).

3456 : — The testing and approval of domestic
electrical appliances—
Section A 2 : 1962 Electric room
heaters
.. 2 5054

Section B 4 : 1961 Electric hair
dryers
.. 2 5074

3499 : — School music equipment—
Part 1 : 1962 Percussion instruments
.. 2 5058

3525 : 1962 Dimensions of dry-type unflanged and
flanged interference fit cylinder liners
.. 1 5036

3526 : 1962 Dimensions of wet-type cylinder liners
for i.c. engines
.. 1 5037

3581 : 1963 Stainless steel cone joint pipe fittings
.. 1 5046

3666 : 1963 Size coding scheme for women’s
outerwear
.. 1 5070

The Standards Act 1941—Specification Declared to be a
Standard Specification

———

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1941 and
the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries
and Commerce, on 19 December 1963, declared the under-
mentioned specification to be standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1620:1963:
Life jackets of wholly inherent buoyancy, other than those
for commercial vessels and aircraft.

Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards
Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private
Bag, Wellington C.1 or to the Government Bookshops at
Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May 1964.

V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/2:2393)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft Amendment to the New
Zealand Standard Model Building Bylaw (N.Z.S.S. 1900)—
Chapter 5:1963: Fire-resisting Construction and Means of
Egress

———

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards
Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft amend-
ment is being circulated under the reference No. D 7826.

All persons who may be affected by this amendment and
who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
copies free of charge from this New Zealand Standards Insti-
tute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag,
Wellington C.1.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 19 June 1964.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May 1964.

V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Standard
Specification No. D 7810, Wooden Handles for Tools

———

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards
Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above-mentioned
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 15 June
1964.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of May 1964.

V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/8)

Administration of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in Eyre
County Council (Notice No. Ag. 7961)

———

PURSUANT to section 22 (2) of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950
and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under
section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the
purposes of the said section, the following resolution, made
by the Eyre County Council on the 16th day of March 1964,
is hereby published.

———

RESOLUTION

PURSUANT to the provisions of sections 22 and 23 of the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Eyre County Council hereby
accepts responsibility for the administration of the Noxious
Weeds Act 1950 and shall act together with the Rangiora
County Council in exercise of the powers and functions of
the Act as from 1 April 1964.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April 1964.

G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).

(Ag. 20649)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

———

PURSUANT to section 45 of the Reserve Bank of New Zea-
land Act 1933 (as amended by section 23 of the Reserve
Bank of New Zealand Amendment Act 1936), the Deputy
Governor of the Reserve Bank acting with the authority
of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as
from 8 May 1964, 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 the
bank’s holding of Reserve Bank notes, it shall be equal to
not less than 18 per cent of its demand liabilities in New
Zealand plus 3 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.

A. R. LOW, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, 6 May 1964.