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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 57

The Standards Act 1941—British Standards, Revisions,
and Amendments Available for Comment

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act 1941,
notice is hereby given that the British standards, revisions, and
amendments listed in the Schedule hereto are being considered for
adoption as New Zealand standard specifications. All persons
who may be affected by them 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.
Requests should specify that copies are required for comment
purposes.
The closing date for the receipt of comment is 8 October 1964.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of September 1964.
V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE
LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS

New Issues
B.S.
Title
Addendum No. 1: 1964 to B.S. 4 Part 2: 1963 (PD 5191) Hot-rolled
hollow sections.
919 : — Screw gauge limits and tolerances—
919 Part 4 : 1964 Limits of size for gauges for
screw threads of Unified form, diameters ¼ in.
and larger.
3224 : — Lighting fittings for civil land aerodromes—
Part D Runway lights—
Section D 5 : 1964 Runway-touchdown zone
lighting fittings.
3500 : — Methods for creep and rupture testing of metals—
3500 Part 7 : 1964 Notch tensile rupture testing.
3680 : — Methods of measurement of liquid flow in open
channels—
3680 Part 1 : 1964 Glossary of terms.
3680 Part 2 A : 1964 Dilution methods.
Constant rate injection.
3700 : 1964 Recommendations for the preparation of indexes for
books, periodicals and other publications.
3710 : 1964 Brake hose couplings for locomotives and rolling
stock.
3712 : — Methods of test for building mastics (other than
mastic asphalt)—
3712 Part 1 : 1964 Determination of specific
gravity and density, and methods of test for
homogeneity, extrudability, penetration and
slump.
3718 : 1964 Laboratory humidity ovens (non-injection type).
3721 : 1964 Blue-black inks for fountain pens.
3724 : 1964 Glossary of terms relating to fibre ropes and cordage.
3727 : — Methods for the analysis of nickel for use in electronic
tubes and valves—
3727 Part 4 : 1964 Determination of chromium,
0·002–0·010 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 5 : 1964 Determination of cobalt, 0·01–
1·0 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 6 : 1964 Determination of copper,
0·002–0·20 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 7 : 1964 Determination of iron, 0·03–
0·25 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 8 : 1964 Determination of manganese,
0·005–0·025 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 10 : 1964 Determination of silicon,
0·020–0·25 per cent (photometric method).
3727 Part 14 : 1964 Determination of tungsten,
up to 5 per cent (gravimetric method).
3732 : 1964 Precision spools for data processing magnetic tape.
3733 : 1964 Endless V-belt drives for agricultural purposes.
3739 : 1964 Frozen food storage compartments in refrigerators
for household use.
3755 : 1964 Methods of test for the assessment of odour from
packaging materials used for foodstuffs.

Revisions
B.S.
Title
76 : 1964 Tars for road purposes.
327 : 1964 Power-driven derrick cranes.
606 : 1964 Plaited sash cords made from hemp.
1348 : 1964 Kitchen measuring spoons, cups and jugs.
1757 : 1964 Power-driven mobile cranes.
1809 : — Bobbins for ring doubling and twisting frames—
1809 Part 1 : 1964 Bobbins for cotton, silk and
man-made fibres.

Amendments
B.S.
Title
Ref.
No.
PD
15 : 1961 Mild steel for general structural purposes.
Amendment No. 1
.. .. .. 5183
328 : — Twist drills and combined drills and counter-
sinks—
Part 1 : 1959 Twist drills. Amendment No. 2 5190
939 : 1962 Engineers’ squares, including cylindrical and
block squares. Amendment No. 1
.. 5185

Amendments
B.S.
Title
Ref.
No.
PD
968 : 1962 High yield stress (welding quality) structural
steel. Amendment No. 2
.. .. .. 5189
1193 : 1961 Sizes of sensitized materials for recording
instruments. Amendment No. 1 .. .. 5207
2028 : 1953 Precast concrete blocks. Amendment No. 2 .. 5206
2067 : 1953 Determination of power-factor and permit-
tivity of insulating materials. Amendment
No. 2
.. .. .. .. .. 5192
2578 : 1961 Warp tubes for ring spinning and twisting
frames. Amendment No. 1
.. .. .. 5184
2604 : 1963 Resin-bonded wood chipboard. Amendment
No. 1
.. .. .. .. .. 5197
2613 : 1957 The electrical performance of rotating elec-
trical machinery. Amendment No. 4
.. 5187
2941 : 1957 Paraformaldehyde. Amendment No. 1
.. .. 5201
2942 : 1957 Formaldehyde solution. Amendment No. 2 .. 5202
3053 : 1958 Open and closed refrigerated display cabinets.
Amendment No. 3
.. .. .. 5193
3221 : — Medicine measures—
Part 1 : 1960 Glass medicine measures of
50 ml capacity. Amendment No. 2
.. 5194
Part 2 : 1962 Glass medicine measures of
30 ml capacity. Amendment No. 1
.. 5195
3456 : — The testing and approval of domestic electrical
appliances—
Section A 2 : 1962 Electric room heaters.
Amendment No. 3
.. .. .. 5203
Section A 3 : 1962 Electric kettles. Amend-
ment No. 1..
.. .. .. 5204
Section A 15 : 1962 Clothes drying cabi-
nets. Amendment No. 1
.. .. .. 5223
This amendment includes an alteration to the
title which will now read ‘Clothes drying
cabinets and towel rails’.
Part C : 1961 Electrical refrigerators and
food freezers. Amendment No. 1
.. 5218
3501 : 1962 Dinghy buoyancy equipment. Amendment
No. 1.
.. .. .. .. .. 5220
3532 : 1962 Unsaturated polyester resin systems for low
pressure fibre reinforced plastics. Amend-
ment No. 1
.. .. .. .. 5205
3640 : 1963 Wire braid reinforced rubber hose, type 1.
Amendment No. 2
.. .. .. 5198

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Standard
Specification No. D 7956—Size Designations and Body
Measurements for the Sizing of Men’s and Boys’ Shirts

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 20 November
1964.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 1964.
V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
(S.I. 114/2/8)

Amendments to Rules of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Pursuant to the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1933, the
Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, at its annual
meeting held on 20 May 1964, passed resolutions amending
rules of the Society published in the Gazette on 14 November
1935, Volume III, page 3315, and to any amendments relating
thereto published subsequently.

AMENDMENT TO RULES

Section F relating to the encouragement of research:
Rules FI (15), FII (9), FIII (9), FIV (6), FVIII (5),
FIX (11), were amended so that the word “transactions”
was replaced by the word “proceedings”. These rules would
now read “there shall be published in each volume of the
proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand a complete
list of awards. . .”

NEW RULES

FX Benson Fund:

1. Under the terms of his will the late Emeritus Professor
   William Noel Benson, B.A., D.SC., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z., F.G.S.,
   a former President of the Society, who died on 20
   August 1957, left one tenth of the residue of his estate to the
   Society “to supplement funds available for the publication of
   scientific papers”.
2. The Benson Fund shall consist of moneys received under
   the will of the late Professor W. N. Benson and other funds
   which may be given or granted for the same purpose.