Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

Pursuant to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of September 1968.

J. D. LANG, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

The Standards Act 1965—British Standards, Revisions, and Amendments Available for Comment

Pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the British standards, revisions, and amendments listed in the Schedule hereto may be considered for adoption as New Zealand standard specifications or for endorsement as being suitable for use in New Zealand. All persons who may be affected by them and who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain copies on loan from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington C. 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 4 October 1968.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 1968.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE

LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS

New Issues

B.S.

Title

476:— Fire tests on building materials and structures—
476:Part 5:1968 Ignitability test for materials.
476:Part 6:1968 Fire propagation test for materials.

1000:— Universal Decimal Classification: English Full Edition—
1000 (73/76):1968 UDC 73/76 Fine and applied arts.
1000 (615):1968 UDC 615 Pharmacuetics, therapeutics and toxicology.
1000 (681.3):1968 UDC 681.3 Data processing machines and equipment.
1000 (684):1968 UDC 684 Furniture and allied trades.

2011:— Methods for the environmental testing of electronic components and electronic equipment—
2011:Part 2 Tests—
2011:Part 2Z/ABDM:1968 Test Z/ABDM climatic sequence, primarily intended for components.

New Issues

B.S.

Title

3499:— School music equipment—
3499:Part 6:1968 Methods of test for musical instruments.

3999:— Methods of measuring the performance of domestic electrical appliances—
3999:Part 5:1968 Electric cookers.
3999:Part 5C:1968 Shade chart.
3999:Part 5G:1968 Shade gauge.

4323:1968 Method for the estimation of dimensional change induced by a free-steam vacuum garment press.

Revisions

B.S.

Title

161:1968 240 V Tungsten filament general service electric lamps.

192:1961 Open-ended spanners.

Supplement No. 1:1968.

747:1968 Roofing felts.

1502:1968 Steels for fired and unfired pressure vessels. Sections and bars.

1846:— Glossary of terms relating to solid fuel burning equipment—
1846:Part 2:1968 Industrial water heating and steam raising installations.

2558:1954 Tubular box spanners.

Supplement No. 1:1968.

2687:1968 Agricultural discs.

2763:1968 Round steel wire for ropes.

2793:1968 Method for the identification of fibres blended with wool in textiles (binary mixtures only).

3209:1968 Method for the determination of wool fibre medullation.

3555:1962 Ring spanners. Supplement No. 1:1968.

3558:1968 Glossary of terms used in the rubber industry.

4006:1966 Socket spanners. Supplement No. 1:1968.

CP 144:— Roof coverings—
144:Part 1:1968 Built-up bitumen felt.

Amendments

B.S.

Title

Ref.

No.

29:1963 Carbon steel forgings for ship building and general engineering purposes. Amendment No. 1 AMD 10

63:1951 Single-sized roadstone and chippings. Amendment No. 4 AMD 6

65 and 540:1966 Clay drain and sewer pipes including surface water pipes and fittings. Amendment No. 1 PD 6410

459:— Wooden doors—
459:Part 2:1962 Flush doors. Amendment No. 3 PD 6375

497:1967 Cast manhole covers, road gully gratings and frames for drainage purposes. Amendment No. 1 PD 6398

594:1961 Rolled asphalt (hot process). Amendment No. 2 AMD 4

700:1962 Graduated pipettes. Amendment No. 3 AMD 9

864:1953 Capillary and compression fittings of copper and copper alloy for use with copper tube complying with BS 659 and BS 1386. Amendment No. 4 PD 6411

950:— Artificial daylight for the assessment of colour—
950:Part 2:1967 Viewing conditions for the graphic arts industry. Amendment No. 1 PD 6419

1186:— Quality of timber and workmanship in joinery—
1186:Part 2:1955 Quality of workmanship. Amendment No. 4 PD 6397

1191:— Gypsum building plasters—
1191:Part 2:1967 Premixed lightweight plasters. Amendment No. 1 PD 6400

1285:1963 Wood surrounds for steel windows and doors. Amendment No. 3 PD 6399

1377:1967 Methods of testing soils for civil engineering purposes. Amendment No. 1 PD 6412

1500:— Fusion welded pressure vessels for general purposes—
1500A:1960 Extract from BS 1500: Part 1:1958. Amendment No. 3 PD 6387

1690:1962 Cold asphalt. Amendment No. 1 AMD 5

1722:— Fences—
1722:Part 7:1963 Wooden post and rail fences. Amendment No. 3 PD 6417

1740:1965 Wrought pipe fittings, iron and steel (screwed B.S.P. thread). Amendment No. 1 PD 6408

2050:1961 Electrical resistance of conductive and anti-static products made from flexible polymeric material. Amendment No. 3 PD 6208

2654:— Vertical steel welded storage tanks with butt-welded shells for the petroleum industry—
2654:Part 1:1965 Design and fabrication. Amendment No. 3 PD 6383

2888:1967 Method for the determination of curl in textile fabrics. Amendment No. 1 PD 6406

2997:1958 Aluminium rainwater goods. Amendment No. 1 PD 6403