19 JUNE
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1137

Number and Title of Specification
Price of Copy
(post free)
$
BS 4367:1968 Methods of test for nitric acid—
metric units
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1.06
ASIM D. 390:1967 Coal-tar creosote for the pre-
servative treatment of piles, poles, and timbers
for land and fresh-water use
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1.00
Copies of the specifications are obtainable through the
Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag,
Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1969.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/9E:203–241)

The Standards Act 1965—Endorsement of Amendments to Overseas Specifications as Suitable for Use in New Zealand

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 28 May 1969, endorsed as suitable for use in New Zealand the under-mentioned amendments to the relevant endorsed overseas specifications:

Number and Title of Specification
Amendment
BS 691:1966 Clinical maximum thermometers. 42c
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No. 2
(AMD 46)
BS 2901:— Filler rods and wires for inert-gas arc
welding—
Part 2: 1960 Wires for gas-shielded metal-arc
welding. 75c
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No. 1
(PD 3939)
No. 2
(PD 5208)
No. 3
(PD 5766)
BS 4318:1968 Recommendations for preferred metric
basic sizes for engineering. 53c
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No. 1
(AMD 58)

Copies of the specifications so amended are obtainable from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.
Unless otherwise stated, copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1969.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/10:E58–62)

The Standards Act 1965—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 28 May 1969, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification
Price of Copy
(post free)
$
NZS 2268:1969 Men’s industrial overalls for
general purposes. (Superseding NZS 1606)
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0.60
NZS GP 27:1969 Stainless steel cooking utensils
and serving equipment. (Revision of NZS GP
27:1956)
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0.60

NOTE—These standards are at present being printed. Copies are expected to be available after 7 July 1969.
Application for copies should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1969.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/2:326–327)

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 8 May 1969, amended the under-mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Standard Specification
Amendment
NZS 1297:— Sprayed metal coatings—
Part 1:1965 Protection of iron and steel by
aluminium and zinc against atmospheric corro-
sion; being BS 2569: Part 1:1964. 45c
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No. 1
(AMD 55)
NZS 1324:— Railway rolling stock material—
Part 4:1959 Steel billets, blooms, bars, and forg-
ings; being BS 24: Part 4:1956. 35c
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No. 2
(AMD 48)
NZS 1964:1965 Unsaturated polyester resin systems
for low-pressure fibre reinforced plastics; being
BS 3532:1962. 64c
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No. 3
(AMD 91)
NZS 2238:1969 Precast concrete drainage and
pressure pipes. $1.00
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No. 1
Application for copies of the standard specifications so amended should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington.
Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of May 1969.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/3:434–437)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

PURSUANT to section 33 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964, the Reserve Bank, acting with the approval of the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that as at the close on business on 17 June 1969, and until further notice, balances to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each trading bank shall be equal to an amount which will be not less than the aggregate of:

3 percent of that bank’s demand deposits in New Zealand plus 1 percent of that bank’s time deposits in New Zealand as shown in the last preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance with section 31 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964.

A. R. LOW, Governor.
Wellington, 13 June 1969.

Ministry of Works—Schedule of Civil Engineering, Building, and Housing Contracts of $20,000 or More in Value

Name of Works
Successful Tenderer
Amount of Tender Accepted
$

Civil Engineering—
Auckland Urban Motorway: Grafton interchange: route S-W.E.: formation and paving
Bitumix Ltd.
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106,241.50
New Plymouth Power Project: construction of temporary office accommodation
L. R. Wheeler Ltd.
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24,843.00

Building—
Colenso High School: construction of music suite
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Durney Construction Co. Ltd.
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21,437.00

P. L. LAING, Commissioner of Works.