28 AUGUST

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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

Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, 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 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 1.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 19 September 1969.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 1969.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/1)

SCHEDULE

List of British Standards

New Issues B.S.
Title
1000 : — Universal Decimal Classification.
English full edition—
1000 [330] : 1969 UDC 330 Economics.
1000 [333] : 1969 UDC 333 Land and landed property.
1000 [334] : 1969 UDC 334 Co-operation.
1000 [335] : 1969 UDC 335 Socialism.
1000 [337]: 1969 UDC 337 Customs Policy.
1000 [38/382]: 1969 UDC 38/382 Trade. Commerce.
4440 : 1969 Glossary of basic terms for fishing nets.
4443 : 1969 Methods of test for flexible cellular materials.
4444 : 1969 Guide to electrical earth monitoring.
4448 : 1969 School exercise books and papers.
4463 : 1969 Crinkle washers for general engineering purposes (metric series).
4464 : 1969 Spring washers for general engineering and auto- mobile purposes (metric series).
4465 : 1969 Electric hoists for carrying passengers and materials.
4468 : 1969 Method for the determination of the internal tearing resistance of paper.
4471 : 1969 Dimensions for softwood.
9070 : Sections 1 and 2 : 1969 Fixed capacitors of assessed quality: generic data and methods of test— Section 1. Principles and mandatory procedure. Section 2. General rules for drafting detail specifications.
MA 1 : — Graphical symbols representing pipeline systems in ships— MA 1 : Part 1: 1969 General shipboard services. MA 1 : Part 2: 1969 Ventilation. MA 1 : Part 3: 1969 Sanitation.
Revised standards
856: 1969 Wing nuts.
2881: 1969 Hospital cupboards (wall-fixing) for poisons and dangerous drugs.
2917: 1969 Graphical symbols for use in diagrams for hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Special issues
Addendum packet No. 26 to BS Handbook No. 3— Summaries of British Standards for building materials and components.

Amendments
BS
31 : 1940 Steel conduit and fittings for electrical wiring-
98 : 1962 Dimensions of screw lamp caps and lampholders (Edison type)-
785 : — Hot rolled bars and hard drawn wire for the reinforcement of concrete-
785 : Part 1 : 1967 Hot rolled steel bars-
1449 : — Steel, plate, sheet, and strip-
1515 : — Fusion welded pressure vessels for use in the chemical, petroleum, and allied industries-
2690 : — Methods of testing water used in industry-
2821 : 1957 Dissecting forceps (plain ends) made of corrosion resisting steel-
2905 : 1957 Cheatle’s steriliser forceps (light and heavy patterns)-
3300 : 1963 Kerosene (paraffin) unflued space heaters, cooking and boiling appliances for domestic use-
3198 : 1960 Combination hot water storage units (copper) for domestic purposes-
3419 : 1961 Tilley’s aural and nasal forceps-
3643 : — ISO metric screw threads-
4405 : 1969 Liquid soap-
9000 : 1967 General requirements for electronic parts of assessed quality-

Ref. No.
AMD

Amendment slip No. 4 ..... 248
Amendment slip No. 2 ..... 246
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 228
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 259
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 242
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 227
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 231
Amendment slip No. 2 ..... 223
Amendment slip No. 5 ..... 240
Amendment slip No. 2 ..... 224
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 233
3643 : Part 2 : 1966 Limits and tolerances for coarse pitch series threads-
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 238
Amendment slip No. 1 ..... 243
Amendment slip No. 4 ..... 239

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 of business on 21 August 1969, and until further notice, balances to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each trading bank shall be equal to an amount which, when added to that bank's holdings of Reserve Bank notes, as disclosed in that bank's latest available weekly return of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955, will be not less than the aggregate of:

15 percent of that bank’s demand deposits in New Zealand plus 3 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.

Wellington, 19 August 1969.

A. R. LOW, Governor.

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

Pursuant to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Copies can be purchased from the Government Publications Bookshops-State Advances Building, Rutland Street (P.O. Box 5344), Auckland; Investment House, Alma Street (P.O. Box 857), Hamilton; Mulgrave Street (Private Bag), Wellington; 130 Oxford Terrace (P.O. Box 1721), Christchurch; T. and G. Insurance Building, Princes Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

A.R. SHEARER, Government Printer.