76 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 3

Registration Office of the Mangonui, Hokianga, and Bay of Islands Registration District (Notice No. Ag. 10551)

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 70 of the Animals Act 1967 and to a delegation from the Director-General of Agriculture under section 10 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purposes of the said section, the Director, Animal Health Division of the Department of Agriculture, hereby appoints the City of Whangarei in lieu of the Borough of Kaikohe as the place at which the Registration Office for Mangonui, Hokianga, and Bay of Islands Brand Registration Districts shall, as from the date hereof, be situated.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 1969.

S. JAMIESON,
Director, Animal Health Division.

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds under the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in the County of Kaikoura (Notice No. Ag. 10552)

PURSUANT to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the following special order, made by the Kaikoura County Council on the 19th day of December 1969, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Kaikoura County Council hereby declares that, from and including the 1st day of December 1969, the following weeds shall be declared noxious weeds within the district of the County of Kaikoura:

Barberry (Berberis darwinii).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum syn. Lycium horridum).
Burdock (Arctium, any species).
Californian thistle (Cirsium arvense).
Common broom (Cytisus Scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha and Crataegus monogyna).
Heath (Erica lusitanica and Erica arborea).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Montpelier broom (Cytisus monspessulanus).
Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans).
Pennisetum (Pennisetum macrourum).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).
Milk thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum).

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of January 1970.

G. J. ANDERSON, Assistant Director-General.

(Ag. 20649A)

The Standards Act 1965—Provisional Standard Adopted

PURSUANT to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 19 December 1969, approved the publication of the under-mentioned provisional New Zealand standard:

Number and Title of Standard Price of Copy (Post Free)
$

NZS 2291 P : 1969 1⅞-in.-diameter ball and socket type trailer couplings and associated safety connections (3,000 lb maximum trailer weight, including load) 0.45

Application for copies should be made to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington 1.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of January 1970.

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

(S.A. 114/2/5 : 19)

The Standards Act 1965—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 19 December 1969, declared the undermentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post Free)
$

NZS 168 : 1969 New South Wales desapped, dressed desapped, and shaped desapped hardwood poles (revision of NZS 168 : 1938) 1.00
NZS 485 : 1969 New South Wales hardwoods (revision of NZS 485 : 1946) 1.35
NZS 873 : 1969 (BS 1521 : 1965) Waterproof building papers (revision of NZS 873 : 1950 BS 1521 : 1949) 0.53
NZS 1152 : 1969 (BS 750 : 1964) Underground fire hydrants and dimensions of surface box openings (with Amendment A) (revision of NZS 1152 : 1953) 0.53
NZS 1662 : 1969 Seat belt assemblies for motor vehicles (revision of NZS 1662 : 1965) 1.80
NZS 2286 : 1969 Galvanised steel strand for clothes line 1.00
NZS 2295 : 1969 (BS 4016 : 1966) Building papers (breather type) 0.42
NZS GP 53 : 1969 Commercial electric ovens (Superseding NZS GP 36) 1.00

Copies of the standard specifications are available from the Standards Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Display Centre Building, Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

NOTE—NZS 168, NZS 485, NZS 2286, and NZS GP 53 are being printed. Copies are expected to be available after 6 February 1970.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of January 1970.

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

(S.A. 114/2/2:363–71)

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 19 December 1969, amended the undermentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the amendments shown hereunder:

Number, Title, and Price of Standard Specification Amendment

NZS 499 : 1968 (BS 506 : 1966) Methanol. 64c No. 1 (AMD 221)
NZS 508 : —— (BS 1042 : ——) Methods for the measurement of fluid flow in pipes—
Part 1 : 1966 (BS 1042 Part 1 : 1964) Orifice plates, nozzles, and venturi tubes. $5.30 No. 2 (AMD 149)
NZS 1870 : —— (BS 3643 : ——) ISO metric screw threads—
Part 2 : 1969 (BS 3643 Part 2 : 1966) Limits and tolerances for coarse pitch series threads—metric units. $1.06 No. 1 (AMD 238)
NZS 1881 : 1964 Pure-tone diagnostic audiometers. 50c No. 1
NZS 1900 : —— Model building bylaw—
Chapter 5 : 1963 Fire resisting construction and means of egress. 85c No. 6
NZS 2105 : 1966 (BS 3795 : 1964) Matches. 64c No. 2 (AMD 254)

Copies of the standard specifications so amended are available from the Standards Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Display Centre Building, Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

NOTE—Amendment No. 6 to NZS 1900 : Chapter 5 is being printed. Copies are expected to be available after 6 February 1970.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of January 1970.

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

(S.A. 114/2/3 : 493–99)