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20.3.13 The licensee shall ensure that a new fibre rope
has been reeled by the manufacturer in a manner to minimise
twist, and the manufacturers' instructions for unreeling and
installation shall be followed.

20.3.14 Ropes shall not be used unless rotation of the
up-going haul rope is minimal and in no case is greater than
one complete revolution in 200 ft of travel.

20.3.15 Temporary short splices may be used to join a rope
which breaks during towing operations, but the licensee shall
ensure that a short splice is replaced by a long (transmission)
splice before use by the public on the next day of opera-
tions.

20.3.16 The haul rope shall be maintained at all times
above the snow at a height convenient for use.

20.3.17 A tow shall not be operated if any part of the
usable length has a reverse (downward) slope except for
gradual inclines at loading and unloading points.

20.3.18 At no point between the loading and unloading
areas shall the rope exert a downward force greater than
35 lb nor an upward force greater than 30 lb when held at
a height of 2 ft above the snow surface by a single passenger.

21. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FIBRE ROPE TOWS which
    have intermediate guide sheaves between the loading and
    unloading points on the up-going haul rope.

21.1 A licensee operating this type of rope tow shall not
permit the use of the tow by any person not using a rope
gripping device and shall display a notice to this effect.

21.2 No person shall use a rope tow with intermediate line
sheaves without employing a rope gripping device.

21.3 The licensee shall not permit the use of a rope
gripping device which does not release the rope when the user
releases his grasp.

21.4 The licensee shall not operate the tow if snow con-
ditions are such that any passenger is being lifted clear of the
snow surface at any point.

21.5 Intermediate sheaves between the loading and unload-
ing areas shall be adequately grooved to accept the diameter
of the rope in use.

21.6 Intermediate sheaves shall be fully adjustable vertically
and shall be adjusted to keep the rope at a convenient level
for the passengers at all times.

21.7 Each intermediate sheave shall have a ropeguard
on the top and bottom to prevent the rope coming off the
sheave to the inside of the sheave nearest the support pylon
and shall be so constructed as not to impair the passage of the
rope gripping device over the sheave or cause any additional
hazard to the passenger.

21.8 Where sheaves are used in tandem and the rope passes
over the top of one and underneath the other, the circumfer-
ence of one sheave shall not be closer than 8 in. to the cirum-
ference of the other and the loading of the rope on either
sheave shall be kept to a minimum.

22. SPECIFIC DEPARTURES:

22.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of any of the preceding
bylaws the Board may in writing on such terms and conditions
as it deems fit grant a specific departure from any bylaw if the
Board is satisfied that such specific departure is an adequate
substitute for the bylaw or that the bylaw does not adequately
cover the device operating condition or any other circum-
stances.

22.2 An application for a specified departure shall be made
in writing addressed to the Secretary of the Board. Each
application shall contain full reasons for the departure sought
together with a previous history of operations carried out in
the proposed manner and details of any accidents that have
occurred under such operation.

The foregoing bylaw was made by resolution of the Board
at its meeting on 27-28 August 1971.

J. S. MACLEAN, Chairman.
A. F. BARNETT, Secretary.

The foregoing bylaw of the Tongariro National Park Board
is approved this 24th day of November 1971 by the National
Parks Authority.

R. J. MacLACHLAN, Chairman.
I. D. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(L. and S. H.O. N.P. 7; D.O. T.N.P. 74/5)

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

Local Authority and Name of Loan

Central Waikato Electric Power Board: General
Reticulation Loan 1972

Christchurch Drainage Board:

Renewal Loan No. 1, 1972
Renewal Loan No. 2, 1972

Coromandel County Council: Mercury Bay Ambu-
lance Loan 1972

Dunedin City Council:

Airport Renewal Loan No. 1, 1972
Development Loan No. 10 (Forestry Establish-
ment), 1971
General Renewal Loan No. 1, 1972

Lower Hutt City Council:

Redemption Loan No. 39, 1972
Redemption Loan No. 40, 1972
Redemption Loan No. 41, 1972

Manukau City Council: Renewal Loan 1972

Marlborough Forestry Corporation: Land Acquisi-
tion and Surveys Loan 1971

Marlborough Harbour Board: Renewal Loan No.
11, 1972

Mount Roskill Borough Council: Outer Area
Sewerage Redemption Loan 1972

Napier City Council: Redemption Loan (No. 4)
1972

North Canterbury Electric Power Board: Electrical
Distribution Loan 1972

Northcote Borough Council:

Commercial Development Renewal Loan No. 2,
1972
Drainage Renewal Loan No. 2, 1972

Otamatea County Council:

Rural Housing Loan No. 7, 1971
Ruawai Water Supply Loan No. 1, 1971

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of March 1972.

S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

Protection of Industry

NOTICE is hereby given, in compliance with the requirements
of the Tariff and Development Board Act 1961 and its
amendments, that the Minister of Customs has received
the final report of the Tariff and Development Board on
the following goods:

Goods Date of Receipt

Sacks and bags of woven textile 16 March 1972

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of March 1972.

M. T. LEECH, Assistant Comptroller of Customs.

The Standards Act 1965-Specification Declared to be a
Standard Specification

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 24 March 1972, declared the under-
mentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Price
Number and Title of Specification of Copy

NZS 3331: 1972 (BS 3402: 1969) Quality of vitreous $ 1.90
china sanitary appliances. Metric units. (Including
amendments No. 1 (AMD 714) and No. 1A.)