the Public Trustee, pursuant to section 19 of the above-mentioned Act.

The Public Trustee therefore gives notice, pursuant to section 19(3) of the above-mentioned Act, that, subject to his being satisfied that all liabilities of the said company in New Zealand, in respect of the classes of insurance business referred to herein, have been fully liquidated or provided for, he proposes to release to the company on or after 15 August 1974, the amounts deposited with him by the company.

Any objections to the release of the amounts deposited should be lodged with the Public Trustee at the Public Trust Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington 1, on or before the 31st day of July 1974.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of July 1974.
J. M. FIELDER, Public Trustee.

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
Hard Chromed Steel Bars

Date of Receipt
9 July 1974

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of July 1974.
J. A. KEAN, Comptroller of Customs.

Result of Extraordinary Election of Member of Government Railways Appeal Board

PURSUANT to section 92 of the Government Railways Act 1949, I hereby give notice of the result of an extraordinary election held on Friday, 28 June 1974, of an elective member of the Government Railways Appeal Board.

General Division: Workshops Branch
Gibbs, C. G. ..... 866
MacDonald, J. A. C. ..... 566
Montgomery, D. J. ..... 510
McDowell, J. F. E. ..... 292
Rowan, A. C. ..... 305
Seymour, F. G. ..... 409
Swift, J. C. ..... 895

I hereby declare John Clifford Swift duly elected to act as a member of the Government Railways Appeal Board.

Dated this 5th day of July 1974.
N. A. McGERTY, Returning Officer.

The Producers' Representatives of the Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Committee (No. 790 Ag. 60206)

ELECTION NOTICE

PURSUANT to clause 34 of the Schedule to the Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Regulations 1950, notice is hereby given that the following producers have been elected onto the Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Committee and I hereby declare

George Alexander Agnew,
Robert John Ewan,
Anthony Anderson Harrow, and
William Thomas Harvey

being persons so nominated and elected to be the producers' representatives.

Dated at Christchurch this 26th day of June 1974.
D. P. KIRKER, Returning Officer.

The Standards Act 1965—Draft New Zealand Standard Specifications Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the draft New Zealand standard specifications listed in the Schedule hereto are being circulated. All persons who may be affected by these specifications, and who desire to comment thereon may, upon application, obtain one copy of each on loan from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15-23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington 1.

Additional copies are obtainable at 50c a copy from the same address.

The closing dates for the receipt of comment are shown in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Reference Number and Title of Draft Closing Date
DZ 4211/3 Performance of windows. Metric units ..... 30 August 1974
DZ 4504 Rubber reel hose for firefighting purposes. Metric and imperial units (Superseding NZS 2049) ..... 30 September 1974
DZ 4602 Thermal storage electric water heaters. Metric units (Superseding NZS 720) ..... 31 October 1974
DZ 4603 Code of practice for the installation of thermal storage electric water heaters. Metric units (Superseding NZS 917) ..... 31 October 1974

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July 1974.
G. H. EDWARDS, Director,
Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A.—114/2/8)

Ministry of Works and Development—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—
Upper Waitaki Power Development: production and delivery of washed filter material North Otago Road Metal Ltd. .. .. 839,000.00
Construction of twin culvert at Makarangu Stream F. G. Mahy and Co. Ltd. .. .. 36,745.44
S.H. 1: Putaruru-Atiamuri R.M. 349.06–349.34: channelisation of intersection with Kinleith and Matarawa Roads L. M. Saunders and Co. Ltd. .. .. 56,922.90
State Highway sealing 1974–75 Nelson, Murchison and Takaka areas Tasman Asphalt Ltd. .. .. 80,455.76
Tamatea Intermediate School: site development, Stage I .. .. Ray Withers Contractors Ltd. .. .. 79,324.80
Building—
Johnsonville Telephone Exchange: additions and alterations Parkin Bros Ltd. .. .. 196,523.00
Tokanui Hospital: new steam mains to Villas 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Villa 4 Annexe and Male staff quarters Holman Construction Ltd. .. .. 156,164.00
Devonport Naval Base: Radio and Sonar Workshops Lawton Construction Ltd. .. .. 797,805.00
Auckland International Airport: Power Centre No. 11 M.B. & M. Builders Ltd: and Wiles and Jones Ltd. .. .. 353,800.00
Housing—
Contract No. 11/2094: two single units at Mt Wellington .. J. Stunell .. .. .. .. 37,875.61
Contract No. 29/93: seven single units at Levin .. J. Evers Ltd. .. .. .. .. 109,662.04
Contract No. 185/12/121: nine transportable units at Twizel .. De Geest Bros Construction Ltd. .. .. 90,911.00
Contract No. 282/278: two single units and one double unit at Mangere .. Estate Builders .. .. .. .. 66,307.00

N. C. McLEOD, Commissioner of Works.