4 DECEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

2891

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Miscellaneous Publication

Pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 November 1975, amended the undermentioned miscellaneous publication by the incorporation of the amendment shown hereunder:

Number, Title, and Price of Miscellaneous Publication (Mailed)

MP 190050:1972 Metric handbook to NZS 1900: Chapter 5: 1963. Fire resisting construction and means of egress. 85c.

Copies of the amended publication are available from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

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

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 1975.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,

Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 4–114/2/5: 89)

The Standards Act 1965—Overseas Specifications Endorsed as Suitable for Use in New Zealand

Pursuant to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 November 1975, endorsed the undermentioned overseas specifications as suitable for use in New Zealand.

Price of Copy Number and Title of Specification (Mailed)

Australian standards:

AS 1483:1973 Structural timbers from Western Australian hardwoods. Metric units 2.90

AS 1616:1974 Dental artificial stone. Metric units 1.75

AS 1626:1974 Acrylic teeth. Metric units 1.75

AS 1651:1974 Dental impression plaster. Metric units 1.75

AS 1652:1974 Dental laboratory plaster. Metric units 1.75

British standards:

BS 18: Methods for tensile testing of metals— Part 1: 1970 Non-ferrous metals. Metric units 5.80

BS 1004:1972 Zinc alloys for die casting and zinc alloy die castings. Metric units 4.95

BS 1224:1970 Electroplated coatings of nickel and chromium. Metric units. (Including Amendment No. 1 (AMD 963, 65c)) 5.80

BS 1470:1972 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for general engineering purposes. Plate, sheet and strip. Metric units 9.65

BS 1475:1972 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for general engineering purposes. Wire. Metric units 13.75

BS 1490:1970 Aluminium and aluminium alloy ingots and castings. Metric units. (Including Amendments: No. 1 (AMD 1018, 65c); and No. 2 (AMD 1103, Gratis)) 7.50

BS 1615:1972 Anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium. Metric units 13.75

BS 2656:1972 Zinc anodes, zinc oxide and zinc salts for electroplating. Metric units 5.80

BS 2657:1974 Fluoroboric acid and metal fluoroborates for electroplating. Metric units 9.65

BS 2816:1973 Electroplated coatings of silver for engineering purposes. Metric units 7.50

BS 3531: Metal implants and tools used in bone surgery— Part 1: 1968 Materials for metal surgical implants. Metric units 4.95

BS 3630: Methods for the sampling and analysis of zinc and zinc alloys— Part 2: 1972 Tin in ingot zinc and zinc alloys (photometric method). Metric units 3.60

Part 8: 1971 Lead and cadmium in zinc (Grades Zn1 and Zn2) and zinc alloys (polarographic method). Metric units 3.60

Part 13: 1972 Copper in zinc alloys (alloy B) (electrolytic method). Metric units 2.75

Part 14: 1972 Cadmium in zinc (Grades Zn3 and Zn4) (polarographic method). Metric units 2.75

Number and Title of Specification

Price of Copy (Mailed)

BS 3889: Methods for non-destructive testing of pipes and tubes—

Part 2B: 1966 Eddy current testing of non-ferrous tubes. Metric units 3.69

BS 3908: Methods for the sampling and analysis of lead and lead alloys— Part 6: 1971 Tellurium in lead and lead alloys (photometric method). Metric units 2.75

Part 13: 1970 Antimony in lead and lead alloys (low content) (photometric method). Metric units 2.75

Part 15: 1972 Iron in lead and lead alloys (photometric method). Metric units 2.75

BS 4391:1972 Recommendations for metric basic sizes for metal wire. Metric units 2.75

Copies of the specifications are obtainable from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 1975.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,

Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 5–114/2/9: 1285–1309)

The Standards Act 1965—Endorsement of Amendments to Overseas Specifications

Pursuant to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 November 1975, endorsed as suitable for use in New Zealand the under-mentioned amendments to the relevant endorsed specifications.

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Mailed) Amendment No./AMD (Price)

Australian standard:

AS T6:1956 Dental modelling compound. $1.75 2

AS T18:1961 Dental impression paste. $1.75 1

British standards:

BS 426:1969 Fixed centres for use on machine tools and in other applications. Metric units. $4.95 1/1591 (65c)

BS 490: Conveyor and elevator belting— Part 1: 1972 Rubber and plastics conveyor belting of textile construction for general use. Metric units. $7.50 1/1525 ($1.80)

BS 1660:1972 Machine tapers, reduction sleeves and extension sockets. Metric units. $17.95 1/1492 ($2.79)

BS 2782:1970 Methods of testing plastics. Metric units. $41.40 3/1524 ($3.60)

BS 4235: Metric keys and keyways— Part 1: 1972 Parallel and taper keys. Metric units. $5.80 1/1478 ($1.80)

BS 4368: Carbon and stainless steel compression couplings for tubes— Part 1: 1972 Heavy series. $13.75 1/1535 (65c)

BS 4862:1973 Mounting dimensions of single rod, double acting pneumatic cylinder, 10 bar (10^6N/m²) $5.80 1/1533 ($1.80)

Copies of the specifications so amended are obtainable from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Copies of the amendments will be supplied, free of charge, unless otherwise stated.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 1975.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,

Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 6–114/2/10: E 509–17)

The Standards Act 1965—Cancellation of Endorsement of Specification

Pursuant to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 21 November 1975, cancelled the endorsement of the under-mentioned specification.

Number and Title of Specification

BS 4254:1967 Two-part polysulphide-based sealing compounds for the building industry. Metric units.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of November 1975.

G. H. EDWARDS, Director,

Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 7–114/2/12: 32)