1 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
717

Local Authority and Name of Loan
Amount
Consented to
$

Waimari County Council:
Bishopdale Library Book Purchase Loan 1976 35,000
Wanganui City Council:
Sports Stadium Loan 1975 35,000

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of March 1976.

S. A. McLEOD, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.

(T. 40/416/6)

South Auckland Education Board—Election of Member

PURSUANT to the Education Boards’ Administration Regulations 1965, it is hereby notified that the result of the poll for the election of a member to fill the extraordinary vacancy for the No. 9, Matamata-Cambridge Ward of the Education Board of the District of South Auckland was as follows:

Wills, Ian Newton 59
Somerville, Anna Ray 48
Ryan, Iris Valrae 26
Total number of valid votes recorded 133
Total number of votes rejected as informal 3

Dated at Hamilton this 10th day of March 1976.

E. TYSON, Returning Officer.

(E. 14/3/12)

Industrial Relations Act 1973—Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Union

PURSUANT to section 195 of the Industrial Relations Act 1973, it is hereby notified that the registration of the New Zealand Federated Brush, Broom, and Mop Trade Employees’ Industrial Association of Workers, Registered No. 1791, situated at Room 9, Trades Hall, Gloucester Street, Christchurch 1, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March 1976.

J. D. GIBB, Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions,
Department of Labour.

(Lab. I.C. 139)

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 from the close of business on 1 April 1976, and until further notice, each trading bank shall maintain on average during each calendar month balances at the Reserve Bank plus holdings of Reserve Bank notes and of New Zealand Government securities together equal to an amount which shall not be less than the aggregate of:

28 percent of that bank’s average demand deposit liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding calendar month as shown by the weekly returns of banking statistics under the Statistics Act 1955; plus
14 percent of that bank’s average time deposit liabilities in New Zealand in the immediately preceding calendar month as shown by an average of the weekly returns of banking statistics under the Statistics Act 1955.

For the purposes of this notice:

(1) The monthly average of a trading bank’s holdings of Reserve Bank notes shall be the average of the figures as shown by the weekly returns of banking statistics under the Statistics Act 1955 for that bank received in the calendar month to which the requirement applies.

(2) The monthly average of a trading bank’s balances at the Reserve Bank and holdings of New Zealand Government securities shall be the average of all daily figures for that bank in the calendar month to which the requirement applies.

(3) Government securities shall consist of Government stock and Treasury bills (all at nominal value) including advance subscriptions for stock lodged by a trading bank with the Reserve Bank.

(4) Balances at the Reserve Bank shall include both demand deposit balances and time deposit balances.

R. W. R. WHITE, Deputy Governor.

Wellington, 29 March 1976.

The Standards Act 1965—Overseas Specifications Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the under-mentioned overseas specifications are being considered for declaration as New Zealand standard specifications or for endorsement as suitable for use in New Zealand.

Number and Title of Specification

BS 18:— Methods for tensile testing of metals—
Part 2: 1971 Steel (general). Metric units. $1.40.
Part 3: 1971 Steel sheet and strip (0.5 mm to 3 mm thick). Metric units. $1.20.
Part 4: 1971 Steel tubes. Metric units. $1.30.

BS 131:— Methods for notched bar tests—
Part 2: 1972 The Charpy V-notch impact test on metals. Metric units. 60c.
Part 3: 1972 The Charpy U-notch impact test on metals. Metric units. 60c.
Part 4: 1972 Calibration of pendulum impact testing machines for metals. Metric units. 90c.

BS 240:— Method for Brinell hardness test—
Part 2: 1964 Verification of the testing machine. Metric units. 60c.

BS 757:1975 Methods for sampling and testing gelatine (physical and chemical methods). Metric units. $1.50.

BS 3416:1975 Black bitumen coating solutions for cold applications. Metric units. 70c.

BS 3846:1970 Methods for calibration and grading of extensometers for testing of metals. Metric units. $1.20.

All persons who may be affected by these specifications and who desire to comment thereon may obtain copies from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15-23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington, at the prices shown.

Requests should specify that copies are required for comment purposes.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 29 April 1976.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 1976.

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

(S.A.—114/2/1)

The Standards Act 1965—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 19 March 1976, declared the under-mentioned specifications to be standard specifications:

Number, Title, and Price of Specification (Post free)

NZS 3607:1976 Round and part-round wooden fence posts. Metric units. $6.75.

NZS 4602:1976 Low pressure thermal storage electric water heaters with copper cylinders. Metric and imperial units. $2.80 (Superseding NZS 720).

NZS 5221:1976 (BS 3395:1972) Electrically bonded hose and hose assemblies for kerbside dispensing pumps. Metric units. (Including Amendment A) $4.90 (Superseding NZS 1798).

NZS 5222:1976 (BS 3492:1972) Electrically bonded road and rail tanker hose and hose assemblies for petroleum products. Metric units. (Including Amendment A) $3.70 (Superseding NZS 1807).

NZS 8703:— (AS 1176:—) Determination of the flammability of textiles from which clothing may be made—
Part 1: 1976 (AS 1176: Part 1: 1971) Method for the determination of ease of ignition. Metric units.
Part 2: 1976 (AS 1176: Part 2: 1971) Method for the determination of rate of burning and heat output. Metric units. Bound together. (Including Amendment A) $2.90.
Part 3: 1976 (AS 1176: Part 3: 1972) Method for the determination of surface burning properties. Metric units. (Including Amendment A) $1.75.

Copies of the standard specifications may be ordered from the Standards Association of New Zealand, World Trade Center, 15-23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 1976.

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

(S.A. 2—114/2/2: 582–87)