2 SEPTEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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(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.

A. R. LOW, Governor.

Wellington, 25 August 1976.

The Standards Act 1965—Draft Amendment to New Zealand
Standard Specification Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards
Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft
amendment is being circulated:

Number and Description of Draft

DZ 1900.5/A12 Draft amendment to NZS 1900: Model
building bylaw—Chapter 5: 1963 Fire resisting construction
and means of egress.

All persons who may be affected by this amendment and
who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
a copy from the Standards Association of New Zealand,
World Trade Center, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag),
Wellington.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 18 October
1976.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of August 1976.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(The S.A. 5—114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specifications Revoked

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 27 August 1976, revoked the under-
mentioned standard specifications.

Number and Title of Specification

NZS 186:1961 (BS 784:1953) Methods of test for chemical
stoneware.

NZS 238:1953 (BS 318:1952) Green oxide of chromium for
paints.

NZS 286:1950 (BS 78:1938) Cast iron pipes (vertically cast)
for water, gas, and sewage, and special castings for use
therewith.

NZS 286:— (BS 78:——) Cast iron spigot and socket pipes
(vertically cast) and spigot and socket fittings—
Part 1: 1962 (BS 78: Pt. 1: 1961) Pipes.

NZS 315:1949 (BS 813:1938) Chemical symbols and ab-
breviations.

NZS 391:1949 (BS 684:1936) Analysis of fats.

NZS 901:1965 (BS 549:1964) Diacetone alcohol.

NZS 903:1958 (BS 552:1957) Amyl acetate.

NZS 909:1951 (BS 576:1950) Acetic acid, including glacial
acetic acid for photographic use.

NZS 917:1958 Installation of thermal storage electric water-
heaters.

NZS 1010:1958 (BS 1524:1955) Cellulose acetate moulding
material.

NZS 1251:1955 (BS 2071:1954) Soxhlet extractors.

NZS 1276:1955 (BS 2511:1954) Determination of water by
the Karl Fischer method.

NZS 1321:1969 (BS 2739:1967) Thick PVC sheeting (flexible,
unsupported).

NZS 1376:1958 (BS 2963:1958) Methods of test for
the flammability of fabrics.

NZS 1468:1959 (BS 2713:1956) 2-ethoxyethanol (ethylene
glycol monoethyl ether).

NZS 1469:1959 (BS 2752:1956) Vulcanized chloroprene rub-
ber compounds.

NZS 1775:1963 (BS 3227:1960) Vulcanized butyl rubber
compounds.

NZS 1784:1963 (BS 3468:1962) Austenitic cast iron.

NZS 1862:1964 (BS 3590:1963) Sprayed asbestos insulation.

NZS 1867:1964 (BS 3629:1963) Vulcanized extruded styrene
butadiene rubber (SBR) compounds.

NZS 1964:1965 (BS 3532:1962) Unsaturated polyester resin
systems for low pressure fibre reinforced plastics.

NZS 1994:1965 (BS 3379:1961) Flexible load bearing ure-
thane foam components (polyether type) for vehicles.

NZS 2151:1967 (BS 2512:1963) Gas-heated catering equip-
ment.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 1976.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 4—114/2/7:961–84)

The Standards Act 1965—Endorsement of Amendment to
Overseas Specification

PURSUANT to section 17 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 27 August 1976, endorsed as suitable
for use in New Zealand, the under-mentioned amendment
to the relevant endorsed specification.

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

BS 1501:— Steels for fired and unfired
pressure vessels. Plates—
Part 2: 1970 Alloy steels. $14.20 .... Addendum No. 2:
1975 ($3.70)

Copies of the specification so amended 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 30th day of August 1976.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 7—114/2/10:546)

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

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 20 August 1976, declared the under-
mentioned specification to be a standard specification.

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

NZS 4211:1976 Performance of windows. Metric units. $9.00.

Copies of the standard specification 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 30th day of August 1976.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 1—114/2/2:591)

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

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 27 August 1976, declared the under-
mentioned specification to be a standard specification.

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

NZS 4603:1976 Code of practice for the installation of low
pressure thermal storage electric water-heaters with copper
cylinders—open-vented systems. Metric and imperial units.
$2.80. (Superseding NZS 917.)

Copies of the standard specification 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 30th day of August 1976.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 2—114/2/2:592)

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specifica-
tions

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the
Standards Council, on 27 August 1976, amended the under-
mentioned standard specifications by the incorporation of the
amendments shown hereunder.