25 JANUARY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 167

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 15 December 1978, endorsed the under-mentioned overseas specifications as suitable for use in New Zealand.

Number and Title of Specification Price of Copy (Post free)
American National Standards Institute $
ANSI B56.1:1975 Safety standard for powered industrial trucks: Low lift and high lift trucks 10.00
British standards
BS 1376:1974 Colours of light signals 18.15
BS 2754:1976 Memorandum: Construction of electrical equipment for protection against electric shock 9.80
Including Amendment No. 1 AMD 2211, $4.45
BS 5175:1976 Safety of commercial electrical appliances using microwave energy for foodstuffs 18.15
BS 5420:1977 Degrees of protection of enclosures of switchgear and controlgear for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1200 V d.c. 9.80
BS 5490:1977 Classification of degrees of protection provided by enclosures 9.80
BS 6007:1975 Rubber-insulated cables for electric power and lighting 13.00

Copies of the 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 15th day of January 1979.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/9: 1720-26)

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 8704/1A Draft amendment No. 1 to NZS 8704:1977 Low fire risk fabrics for children's night clothes.

This amendment will clarify the interpretation of results of the low fire risk fabric performance requirements.

All persons who may be affected by this amendment 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.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 22 February 1979.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of January 1979.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1965—Amendment of Standard Specification

PURSUANT to section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, the Standards Council, on 15 December 1978, amended the under-mentioned standard specification by the incorporation of the amendment shown hereunder.

Number, Title, and Price of Standard Specification (Post free) Amendment Number
NZS 1340:1970 Thermal insulating materials for buildings. $2.75 3 (gratis)

Copies of the standard 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 19th day of January 1979.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.
(S.A. 114/2/3: 971)

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 1978

Liabilities Assets
Notes in circulation Gold $699,210
Overseas assets—
Demand deposits— (a) Current accounts and short-term bills $84,106,400
(a) State $179,924,672 (b) Investments 52,484,247
(b) Banks 72,913 (c) Holdings of special drawing rights 62,895,520
(c) Marketing accounts 9,365,807 199,486,167
(d) Other 489,292,043 Discounts 11,741,668
7,268,361
Time deposits $678,655,435 Advances—
Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand currency— (a) To the State 324,298,476
(a) Demand $1,336,612 (b) To marketing accounts 381,064,325
(b) Time 343,013,786 (c) Export credits 29,813,499
(d) Other advances 42,306,000
Allocation of special drawing rights by I.M.F. 83,849,221 777,482,300
Other liabilities (including accumulated profits) 40,458,418 Investments in New Zealand—
Capital accounts— (a) New Zealand Government securities 619,902,519
(a) General reserve $8,000,000 (b) Other 27,139
(b) Other reserves 38,988,965 619,929,658
Other assets 37,878,390
$1,654,485,754
$1,654,485,754

E. D. VALLANCE, Chief Accountant.