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APPENDIX. LIST OF NEW ANT) REVISED NEW ZEALAND STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED FROM Ist JANUARY, 1940, TO 31ST MARCH, 1941. Note. B.S.S. signifies that this standard is a British Standard. Specifications indicated with an asterisk (*) are at present under revision. [A.S.] signifies that this Standard has been adopted as an Australian Standard. Local Amendment is shown : f [S.A.] signifies that this Standard has been adopted as a South Aprioan Standard. New Standards. (N.Z.S.S.) 286 Cast Iron Pipes (Vertically-cast) for Water, Gas, and Sewage, and Special Castings for use therewith ; being B.S.S. 78-1938. 287 Long-length Moulded Rubber Hose with Cotton-braided Reinforcement; being B.S.S. 796-1938. 288 Pump Tests ; being B.S.S. 599-1939. [A.S.] 289-291 Red Oxides of Iron (Natural, Manufactured and Blended) for Paints: — (1 vol.) *289 Natural Red Oxides of Tron (Grades A. &B) ; being B.S.S. 272-1936, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. 290 Manufactured Red Oxides of Iron (excluding Venetian Red) — Type 1 : Indian and Turkey Reds. Type 2 : Other Manufactured Oxides ; being B.S.S. 305-1936, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. 291 Blended Red Oxides of Iron; being B.S.S. 694 -1936, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. 292 Carbolic Acid 60's ; being B.S.S. 515-1938. 293 Cresylic Acid of High Orthocresol Content; being B.S.S. 517-1938. 294: Cresylic Acid (50/55 per cent. Matacresol); being B.S.S. 521 -1938. 295 Refined Cresylic Acid ; being B.S.S. 524:—1938. 296 Orthocresol, Metacresol and Paracresol; being B.S.S. 522-1938. 297 Phenol; being B.S.S. 523-1938. 298 Apparatus for the Determination of Water by Distillation with an Immiscible Liquid ; being B.S.S. 756-1939. 299 Density-composition Tables for Aqueous Solutions of Sodium Chloride and of Calcium Chloride for Use in Conjunction with New Zealand Standard Density Hydrometers (N.Z.S.S. 1.33—8.5.5. 718-1936) ; being B.S.S. 823-1938. 300 Density-composition Tables for Aqueous Solutions of Caustic Soda for use in conjunction with New Zealand Standard Density Hydrometers (N.Z.S.S. 133 —B.S.S. 718-1936) ; being B.S.S. 824-1938. 301 Oil Pastes for Paints (excluding White Lead, Zinc Oxide, and Lithopone Oil Pastes); being B.S.S. 390-1938. 302 Chemically-prepared Oxides and Hydrated Oxides of Iron (Marigold, Maroon, and Yellow), Pure and Reduced ; being B.S.S. 851-1939, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. 303, 304 Lead and Zinc Chromes for Paints : — (1 vol.) *303. Lead Chromes for Paints ; being B.S.S. 282-1938. *304. Zinc Chromes for Paints ; being B.S.S. 389-1938. 305 Graduated Pipettes and Straight Pipettes; being B.S.S. 700-1937. 306 Petroleum Dry-cleaning Solvent. 307 Road Grader Blades and Tynes. 308 Mild-steel Dustbins. 309 Structural Steel for Bridges, &c., and General Building Construction ; being B.S.S. 15-1936, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. [S.A.J 310 High Tensile Structural Steel for Bridges, &c., and General Building Construction ; being B.S.S. 548-1934. [S.A.] 311 Japanese and/or Koream Sardine Oil (Pale) ; being B.S.S. 783-1938. 312 Silica Basins, Crucibles, and Capsules ; being B.S.S. 875-1939. 313 Definition of Cinematograph " Safety " Film ; being B.S.S. 850-1939. 314 Comparative Commercial Tests of Coal or Coke and Applicances in Small Steam Raising Plants (Code for); being B.S.S. 878-1939. 315 Chemical Symbols and Abbreviations ; being B.S.S. 813-1939. 316 Distillation Apparatus ; being B.S.S. 658-1936. 317 Classification of Lubricating Oils ; being B.S.S. 210-1939. 318 Code for Fully Automatic Oil Burning Equipment for Central Heating and Hot Water Supply ; being B.S.S. 799-1938, amended to suit New Zealand conditions. 319, 320 Bronze (Gun-metal) Ingots and Castings for General Engineering Purposes (1 vol.) 319 88/10/2 Bronze (Gun-metal) Ingots ; being B.S.S. 382-1940. 320 88/10/2 Bronze (Gun-metal) Sand and Chilled Castings ; being B.S.S. 383-1940,

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