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Grades of Shellac, and Methods of Test. Terminology used in the Plastics Industry. Testing Methods and Classification of Plastics. Manganese Ore. Automobile Standards. Screw Threads and Ball and Roller Bearings. EXCHANGE OF STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS Under the reciprocal exchange arrangement, copies of all specifications formulated in New Zealand have been sent to the standardizing bodies in English-speaking and other countries which adhere to this arrangement. In return, during the year under review, New Zealand has received 1,007 similar documents from 17 standards organizations, as set out in Table A hereunder. This reciprocal arrangement assists to ensure that, in so far as practicable and desirable, uniform standard specifications will be adopted by the countries concerned.

Table A

SALES OF STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS Sales of standard specifications totalled 20,719 volumes, representing some 35,000 individual specifications, to a value of £1,927 17s. Id. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS It is desired to acknowledge and record appreciation of the valuable service rendered gratuitously by the members of the various committees of the Standards Council and by the many other persons representing Government Departments, local authorities, and professional, commercial, trading, and industrial interests, including the executives of their various organizations, all of whom have contributed so generously in time and effort towards the work reviewed in this report. A. R. Galbraith, F.R.S.E., M.lnst.C.E., Chairman, Standards Council.

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Source of Supply. New and Revised Standards. Draft Standards. Emergency Standards. Totals. National Standardizing Bodies British Standards Institution Standards Association of Australia Canadian Standards Association South African Standards Institution American Standards Association Association Francaise de Normalisation (France) Instituo Uruguayo de Normas Technicans (Uruguay) Norges Standardiserings-Forbund (Norway) Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung YSM-Nor-malienbureau (Switzerland) Sveriges Standardiseringskommission (Sweden) 61 19 30 2 82 133 1 224 20 "2 285 41 30 2 82 133 1 18 29 36 18 29 36 Other Organizations Australian Department of Commerce and Agriculture (Commonwealth Food Control) American Society for Testing Materials Canadian Government Purchasing Standards Committee Indian Railway Board Society of Automotive Engineers U. S. Department of Commerce (National Bureau of Standards) U.S. Treasury Department (Federal Standard Stock Catalogue) 30 45 29 8 47 67 124 30 45 29 8 47 67 124 Totals 761 244 2 1,007