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1. New Standards —continued Textiles and Clothing N.Z.S.S. 648 Methods of testing textiles. 757 Flock. ( Superseding N.Z.S.S. E. 147.) Miscellaneous 660, Part 1 School requisites : Part 1, School rulers. 667 Spraying nozzles for horticultural purposes; being B.S. 1135-1943, amended to suit New Zealand requirements. 672 Butchers' and slaughtermen's knives. 700 Tables of diamond pyramid hardness numbers ; being B.S. 427-1931. 709 Architects', engineers' and surveyors' boxwood scales; being B.S. 1347-1947. 710 Log sheets for steel boiler plants ; being B.S. 1374-1947. 743 Beeswax. (Superseding N.Z.S.S. E. 206.) 746 Code of procedure in inspection of copper-base alloy sand castings ; being B.S. 1367-1947. 787 Methods for sheet metal pattern development; being B.S. 1549, Part 1, 1949. 2. Revised Standards 38 The attachment and drive of circular metal cutting saws for cold working; being B.S. 387-1948. 43 Portland cement (ordinary rapid-hardening); being B.S. 12-1947, amended to suit New Zealand requirements. 64 Hard-drawn copper conductors for overhead transmission purposes ; being B.S. 125-1947. 96 Electric reading-lamps; being B.S. 710-1948. 124 Moulded insulating materials for general electrical purposes ; being B.S. 488-1948. 198 Plugs and sockets of the flat pin type for use on 10-amp. 250-volt circuits. 293 Cresylic acid of specified orthocresol content; being B.S. 517-1948. 294 Cresylic acid of specified metacresol content; being B.S. 521-1948. 295 Refined cresylic acid; being B.S. 524-1948. 296 Orthocresol, metacresol and paracresol; being B.S. 522-1948. 297 Phenol; being B.S. 523-1948. 349 Tung oil; being B.S. 391-1949. 3. Amended Standards 69 Steam turbines ; being B.S. 132-1930. (PD 843, Amendment No. 2.) 73 Marking and arrangement for switchgear bus-bars, main connections and auxiliary wiring; being B.S. 158-1938. (PD 873, Amendment No. 1.) • 91 Electric performance of large electric generators and motors (excluding alternators of the steam turbine driven type), continuous maximum rating ; being B.S. 226-1925. (PD 301, Amendment No. 2.) 94 Mining-type transformers ; being B.S. 355-1939. (PD 297, Amendment No. 2.) 122 Engineering symbols and abbreviations ; being B.S. 560-1934. (PD 396, Amendment No. 1.) 191 Sampling and analysis of coal and coke for performance and efficiency tests on industrial plants ; being B.S. 735-1944. (PD 828, Amendment No. 1.) 208 Methods for sampling and testing gelatines ; being B.S. 757-1944. (PD 494, Amendment No. 1 ; PD 878, Amendment No. 2.) 257 Cast iron surface plates and tables for inspection and marking purposes; being B.S. 817-1938. (PD 765, Amendment No. 2.) 272 Titanium white pigments for paints ; being B.S. 636-1935. (Amendment No. 2.) 286 Cast iron pipes (vertically cast) for water, gas and sewage, and special castings for use therewith ; being B.S. 78-1938. (PD 750, Amendment No. 3.) 328 Steel straightedges of rectangular section ; being B.S. 863-1939. (PD 788, Amendment No. 2.) 368 Miners' lamp bulbs ; being B.S. 535-1938. (PD 166 and PD 888, Amendments Nos. 4 and 5.) 379 Flameproof enclosure of electrical apparatus; being B.S. 229-1946. (PD 886, Amendment No. 2.) 380 Flameproof electric lighting fittings (bulk-head and well-glass types); being B.S. 8891947. (PD 887, Amendment No. 2.) 382 Cable glands and sealing boxes; being B.S. 542-1947. (PD 847, Amendment No. 1.) 383 Rubber gloves for electrical purposes; being B.S. 697-1940. (PD 705, Amendment No. 2.)

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