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Original New Zealand Standard Specifications completed in Draft Form and at present in circulation. D. 1094 Plugs and Sockets of the Flat-pin type. D. 1135 Water-closet-flushing Cisterns. D. 1142 Solutions and Methods for the Estimation of Acidity in Cream, Milk, and Whey. D. 1144 Coagulating Strength of Rennet. D. 1171 Portable Fire-extinguishers, Soda-acid Type. D. 1214 Model Building By-law—Part XV : For Residential Buildings, Flats, and Apartmenthouses. D. 1088 Standard Conditions of Contract for Use in Civil Engineering Works. (This project is not yet in circulation.)

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Activities of Committees. Technical Advisory Committee (Five Meetings). Fulfilling its function of directing and reviewing all work of a technical nature, the Technical Advisory Committee has directed 125 draft and 134 standard specifications to the appropriate committees for consideration, and has reviewed 83 reports in order to assist and facilitate the work of the Advisory Council in controlling the activities of the organization. Building Divisional Council (One Meeting). Plumbing Committee . . .. • • • • • • .. 1 meeting. Plumbing Supplies Sub-committee .. .. ■ ■ .. 3 meetings. Plumbing By-laws Sub-committee .. .. •. .. 1 meeting. Timber Committee .. .. • • • • • • • • 2 meetings. Paints and Coatings Committee .. . . .. • • .. 4 meetings. Timber Building Code Committee General Construction Sub-committee Foundations Sub-committee Ceramic Committee Other than Timber Building Code Committee .. .. -. 2 meetings. Building Code Technical Sub-committee .. .. .. 17 meetings. Structural Welding Sub-committee .. .. .. .. 2 meetings. Heating and Ventilation Committee .. .. •• .. Flats and Apartment-house By-laws Committee .. .. .. 12 meetings. Fire-prevention Committee .. . . • • • • .. 1 meeting. Asbestos-cement Products Committee .. .. .. .. 2 meetings. Asbestos-cement Products Sub-committee .. .. .. 1 meeting. 48 meetings. As the work of the Building Divisional Council consists of the examination and correlation of the work of the various committees under its control, it has been necessary to call only one meeting during the year. . Otherwise, members of the Council have maintained contact with the various projects under consideration by an examination of the reports of each committee concerned. Plumbing Committee (One Meeting). Plumbing Supplies Sub-committee .. .. .. .. 3 meetings. Plumbing By-laws Sub-committee .. .. • • .. 1 meeting. The Plumbing Committee exists for the purpose of directing and supervising the projects in the course of development by its sub-committees. Through the Plumbing Supplies Sub-committee a draft New Zealand standard specification for water-closet-flushing cisterns has been developed and circulated to interested parties for review, and the comments received as a result of this circulation are at present under examination. A New Zealand standard specification for household taps has also received preliminary consideration, and will be developed more fully as soon as the specification for water-closet-flushing cisterns is finalized.

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