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Summary. —The year's work has thus increased the grand total of New Zealand standard specifications to 726, comprising 580 regular standard specifications, 2 Government purchasing standard specifications, and 144 emergency standard specifications. Details of the standard specifications adopted, revised, amended, and withdrawn during the year are shown in the Appendix hereto. STANDARD MARK Licences Issued. —During the year, 332 applications for licences to use the Standard Mark were received from applicants engaged in 17 different industries. Over the same period, 325 licences were issued, bringing the total number of licences granted since 1944 to 897, of which 17 were subsequently cancelled, leaving 880 in existence at the close of the year. Table A hereunder shows the industries through which the licences granted during the year have been distributed and also the total licences issued to date:—

Table A.—Licences to Use the Standard Mark

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Industry. Licences Granted, Total Licences 1947-48. Granted. Household furniture 44 496 Motor-car cleaning and lubrication services 237 253 Footwear .. .. .. 1 38 School paper stationery 2 14 Household tinware utensils 10 10 Hearing-aid equipment 9 10 Paua shell jewellery 8 10 Leather dress gloves 1 8 Ready-mixed paints 1 5 Regenerated lubricating-oil 5 Cow-covers 3 3 Fire-extinguishers 2 3 Preservative pretreatment of timber 3 Plywoods 3 Inks 3 Milking-machine rubberware 3 Shirt and pyjama sizes 2 2 Terrazzo work 1 2 Flushing-cisterns Creosote for preservation of timber 2 Salt glazed-ware pipes 2 Soaps 2 Flock 2 Nylon toothbrushes 2 Ceiling roses i 1 Fish-liver oils 1 1 Men's working garments 1 1 Oily canvas clothing 1 1 Precast concrete drainage pipes 1 Precast concrete pressure pipes 1 Earthenware roofing-tiles V 1 Lubricating-cup greases 1 Fencing-wire 1 Electric plugs and sockets and ceiling roses 1 Rating and testing of heating elements 1 Garden tools 1 Joiners' glue 1 Asbestos-cement products 1 Totals 325 897