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given to international standardization, the exchange of specifications was extended during the year to the national standards organizations in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Holland, Hungary, Russia, and Switzerland.

Table B. —Specifications Received from Other Countries

SALES OF STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS Sales of standard specifications totalled 7,922 volumes, representing some 13,000 individual specifications, to a value of £1,218 4s. 9d. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS In conclusion, it is desired to acknowledge and to 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, professional, trade, and industrial organizations, including those from distant centres who have spent considerable time in travelling, all of whom have contributed so generously towards the work reviewed in this report. A. R. Galbraith, F.R.S. (Edin.), M.lnst.C.E., Chairman, Standards Council.

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Source of Supply. New, Revised, and Interim Standards. Draft Standards. Total. National Standardizing Bodies British Standards Institution Standards Association of Australia Canadian Standards Association South African Bureau of Standards American Standards Association Association Francaise de Normalisation (France) Associacas Brasileira de Normas Teonicas (Brazil) Dansk Standardiseringsraad (Denmark) Hoofdcommissie Voor de Normalisatie in Nederland (Holland) Institut Beige de Normalisation (Belgium) Institute for Industrial Research and Standards (Eire) Instituo Uruguayo de Normas Tecnicas (Uruguay) Magyar Onszagas Szabnanyok (Hungary) Norges Forbund (Norway) Osterreichischer Normenausschuss (Austria) Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung VSM-Normalienbureau (Switzerland) Standards Institution of Palestine Sveriges Standardiseringskommission (Sweden) Vsesojuznyj Komitet Standardtov (U.S.S.R.) Other Organizations American Society for Testing Materials Canadian Government Purchasing Standards Committee Indian Railway Board Society of Automotive Engineers United States Department of Commerce (National Bureau of Standards) United States Treasury Department (Federal Specifications) .. Totals 114 38* 15 4 53 1,935 70 62 j 12 1 11 21 17 26 6 1,218 5 63 77 81 30 27 9 17 96 194 14 28 is 3 4 9 12 28 308 52 15 32 53 1,950 70 65 16 20 12 21 17 26 6 1,218 33 63 77 81 30 27 9 17 96 4,007 307 4,314 * Includes 4 emergency standards.