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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. 10. All filler openings in the fuel and oil systems shall be plainly marked with the capacity in imperial gallons and the word "fuel" and "oil" as the case may be. Fuel and oil gauges showing tank contents in gallons shall be calibrated in imperial gallons. 11. All flexible fuel lines forward of the fireproof bulkhead shall be of a fireproof type approved by the competent aeronautical authorities of the United States. 12. Oil lines carried forward of the fireproof bulkhead shall be provided with fireproof flexible joints of a type approved by the com- petent aeronautical authorities of the United States. In other parts of the oil system, joints shall be of a flexible type approved by the competent aeronautical authorities of the United States. 13. Valves and cocks in fuel lines shall be so arranged that the effect of vibration and/or gravity shall not cause the valve or cock to move to the "closed" or "off" position. 14. All New Zealand registration marks affixed to the aircraft prior to shipment from the United States shall be affixed in accord- ance with the requirements of the New Zealand Air Navigation Regu- lations, 1933. 15. A carburetor mixture control, if one is installed, shall be so connected to the throttle control that it will automatically return to the proper position for sea level flying when the throttle is closed. The Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand (Savage) to the American Consul General (Pinkerton) DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER'S OFICE, WELLINOTON. 28th. February,1940. SIR: Agreement by New I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of Janu- ary 30th, 1940, requesting to be informed whether my Government accepts the text set forth in the note under acknowledgement as the text of the Arrangement between New Zealand and the United States relating to the importation into New Zealand of aircraft and aircraft components manufactured in the United States, which was agreed to in the course of the negotiations recently conducted by the Office of the Prime Minister with the Consulate General. The text as set forth in the note from the Consul General is as follows:- "ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION INTO NEW ZEALAND OF AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES ARTICE I-Scop OF ARRANGEMEc T (a) This Arrangement applies to civil aircraft and to aircraft components constructed in the continental United States of America, 2270

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