APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 571

Revised List of Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 31st March, 1896.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts, 1888 and 1895, in relation to the under-mentioned articles, as follows (all previous decisions being cancelled):

** “Not otherwise enumerated” appears as “n.o.e.”; “other kinds” as “o.k.”

ACADEMY boards, for artists’ use; as stationery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Accoutrements for military purposes, to include: Morris tubes; adjustable liners; barrel-coolers; barrel-reflectors; cartridge-belts and covers; cleaning apparatus for rifles; elevator- and wind-gauges; light-definers; Martini-Henry and Snider cartridge belts and covers; rifle-slings; scoring-books; sight-protectors; shooting-orthoptics; targets of canvas, paper, or pasteboard; verniers; ventometers; Wimbledon shooting-bags and cases; free.
Acid, carbolic, perfumed solution of, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Acid, citric, crystals, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Acid, lactic, as drugs, &c., 20 per cent.
Acidimeters, as n.o.e., free.
Acme malt-cleaner and -grader, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Aërated-water bottle stoppers, as n.o.e., free.
Agricultural and garden implements that require to be worked by horse-power, as machinery for agricultural purposes, 5 per cent.
Air-beds and air-cushions, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Alabaster ornaments, as marble, granite, and other stone, 25 per cent.
Alboline or saxoline, in bulk, as mineral oil, 6d. per gallon.
Albo-carbon, as chemicals n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Albumenised paper, as printing paper, free.
Albums, screen photographic, as fancy goods, 20 per cent.
Alcoholic solution of coal-tar, Wright’s, as proprietary medicines, 40 per cent.
Ale, dandelion, as ale, 2s. per gallon.
Aleurometers, as n.o.e., free.
Almonds, Valencia, as almonds shelled, n.o.e., 3d. per lb.
Almonds, ground, as n.o.e., free.
Almonds, Indian, as almonds shelled, n.o.e., 3d. per lb.
Ambulance kit, as n.o.e, free.
Ammoniaphones, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Anchovies, salted, in small wooden packages, for table use, as fish, preserved, 2d. per lb.
Anilineum (Millen’s), for colouring photographs, as artists’ colours, free.
Aniseed, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Anti-incrustators, “Octopus,” as n.o.e., free.
Anti-fouling composition, as paints mixed ready for use, 5s. per cwt.
Apparatus for chimney-sweeping, as brushware n.o.e., 25 per cent.
Aprons, carriage-, waterproof, as textiles made up, 25 per cent.
Argol, as n.o.e., free.
Arithmetical frames, as educational apparatus, free.
Arithmometer, as n.o.e., free.
Arm- and hat-bands, as apparel, 25 per cent.
Articles made up from textiles, to include eiderdown quilts, pillows, and dressing-gowns; handkerchiefs, hemmed or embroidered; horse-clothing; 25 per cent.
Artificial eyes, as n.o.e., free.
Artificial limbs, as n.o.e., free.
Artists’ palettes, as artificers’ tools, free.
Art studies, as paintings, pictures, or stationery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Art-union prizes, admissible at discount of 25 per cent. off nominal prize-value.
Asbestos engine-packing, as n.o.e., free.
Ash-boards, planed, as ash unwrought, free.
Ash sticks for making aprons and elevators for agricultural machinery, as a. & m.s., free.
Attendance books and tickets, Sunday-school, as educational apparatus, free.
Auto-harps, materials for the construction of, namely, buttons, springs, steel pins, as a. & m.s., free.
Axle-caps, as parts of axles, free.
Axle-keys, as artificers’ tools, free.
Axles and springs (Timken’s), as carriages, 20 per cent.

BACKBANDS, saddlers’ ironmongery, free.
Bagpipe-reeds, as musical instruments n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Bags, paper, seed, tinfoil paper, “union,” as paper bags n.o.e., 25 per cent.
Baize for quartz-crushing machines, as textile piece-goods, 20 per cent.
Baize, plain and printed, stair oil, as floor-cloth, 20 per cent.
Baize, wood and fancy oil, as drapery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Balances, bullion, as weighing-machines, 20 per cent.
Ball-clay, potters’, as n.o.e., free.
Ball-cocks, shells for, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Bandages, india-rubber; also surgical elastic webbing, as surgical appliances, free.
Band-casings, as minor articles, &c., free.
Band-saw filing machine, as engineers’ machine-tools, free.
Bands, umbrella (fasteners), as made up from textiles, 25 per cent.
Bariquand’s sheep-shearing machine, as agricultural machinery, 5 per cent.

Bark-extract, oak-wood, as tanning materials, crude, free.
Barley, patent (Robinson’s), as ground grain, 1s. per 100lb.
Barley-screen, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Barley-awner, as machinery for agricultural purposes, 5 per cent.
Barometers, as n.o.e., free.
Barometers and clocks combined, as clocks, 20 per cent.
Barry’s Pain-relief, as proprietary medicine, 40 per cent.
Basket furniture, as furniture, 25 per cent.
Beading, steel, polished, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Beads, gold or silver, for jewellers’ use, as a. & m.s., free.
Beans, locust, as dried vegetables, 20 per cent.
Beds, air-, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Bed-lace, as a. & m.s., free.
Bed-pans, as earthenware, 20 per cent.
Beds, water-, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Beef-and-iron wine, Burroughes and Welcome, as proprietary medicines, 40 per cent.
Beef-cocoa (Mosquera’s), as cocoa, 3d. per lb.
Beef, extract of (Brand’s), as provisions n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Beehives, machinery for the manufacture of, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Beehives, wooden, as woodenware n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Beer-engines and fittings, as hardware, &c., 20 per cent.
Beeswax, prepared in sheets, for wax flowers, as n.o.e., free.
Bell fittings, electric, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Bellit (blasting material), as n.o.e., free.
Bellows, pipes for, and bellows-rings, as a. & m.s., free.
Bellows for silversmith’s furnace, as artificers’ tools, free.
Belting, dressmakers’, as a. & m.s., free.
Belt-fasteners, mill, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Belts, electric, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Bench-vices, as artificers’ tools, free.
Bending-rollers for making water-race pipes, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Bezique cards, as playing-cards, 6d. per pack.
Bichromate of potash, as dye-stuffs and dyeing-materials, crude, free.
Billhooks, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Billiard-tables, and parts of; also billiard-cues, cue-cases, and billiard-balls, as furniture n.o.e., 25 per cent.
Binders, obstetric, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Bindings, carpet, as a. & m.s., free.
Birdlime, as n.o.e., free.
Birdseed, as food for animals, 20 per cent.
Birthday-books, as stationery manufactured, 25 per cent.
Biscuit-paper or wafer-paper, as provisions n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Biscuits, dog, as biscuits other kinds, 2d. per lb.
Bisulphide of carbon, as chemicals n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Blacking, Hauthaway’s thin dressing, as blacking, 20 per cent.
Blackboard renovator, as paints mixed ready for use, 5s. per cwt.
Blackboards, as educational apparatus, free.
Blacksmiths’ cones, files, and vices, as artificers’ tools, free.
Bla--cur--ex (medicated lozenge), as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Blanketing for printing-presses, as printing materials, free.
Bleaching-solution (Landes’s), as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Block juice (liquorice), as liquorice, 20 per cent.
Blocks, compressed leather, for carriage-brakes, as leather manufactures n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Blood-and-offal-drying machine, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Blower, patent rotary, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Blowers, Buffalo, driven by hand, for forges, as blacksmiths’ bellows, free.
Blow-lamps (Kent’s patent), as artificers’ tools, free.
Blue, ultramarine, as paints n.o.e., free.
Boards, ash and hickory, planed, as ash or hickory unwrought, free.
Bobbins, as parts of machinery for woollen-mills, 5 per cent.
Bodice steel and sets (see Minor articles for making up), free.
Bodkins, as stationery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Boiler for steam fire-engines, as part of fire-engines, free.
Boiler-tubes, flanged, as parts of boilers, 20 per cent.
Bole Armenian, as druggists’ sundries, 20 per cent.
Bolts and locks for cabin-doors, as hardware, 20 per cent.
Bolts and nuts for mine tramways are not included in the exemption under machinery for mining purposes.
Bolts and screws, stove, as a. & m.s., free.
Bone-crushing machine, as machinery n.o.e., 20 per cent.
Bonnet- and hat-shapes, as millinery, 25 per cent.
Bookbinders’ laying-press, as woodenware, 15 per cent.
Book-locks, as a. & m.s., free.
Boot cashmere, lasting, and felt, as a. & m.s., free.
Boot-heels of wood, as boots and shoes, 22½ per cent.
Boot-protectors, as grindery, free.
Boot-sewing machine-twine, from 3- to 10-ply, not lower in price than 16s. the dozen pounds, as a. & m.s., free.
Boot-stretchers and -trees, as grindery, free.
Boot webbing, as grindery, free.
Bottles and brushes, gum, as stationery n.o.e., 20 per cent.