New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 5

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 17th January, 1900.

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 in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles, and how classed. Rate of Duty.
99/1149. Boiler-provers; as engineers’ machine tools Free.
99/1112. Bottles, wickered, used with sparklets for aerated waters; as glassware 20 per cent.
99/1120. Bloodstones; as precious stones, cut or uncut, and unmounted Free.
99/1169. Braids, mohair, up to 1 in. in breadth; as tailors’ trimmings, braids Free.
99/1169. Braids, mohair, over 1 in. in breadth; as haberdashery n.o.e. 20 per cent.
99/1151. Bromidia; as proprietary medicines 40 per cent.
99/1120. Carnelians, engraved; as precious stones, cut or uncut, and unmounted Free.
99/1267. “Fibrose” patent blind; as furniture n.o.e. 25 per cent.
*99/1119. Filter-bag sheaths for sugar-refining; as parts of machinery n.o.e. 20 per cent.
99/1118. Fire-extinguishers, “Little Giant”; as Fire-engines, including Merryweather’s chemical fire-engines Free.
99/1273. Gas-bags for preventing escape of gas during repairs; as n.o.e. Free.
99/1207. Indiarubber faces for washboards; as n.o.e. Free.
99/1120. Jewel, Mark Master’s (masonic); as fancy goods 20 per cent.
99/1012. Locks for cash-boxes; on same footing as locks for portmanteaux Free.
99/1214. Machine, Clipping, “Cyclone,” for horses or sheep; as machinery for agricultural purposes 5 per cent.
1900/23. Papers, Filter; as druggists’ sundries 20 per cent.
99/1271. Potato-peelers; as hardware 20 per cent.
99/1139. Sheets, hemmed; as drapery n.o.e. 20 per cent.
99/1211. “Seccotine”; as glue 1½d. the lb.
*99/1150. Spectacle-cases, common and unornamental, such as are usually sold with spectacles; as n.o.e. Free.
*99/1150. Spectacle-cases other than common and unornamental; as fancy goods 20 per cent.
99/1151. Thialion; as proprietary medicines 40 per cent.
99/1206. Umbrellas, imported in parts, complete, ribs attached to stick, and covering-material cut to shape; as umbrellas (with the exception of the covering-material, which is free under item 349) 20 per cent.
99/1227. Veneer-paper (Real Satin Veneer); as n.o.e. Free.
99/1177. Washers of leather or other material; as washers Free.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 627.]

Result of Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1900.

THE following notice of the election of a member of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Maungatawhiri Road District, County of Manukau:
Alfred Batty.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, Otaki Electoral District.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1900.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 22nd day of December, 1899, for the election of a member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Otaki, and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that

WILLIAM HUGHES FIELD

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

HUGH POLLEN,
Clerk of the Writs.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of December, 1899. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
Max. Temp. in Shade. Min. Temp. in Shade. Mean Temp. in Shade. Solar Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Rainfall, in Inches. Veloc. Wind, in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind.
1 29·958 65·3 58·0 61·6 108 48 ·015 490 5 N.W.
2 29·908 62·0 58·5 60·2 92 46 ·110 530 5 N.W.
3 29·950 65·0 53·0 59·0 100 39 ·023 400 5 N.W.
4 29·910 67·0 59·0 63·0 124 47 ·030 420 5 N.W.
5 30·094 63·5 49·0 56·2 121 41 ·180 420 4 N.E.
6 30·055 68·0 52·0 60·0 128 35 .. 240 3 N.W.
7 29·811 65·0 54·5 59·7 124 42 .. 560 4 N.W.
8 29·836 65·0 49·5 57·2 128 42 .. 310 3 N.W.
9 29·960 67·0 47·0 57·0 130 41 .. 150 2 N.
10 29·600 67·5 53·0 60·2 126 49 ·280 470 4 N.W.
11 29·584 71·5 59·5 65·5 127 56 ·040 640 5 N.W.
12 29·686 68·0 56·0 62·0 130 49 .. 550 3 N.W.
13 29·977 68·0 50·0 59·0 122 40 .. 360 4 N.W.
14 29·646 68·0 55·0 61·5 125 50 .. 500 5 N.W.
15 29·644 64·0 56·5 60·2 108 51 ·210 530 6 N.W.
16 29·686 63·5 57·0 60·2 113 51 ·060 450 5 N.W.
17 29·600 62·0 48·0 55·0 118 45 1·040 270 8 S.E.
18 29·762 55·0 44·0 49·5 85 40 1·780 250 4 S.
19 29·819 61·1 47·5 54·3 118 40 .. 130 4 N.E.
20 29·838 65·0 52·0 58·5 126 42 .. 190 4 N.W.
21 29·696 67·0 53·0 60·0 130 42 .. 250 3 N.W.
22 29·869 66·5 48·0 57·2 125 44 ·860 310 6 S.E.
23 29·950 60·7 44·8 52·7 125 37 .. 150 5 S.
24 29·850 65·0 46·5 55·7 122 40 .. 110 4 N.W.
25 29·858 67·0 54·0 60·5 127 42 .. 290 4 S.E.
26 30·058 63·5 45·0 54·2 130 39 .. 160 4 N.W.
27 29·786 64·5 56·0 60·2 180 48 .. 350 5 N.W.
28 29·858 67·0 55·0 61·0 125 49 .. 800 5 N.W.
29 29·786 67·5 60·0 63·7 125 56 .. 610 6 N.W.
30 30·005 67·0 55·0 61·0 120 46 .. 290 3 S.
31 30·150 73·0 54·0 63·5 127 46 .. 230 3 S.
* 29·843 65·5 52·6 59·0 120·6 44·6 4·478 352 4·3 ..
† 29·845 .. .. 60·8 .. .. 3·807 .. .. ..
  • Means, &c.
    † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—During early part showery, and middle of month heavy showers—1·73 in. recorded on 18th, being the maximum fall—remainder of month generally fine, though not warm for the time of year; thunder on 21st and 26th, slight; fog on 28th and 29th. Maximum temperature in shade 73°, minimum 44°; mean temperature of dew-point, 48°·9; mean humidity, 69. Slight earthquake on 4th, at 7.22 p.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as



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