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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9
Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.
Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 1st February, 1909.
IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned 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 Dominion” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.
| Record. | Goods. | Classification under Tariff, and Item No. | Rate of Duty. |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Tariff. | Preferential Surtax on Foreign Goods. | ||
| 08/2907 | Advertising-matter, viz.:—Booklets showing insurance tables | As printed advertising - matter n.o.e. (154) | 3d. the lb. |
| 09/115 | Book on Nobel’s explosives | As hardware n.o.e. (192) | 20 per cent. |
| 09/98 | Books containing incomplete pieces of music and songs | As finished parts of bicycles n.o.e. (184) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/3007 | Stearn’s Almanac and Guide to Health | As printed books n.o.e. (360) | Free. |
| 08/3015 | Belt-fasteners, lagrelle (claimed as rivets or bolts and nuts) | As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (197) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/3060 | Bicycle-chain adjusters... | As camera-covers (340) | Free |
| 09/83 | Book, viz.:—Queen Alexandra’s Christmas-gift Book.. | As chemical preparations n.o.e. (80) | 20 per cent. |
| 09/52 | Cages, wire-cloth, for handling bees and giving demonstrations | As educational apparatus (445) | Free. |
| 08/2713 | Camera-cases, specially suited for carrying camera and plates | As cardboard or paper cut for boxes, wrappers, &c. (163) | 25 per cent. |
| 08/3029 | Cloth-cleaning balls, Senier’s... | As n.o.e. (486) | Free. |
| 09/69 | Educational apparatus, viz.:—Demonstration lantern, prismatic compass, and gyroscope, for schools, on declaration that they will be used for teaching purposes only | As regalia for registered friendly societies (505) | Free. |
| 08/3078 | Hot-air motor and ice-crushing machine for school laboratory, on declaration that they will be used for teaching purposes only | As provisions n.o.e. (35) | 20 per cent. |
| 09/45 | Envelopes of corrugated strawboard for bottles | As automatic air-pressure brakes (parts of) (398) | Free. |
| 08/2999 | Filter-pads of cotton-wool for “Ulax” milk-purifier | As shipchandlery n.o.e. (476) | Free. |
| 08/2969 | Foresters’ costumes and top-boots... | As agricultural machines n.o.e. (362) | Free. |
| 09/103 | Gluten-meal, claimed under item 266 | Dutiable according to kind. | |
| 09/104 | Indiarubber tubing, in short lengths, specially made for Westinghouse brakes | As metal-workers’ machine tools (parts of) (384) | Free. |
| 08/2946 | Launches, fittings for, viz.:—Sockets for awnings, sprayhood sockets, grommet and pigtall hooks, and curtain-toggles | As machinery n.o.e. (196) | 20 per cent. |
| 09/80 | Machines, agricultural, viz.:—Hay-stacking outfit, specially constructed carrier and hook for Hay-stacking outfit, cordage and other apparatus for | As machinery n.o.e. (196) or manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (197) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/2785 | Machine tools, metal-workers’:—Stamper-base for making Wunderlich metal ceilings | As wrought-iron boring-tubes, &c. (394) | Free |
| 08/3069 | Machinery, n.o.e., viz.:—Bag-tallying machine for counting automatically bags of flour or other produce as they pass down a shoot | As scientific apparatus (288) | Free. |
| 08/3028 | Petrol-motor locomotive... | As soap n.o.e. (263) | 25 per cent. |
| 09/36 | Power-scraper for removing earth, sand, &c. (claimed as mining machinery) | As bar steel (395) | Free |
| 08/3069 | Sack-cleaning machine... | As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (197) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/3070 | Rock-drill, pump, hoisting-apparatus, and derrick for use with | As surgical appliances (287) | Free. |
| 08/2351 | Rock-drill, all iron tubing for, whether accompanying the drill or imported separately | Is. 6d. per ounce on estimated quantity of saccharin (76). | |
| 09/17 | Scientific apparatus, viz.:—Spectroscope and spectrograph, Dr. Watt’s | As chemicals n.o.e. (80) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/3017 | Soap, olive-oil... | As pictures (147) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/2906 | Steel, in flat narrow strips for making lead calins (claimed as metal wire, plain) | As fancy goods (139) | 20 per cent. |
| 08/3013 | Sundials... | As jewellery (141) | 20 per cent. |
| 09/58 | Surgical appliances, viz.:—Leucodeseent therapeutic lamp | ||
| 09/93 | Sweetening solution containing soluble saccharin | ||
| 09/149 | “Tartaraline,” a substitute for cream of tartar | ||
| 08/2887 | “The Studio on Colour Photography,” a book of detachable pictures | ||
| 08/3016 | Tuck’s “Panorama” series of folding toy-books | ||
| 09/92 | Watch-bracelets, taken to pieces to avoid preferential duty |
W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Minister's Order No. 899.]
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NZ Gazette 1909, No 9
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- W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector