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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1
Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.
Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 9th January, 1911.
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 Preferential
Tariff. Surtax on Foreign Goods.
10/2042 Agricultural implements, viz. : -
Mouth-gags, "Climax," for keeping open mouths of horses and cattle during operations
As agricultural implements n.o.e. (362)
Free.
Straps for same, if imported separately .. A. & m.s., viz. : -
10/1918 Tinfoil discs for placing inside metal caps or covers of preserve jars
As leather manufactures n.o.e. (111)
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
As a. & m.s. (485)
Free.
10/2041 Boots, top banding for, in the piece, with name of New Zealand manufacturer recurring at intervals not exceeding 12 in. each
As bootmakers' linings (313)
Free.
Electric appliances, viz. : -
10/1959 Cut-outs, automatic, for dynamos-
If imported, attached to dynamos
If imported unattached
As parts of electric generators (183)
10 per cent.
5 per cent.
As electric appliances n.o.e. (190).
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
10/2005 Gates, metal fittings for manufacture of, viz. : -
Slip tees, cast iron
As fittings for iron pipes, according to size
Latches, hinges, split tees and double split tees, of cast iron
As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (197)
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
10/2182 Imposing surface and stand..... As printing materials n.o.e. (416).
Free
10 per cent.
10/1907 Lamp, motor, "Aetna," for starting oil-engines (claimed as parts of oil-engines)
As lamps n.o.e. (134)
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
Machines, agricultural, viz. : -
10/2088 Groomer, power, for grooming horses, except the brush (indistinguishable from sheep-shearing machine)
As agricultural machines n.o.e. (362)
Free.
Brush used with same.... As brushware (261)...
25 per cent.
12½ per cent.
Machinery n.o.e., viz. : -
10/2035 Air-compressor, for use in quarrying road metal (claimed as air-compressors for mining purposes)
As machinery n.o.e. (196)
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
10/2158 Bookbinders' round - cornering machine and stabbing-attachment (claimed as artificers' tool)
10/2075 Conveyor for removing coal from mine-trucks to coal-bins
10/2096 Perambulator - wheels, rims, hubs, and spokes for, ready for building up (claimed as fittings for perambulators)
As parts of wheels for perambulators (211)
20 per cent.
10 per cent.
10/2185 Showcard, with thermometer thereon .. As showcard (162).....
25 per cent.
12½ per cent.
Textiles, articles made of, viz. : -
+10/1958 Brush and comb bags, glove-bags, hand-kerchief - bags, Ottoman cushions, sachets made of textile or textile and padding, shaving-bags, and wall-pockets
As articles n.o.e. made of textile, &c. (88)
20 per cent.
W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary of Customs.
Minister's Order No. 952.]
Branch of Friendly Society registered.
The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office.
Wellington, 23rd December, 1910.
THE St. Patrick's Branch, situated at Meanee, Hawke's Bay, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 23rd day of December, 1910.
ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Special Meetings of Auckland Land Board.
District Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th January, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Auckland Land Board has resolved to hold special meetings on Thursday, 12th January, at Rotorua; Thursday, 9th February, at Tauranga ; Wednesday, 15th March, at Whangarei ; Wednesday, 12th April, at Te Kuiti ; Thursday, 11th May, at Hamilton ; Thursday, 15th June, at Thames ; Thursday, 13th July, at Rotorua ; Thursday, 10th August, at Whangarei ; Wednesday, 13th September, at Tauranga ; Thursday, 12th October, at Hamilton ; Thursday, 16th November, at Thames ; and Thursday, 14th December, at Te Kuiti, during the year 1911.
ERIC. C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.