Customs Duties Decisions




JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1933

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 10th June, 1912.

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.
12/903 A. & m.s., viz.:— Brass mouldings in the rough, for framing brass name-plates As a. & m.s. (482) Free.
12/1028 Collar-stiffeners, celluloid bands for sewing inside neck of a dress
12/1011 Oiled silk, waterproof, for manufacture of overcoats
12/817 Silver-chloride
12/798 Steel ribbon, for manufacture of lock-springs
12/727 Bits, rings with link for .. As saddlery (parts of bits (102) 20 per cent.
12/728 Boots, pompons for (claimed free as boot ornaments) As haberdashery n.o.e. (81) 20 per cent.
12/953 Cardboard flower-pots As n.o.e. (483) Free.
12/885 Chair, invalid rolling As furniture n.o.e. (111) 25 per cent.
12/780 Electric appliances, viz.:— Conduit piping junction boxes of iron, fitted with vulcanite discs (claimed as fittings for iron pipes) As electric appliances n.o.e. (176) 20 per cent.
12/780 Discs, vulcanite, bored, for conduit piping junction boxes
12/950 Electric garage lamps, being portable hand-lamps As electric lamps (169) 10 per cent.
12/987 Glass accumulator jars As parts of battery cells (176) 20 per cent.
12/837 Starting compensators, hand operated, for alternating current motors As electric appliances n.o.e. (176) 20 per cent.
11/1936 Health foods, sold as containing approximately 20 per cent. and 40 per cent. of gluten in combination with starchy foods As infants’ and invalids’ farinaceous foods (250) Free.
†12/998 Insecticides for agricultural uses—viz., red oils or crude mineral oils, denatured before importation by the addition of not less than 1½ lb. of rosin to the gallon, such rosin being completely dissolved in the said oils As insecticides for agricultural uses (275) Free.
12/882 Lacquers, spirit As lacquer (207) 2s. the gall.
12/863 Laths for tops and bottoms of venetian blinds As timber, sawn, dressed (191) 4s. the 100 sup. ft.
12/820 Machines, emery-grinding, viz.:— Machine for grinding woollen-mill card clothing As emery grinding-machine (377) Free.
12/921 Machinery, n.o.e., viz.:— Bookbinders’ drilling or stabbing machine to make holes for book-sewing machine As machinery n.o.e. (182) 20 per cent.
12/980 Hoffman press, for pressing clothes (claimed as woollen-mill machinery)
12/728 Slugger awls for boot-slugging machine..
12/863 Moulding, wooden, half-round, for awnings As woodenware n.o.e. (201) 20 per cent.
12/984 Scientific apparatus, viz.:— Glass aspirators and hydrometer cylinders As scientific apparatus (280) Free.
12/986 Oil-cups, covers and filters, being peculiar to CO₂ recorder
12/842 Spirit lamps, “Pallad,” specially suited for laboratory use
12/895 Test-glasses, plain or graded in cubic centimetres
12/852 Surgical instruments, viz.:— Electric eye magnet, to remove metal from the eyes As surgical instrument (279) Free.

NOTE.—M.O. 999, “. . . steam drying press . . . as type-casting machine, &c.” Boiler therefor, whether imported attached to press or not, is dutiable under Item 172. (See note at commencement of Tariff.)

The following decisions are cancelled:—
Page 85.—“Holders, including handles for portable incandescent lamps, as electric appliances n.o.e., &c.”
Page 118.—“Lens-grinding machine, as machinery n.o.e., &c.” (See G.O. 201 of 3rd November, 1911.)

W. B. MONTGOMERY.
Secretary of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 1005.]



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🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 June 1912
Customs Duties, Tariff Classification, Import Duties, Trade Regulations
  • W. B. Montgomery, Secretary of Customs