New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 75

Page 2845

✨ Customs and Immigration Notices



Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2845

Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 1st October, 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. Preferential Surtax on Foreign Goods.
* A. & m.s., viz.:— Webbing, woven, of cane or reed, for manufacture of furniture As a. & m.s. (482) .. .. Free.
12/1703
12/1808 Blouse-fasteners, “Greta” .. .. As apparel n.o.e. (88) .. .. 25 per cent.
12/1696 Graphite lubricants, viz.:— Aquadag (water and graphite) .. .. Gredag (grease and graphite) .. .. Oildag (oil and graphite) .. .. As n.o.e. (483) .. .. As axle-grease, &c. (209) .. .. As oil (203) or (211), according to capacity of vessel in which imported. Free. 20 per cent. 10 per cent.
12/1754 Lead strips, H-shaped, for manufacture of lead-light windows As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) 20 per cent. 10 per cent.
12/1325 Machinery n.o.e., viz.:— “Fortuna” skiving-machine, claimed as leather-splitting machine As machinery n.o.e. (182) 20 per cent. 10 per cent.
12/1632 Minor articles, viz.:— Elastic webbing and metal fittings for manufacture of stocking-suspenders (similar to brace elastic and brace mountings) As minor articles, &c. (292) Free.
12/1573 Pictures, viz.: Book entitled “The Nations’ Pictures,” containing pictures affixed at one edge and detachable As pictures (135) .. .. 20 per cent.
12/1767 Pipe-unions of iron, with bronze bushing .. As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) 20 per cent. 10 per cent.
12/704 “Pyrene” fire-extinguishing liquid, for re-charging chemical fire-extinguishers As chemical fire-extinguishers (382) Free .. 10 per cent.
12/1775 Scientific apparatus, viz.:— Machine for testing breaking-strain of twine As scientific apparatus (280) .. .. Free.
12/1758 Shoes, lawn-tennis, &c., with upper sewn to leather welt, which is solutioned or sewn to a moulded indiarubber sole. (This is an extension of the decision in M.O. 983) As shoes, lawn-tennis, &c., with moulded indiarubber soles (96) 22½ per cent. 11¼ per cent.

W. B. MONTGOMERY.
Secretary of Customs.

Minister's Order No. 1023.]

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of AUGUST, 1912, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children. Total Persons. Adults. Children. Total Persons.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
United Kingdom .. .. 185 129 31 37 382 55 33 11 7 106
Queensland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Victoria .. .. 131 77 7 10 225 234 136 13 17 400
New South Wales .. .. 897 519 65 47 1,528 924 522 72 84 1,602
Western Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
South Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tasmania .. .. 69 34 2 1 106 33 19 4 2 58
Fiji .. .. 35 17 2 2 56 30 27 3 2 62
Other British possessions .. .. 36 21 2 3 62* 75 22 5 3 105†
Pacific Islands .. .. 32 14 .. 1 47‡ 23 16 2 .. 41§
Other foreign ports .. .. 24 3 1 2 30 70 22 3 1
Totals, August, 1912.. .. 1,409 814 110 103 2,436 1,444 797 113 116 2,470
Totals, August, 1911.. .. 1,555 834 148 115 2,652 1,559 742 137 93 2,531
  • From Canada. † For Canada. ‡ From Friendly Islands, 5; Society Islands, 16; Navigator Islands, 18; Sandwich Islands, 8. § For Friendly Islands, 15; Society Islands, 12; Navigator Islands, 5; Sandwich Islands, 9. || From San Francisco. ¶ For Monte Video, 49; San Francisco, 45; Port Townsend, U.S.A., 2.


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🏭 Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
1 October 1912
Customs Duties, Tariff Classification, Import Rates, Trade Regulations
  • W. B. Montgomery, Secretary of Customs

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