✨ Customs Duty Decisions
SEPT. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.
Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 3rd September, 1913.
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 | ||
| 3/19 | Agricultural implements, viz.:— Garden hand seed-sower, Robinson’s patent | As agricultural implements n.o.e. (357) | Free. |
| 10/9 | Almonds, salted Almonds, devilled A. & m.s., viz.:— | As almonds (248) | Free. |
| 3/27 | Metal stampings, once buffed, for the manufacture of plated ware | As a. & m.s. (482) | Free. |
| 4/19 | Nitrate of ammonium | ||
| 3/20 | Steel blanks, plain, for the manufacture of cams for brush-making machines | As woodenware n.o.e. (201) | 20 per cent. |
| 4/21 | Tri-nitro-toluol, used in the manufacture of explosives | As spring car-blinds of wood, for railways or tramways (245) | 25 per cent. |
| 5/5 | Woven wood shavings in the flat, if declared for use in making ladies’ hats | As saddlers’ ironmongery (315) | Free. |
| 15/4 | Blinds, bamboo | As timber, sawn, dressed (191) | 4s. the 100 sup. ft. |
| † | Blinds, viz.: Spring car-blinds of wood, for railways or tramways | As n.o.e. (483) | Free. |
| 2/24 | Brushes, circular tentering, for woollen-mill, if imported detached | As cotton or linen piece-goods, and unions of the same, n.o.e. (286) | Free. |
| 3/30 | Bull-leading snaps, with pole-socket and chain attached | As dental appliances (279) | Free. |
| †13/546 | Butter-box shook, cut to size, of dressed timber tongued and grooved and glued together | As stationery n.o.e. (148) | 20 per cent. |
| 20/5 | Catgut, in twisted strands, in the piece, for fishing-lines | As parts of gramophones (131) | 20 per cent. |
| †8/5 | Cotton or linen piece-goods and unions of the same, n.o.e., having thereon patterns, woven devices, or other designs, which indicate that they are to be cut up into separate articles or to be manufactured into separate articles, provided that the weaving of each piece is continuous, and also that such piece represents not less than six articles, or that, if representing less than six articles, the length of such piece is not less than six yards Weaving is to be regarded as continuous unless there is a clear break in the cross-threads of the weaving exceeding in measurement ⅛ in. | As hatmakers’ linings (289) | Free. |
| 12/3 | Dental appliances, viz.:— Bracket, peculiarly suited to support a dental engine | As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) | 20 per cent. |
| 6/10 | Files or folios of cardboard, unprinted, used in technical schools for holding drawings, &c. | As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) | 20 per cent. |
| 13/9 | Gramophones, clockwork motors for | ||
| †13/374/7 | Hat tips and other sewn hat linings | ||
| 3/25 | Hoop iron in lengths, punched at one end and flared to fit casks | ||
| 2/25 | Horn, electric motor, the “Klaxonet,” being a horn with an electric motor forming an integral part of same | As agricultural machines n.o.e. (357) | Free. |
| 2/23 | Machines, agricultural, viz.:— Manure-mixing machine | As dairying machinery (396) | Free |
| 2/26 | Machinery, dairying, viz.:— Butter-packing machine, for packing butter into cases | As mining machinery (397) | Free |
| 2/27 | Milk-homogenizer | As air-compressor for mining purposes (on declaration) (397) | Free |
| 2/7/2 | Machinery, mining, viz.:— Electric air channeller, parts of, to be classified as under— Channeller Air-pulsator Motor Controller and fuse box Rails Hose | As electric motor (169) As electric appliances n.o.e. (176) As rails for tramways (413) As canvas, indiarubber, or other hose (449) Value to be apportioned between channeler, air-pulsator, and motor. | 10 per cent. 20 per cent. Free Free |
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