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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109
Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.
Customs Department, Wellington, 7th August, 1918.
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. | |||
| 13/65 | A. & m.s., viz.:— | ||
| Dolls, materials for making—viz., celluloid faces declared for the manufacture of dolls in New Zealand | As a. & m.s. (482) | .. | Free. |
| †9/5/11 | Oils, sulphonated (including “Avirol” and “Tetrapole”), suited only for tanners’ or dyers’ use | .. | |
| 6/109 | Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes, materials for the packing of—viz., herringbone-paper, tissue-paper, and albumenoid paste, of qualities approved by the Minister, when declared for use in packing tobacco, cigars, or cigarettes in a bonded tobacco-factory | .. | |
| 13/63 | Bags, leather, or imitation leather, suited for carrying in the pocket, and containing a small quantity of face-powder (known as “Vanity Bags”) | As fancy goods (127) | .. |
| 20/105 | Blue—viz., soluble prussian blue for use in the manufacture of starch | As blue (222) | .. |
| 5/96 | Cotton tubular-woven cloths which have been used as meat-wraps and reclaimed for use as engineers’ hand-cloths | As n.o.e. (483) | .. |
| 3/378 | Ear-piercers, steel, for jewellers’ use | As artificers’ tools n.o.e. (359) | .. |
| 14/14/2 | Glass—viz., “thread-glass,” being sheets composed of two transverse layers of thin glass tubes or rods, with or without colouring between the layers, and having paper-bound edges | As glass, other kinds n.o.e. (322) | .. |
| 3/119/2 | Lamp reflectors (being convex mirrors of silvered glass) for motor-car lamps | As lamps (parts of) (122) | .. |
| 9/38 | Leather—viz., clutch leathers (whether joined or in lengths) for motor-cars, imported separately | As leather belting (97) | .. |
| 3/375 | Mats, wire, being door-mats or for motor-cars | As mats (109) | .. |
| 20/107 | Mica in sheets (including sheets cut to shape for heating-lamps) | As electrical insulating material (375) or as n.o.e. (483) | .. |
| 13/40 | Pitch-pipes (Eardley’s Patent Chromatic) used in tuning organs | As n.o.e. (483) | .. |
Minister’s Order D. 34.] W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.
Immigration and Emigration Returns.
RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of JULY, 1918, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.
ARRIVALS FROM AND DEPARTURES TO DIFFERENT PLACES.
| Countries. | ARRIVALS. | DEPARTURES. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Total Persons. | Adults. | Children. | Total Persons. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| United Kingdom | .. | .. | 4 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 82 | .. | .. | .. |
| Australian Commonwealth | .. | .. | 333 | 228 | 26 | 27 | 614 | 361 | 296 | 49 |
| Fiji | .. | .. | 30 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 7 | .. |
| Cook Islands | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | .. |
| Canada | .. | .. | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | .. | .. | .. |
| United States | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 |
| Hawaii | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
| Samoa | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 2 | .. | 14 | 6 | 8 | .. |
| Foreign Pacific Islands (undefined) | .. | .. | 91 | 9 | .. | .. | 100 | 19 | 8 | .. |
| Totals, July, 1918 | .. | .. | 490 | 343 | 40 | 36 | 909 | 433 | 329 | 50 |
| Totals, July, 1917 | .. | .. | 755 | 365 | 51 | 52 | 1,223 | 461 | 413 | 41 |
The excess of the arrivals in New Zealand over the departures therefrom during the month of July, 1918, was therefore 55 persons, as against 269 in the corresponding month of 1917.
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