New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 71

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✨ Customs Duties Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No 71

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Customs Department, Wellington, 4th August, 1920.

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.
5/37/6	A. and m.s., viz.:—
Celophane for hatmaking, of kinds similar to straw plait for hatmaking, not being hat and bonnet trimmings
3/189/2	Gas-cookers, fittings for the manufacture of, viz.:—
Enamelled iron plates, bored, or having edge turned over, specially suited for lining the backs and sides of gas-cooker ovens	As a. and m.s. (482) ..	Free.
6/11/4	Photo-prints, when declared solely for use in fancy-box making
3/40/10	Saw-tooth wire, in the piece, used for attaching to burr-rollers (woollen-mill machinery) for teasing wool in process of manufacture
5/102	Webbing, viz.:—
Men’s body-belt webbing, of wool, union, cotton, or linen, of kinds similar to saddlers’ brace, girth, and roller-webs
6/1/246	Advertising-matter, viz.:—
Catalogue entitled “Engineer’s Standard Catalogues (British Standard Exporter Series)”	As catalogues of firms having no established business in New Zealand (142)	Free.
6/1/245	Catalogue entitled “The Iron Age Catalogue of American Exports”
6/1/244	Book entitled “Baby’s Record,” containing spaces for recording the history and development of the baby	As manufactured stationery (153) ..	25 per cent…
4/124/3	Candles, viz.:—
Price’s special lights, with two wicks in tins, when imported complete	As candles (223) ..	1½d. the lb…	¾d. the lb.
3/225/5	Cores, metal adjustable segment, used inside the casing of motor-vehicle tires in the process of retreading	As artificers’ tools n.o.e. (359) ..	Free.
20/35	Cork boards, of compressed granulated cork, for laying under linoleum on concrete floors	As n.o.e. (483) ..	Free.
12/25/3	Dental appliances, viz.:—
Mercury bottles, cowhorn	As dental appliances (279) ..	Free.
12/25/3	“Dentistol,” a preparation used for lubricating dentists’ casting-outfits	As chemical preparations n.o.e. (70)	20 per cent…
3/40/10	Links, viz.:—
“S” links being renewals for chain belting for driving machinery	As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183)	20 per cent…	10 per cent.
2/44	Machines, sewing, viz.:—
Bookbinders’ wire-stitching machine, the “Monitor” (not including electric motor)	As sewing-machines (417) ..	Free.
15/65	“Music-roll examiner,” an appliance used in examining and repairing music-rolls for player-pianos	As artificers’ tools (359) ..	Free.
16/52	Scientific apparatus, viz.:—
“Brinell hardness tester” (Avery’s) for testing the hardness of metals	As scientific apparatus (280) ..	Free.
13/78	Targets, printed cardboard, for miniature-rifle shooting	As sporting requisites n.o.e. (127) ..	20 per cent…

NOTE.—The following decision is cancelled: “Pianos, materials for the manufacture of, viz.: Frames, iron, attached to a soundboard and wrest plank, but not strung with wires and not having tuning-pins inserted—as A. and m.s.” (See Minister’s Order D. 48, gazetted on 11th March, 1920.)

W. B. MONTGOMERY, Comptroller of Customs.

Minister’s Order D. 52.]

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