July 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1797

MINISTER’S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

As a. & m.s.—continued.

Dress-preservers, suited only for use in making up apparel .. .. Free .. 10 per cent. 10 per cent.

Fasteners for apparel, viz.—

Blouse-fasteners consisting of two strips of textile, one buttonholed and the other with buttons attached .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Dome fasteners .. .. .. .. .. }

Plaquet-fasteners, also plaquet-grips set in textile, braid, or galloons .. }

Press studs, substitute for buttons for ladies’ blouses .. .. .. }

Fasteners for boxes—

Cary’s box-fasteners, for fastening butter and cheese boxes .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Corrugated saw-edge fasteners, for joining edges of boards, or for fastening corners of wooden boxes .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Metal fasteners for making cardboard boxes .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

“Securitas” cramps and lances (used in making wooden boxes) .. .. }

Featherbone, covered or uncovered .. .. .. .. .. Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Fenders, brass mountings and fittings for manufacture of, whether lacquered or otherwise—viz., knobs, rail-supports, and terminals

Fishing-rods, materials specially suited for the manufacture of, viz.—

Joints, metal, in the rough .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Snake rings .. .. .. .. .. }

Split-cane rod, in the rough, consisting of sections of cane glued together .. .. .. .. .. }

Fittings, “Blouse tidee,” similar to fittings for stocking-suspenders .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Fittings, celluloid, for the manufacture of garters .. .. .. }

Fittings, metal, for the manufacture of stocking-suspenders .. .. .. Free .. Free .. Free.

Flour-dressing silk, eyeletting on canvas strips for binding .. .. .. Free .. Free .. Free.

Flowers, artificial, stamens for the manufacture of .. .. .. Free .. Free .. Free.

Furniture, fittings, &c., for—

Blinds, venetian, check-actions and wooden pulleys for manufacture of .. Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Cane banding for making rattan furniture .. .. .. .. .. Free .. Free .. Free.

Capsules, nickel, for bamboo furniture .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Card-holders, also card-holders and drawer-pulls combined, specially suited for the manufacture of index, stationery, and similar cabinets .. .. .. }

Rubber rings for manufacture of billiard-table pockets .. .. .. }

Rubber tire-rings for bedstead and other castors .. .. .. }

Rush, plaited, for making chairs .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Webbing, woven, of cane or reed, for manufacture of furniture .. .. .. }

Wooden inlaying-strips, composite or plain, used in the manufacture of furniture .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Wooden inlays and plain unframed inlaid wooden panels, used in the manufacture of furniture, trays, fancy boxes, &c. .. .. .. }

Furriers’ accessories, viz.—

Artificial eyes (wired), cardboard skull-shapes and snouts, for use in the manufacture of furs .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Fur-clips, of approved pattern, whether of metal or of metal with one-half covered with textile, specially suited for use in the manufacture of furs .. .. .. .. .. }

Gas-igniters, electro-catalytic, metal threaded brass caps for manufacture of .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Gas-mantles, asbestos cord specially suited for the manufacture of .. .. .. }

Gas-mantles, cotton, raw and unsteeped .. .. .. .. .. }

Gas-mantles, inverted incandescent, magnesium rings for making .. .. .. }

Gates, railings, finials, and similar articles, iron fittings (drop forgings) in the rough for the manufacture of .. .. .. .. .. Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Glass jewels, rondelles, and tinted bullions, for manufacture of leaded lights .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Glasses for bottoms of carriage roof-lamps .. .. .. .. .. }

Guns, shot, materials for the manufacture of, viz.—

Metal parts and fittings, including barrels, in the rough, i.e., not advanced beyond a stage of completion to be approved by the Minister .. .. .. Free .. 5 per cent. 10 per cent.

Hatmakers’ materials, viz.—

Boards for making college caps (“mortar-boards”) .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Braid or lace, gold and silver, when cut into lengths not exceeding 28 in. and declared for hat and cap making .. .. .. }

Buttons (octagonal pieces of paper and textile for finishing straw hats) .. .. }

Cap-peaks, canvas or cardboard shapes for .. .. .. .. .. }

Cork bodies for making helmets .. .. .. .. .. }

Fasteners, clip, for fastening crowns of hats to brims .. .. .. }

Felt, tubular, in short lengths, suitable only for making ladies’ hats .. .. }

Hat-sweats, of leather-cloth, being substitutes for hatters’ leathers .. .. }

“Lion’s head” hat-brim retainers .. .. .. .. .. }

Plateaux, flat, circular, of felt, for manufacture of hats .. .. .. }

Springs, metal, for supporting crowns of uniform caps .. .. .. }

Straw plaits and similar materials—

Cellophane for hatmaking, of kinds similar to straw plait for hatmaking, not being hat and bonnet trimmings .. .. .. .. .. } Free .. Free .. Free.

Fabrics peculiar to hatmaking (not including lace or millinery trimmings), composed of straw, rush, or imitation straw or rush, or of any of these materials plaited or woven with cotton, linen, silk, wool, or other fibres .. .. .. .. .. }

Hemp braid (suitable as substitute for straw plait for hatmaking) .. .. .. }

Paper cloth, woven, declared solely for the manufacture of hats .. .. .. }

Sparterie .. .. .. .. .. }

Straw plait, imitation straw plait, fancy straw plait, and fancy imitation straw plait for hat and bonnet making, not being hat and bonnet trimmings .. .. .. .. .. }

Straw plait and imitation straw plait, mixed with chenille, for hat and bonnet making, not being hat and bonnet trimmings .. .. .. }

Wood shavings, woven, in the flat, declared for use in making ladies’ hats .. .. .. .. .. }

Tin tubes for rattans for making hats .. .. .. .. .. }

Wire piping (covered wire) and ribbon wire .. .. .. .. .. }

Wires, hatters’, used in stiffening hat-brims .. .. .. .. .. }

Hooks and eyes, tent .. .. .. .. .. Free .. Free .. Free.