New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 72

Page 2703

✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

OCT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2703

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 2nd October, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—"Not elsewhere included" appears as n.e.i.; "other kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited for, and to be used solely in the fabrication or repair of goods within New Zealand" as a. and m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

Record.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff, and Item No.	Rate of Duty: British Preferential Tariff	Rate of Duty: Intermediate Tariff	Rate of Duty: General Tariff
	A. and m.s., viz. :—
†20/128	Cordage and twine— Twine, brushmakers', from 2 to 4 ply, if cut into lengths not exceeding 12 in.	As a. and m.s. (643)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
6/8/15	Paper, viz. :— Japanese copying-paper, in sheets not less than 20 in. by 15 1/2 in. or the equivalent, if declared for use in the manufacture of copying-letter books	As a. and m.s. (643)	Free	Free	Free.
11/39	Vehicles, all kinds, fittings for, viz. :— Aluminium step-edging, being fluted or plain angle aluminium in lengths, for motor-car step-plates, or for carriage-mountings	As a. and m.s. (643)	Free	10 per cent.	10 per cent.
20/147	Articles, n.e.i., viz. :— Phylacteries or tefillin, being emblems used in religious ceremonies in Jewish synagogues	As articles, n.e.i. (644)	Free	Free	Free.
†4/108	Colours, natural or artificial, non-spirituous solutions of, viz. :— Essence of cochineal, non-spirituous	As non-spirituous solutions of natural or artificial colours (145)	Free	10 per cent.	10 per cent.
20/101/9	Educational apparatus, viz. :— Cress's Ezy-Art three-fold book slate, of cardboard, and ABC blackboard, with or without game on back, used in Kindergarten schools	As educational apparatus (624)	Free	Free	Free.
2/29	Engines, gas and oil, viz. :— Compressed-air receivers for starting or charging oil-engines, when imported with the engine to which they belong	As parts of oil-engines (418)	..	..	..
3/408/2	Machines and implements, agricultural, n.e.i., viz. :— Bulb bath, a cylindrical metal vessel for destroying disease in bulbs by immersing them in hot water automatically kept at a constant temperature	As agricultural implements, n.e.i. (436)	Free	Free	Free.
16/62	Machinery, dairying, &c., viz. :— Milk-testers, "Babcock"	As machinery, dairying (441)	Free	5 per cent.*	10 per cent.*
2/126	Machines, viz., grinding-mills, &c., viz. :— "Devil" disintegrator, for grinding bones, &c. (not having agitators or mixing apparatus)	As grinding-mill (476)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
	Machinery, machines, machine tools, and appliances, n.e.i., peculiar to use in manufacturing and industrial processes, viz. :—
2/268	Bottle-filling machine, the "Kawartha," for filling milk into bottles	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
2/268	Bottle-capping machine, hand-operated, the "Alpha," for affixing cardboard caps to milk-bottles	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
2/49/3	Crowning-machine, hand-operated, the "Niagara," for fixing crown corks on bottles	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
	Printers' machines, &c., viz. :—
2/18/31	Printing-press, "Golding Art Jobber"	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
	Flockmaking machine, viz. :—
2/109/3	Machine for tearing rags to pieces for the manufacture of flock	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
	Seed-filling machine, viz. :—
2/285	Johnston's "Lightning Filler," suitable only for filling seed into small bags	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
†2/44/4	Stapler, automatic, power-driven, specially suited for making strawberry or cardboard boxes	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
3/518	Tire-applying machine with joint-closer, used in joining ends of rubber tires (with internal wire) and fitting them to carriage-wheels	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
†2/44/4	Wire-stitching and stapling machines, power or foot driven, specially suited for binding books and booklets, and not suited for office use	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
	Woollen-mill machinery, viz. :—
2/54	Piece-scouring and milling machine combined, Dyson's, for cleaning cloth in the piece after manufacture, and reducing it to the desired thickness and width (not being a washing-machine)	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free	5 per cent.	10 per cent.