New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 72

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✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

MINISTER'S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

Record.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff, and Item No.	Rate of Duty.
		British Preferential Tariff.	Intermediate Tariff.
3/118/6	Machinery, &c., peculiar to metal-working, woodworking, stoneworking, or glass-working, viz.:— Box-strapping machine, “Agripta,” for fastening iron strapping around boxes by crimping a special seal to the ends of the strapping (NOTE.—The seals are liable to duty under Tariff item 547.)	As appliances peculiar to metal-working (481)	Free ..
2/37/11	Steam drag-saw, the “Vaughan”—parts to be separately classified as under:— Drag-saw portion, including saw-holder, pitman, counter-shaft, and large chain wheel Steam-engine portion Wooden framework—value to be apportioned between above.	As machinery peculiar to woodworking (481) As steam-engines (423) (1)	Free .. 10 per cent.
2/62	Tire-press, hydraulic, used for fixing and removing the solid rubber tires of motor-vehicle wheels (NOTE.—The runway therefor, with block for lifting heavy wheels, is dutiable under Tariff item 547.)	As machinery, n.e.i. (482)	20 per cent.
3/517	Measuring, &c., machines, instruments, and appliances, viz.:— Measuring-tapes, spring steel, also small metal callipers, for use in measuring in the game of bowls	As measuring-instruments and appliances, n.e.i. (475)	Free ..
3/113	Metal, manufactured articles of, n.e.i., &c., viz.:— Cheque-protector (the “Dimunette”), for impressing on cheques words indicating maximum amounts for which they are drawn, &c.	As manufactured articles of metal, n.e.i. (547)	20 per cent.
†3/113	Cheque-writer (the “Peerless”)	As hardware, n.e.i. (547)	20 per cent.
3/516	Cream-skimmer, viz.:— The “Sanitary Siphon Skimit,” being a small hand pump for drawing off the cream from milk in bottles	As hardware, n.e.i. (547)	20 per cent.
5/33/2	Dome fasteners for carpets, consisting of a dome cap for sewing to a carpet, and stud (to be screwed to the floor) having a specially shaped head on to which the dome cap is pressed	As manufactured articles of metal, n.e.i. (547)	20 per cent.
3/443	Plates, enamelled iron, bearing only the words, “Licensed to sell Milk Tokens”	As muslins, n.e.i. (181)..	20 per cent.
2/264	Varnish-pots on wheels, being large cylindrical pots made from boiler-plate or sheet copper, used in the manufacture of varnish	As rubber tires, bicycle, tricycle, perambulator, and similar, &c. (276)	Free ..
7/36/12	Oils, viz.:— “Socony Daraxle” oil	As oil, n.e.i. (571) or (574), according to capacity of containers	..
7/91/2	Paints, varnishes, &c., viz.:— “See-See” liquid driers	As driers, n.e.i. (579) ..	15 per cent.
†4/127/5 \†4/127/4	Polishes, metal, viz.:— “Lustre,” and “Peerless polish,” being preparations for metal-polishing	As metal-polishes (592) ..	20 per cent.
3/178	Poultry rings, viz.:— Metal in narrow strips, about 3½ in. long, specially shaped and numbered, for leg bands for poultry	As poultry identification rings (528)	Free ..
†8/12/22	Textile piece-goods, viz.:— Muslins or voiles which have a spot, stripe, or other design of any kind, not the result of dyeing processes only	As parts of spades or forks (483)	Free ..
18/36	Tires, rubber, viz.:— Rubber tiring in long or short lengths, not exceeding 1½ in. in diameter, for making into tires for invalids' perambulators, bed-carriages, chair-wheels, and the like	As motor vehicles, n.e.i. (550)	10 per cent.
15/5/8	Tools, &c., viz.:— “D” tops, of metal and wood, used in repairing broken handles of spades and forks
11/32/41	Vehicles, viz.:— International Speed Truck (unsuited for carrying passengers), including enclosed cab for driver

NOTE.—The following decision is cancelled: “Prints, chromos, photo prints, and photo lithographs, when declared solely for use in making calendars.; As a. and m.s.” (See Minister's Order No. 1, gazetted on 3rd August, 1922.)

W. B. MONTGOMERY, Comptroller of Customs.

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