New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 56

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✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

JULY 12.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 9th July, 1923.

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.	Intermediate Tariff.
18/37	Apparel, n.e.i., viz.:— Belting of rubber in short lengths suited for making ladies' belts, and with one end moulded to shape A. and m.s., viz.:— Clocks and watches, parts of, viz.,— Bezels fitted with watch-glasses (NOTE.—The watch-glasses are to be separately classified under Tariff item 290.) Hair-spring and balance-wheel, fitted together (NOTE.—The hair-spring is to be separately classified under Tariff item 537.) Main spring fixed in a brass barrel, with ratchet and pawl (NOTE.—The main spring is to be separately classified under Tariff item 537.)	As apparel n.e.i. (228) As a. and m.s. (643) .. As a. and m.s. (643) .. As a. and m.s. (643) ..	25 per cent. Free .. Free .. Free ..
13/21	Yarns, viz.,— Yarn known as "tufting-wick," used in the manufacture of mattresses Articles for public display, viz.:— Animals and birds imported for public zoological parks or gardens Articles, n.e.i., viz.:— Belting of rubber imported in long lengths, for cutting up into sizes suited for the manufacture of ladies' belts Chemicals, viz.:— "Vercosal" patent baking salt Dyes, manufactured, viz.:— Ceylon Cola, a preparation for colouring sausage-casings, hams, smoked fish, &c. Educational apparatus, viz.:— Woodworking machine, the "Universal Woodworker" (on declaration that it has been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that it will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty) Fancy-goods and toys, viz.:— Bead fringe, consisting of strings of glass beads attached to a tape or strip of textile, used chiefly for making lamp-shades †3/44 Toy sets of carpenters' tools (if mounted on cards and invoiced at under £1 5s. per dozen sets, or in boxes and invoiced at under £1 14s. per dozen sets) (NOTE.—These sets, if invoiced at prices exceeding those mentioned above, are admissible as "Artificers' tools n.e.i.," Tariff item 483.) (Revises decision in M.O. No. 4.) Infants' and invalids' foods, viz.:— Coors' pure malted milk Nestle's malted milk Machinery, &c., n.e.i., peculiar to use in manufacturing and industrial processes, viz.:— Bootmaking and leather-working, viz.,— Polishing and brushing machine, the B.U.S.M. Co.'s No. 2, mounted on a metal column or stand, used for polishing and brushing boots in the process of manufacture Buckets made of acid-proof materials known as "Vitalite" or "Hardite," used in dye-works	As articles for display in public parks (313) As articles n.e.i. (644) .. As chemical preparations n e.i. (128) As dyes, manufactured (145) As educational apparatus (624) As fancy-goods (320) .. As toys (320) .. ) As infants' and invalids' foods (63) ) As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free .. Free .. 20 per cent. Free .. Free .. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. Free .. Free ..
20/156/2
22/253/6
18/37
10/85/2
4/113
20/47/34
13/91
10/26/4
10/26/7
2/34/28
20/158