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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 14th January, 1924.

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.

Agricultural implements and machines, materials for, viz.,—
Discs peculiarly suited for the manufacture of turnip-ridgers | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | Free | Free. |
| 3/236/3 | Boilers, unbored steel standpipes for the manufacture of | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | 20 per cent. | 20 per cent. |
| †20/129/5 | Cordage and twine, viz.,—
Twine, 3- to 8-ply jute, for weaving the backing of carpets and floor-rugs, on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used at his factory for that purpose only
(Revises decision on page 67 of the Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 13/65/3 | Dolls, materials for making, viz.,—
Dolls’ wigs, the invoice price of which does not exceed 7s. 6d. each, when declared for the manufacture of dolls in New Zealand | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | Free | Free. |
| †3/159/3 | Metal “sections” in lengths, not bored or otherwise worked (being angles or channels, or H-shaped or similar sections), of copper, tin, zinc, aluminium, or alloys thereof such as brass, bronze, yellow metal, or red metal, produced by either the rolling or extrusion process
(NOTE.—Cancels decision on metal stair nosing in M.O. 17, and decision on copper strips, H-shaped, on page 369 of Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| †7/1/17 | Oils containing sulphuric acid combined as sulphonate, equivalent to 1 per cent. sulphoricinoleic acid
(Revises decision on oils, sulphonated, on page 77 of Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (643) | Free | Free | Free. |
| 20/24/3 | Electric appliances and machinery, viz. :—
Slate panels, drilled so as to be specially suited for switchboards | As parts of switchboards (433B) | Free | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 9/90 | Leather, viz. :—
Leather (other than sheep-skins or lamb-skins), suede dressed, whether known as “Nubuck,” “Fawnbuck,” or “Velvet,” or under any other proprietary name | As suede leathers (other than sheep-skins or lamb-skins) (240A) | Free | Free | Free. |
| 20/10/23 | Life-saving apparatus, n.e.i., viz. :—
Line-throwing guns, specially suited for throwing lines to ships | As life-saving apparatus n.e.i. (632) | Free | Free | Free. |
| 16/70 | Machines and instruments, adding and computing, viz. :—
Calculating slide rules | As computing instruments (473) | 20 per cent. | 20 per cent. | 20 per cent. |
| 2/49/16 | Machines and apparatus peculiar to use in aerating liquids, viz. :—
“Fontagene” soda fountain machine (not including syrup-pumps or other accessories) | As apparatus peculiar to use in aerating liquids (435) | Free | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 2/302 | Machinery, &c., n.e.i., peculiar to use in manufacturing and industrial processes, viz. :—
Apple-grater, a machine for grating apples to make cider | As machines, &c., n.e.i., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2) | Free | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 2/267/4 | Bookmaking and leather working, viz.,—
Staking-machine, used by tanners to make leather pliable after tanning | | | | |
| 3/545/3 | Turning - machine, used in making leather gloves, to turn the glove fingers inside out | | | | |