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New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 20

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✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

APRIL 3.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 31st March, 1924.

T 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.
A. and m.s., viz.:— Bootmakers' materials, viz., “Steel-dome”	As a. and m.s. (643) ...	Free ...	Free ...
Box-toe compound, viz., “Steel-dome”
Paper, viz.,— Decalcomania transfer-paper, when declared for use in making transfers for bicycles, &c., in New Zealand	As a. and m.s. (643) ...	Free ...	Free ...
Heel-pads of sponge-rubber, for wearing inside boots (NOTE.—Similar pads, partly made of leather, are classed under Tariff items 248–250.)	As articles n.e.i. (644) ...	Free ...	Free ...
Boilers, parts of, viz.:— Firebox for the boiler of a steam road-roller, imported separately	As parts of boilers (414)	20 per cent.	30 per cent.
Bottles and jars, viz.:— Jars, plain glass, even if ground at the neck and imported with moulded ground stoppers (Revises decision on “Jars, glass, ground at the neck, &c.,” in M.O. No. 2.)	As plain glass jars (279)	Free ...	10 per cent.
Buckles, viz.:— “Level slide” buckles of metal, having a wide tongue, used in the manufacture of shoes Nickel-plated belt fasteners or buckles, having a slide or similar grip instead of a pointed tongue	As buckles, wholly of metal, &c. (510)	Free ...	5 per cent.
Electric appliances and machinery, viz.:— Japanned metal cases, fitted with leather handles, when imported with the accumulators to which they belong (NOTE.—Any such cases in excess of the number necessary to hold the accumulators imported therewith, and also any such cases imported separately, to be classified under Tariff item 545.)	As parts of electric generators (433A)	Free ...	10 per cent.
Mum-o-phone, an appliance for fitting to a telephone-transmitter, for ensuring privacy in telephonic communications	As appliances peculiar to telephony (433c)	Free ...	10 per cent.
Haberdashery n.e.i., viz.:— Needle-threaders, “Cook’s ” patent	As haberdashery n.e.i. (226)	20 per cent.	30 per cent.
Handles, wooden, for tools, viz.:— Cant-hook handles ... ... ... (NOTE.—The cant-hook itself is classified under Tariff item 547.)	As handles, wooden, for tools, n.e.i. (604)	Free ...	Free ...
Lead, sheet, n.e.i., viz.:— Lead in thin strips, flat or rolled ... (NOTE.—Revises decision on “lead, rolled in strips,” on page 377 of the Tariff-book.)	As sheet lead n.e.i. (397)	2s. per cwt.*	2s. 6d. per cwt.*
Machinery, &c., n.e.i., peculiar to use in manufacturing and industrial processes, viz.:— Cardboard-box-making machinery, viz.,— Combined rotary cutting and scoring machine (Remus Company, Limited, manufacturers) Confectioners' machines, viz.,— Cutting and dipping machine, for making “ Eskimo pie ” Flour-milling machinery, viz.,— Tattersall Patent Midget self-contained roller flour-mill	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free ...	5 per cent.