1104

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 30

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 5th May, 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.

Bags, trunks, &c., fittings for, viz.,—
Hat-cones (including spring clips) for attaching to the inside of hat-boxes, trunks, &c. | As a. and m.s. (643) .. | Free .. | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 6/135 | Prints, chromos, photo-prints and photo-lithographs, unmounted, of such descriptions as may be approved by the Minister, on declaration by a calendar-manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of calendars | As a. and m.s. (643) .. | Free .. | Free .. | Free. |
| 30/122/2 | Union textiles n.e.i. in the piece, 50 in. to 56 in. wide, the invoice price of which does not exceed 2s. 6d. per yard, when cut up and made into shirts, pyjamas, or underclothing, in accordance with conditions applicable to union textiles under Tariff item 191 | As a. and m.s. (643) .. | Free .. | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 10/6/9 | Chemicals, drugs, druggists’ sundries, and medicinal preparations, n.e.i., viz.:—
Dextri-maltose, Mead’s No. 1 (claimed as infants’ and invalids’ foods, under Tariff item 63) | } As druggists’ sundries n.e.i. (157) | 20 per cent. | 30 per cent. | 35 per cent. |
| 4/226/5 | Fluid magnesia (Dinneford’s, Hewlett’s, and similar)
(NOTE.—This decision is to take effect on and after 1st September, 1924.) | | | | |
| 12/5/28 | Dental appliances, instruments, and materials, viz.:—
X-ray film mount (Columbia Dental Series) consisting of slotted celluloid sheet with one matt surface, enclosed in a special envelope having spaces cut out for viewing the X-ray photographs | As dental appliances (168) | Free .. | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 20/47/44 | Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:—
Delineascopes, being appliances for projecting pictures from illustrations, postcards, &c., on declaration that they have been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that they will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty | As educational apparatus (624) | Free .. | 10 per cent. | 15 per cent. |
| 3/133 | Electric appliances and materials, viz.:—
Batteries or cells for electric torches, imported detached from the torches, whether in the same shipment or not | As appliances peculiar to the generation, &c., of electricity (433A) | Free .. | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 14/32 | Glass, o.k., viz.:—
Corrugated glass sheets, reinforced by having wire netting embedded therein | As glass, o.k., n.e.i. (281) | Free .. | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 14/37/2 | Glassware n.e.i., viz.:—
Glass standard and globe for “Mushroom” electric table-lamps | As glassware n.e.i. (287) | 20 per cent. | 30 per cent. | 35 per cent. |
| 10/6/9
10/6/9 | Infants’ and invalids’ foods, viz.:—
Protein milk, Mead’s .. ..
Re-co-lac, Mead’s .. .. | } As infants’ and invalids’ foods (63) | Free .. | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 16/71/3 | Lamps, electric, viz.:—
“Gidelite” temperature-indicator, a combined electric lamp and thermometer for fitting on to the radiator of a motor vehicle | As electric lamps n.e.i. (432) | 10 per cent. | 20 per cent. | 30 per cent. |
| 9/67/2 | Leather manufactures n.e.i., viz.:—
Cup leathers for water-meters, pumps, &c. | As leather manufactures n.e.i. (269) | 20 per cent. | 30 per cent. | 35 per cent. |
| 16/62 | Machinery, dairying, &c., viz.:—
Glass cylinders peculiar to use with milking-machines | As machinery, dairying (441) | Free .. | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent. |

• Suspended duty, which may be brought into operation by Order in Council.