New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 75

Page 2741

✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2741

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 11th November, 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.

Record.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff, and Item No.	Rate of Duty.
			British Preferential Tariff.	Intermediate Tariff.	General Tariff.
20/143	A. and m.s., viz. :— Cellophane in sheets or rolls not printed, lithographed, or ruled	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
20/180	Gasket, Wirf’s (or “Airtite cushion”) for making windows or doors draught- and dust-proof	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
5/49/2	Piping-cord, cotton, for milliners’ use (similar in appearance to wire piping, but containing no metal)	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
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 which otherwise will be completely manufactured in New Zealand from paper and/or cardboard in ordinary commercial conditions and large sizes as usually purchased by manufacturing stationers (NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 23.)	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
4/277	Steel pickle, “K 99,” for use in removing scale from bar and sheet steel prior to galvanizing, &c.	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
9/50/3	Vehicles, all kinds, fittings for, viz.,— “Wire-on drip moulding” (being a welting so shaped as to act also as a gutter to carry off water) for use in making limousine-tops	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
8/68/2	Textiles, viz.,— Cotton net, plain, stiffened, on declaration that it will be used solely in the manufacture of Christmas stockings	As a. and m.s. (643) ..	Free ..	10 per cent.	10 per cent.
6/42/4	Articles n.e.i., viz. :— “Dixotype” facing paste powder, for use in making matrices	} As articles n.e.i. (644)	Free ..	Free ..	Free.
20/85/2	Letters or figures of celluloid or similar composition, for affixing to windows, &c.
17/5/3	Cement, Portland, &c., viz. :— “Atlas White Cement” .. ..	As cement, Portland, &c. (304)	1s. per cwt.	1s. 6d. per cwt.	1s. 6d. per cwt.
4/62/6	Chemicals n.e.i., viz. :— “Atmosterol,” a preparation for treating meat to prevent putrefaction	As chemicals n.e.i. (128)	20 per cent.	30 per cent.	35 per cent.
20/100/3	Glass, o.k., viz. :— Vitrolite wall-slabs, with-plain cut (i.e., not rounded, polished, or similarly worked), edges or with plain moulded edges, in sizes of 5 square feet or upwards	As glass, o.k., n.e.i. (281)	Free ..	10 per cent.	10 per cent.
2/341	Grinding-mills, viz. :— Refuse-masticator, the “Lightning,” for pulverizing house-refuse	As grinding-mills (476)	Free ..	5 per cent.	10 per cent.
5/99	Haberdashery n.e.i., viz. :— Dress trimmings in the piece, with imitation flowers at intervals	As haberdashery n.e.i., (226)	20 per cent.	30 per cent.	35 per cent.
2/246/3	Machines, implements, and parts, agricultural, viz. :— Cultivators, having tines made of spring steel, or having a spring or springs between the connections of the tines and the frame	As spring-tined cultivators (437)	10 per cent.	15 per cent.	20 per cent.