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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 1

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, N.Z., 5th January, 1925.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office.—Establishment of Agency at Maungaturoto.

IT is notified for public information that an Agency of the Public Trust Office will be opened at an early date at Maungaturoto in charge of Mr. William Collins as Agent.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of December, 1924.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Removal of Depreciated-currency Duty.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 7th January, 1925.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Minister of Customs has been requested to determine whether or not the undermentioned classes or kinds of goods should be exempted from depreciated-currency duty when imported from countries having depreciated currencies. These goods are at present subject to depreciated-currency duty when imported from certain countries.
Firearms.
Paper, writing.
Paper, printing.
Perfumed spirits and Cologne water, if, under the Tariff, liable to ad valorem duty.
Pianofortes.
Pipes, tubes, and tubing of cast or wrought iron (including boiler-tubes, flanged or unflanged), and knees, bends, elbows, junction and inspection boxes and covers, and any other fittings of any material for the same.
The goods included under the Tariff headings quoted here-under :-
Class VII : Glass, &c.—Empty plain glass bottles, not being cut or ground; infants' feeding-bottles, with or without attachments; jars, plain glass.
Glass, bevelled, silvered, or with rounded or polished edges; mirrors and looking-glasses, framed or unframed.
Glassware, n.e.i.; globes and chimneys for lamps, n.e.i.
Roofing tiles, ridging and finials, glass and earthen ; sheets, plain or corrugated ; roofing slates and tiles, ridging, and finials, composed of cement and asbestos or of similar materials ; plaster-pulp sheets, plain and unornamental.
Class VIII : Fancy goods, &c.—Toilet preparations and perfumery, n.e.i., including perfumed oil.
Class IX : Paper—Wrapping-paper, all kinds, glazed, mill-glazed, or unglazed, including browns, caps, casings, sulphites, sugars, and all other bag papers, candle carton paper, tissues, and tinfoil paper, not printed, n.e.i., in sheets or rolls of any size, if, under the Tariff, liable to ad valorem duty.
Class X : Metals—Iron, galvanized or plain black — viz., rod, bolt, bar, angle, tee, channel, and rolled girders.
Iron, plain sheet, plain plate, and hoop (less than 6 in. in width), whether black, polished, enamelled, plated, tinned, galvanized, or otherwise coated with metal, n.e.i. ; rolled chequered iron plates, plain black.
Rails for railways and tramways, including layouts, points, and crossings for the same ; rail-fastenings—viz., fishplates, creep-clips, tie-irons, bearing-brackets, bed-plates, cast-iron chocks, bored iron bars.

Before deciding the matter, the Minister hereby invites any person who considers that the importation of such goods without such duty being charged thereon would prejudicially or injuriously affect his industry or business, or who would be aggrieved if such duty were not charged on such goods, to make a complaint in the prescribed form.
The Minister also invites any person who considers that the imposition of depreciated-currency duty on such goods does prejudicially or injuriously affect his industry or business, or who is aggrieved by the imposition of such duty, to state in the prescribed form any reasons he may desire to offer why such duty should not be imposed.
Such complaint or statement will be regarded as strictly confidential. It must reach this office not later than one month from the date of the publication of this notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
Any complaint or statement already received in connection with the classes or kinds of goods referred to above will receive full consideration before the matter is decided.
GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

Goods subject to Depreciated-currency Duty.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 7th January, 1925.
IT is hereby notified for public information that the Minister of Customs has decided to remove as on and from the 9th day of April, 1925, the undermentioned articles from the list of goods subject to depreciated-currency duty if imported from Germany, Austria, or Hungary :-Firearms.
Hats of felt (including felt hoods, blocked, sewn, or otherwise worked), whether of wool, fur, or other material or mixtures of the same.
Paper, writing.
Paper, printing.
Perfumed spirits and Cologne water, if, under the Tariff, liable to ad valorem duty.
Pianofortes.
Pipes, tubes, and tubing of cast or wrought iron (including boiler-tubes, flanged or unflanged), and knees, bends, elbows, junction and inspection boxes and covers, and any other fittings of any material for the same.
The goods included under the Tariff headings quoted here-under :-
Class VI : Rubber goods—Rubber tires, bicycle, tricycle, perambulator and similar, and inner tubes of rubber for pneumatic tires, not exceeding 1½ in. in diameter.
Class VII : Glass, &c.—Empty plain glass bottles, not being cut or ground; infants' feeding-bottles, with or without attachments; jars, plain glass.
Glass, bevelled, silvered, or with rounded or polished edges; mirrors and looking-glasses, framed or unframed.
Glass, crown, sheet, common window, plate, polished, coloured, bent, and other kinds, cut to any size or shape, n.e.i.
Glassware, n.e.i.; globes and chimneys for lamps, n.e.i.
Roofing tiles, ridging, and finials, glass and earthen ; sheets, plain or corrugated ; roofing slates and tiles, ridging, and finials, composed of cement and asbestos or of similar materials ; plaster-pulp sheets, plain and unornamental.