New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 62

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✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 1st September, 1925.

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.:—	As a. and m.s. (643) ...	Free ...	Free ...
Bootmakers' materials, viz.:—	Toe-puffs shaped but not moulded, consisting of paper and cotton-net fabric treated with 'Steeldome' stiffening compound
Hatmakers' materials, viz,:—	Fabrics peculiar to hatmaking composed of flat cellophane strips interwoven with ribbon, not being hat or bonnet trimmings	As a. and m.s. (643) ...	Free ...
Oils and greases containing sulphuric acid combined as sulphonate, equivalent to 1 per cent. sulphorcinoleic acid	As a. and m.s. (643) ...	Free ...	Free ...
(Note.—Revises decision in M.O. 19.)
Articles n.e.i., viz.:—	Tapioca (cassava) roots, ground but unrefined	As articles n.e.i. (644) ...	Free ...
Cotton, raw, to include cotton fibre, unspun, even though carded and dyed	Glass, o.k., viz.:— Opal glass, polished, with plain cut (i.e., not rounded, polished, or similarly worked) edges, or with plain moulded edges, and undrilled, in sizes of 5 square feet or upwards	(See Tariff item 171) ... As glass, o.k., n.e.i. (281)	... Free ...
Machinery, &c., and appliances, n.e.i., peculiar to use in manufacturing and industrial processes, viz.:— Bakers' machines, viz.,— Bread-wrapping machine, the 'Hays-sen' automatic	As machines, &c., peculiar to use in industrial processes (481) (2)	Free ...	5 per cent.
(Note.—The electric motor is to be separately classified under Tariff item 433A.)	Confectioners' machines, viz.,— Starch-sifter (National Equipment Company, manufacturers), for sprinkling confectionery with starch during the moulding operation
Hat and cap stretching machine (H. Maillard, manufacturer)	Mattress-tufting machine, automatic (United Mattress Machinery Company, manufacturers)	Photo-printing machine, the 'Improved 1912 Graber'	Printers' machines, viz.,— Embossing-machine, Stokes plateless, Model 5 Paper-cutting machines, guillotine, viz.,— The 'A.B.R.'... Printing presses, viz.,— 'Monopol' platen 'Tip-Top' platen 'H.L.' electric proof-press (Hunters Limited, manufacturers) (Note.—The electric motor is to be separately classified under Tariff item 433A.)