New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 68

Page 2879

✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2879

MINISTER’S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

Record.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff, and Item No.	Rate of Duty.
			British Preferential Tariff.
†2/85/6	Metal, manufactured articles of, n.e.i., &c.—continued. Vacuum cleaners, including brushes imported therewith and forming part of the equipment thereof [NOTE.—The following, when included in the equipment of such cleaners, may be separately classified as indicated:— Electric motor, including flexible cord with plug (item 433A), Fan (item 442), Rubber hose (item 274).] (Revises decision in M.O. 50.)	As manufactured articles of metal, n.e.i. (547)	20 per cent.
†7/3/17	Oils, viz.:— Crude petroleum, crude residual oil, once-run shale-oil, and crude distillates of petroleum (Tariff item 569). Any oil claimed to be admissible under this Tariff item shall not be so classified unless it complies with one or other of the following standards which have been prescribed by the Minister:— “Crude petroleum,” “once-run shale oil,” and “crude distillates of petroleum,” not exceeding in specific gravity 0·870 at 60° F. must comply with the following conditions:— When diluted with an equal volume of White Rose kerosene the solution so obtained shall be darker than standard Bismarck brown (0·1 gm. in 1,000 c.c. of water). “Crude petroleum,” “once-run-shale oil,” and “crude distillates of petroleum,” exceeding in specific gravity 0·870 at 60° F. must have a heat of bromination of more than 4·5° C., and must also comply with either (a) or (b) of the following conditions:— (a.) When 100 c.c. of oil are distilled in an Engler distillation flask (top of thermometer bulb about 10 mm. below bottom side of tube) after the first 5 c.c. of distillate have passed over, the next 85 c.c. shall have a distilling range of more than 140° C. (b.) The maximum flash-point shall be 250° F. by Pensky-Marten closed test and the maximum viscosity 100 at 70° F. by Redwood’s viscometer. “Crude residual oil” must comply with the following conditions:— (a.) Heat of bromination more than 4·5° C. (b.) When diluted with White Rose kerosene (0·5 gm. oil in 25 c.c. kerosene) it shall give an appreciable deposit on standing in a test-tube all night. (c.) When a portion of the oil diluted in accordance with the preceding paragraph is further diluted with twice its own volume of the kerosene the solution so obtained shall be darker than standard Bismarck brown (0·1 gm. in 1,000 c.c. of water). (d.) When distilled at a sufficiently high temperature to drive off all oils, the residue shall be more than 6 per cent. by weight of the oil taken. (Revises decision in M.O. 47.)
3/18/16	Pipes, tubes, and tubing, viz.:— Cast-iron pipes made by the De Lavaud (“spun”) process, and sold as 9 in. pipes, but having an actual internal diameter slightly in excess of 9 in. (NOTE.—These pipes are necessarily used with standard 9 in. fittings.)	As pipes, iron (403 (1)).	Free
1/21/10	Refrigerators, the “Absopure,” the parts to be separately classified as follows:— Cabinet, if of metal. . . . As manufactured articles of metal, n.e.i. (547) Cabinet, if of wood . . . As furniture, &c., n.e.i. (611) Condenser-coil pipe . . . As coil pipes (409) Electric motor with controller therefor . . . As electric motors (433A) Gas-compressor . . . As gas-compressors (425)		20 per cent. 25 per cent. 20 per cent. Free 10 per cent.
16/73/2	Speedometers and mileage-recorders, viz.:— “Ohmer” hub-odometer . . . As mileage-recorders (563)		10 per cent.
20/19/7	Tools, artificers’, &c., viz.:— Preventer hook, the “Alligator,” for use in demolishing buildings	As artificers’ tools, n.e.i. (483)	Free

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🏭 Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts (continued from previous page)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated5 October 1926
KeywordsCustoms, Tariff, Classification, Duty Rates, Machinery, Industrial Equipment

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