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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 3rd July, 1928.

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:—

NOTES.—(a) “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. (b) Articles marked thus † are revised decisions. (c) Wherever the General Tariff rate shown opposite any goods enumerated in these decisions is lower than that provided for in the First Schedule to the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, action has been taken by the Minister under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927. In such cases the reduced rate is marked with an asterisk. (d) Steam-engines, gas-engines, oil-engines, and electric or other motors, are not, unless otherwise indicated, to be regarded as parts of the machines with which they are imported.

Brake or transmission liners, being brake or transmission lining cut into short lengths (in sets or otherwise), plain or pressed to shape, but not drilled or punched or otherwise worked
(Revises decision in M.O. No. 1) | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 7/50/19 | Chemicals, oils, &c., viz.,—
Weaving and cleaning of textiles, materials used in connection with—
“Hydraphthal,” a preparation for removing grease from yarns or fabrics in the course of manufacture | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 7/50/12 | “Tetralix Special,” a preparation for removing pitch, &c., from wool | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 6/107/2 | Textile piece-goods, viz.,—
Calico, paper-backed, specially suited for making bags | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 15 per cent. |
| 8/18 | Satins, cotton-backed, on declaration by a quilt-manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of down quilts | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 3/4/17 | Tinsmiths’ fittings, viz.,—
Collars, screwed brass, for making metal oil-lamps | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 17/11/11 | Cements, n.e.i., &c., for household use, viz.:—
“Tisit” cold solder, for repairing earthen or metal articles, &c. | As cements n.e.i., put up for household use (421) | 20 per cent. | 40 per cent. |
| †12/5/28 | Dentists’ appliances, viz.:—
X-ray film-mounts, specially suited to hold X-ray photographs of teeth and jaws
(Revises decision in M.O. No. 2) | As dentists’ appliances (134 (2)) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 13/99/15 | Educational apparatus, viz.:—
Cinematograph-films (medical motion-pictures) specially suited for illustrating physiology, surgery, medicine, hygiene, and hospital practice, on declaration that they will be used only for demonstration purposes in connection with educational lectures to which no charge for admission is made | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| 14/53 | Electrical machinery, appliances, and materials, viz.:—
Battery jars, glass, when imported as component parts of complete battery sets | As appliances peculiar to the generation of electricity (338 (1)) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 3/360/5 | Bushings for trolly-pole sheaves, graphite-lined. . | As parts of trolly-poles for electric tramcars (338 (5)) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 12/10/20 | Surgery, electrical appliances peculiar to, viz.,—
Rejuvenator, “Overbeck’s”
(NOTE.—The electric batteries are to be separately classified under Tariff item 338 (1)) | As electrical appliances peculiar to surgery (338 (4)) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 13/9/4 | Gramophones, &c., n.e.i., viz.:—
Recreator, “Bosch” (an accessory for use with a gramophone in conjunction with a wireless receiving-set), the electro-magnetic pick-up or reproducer portion
(NOTE.—The “volume-control,” if not imported with and as part of a gramophone, is to be separately classified as a rheostat under Tariff item 338 (2)) | As parts of gramophones (248) | 20 per cent. | 40 per cent. |
| 6/81 | Machinery, addressing, viz.:—
Cardboard “tape” not exceeding ½ in. in width, peculiarly suited for protecting the type of addressing-machines | As addressing-machines (332) | Free | 20 per cent. |