New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 9

Page 361

✨ Customs Tariff Notices



Feb. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 361

NOW THEREFORE, in pursuance of the premises, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said subsection (2) of section 7 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Customs, do by this notice apply, subject to the provisions of section 143 of the Customs Act, 1913, the said British Preferential Tariff (the rates of duty (if any) under which are those set out in the third column of the Schedule hereto) to the goods enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule hereto, being the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia, and imported into New Zealand or entered for home consumption therein after the 30th day of June, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff Item No. Goods. British Preferential Tariff Rate of Duty.
First Column. Second Column. Third Column.
16 (2) Chocolate; also cocoa or chocolate mixed with milk or with any other food substance 25 per cent. ad val.
27 Biscuits (other kinds than ships’ biscuits, plain and unsweetened, or dog biscuits) 20 per cent. ad val.
32 Confectionery including medicated confectionery, liquorice, n.e.i., and sugared or crystallized fruits, but excluding chewing-gum* 25 per cent. ad val.
40 (1) Fruit trees and plants—viz., blackberry, loganberry, and raspberry 25 per cent. ad val.
(2) Flowering trees and plants—viz., rose 25 per cent. ad val.
60 Egg-pulp and white or yolk of eggs, whether desiccated, liquid, frozen, or other, also any similar preparation of egg 25 per cent. ad val., or 4d. per lb., whichever rate returns the higher duty.
129 Rennet n.e.i. 10 per cent. ad val.
208 Bottles and jars, empty plain glass, not being cut or ground, viz.:—
(2) Other kinds than those set out in paragraph (1) of Tariff item No. 208, viz.,—
(a) Having a capacity exceeding one fluid ounce, but not exceeding eight fluid ounces 20 per cent. ad val.
(b) Bottles having a capacity exceeding eight fluid ounces 15 per cent. ad val.
(c) Jars having a capacity exceeding eight fluid ounces 15 per cent. ad val.
327 Furniture, cabinetware, and shelving, specially suited for office shop or warehouse use, made up from sheet metal not exceeding 0·080 in. in thickness 25 per cent. ad val.
333 Agricultural implements and machinery, viz.:— 10 per cent. ad val.
(1) Cultivators; harrows; ploughs; drills; seed and fertilizer sowers or distributors combined or separate; lime-sowers; seed or grain cleaners, and cellular seed or grain separators; excluding however agricultural implements and machinery covered by paragraph (2) of Tariff item No. 333
338 (9) Wireless broadcast receiving sets mounted in cabinets 10 per cent. ad val.
346 Pumps, foot-power or hand-power (other than syringes) of types suited for use in spraying 20 per cent. ad val.
352 Gas-engines
Oil-engines
Coil pipes
Boilers, land, and marine, feedwater-heaters; fuel economizers n.e.i.; steam superheaters
Machinery, dredging, and excavating; and grabs
Earth-scoops and ditching-machines
Stone-crushing machines—viz., jaw-crushers (not including elevators, screens, or separators)
Coal-screening machinery; screens, metal, all kinds
Elevators, and conveyors, including-mechanical stokers
Winches, cranes, capstans, windlasses, and hoists, n.e.i.
Hydro-extractors, wool-drying machines and manure-drying machines, not including fans or blowers
Suction-gas producers, digesters
Machines for mixing, such as concrete, cement, or manure mixers
Transmission gear, n.e.i., including plumber-blocks, couplings, collars, and friction-clutches, to connect engines with machinery for whatever purpose the machinery may be used
Vacuum pans, other than glass, porcelain or enamel-lined, heating boilers, washing boilers
Washing-machines, clothes-washers, mangles, and clothes-wringers—
For household use
Otherwise
Wool-scouring machines
353 Machinery, machines, engines, and other appliances, n.e.i., viz.:—
(1) Electric insulators 25 per cent. ad val.
(5) Other kinds including (a) gas-engines; (b) machinery, dredging, and excavating; (c) grabs; and (d) earth-scoops and ditching-machines† 20 per cent. ad val.
362 (11) Knees, bends, elbows, junction or inspection boxes, including covers therefor, and other fittings n.e.i., for pipes, piping, tubes, or tubing—
(a) of brass or other copper alloy 20 per cent. ad val.
394 (7) Motor-spirits 4d. per gallon.
397 (1) White-lead ground in oil 6s. per cwt.
(3) Fused gums for the manufacture of varnishes 20 per cent. ad val.
405 Timber sawn dressed 7s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft.
419 Artists’ materials—viz., brushes 25 per cent. ad val.
427 (1) Crown seals 20 per cent. ad val.
.. Metal stamped work, in the rough, n.e.i.
.. Tinsmiths’ fittings and furniture, including stamped or blocked tin or copper, planished or unplanned, but not stamped or blocked aluminium, aluminium alloys, or similar metal
  • Chewing-gum, the manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia, is liable to duty at 2d. per lb. including internal containing packages (other than plain bottles and plain trade packages).

†Does not include any goods covered by paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of tariff item No. 353 or any goods covered by items 1 to 129 (both inclusive) of the Tariff Agreement.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of February, 1928.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Customs.



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🏭 Duty on Goods produced or manufactured in Australia (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
8 February 1928
Customs Amendment Act, Tariff Agreement, Australia, British Preferential Tariff
  • William Downie Stewart, Minister of Customs