New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 9

Page 365

✨ Customs Tariff Decisions

FEB. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 365

MINISTER'S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

Record.	Goods.	Classification under Tariff,
		and Item No.
2/37/15	Machinery, &c., peculiar to woodworking, &c.,	As machinery, &c., peculiar to
	viz.:—	woodworking (351(11))
	Log-saw (cross cut) outfits, “Witte,” “New
	Record,” and similar
	(NOTE.—Oil engines, including a proportionate part of the frames or carriages, are to be separately classified under Tariff item 353 (2).)
16/19/4	Measuring, &c., machines and appliances, viz.:—	As testing appliances n.e.i.
	Dynamometer, “Chatillon” traction.. ..	(342)
3/344	Speedometers and cables (with fittings attached) therefor	As measuring instruments n.e.i.
		(342)
3/4/9	Metal, manufactured articles of, viz.:—	As manufactured articles of
	Stampings in the black for the manufacture of milk and cream cans	metal n.e.i. (356)
13/17/23	Musical instruments, viz.:—	As great organs and similar
	Organs in which the musical sounds are produced through pipes	organs (247 (3))
10/91	Nuts, and preparations thereof, viz.:—	As almond pastes and similar
	Marzipan paste .. .. .. .. ..	preparations n.e.i. (52 (2))
22/255	Oils, viz.:—
	Motor-spirits (Tariff item 394 (7)) are defined as meaning—
	(a) Any liquid fuel suitable for internal combustion engines of such a nature that when submitted to distillation in standard apparatus not less than 10 per cent. of the fuel shall distil over at a temperature of 160° C., or not less than 40 per cent. at a temperature of 180° C.
	(b) Such mixtures of denatured ethyl alcohol with ethyl ether, benzol, or motor-spirit derived from petroleum, as the Minister may direct
27/203	For the purposes of the Customs Tariff, 60° F. has been determined as the temperature at which the quantity of any motor-spirits shall be computed
20/70/8	Regalia, emblems, &c., being the property of any society, &c., registered under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, viz.:—	As emblems, &c., friendly societies’ (439)
	Emblems being identifiable for wear with regalia or for use in lodges (NOTE.—Button badges, brooches, &c., for ordinary wear, when not forming part of the officially recognized equipment to be worn at lodge meetings, are not to be classified under this item.)
16/89	Scientific and philosophical apparatus, viz.:—	As scientific apparatus (135)
	Observing chair specially suited for use with astronomical telescopes
7/50/14	Soap, viz.:—	As soap solutions (63)
7/50/18	“Tetrapol B” .. .. .. .. .. ..
7/50/18	“Verapol” .. .. .. .. .. ..
6/1/314	Stationery, manufactured, viz.:—	As labels, all kinds (304)
	“Insets” (being of the nature of labels, although intended for placing loose inside baking-powder tins, &c.)
22/178	Timber, sawn, dressed:—
	For the purposes of Tariff item 405 all sawn dressed timber shall on and after 1st April, 1928, be measured as if the actual thickness were increased by 20 per cent. (See section 13 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927.)
3/4/9	Tinware, and tin manufactures, n.e.i., viz.:—	As tinware n.e.i. (373)
	Stampings, tinned, for the manufacture of milk and cream cans
11/41/5	Vehicles, fittings, parts, and materials for, viz.:—	As parts of motor-vehicles n.e.i.
	Spindle bolts for motor-vehicles, hollowed at head and fitted with oilers	(389)
Rate of Duty.
--------------
British Preferential Tariff.	General Tariff.
Free ..	20 per cent.
Free ..	20 per cent.
Free ..	20 per cent.
20 per cent.	40 per cent.
Free ..	Free.
3d. per lb.	5d. per lb.
Free ..	Free.
Free ..	20 per cent.
25 per cent.	45 per cent.
25 per cent.	45 per cent.
25 per cent.	45 per cent.
10 per cent.	35 per cent.

Minister's Order No. 2.]

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

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

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated7 February 1928
KeywordsCustoms Acts, Tariff Classification, Duty Rates, British Preferential Tariff, General Tariff
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GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs

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