May 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1325

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 2nd May, 1929.

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.

“Hypoloid infundin,” pituitary extract ..
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 175 of the Tariff-book.) | As preparations made from animal glands (120) | Free .. | Free. |
| 8/36/6 | A. and m.s., viz.:—
Bags, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
“Toyo cloth,” on declaration by a bag-manufacturer that it will be used by him solely in the manufacture of bags | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free. |
| †9/23 | Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Poms specially suited for use in the manufacture of felt slippers
(NOTE.—Revises decisions on pages 67 and 295 of the Tariff-book with respect to ornaments for boots and pompoms for boots.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free. |
| 8/36/7 | Textiles, viz.—
“Plumping cloth,” a cotton textile with a coating of rubber solution on one side for cementing between shoe uppers and linings | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free, |
| 4/10/29 | Chemicals, oils, and other substances used in manufactures, viz.,—
Tricosal S. III, for use with cement in making rapid-hardening concrete, &c. | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free. |
| 3/189/9 | Stoves, ranges, &c., articles used in the manufacture of, viz.,—
The following materials, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used only in the manufacture of electric, gas, and other cookers, viz.—
Stamped iron crowns, plain or punched, specially suited for making enamelled crowns for placing on top of and completing the cookers | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | 10 per cent. |
| †11/44 | Vehicles, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Dome fasteners and similar fasteners specially suited for use in the manufacture and repair of motor-car and carriage hoods
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 111 of the Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free. |
| 3/108/20 | Rope-pulls specially suited for fitting into motor-vehicle bodies for hand-grips | As a. and m.s. (448) | .. Free .. | Free. |
| 20/96/2 | Cordage and twine suited for use as fishing-lines or in the manufacture of nets, &c., viz.:—
Twine, 3-ply manila (known as “trawl” twine) exceeding in length 185 yards per pound | As twine suited for use in the manufacture of netting and nets (423) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| 20/35/3 | Cork, cut, viz.:—
“Korfund” plates, consisting of strips of cork in iron frames, for absorbing vibration and sound of machinery | As cork, cut (426) .. | .. Free .. | Free. |
| 14/31/5 | Glass, bevelled, &c., viz.:—
Glass, bevelled, for the manufacture of leadlights | As glass, bevelled (222) | .. 25 per cent. | 45 per cent. |
| 2/477
†3/153/14 | Machinery, &c., and appliances—
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.:—
Brake-lining cutting machine ..
Crane, portable, “Elwell-Parker” type CU (having insufficient platform space for the carriage of goods) including the oil-engine therefor if imported therewith
(NOTE.—If electrically operated the electrical parts may be separately classified under Tariff item 338. Revises decision in M.O. 2.) | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |