Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2587

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 30th September, 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.

Apparel, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz,—
Belts, fittings for, viz.—
Tips of metal, for the ends of web belts .. | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | 10 per cent. |
| 8/69/3 | Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
“ Ironad ” shoe buckram, a stiffened cotton buckram for the manufacture of toe puffs | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | Free. |
| 9/64/3 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufacture, &c., viz.,—
Tanners’, curriers’, &c., materials, viz.—
Capital tanning extract No. 1 .. .. | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | Free. |
| 4/235/3 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.—
Bleaching powder, “ Dyeflit ” .. .. | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | Free. |
| 5/62 and 5/40/12 | Hats and caps, articles and materials used in manufacture of, viz.,—
Braid, woollen and Chenille cord, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the building up of bodies and brims of hats | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | Free. |
| †3/27/10 | Platedware, articles and materials used in manufacture of, viz.,—
Stampings or spinnings of metal (other than precious metal) once buffed, on declaration by an electro-plater that they will be plated by him in New Zealand
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 97 of Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | 10 per cent. |
| 8/9/8 | Textile piece goods, viz.:—
Cotton cellular shirtings and similar woven cotton fabrics of approved patterns, suitable for the manufacture of shirts and underwear | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | 15 per cent. |
| †5/69 | Uniforms and regalia, trimmings, &c., for, viz.—
Metal emblems (being finished stampings or castings) for the manufacture of regalia
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 109 of Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | Free. |
| 11/39/6 | Vehicles, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Radiator core material (for the manufacture or repair of radiators of motor-vehicles), viz.—
Copper in strips, corrugated, not exceeding 6 in. in width | As a. and m.s. (448) .. | Free .. | 10 per cent. |
| 4/44/29 | Bacteriological products, sera, and vaccines, viz.:—
Inoculins for the treatment of distemper in animals | As bacteriological products, sera, or vaccines (97) | Free .. | Free. |
| 13/19/6 | Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:—
Tracing books, being books of pictures in outline interleaved with tracing paper
The following are admitted as educational apparatus, &c., on declaration that they have been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that they will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty— | As educational apparatus (416) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| 20/47/33 | Balances for use in teaching chemical analysis and similar sciences | As educational apparatus (416) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |