MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 2nd May, 1930.

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.

Bags, trunks, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Wooden bag frames, whether or not veneered or inlaid, for use in making ladies’ hand-bags
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 15.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 9/23 | Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
Buckles, not being wholly composed of metal, and not being partially composed of precious metal, on declaration by a shoe manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of boots and shoes | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 8/36/9 | Textiles, viz.,—
Quilted satin (satin textile quilted to wadding backed with cotton textile), on declaration by a slipper manufacturer that it will be used by him solely in the manufacture of slippers | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 9/64/4 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Tanners’, curriers’, &c., materials, viz.—
“W” bleaching extract manufactured by James Hardie Trading Co., Ltd., Sydney | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 7/146/4 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials for, viz.,—
Laventine K.B., a preparation for removing grease from yarns or fabrics during the course of manufacture | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 3/223/5 | Crankshafts, forged, in the rough, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of pumps | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| †20/140 | Glass substitutes consisting of a transparent composition reinforced with wove wire
(NOTE.—Incorporates decisions on “Cel-o-glass” and “Windowlite” on page 87 of the Tariff-book.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 13/7/2 | Golf club shafts of steel having a coating of casein or similar material but otherwise in the rough | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 10/26/2 | Chemicals, drugs, druggists’ sundries, &c., n.e.i., viz.,—
Malted milk tablets, Horlick’s | As druggists’ sundries n.e.i. (121) | 20 per cent. | 40 per cent. |
| 20/47/93 | Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.,—
Maps printed in outline on rubber-background | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| †20/167/6 | Electrical machinery, &c., viz. :—
Insulating materials n.e.i., viz.,—
Slabs of “Agemite,” “Siluminite” or similar insulating material with or without bevelled edges but otherwise plain and unworked for the manufacture of switchboards
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 233 of Tariff-book.) | As insulating material n.e.i. (338(7)) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| †7/6 | Insecticides and fungicides for agricultural uses, viz. :—
Red oils or crude mineral oils, denatured by the addition of not less than ½ lb. of resin to the gallon, such resin being completely dissolved in the said oils
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 315 of Tariff-book.) | As insecticides, &c., for agricultural uses (119) | Free | Free. |
| 3/409/2 | Insulators, electric, viz.,—
Screw eyes, insulated | As electric insulators (353(1)) | 25 per cent. | 45 per cent. |
| 3/478/2 | Iron, hoop, plate and sheet, plain, viz.,—
Iron sheets, tinned, and lacquered in plain colours | As iron, plain sheet, n.e.i. (357(5)(a)) | Free | 20 per cent. |