3552

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 80

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Act.

Customs Department, Wellington, 5th November, 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.

Manufacturing, &c., viz.,—
Printers’ and stationers’, viz.—
Bag-printing machine, including the automatic stacking attachment, for branding jute bags
Blankets of felt, cut to size and with canvas flaps sewn thereto, for use with printing-presses
Blanket, printers’, enamelled on one side, for use with lithographic rotary printing-machine
Bronzing-machine, used for bronzing printed work on cards, paper, &c., with gold bronze-powder
Blackleading machine, electrotypers
(NOTE.—Spare or replacement brushes are to be classed under Tariff item 419.)
Bundling press, Greig’s..
Bundling press, hand-lever (Hampson, Bettridge, and Co., Ltd., manufacturers)
Burner, “Johnson Perfection,” including the automatic electric valves for same (for use with a printing-press)
Can-marking machines for printing on tin containers
Collating-table on which are assembled sets of printed forms preparatory to binding in book form
Dial-naming machine, for printing names on watch-dials | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 25 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 25 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| | Drying-press, the “Hoe” pneumatic, for drying stereotype matrices
(NOTE.—The air-chamber is to be classified under Tariff item 327 or 356 according to the material of which it is made.)
Electric sheet heaters, for drying paper after printing
Elliptograph, an appliance for drawing or cutting circles and ovals
Embossing machines for embossing paper or stationery (other than those suited for office use)
Engraving machine, the “Namograph,” a small hand printing-machine used for gold-printing names on fountain-pens, &c.
Envelope-cutters, being press knives, for cutting paper into shapes for envelopes
Envelope-making machines
Folding-machines
Furnace, metal (for remelting and casting type-metal) including the pump if imported therewith
Gold-stamping machine, “Kwikprint,” for gold printing on leather goods, &c.
(NOTE.—The printing type and type case are to be separately classified under Tariff item 363 (1).)
Gold-stamping machine, “Name-o-Gramer,” for embossing names or initials in hats
Graining-machine, for pebbling or graining paper or fabrics
“Holdfast” hangers for holding paper sheets in a hanging position for seasoning or conditioning before printing
Leather covers for hand rollers used in lithographic work
Leather covers for rollers of lithographic printing machines | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 25 per cent. |
| | | As machinery &c., peculiar, to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 25 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 25 per cent. |
| | | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free .. | 20 per cent. |