JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1703
MINISTER'S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.
| Record. | Goods. | Classification under Tariff, and Item No | Rate of Duty. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Machinery, &c., viz.—continued. | | |
| | Manufacturing, &c., viz.,— | | |
| 2/29/17 | Air-compressing appliances, viz.—Air receiver including metal stand therefor (not imported as part of a complete air-compressing outfit) on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in building up an air-compressing outfit so constructed that the pressure of the air in the receiver regulates automatically the power operating the compressor | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial and similar processes (352) | Free .. 25 per cent. |
| Filters, viz.:— | | | |
| 3/307/12 | Oil purifying or filtering plants, “Stream-line,” the Stream-line Filter Co., Ltd., London, manufacturers, the filter portion including inlet and outlet valves forming part thereof, also vacuum receiver for final separation of oil from water (NOTE.—Wet and dry vacuum pumps including sprocket driving wheel common to both pumps, and oil transfer pumps are to be classed under Tariff item 346, storage tanks for clean and dirty oil, air bottle for compressed air, and the pre-heater and heat interchanger under Tariff item 356, pressure and other gauges, valves mounted on pipe lines, chain for sprocket drives, pipes, and pipe-fittings under their appropriate Tariff items, and the value of the bed-plate is to be apportioned pro rata between the articles mounted thereon) | | |
| Hoists, viz.—Auto-lifts, electric, hydraulic, or mechanical, having a lifting-capacity exceeding 6 tons | | |
| 3/153/12 | Photographers' and similar, viz.—Developing dishes or trays, ½ gallon capacity and over, composed of wood, xylonite, porcelain, or other acid-resisting material (but not including trays or dishes of metal or enamelled metal), specially suited for photographers' use | | |
| 13/25/22 | Screens, “Hum-mer” vibrating, for screening sugar during the process of manufacture | | |
| Valves, cocks, and taps, viz.— | | |
| 3/55/4 | Valves, combined feed and check, for boilers | | |
| Measuring, testing, &c., viz.,— | | |
| 3/222/7 | Oil testing sets, portable, consisting of high tension transformer, induction regulator, oil bath, and spark gap, with the necessary meters | As testing appliances n.e.i. (342) | Free .. 20 per cent. |
| N.e.i., other kinds, viz.,—Hoists, viz.— | | | |
| †3/153/12 | Auto-lifts, electric, hydraulic, or mechanical, having a lifting-capacity of 6 tons or under (NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 30.) | As machinery, &c., n.e.i. other kinds (353 (5)) | 20 per cent. 45 per cent. |

NOTE.—The decision in M.O. 27 making Switches, three-heat type, free of duty from all countries under section ll of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, is cancelled.
NOTE.—The decision on Berry moulds of wood as a. and m.s. on page 83 of the Tariff-book is cancelled.
Minister's Order No. 32.
GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.
Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.
| No. | Name. | Occupation. | Residence. | Date. of Death. | Date Election filed. | Testate or Intestate. | Stamp Office concerned. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Beasley, Lois ... | Widow | Whangarei | 13/12/15 | 26/5/31 | Intestate* | Auckland. |
| 2 | Chambers, Benjamin | Fireman | Fairton | 30/12/30 | 27/5/31 | Testate | Christchurch. |
| 3 | Dodds, Rosa Thelma Bernice | Spinster | Christchurch | 4/5/31 | 27/5/31 | Intestate | ,, |
| 4 | Dickson, John | Miner | Ngakawau | 12/1/31 | 27/5/31 | ,, | Hokitika. |
| 5 | Doran, Emma | Married woman | Oamaru | 29/4/31 | 29/5/31 | ,, | Dunedin. |
| 6 | Dowdeswell, Arthur Henry | Settler | Wellington | 29/4/31 | 27/5/31 | Testate | Wellington. |
| 7 | Gough, Robert | Labourer | Green Island | 8/12/18 | 27/5/31 | Intestate | Dunedin. |
| 8 | Little, Phoebe Isabella | Widow | Auckland | 26/2/31 | 29/5/31 | ,, | Auckland. |
| 9 | Overton, Pete or Peet, James | Gardener | Auckland | 21/4/31 | 27/5/31 | ,, | ,, |
| 10 | Rho, Luigi | Labourer | Dongo, Italy | 30/5/26 | 27/5/31 | ,, | Dunedin. |
| 11 | Walkey, Henry | Retired Coach-builder | Eltham | 11/5/31 | 29/5/31 | Testate | New Plymouth. |
| 12 | Watson, Ann McMurdo | Spinster | Green Island | 25/4/31 | 29/5/31 | ,, | Dunedin. |

• Election de bonis non.
  Public Trust Office, Wellington, Ist June, 1931.
  J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.