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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 24th March, 1933.

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. (e) Surtax as provided for in section 5 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1930, or primage duty as provided for in section 4 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1931, as the case may be, is payable in addition to the duties set out hereunder.

Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
Textiles, viz.—
Piece-goods of silk and wool with cotton backing cemented thereto, on declaration by a boot-manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of boots and shoes | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 4/407 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Acetic anhydride on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of such chemical substances as may be approved by the Minister | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 9/5/70 | Tanners’, &c., materials, viz.,—
“Cellexsol” spruce extracts, liquid and solid | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| †4/286/3 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.,—
“Protectol II N.,” a liquid preparation for use in scouring and dyeing
(NOTE.—Revises decision on “Protocol II N.” in M.O. 52.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 4/44/43 | Bacteriological products, sera, and vaccines, viz.:—
Aggrecolin and astibulin, sera for veterinary use | As bacteriological products, sera, or vaccines (97) | Free | Free. |
| 4/317/13 | Chemicals, &c., for use as culture media, microscopic stains, &c., viz.:—
“Tenebryl,” an indicator used in X-ray examinations | As indicators for chemical analysis, &c. (107) | Free | Free. |
| †20/96/2 | Cordage and twine suited for use as fishing lines, &c., viz.:—
Twine, 3-ply manilla (known as “trawl twine”), exceeding in length 120 yards per pound
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 6.) | As cordage, &c., suited for use as fishing lines (423) | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 2/524 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, &c., viz.,—
Cable and wire covering machinery, viz.—
Bobbin winding machines
Compound tanks containing mechanism for applying insulating compound to cables
Cotton or silk covering machines
Drum winders and steel drums
Flyers for covering machines
Rubber covering machines
Rubber forcing machines
Stranding machines
Taping machines
Telephone core twinning machines | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial and similar processes (352) | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 2/309 | Coffee roaster, the “Simplex,” gas heated, including the rotary cooler for use therewith
(NOTE.—The exhaust fan therefor is to be separately classified under T.I. 351 (4) ) | | | |
| 2/32/25 | Dredging and excavating machines, viz.—
Cutter blades of manganese steel for the cutters of suction dredges | | | |
| 2/199/3 | Filters, viz.—
Filter or strainer for milk pipe lines, the “Carbines” | | | |
| 2/111/11 | Flour and grain milling machinery, viz.—
Washer, stoner, and whizzer combined, the “Reform,” Henry Simon (Australia), Ltd., manufacturers | | | |
| 2/111/11 | Whizzerless washer and stoner, the “Reform,” Henry Simon (Australia), Ltd., manufacturers | | | |