Customs Duty Notices




MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1375

Duty on Goods produced or manufactured in Australia.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, section 9 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1930, section 14 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1931, and section 10 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1932, and a notice in that behalf having been duly given in terms of the Agreement for Customs reciprocity made between the Governments of New Zealand and the Commonwealth of Australia, and ratified by the Tariff Agreement (New Zealand and Australia) Ratification Act, 1922, in respect of the goods enumerated in the second column of the Schedule hereto, being the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia, and imported into New Zealand or entered for home consumption therein after the 31st day of July, 1933 (hereinafter referred to as “the goods hereby scheduled”), I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Customs, do by this notice apply the British Preferential Tariff to such of the goods hereby scheduled as would if not the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia be subject to duties under the British Preferential Tariff other than goods mentioned in the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1932, and do hereby apply to such of the goods hereby scheduled as would if not the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia be subject to the duties set forth in Column No. 1 of Part II of the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1930, the duties so set forth: And do hereby apply to such of the goods hereby scheduled as would if not the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia be subject to the duties set forth in Column No. 1 of Part II of the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1931, the duties set forth in the column last referred to: And do hereby apply to such of the goods hereby scheduled as are goods mentioned in the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1932, the duties set forth in Column No. 1 of the First Schedule last referred to; the rates of duty hereby applied to goods being the produce or manufacture of the Commonwealth of Australia, and imported into New Zealand or entered for home consumption therein after the 31st day of July, 1933, being the rates of duty set forth in the third column of the Schedule hereto: And it is hereby declared that every application of duties hereby effected is subject to the provisions of section 143 of the Customs Act, 1913, and that every description of goods contained in the Schedule hereto shall be interpreted in the same sense as the corresponding descriptions contained in the Tariff items or subdivisions of Tariff items bearing respectively the same numbers and subdivisional numbers as the numbers set forth in the first column of the Schedule hereto and the subdivisional numbers set forth in the second column of the Schedule hereto, respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff Item No. Goods. Customs Duties chargeable on Goods produced or manufactured in the Commonwealth of Australia.
First Column. Second Column. Third Column.
16 Cocoa and chocolate, viz. :— (2) Chocolate ; also cocoa or chocolate mixed with milk or with any other food substance 30 per cent. ad val.
32 Confectionery including medicated confectionery, liquorice n.e.i., and sugared or crystallised fruits (but not including chewing gum) 27½ per cent. ad val.
37 Fruits, fresh—viz. :— (2) Apricots, cherries, grapes, medlars, nectarines, passion-fruit, peaches, plums, quinces, tomatoes 2d. per lb.
74 Cigarettes n.e.i. 33s. 9d. per 1,000.
75 Cigarettes, exceeding in weight 2½ lb. per 1,000 13s. 9d. per lb.
76 Cigars, including the weight of every band, wrapper, or attachment, to any cigar 14s. per lb.
77 Snuff 15s. per lb.
78 Tobacco, fine cut, suitable for the manufacture of cigarettes 13s. 3d. per lb.
81 Tobacco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured in New Zealand in any licensed tobacco-factory, for manufacturing purposes only, into tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, or snuff 2s. 6d. per lb.


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  • Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Customs