Customs Tariff Decisions




JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1871

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 1st July, 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.

Record. Goods. Classification under Tariff, and Item No. Rate of Duty.
British Preferential Tariff.
A. and m.s., viz.:— Apparel, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,— Neckwear, articles used in making up, viz.— Woollen or cotton material cut into narrow strips and specially shaped for tie-linings (Note.—Revises decision in M.O. 8.) As a. and m.s. (448) Free Free
†8/14/3 Paper, sulphite, in sheets, of qualities and sizes approved by the Minister, on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of paper patterns As a. and m.s. (448) Free
6/162/11 Stoves, ranges, &c., articles and materials used in the manufacture of, viz.,— Stampings, iron or steel, for the manufacture of electric toasters, not being built up in any way, and not being polished, plated, lacquered, or otherwise similarly worked As a. and m.s. (448) Free
3/678/5 Bags and sacks of jute, hemp, or hessian, &c., viz.:— Woolpack sheets, oblong pieces of jute textile sewn at one end, used for baling sheep-skins As woolpacks (140) Free
8/95 Cardboard and paper boxes, &c., viz.:— Sliver cans of fibre, reinforced with metal, for use in woollen mills As cardboard boxes (268) 25 per cent.
20/142 Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:— The following are admitted as educational apparatus on declaration that they have been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that they will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty,— Typewriters As educational apparatus (416) Free
20/47/43 Fire engines, fire-extinguishing appliances, viz.:— Asbestos suits, consisting of coat, trousers, gloves, and boots As articles peculiar to use in fire-extinguishing (325) Free
20/76/2 Infants' and invalids' foods, viz.:— Farex \ Glaxo Laboratories, London, Malto-dextrin \ manufacturers As infants' and invalids' foods (43) Free
10/6/40 Machinery, &c., and appliances :— Knitting, viz.,— Hosiery flat knitting-machine, the “Hilscher,” for the manufacture of full-fashioned hosiery Manufacturing, &c., viz.,— Bootmaking and leather-working, viz.— Sole mellowing or tempering apparatus, Standard Engineering Co.'s, for softening boot soles during the process of manufacture As knitting-machines (351 (10)) Free
2/144/17 (Note.—The vacuum pump therefor is to be separately classified under T.I. 346.) Cardboard-box making, viz.,— Match-box painting-machine for affixing the striking composition to safety match boxes Degasser or deodorizer, a cylindrical vessel fitted internally with baffles and a heating tube, for use in a dairy factory in degassing or deodorizing cream As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) Free

* Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.



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