1654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 28th May, 1934.

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.

Apparel, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Clips, metal, for attaching labels to clothing during the process of manufacture | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 4/293/12
4/293/13 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Lacquers, cellulose and pyroxylin, chemicals for making, viz.—
Leather thinner No. 3, Whiteloid’s
“Polysolvan E” | As a. and m.s. (448)
As a. and m.s. (448) | Free
Free | 10 per cent.
10 per cent. |
| 20/253/4 | Vulcanizing preparations, viz.—
“Tuads,” an accelerator used in vulcanizing | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 7/146/11 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.—
“Sericosal N.” for treating textiles during the dyeing process | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 7/50/31 | “Wydecol T.S.,” a grease solvent | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 8/30/5 | Textile piece-goods, viz.,—
Pieces of union textile, in the flat, unworked (being unfinished cuffs for the extremities of under-garments), the invoice price of which does not exceed the equivalent of 1s. 3d. per square yard | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 3/449/2 | Tinsmiths’ materials, viz.,—
Stamped tin rings, bungs, bottoms and tops, for the manufacture of tin containers, even if lettered or embossed, provided that such lettering or embossing does not take the place of labels having reference to the goods to be packed in the containers | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 9/117 | Vellum in sheets | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 5/40/34 | Yarns, viz.,—
Yarns of silk or of artificial silk on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of hosiery | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 4/44/35 | Bacteriological products, sera, and vaccines, viz.:—
Vaccines, “Wellcome” brand, viz.,—
Diphtheria, influenza, staphylococcus, streptococcus, and tetanus | As bacteriological products, &c. (97) | Free | Free. |
| 2/536 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, &c., viz.,—
Boilers and boiler-cleaners, viz.—
Flue-cleaner, the “Vulcan” mechanical ..
(NOTE.—Pipes and pipe-fittings and valves for use on pipe-lines imported therewith are to be separately classified under their appropriate Tariff items.) | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 2/167/8 | Water-circulators, not being pumps, to promote an even temperature of the water in steam boilers | | | |
| †2/34/69 | Bootmaking and leather-working, viz.—
Sole-mellowing or tempering apparatus, Standard Engineering Co.’s, for softening boot soles during the process of manufacture, including the air-compressor (described as a vacuum pump) forming part thereof
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 56.) | | | |
| 3/716/2 | Egg-cleaning machines | | | |
| 2/473/2 | Electric-battery-making machinery, viz.—
Press, automatic bobbin, for use in making dry cells | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free | Free.* |

*Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.