1908
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 19th June, 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.

Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
“ A.C.P. Rodine,” a chemical inhibitor used in pickling iron sheets | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| 4/277/2 | “ Galvene,” a chemical inhibitor used in pickling iron sheets | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| †5/40/34 | Yarns of silk or of mixtures of silk and artificial silk on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of hosiery
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 64.) | As a. and m.s. (448) | Free | Free. |
| †13/58 | Cardboard and paper boxes, viz.:—
Boxes or cases, jewellers’, of cardboard, even if containing a pad or tray of textile, velvet, or similar material
(NOTE.—Revises decision under T.I. 239 in M.O. 13.) | As cardboard boxes (268) | 25 per cent. | 50 per cent. |
| 6/105/6 | Educational apparatus, appliances, articles, and materials, viz.:—
Pictures in series illustrating the works of famous artists, specially suited for use in schools in teaching children, not exceeding in invoice price 5d. per dozen net | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| †20/47 | Wall-pictures in sets on map rollers or sticks, specially suited for teaching in Sunday schools
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 22.) | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| 20/47 | The following are admitted as educational apparatus, &c., 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:—
Maps, plans, charts, and similar articles as may be approved by the Minister | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| 20/47 | Pictures, drawings, engravings, and photographs, in sets (including tripods imported therewith as standard equipment therefor), as may be approved by the Minister | As educational apparatus (416) | Free | Free. |
| 2/285/41 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, &c., viz.,—
Filling, packing, and wrapping, viz.,—
Wrapping and cartoning machines, the “ Morpac,” for wrapping or cartoning butter, margarine, and similar preparations | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 2/34/70 | Glue-dispenser, an electrically-heated glue-pot fitted with an air pump and discharge valve to control the flow of melted glue | | | |
| 13/139/3 | Photographers’ and similar, viz.,—
Portable sound-recording apparatus, “ Bell and Howell, Jenkins and Adair,” including carrying cases therefor and “ glow-lamps ” for use therewith | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free | Free. |
| 2/144/4 | Woollen-mill and hosiery-mill machinery, viz.,—
Hosiery-drying forms, the “ Paramount,” with interchangeable aluminium toes | As machinery, &c., peculiar to use in manufacturing, industrial, and similar processes (352) | Free | Free. |

• Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.