4384

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 94

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 13th December, 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) The rates of duty payable on goods set out hereunder have not been shown except in the case of goods classed under Tariff items 416, 448, and 449, and in the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934. Where goods are admitted under the provisions of section 11 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934, at a rate of duty lower than that provided for 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.,—
Metal-workers’ compounds, viz.—
Houghton’s Perliton liquid heat .. .. .. .. | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 7/46/8 | Oils, emulsifiable or soluble, viz.,—
Mineral oil, emulsified, containing 1·5 per cent. of lime and soap | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 7/50/36 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, materials used in, viz.,—
Estralene, a wetting-out agent .. .. .. .. | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 3/588/2 | Electrical machinery, &c., viz.:—
Hairwaving-machines, electric .. .. .. .. | 338 (10) | .. | .. |
| 15/8 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Agricultural, n.e.i., viz.,—
Poles or shafts, unbored, of Baltic pine, Oregon pine, and similar softwoods, on declaration that they will be used only on agricultural mowers, hay-rakes, or other agricultural implements of the kinds admissible under Tariff item 333 (2) | 333 (2) | .. | .. |
| 2/111/43 | Grinding-mills, &c., viz.,—
Laboratory roller miller for flour-testing (Tattersall’s) .. .. | 351 (7) | Free | Free. |
| 2/232/8 | Manufacturing, &c., viz.,—
Engines, oil, and parts, viz.—
Compression ignition type of oil-engines, suited for use as stationary or marine engines and also suited for use on motor-vehicles, on declaration that they will not be used on motor-vehicles | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/232/37 | Conversion parts, imported in sets, for converting motor-vehicle engines into marine engines | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/342/15 | Filters, viz.—
Filter candles of earthenware, plaster-of-paris, &c., for pressure filters | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/111/43 | Flour and grain milling machinery, viz.—
Sieving-machine for use with a laboratory roller mill for flour-testing (Tattersall’s) | 352 | Free | Free. |
| 2/301/23 | Hoists, viz.—
“Felco Walker” Loader is to be classified as under:—
The travelling carriage, consisting only of the chain pulley-blocks and the housing for the blocks | 352 | .. | .. |
| 3/240/8 | The balance of the apparatus .. .. .. .. | 356 (1) | .. | .. |
| 3/139/3 | “Reco” chain hoist and wire-puller .. .. .. .. | 352 | .. | .. |
| †2/12/41 | Photographers’ and similar, viz.—
Portable sound-recording apparatus, “Bell and Howell, Jenkins and Adair,” including carrying cases therefor and “glowlamps” for use therewith | 352 | .. | .. |
| | Pipes, wrought iron or steel, solid-drawn or lap-welded, not being screwed and not being peculiar to use as boiler tubes, having a thickness of metal exceeding that set out below against the respective nominal internal diameters thereof; also fittings specially suited for use with such pipes:—
Standard Wire Gauge or Imperial Wire Gauge.
Nominal Internal Diameter.
4″ and not exceeding 5″.. .. 6 (0·192″)
Exceeding 5″ ,, 6″.. .. 5 (0·212″)
,, 6″ ,, 7″.. .. 4 (0·232″)
,, 7″ ,, 8″.. .. 3 (0·252″)
,, 8″ ,, 9″.. .. 2 (0·276″)
(NOTE.—Revises decision on pipes, steel, unscrewed, in M.O. 2.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/281/2 | Pumps, viz.—
Sewage pumps .. .. .. .. .. | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/138/3 | Valves, cocks, and taps, viz.—
Penberthy ¼-in. brass cocks (or needle valves) for use in the manufacture of “Permutit” water-softeners | 352 | .. | .. |
| 2/144/4 | Woollen-mill and hosiery-mill machinery, viz.—
“Turex” plain examining forms for hosiery, consisting of a specially shaped metal tube fitted with a ball-joint and a bracket for attachment to a table | 352 | Free | Free.* |

• Under Section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.