Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2767

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 30th September, 1935.

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 of goods admitted (under the provisions of section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927) at a rate of duty lower than that provided for in the First Schedule to the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934. Where goods are admitted under the provisions of section 11 aforesaid, 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.

4/287/20
4/287/3 | Animal glands or tissues: Liver, pancreas, pituitary, and thyroid preparations, viz. :—
“Bioferol” (Bayer Products, Ltd., London) .. .. ..
“Hepovite” (Evans, Sons, Lescher, and Webb, Ltd., Liverpool) ..
Parathyroid and calcium tablets (Parke, Davis, and Co.) .. | 120 (2)
120 (2)
120 (2) | ..
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| 4/294/9 | Antiseptics, viz. :—
Formocresol, Buckley (Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, U.S.A.) .. | 100 | .. | .. |
| 5/35 | Apparel, clothing, and hosiery, viz. :—
Dress preservers or shields, taped or untaped .. .. .. | 136 (7) | .. | .. |
| 5/47/4 | A. and m.s., viz. :—
Apparel, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Fasteners, plaquet, &c., viz.—
Snap fasteners on cotton tape, being lengths of tape with dome fasteners attached at intervals | 448 | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 20/109/20 | Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
“Dryfast” solvent for use with “Dryfast” cement, on declaration by a boot-manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of boots, shoes, or slippers | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 4/225/4 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
“Deoxidine,” a phosphoric-acid preparation for the cleansing of metal surfaces prior to painting | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 7/50/34 | Weaving, dyeing and cleaning of textiles, materials used in connection with, viz.—
“Irgaline,” a preparation for the degumming of silk hosiery and silk knitted goods prior to dyeing | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 3/4/17 | Lamps, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Collars, screwed brass, for metal oil-lamps .. .. .. | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 3/4/35 | Tinsmiths’ materials, viz.,—
Bodies and other parts, stamped or spun, including necks and shoulders, for the manufacture of buckets, kettles, tea and coffee pots, billies and similar hollow-ware (not including (a) milk or cream cans of heavy factory type, or (b) tin canisters and similar tin containers for packing goods), not wired or curled, and whether plain, or pierced, or punched; also all stamped or spun tinmen’s fittings (except stamped bodies, necks, rings, bungs, tops, and bottoms for the manufacture of tin canisters and similar tin containers for packing goods), plain, pierced, or punched, but (except in such cases as may be approved by the Minister) not wired or curled
(NOTE.—Bodies for saucepans, frying-pans, ladles, and similar hollow-ware, and blades for fish-slices, coal-shovels, &c., which are completed in New Zealand merely by having an imported handle riveted thereto, are not regarded as embraced by the above decision.) | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 3/12 | Watering-can roses in which the perforated portion and the base are threaded for screwing together instead of being soldered | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 3/12 | Watering-can roses, metal stamped and perforated (but otherwise unworked) for the manufacture of, also screwed brass connections for attaching the rose to the spout | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 4/44/55 | Bacteriological products, &c., viz. :—
“Pollantin” hay-fever serum, liquid or powder (Schimmel and Co. A.G., Germany) | 97 | .. | .. |
| 4/317/22 | Chemicals, &c., for use as culture media, indicators, &c., viz. :—
Benzil dioxime .. .. .. .. .. .. | 107 | .. | .. |