New Zealand Gazette – 1937 – No. 53

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✨ Customs Decisions

Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1815

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 9th August, 1937.

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.

Record.	Goods.	Classified under Tariff Item No.	Rate of Duty.
			British Preferential Tariff.	General Tariff.

27-4/287/79	Animal glands or tissues, liver, pancreas, pituitary, and thyroid preparations, viz.,— "Pancresalets" (Nu-Organic Remedies, Ltd., London)	120 (2)	..	..
	A. and m.s., viz.:— Apparel, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,— Elastic fabric shaped and whipped, for use in the manufacture of men’s surgical belts	448	Free	10 per cent.
27-5/25/12	Taps, brass, parts for, viz.,— Brass domes or covers, loose valves, and star or capstan heads, in the rough, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of brass taps, cocks, or similar articles, which otherwise will be wholly manufactured by him in New Zealand. (NOTE.—Revises decisions under T.I. 353 (1) in M.O. 4 and M.O. 12.)	448	Free	25 per cent.
†27-3/233/3	Timber, viz.,— Port Orford cedar and Douglas fir timbers, whether rough sawn, dressed, or in the form of veneers, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of separators for electric storage batteries	448	Free	Free.
27-15/17/5	Upholsterers' materials, viz.,— "Spring Edge" composed of paper "rope" enclosed in hessian to form a kind of piping for use in upholstery	448	Free	Free.
27-8/90	Cardboard and paper boxes, and cardboard and paper cut or shaped for wrappers, &c., viz.:— Cardboard tubing for use in the manufacture of cardboard boxes for face powder, &c.	268	..	..
27-6/165/2	Electrical machinery, appliances, and materials, viz.:— Cooking and heating appliances, viz.,— Irons, electric and electric-steam, other than those classed under T.I. 352; also spare elements therefor (NOTE.—Revises decisions on page 149 of Tariff-book respecting "Irons, electric," &c., and "Irons, electric-steam," &c.)	338 (10)	..	..
†27-2/256/32	Floor coverings, viz.:— "Feltex," marbled, being floor covering of felt with a mottled or marbled effect in colours	159 (1)	..	..
27-8/38/17	Infants' and invalids' foods, viz.:— Libby's No. 4 Homogenized Cereal Food for babies (Libby, McNeill, and Libby of Canada, Ltd.)	43	..	..
27-10/6/54	Lamps, lanterns, &c., n.e.i., viz.:— Imitation parchment cut to shape for the manufacture of lamp-shades	225	..	..
27-6/10/10	Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:— Grinding, emery, and similar, viz.,— Brake relining machine and grinder, the "Apac" heavy duty combination (Automobile Parts and Accessory Co., Ltd., South Australia)	351 (6)	..	..
27-2/411	Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,— Air compressing appliances, viz.— Aftercoolers, "C.P.," for cooling and removing moisture from compressed air (Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co., Ltd., London)	352	..	..
27-2/29/20	Air filters, viz.— "Bullard" compressed air filter, type "B"	352	..	..
27-2/314/7	Boilers, &c., viz.— Steam purifier, the "Tracy," an appliance to be fitted inside a boiler to remove water and impurities from the steam leaving the boiler (Foster Wheeler, Ltd., London)	352	..	..
27-3/647/2

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