1778
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 2nd August, 1938.

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 (2), 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.

“Piton Organon”
} (Organon Laboratories, London) | 120 (1) | .. | .. |
| 40-4/287/13 | “Glanoid” Ovarian Preparations. (Armour and Co., Ltd., London) | 120 (1) | .. | .. |
| 40-4/287/83 | Animal glands or tissues, liver, pancreas, pituitary, and thyroid preparations, viz.:—
“Gravomit”
“Salvacid”
} (Tres Chemical Pharmaceutical Corp., Budapest) | 120 (2) | .. | .. |
| 40-7/146/8 | A. and m.s., viz.:—
Chemicals, oils, and other substances used in manufacture, viz.,—
Lacquers, cellulose and pyroxylin, chemicals for making, including cellulose solvents, viz.—
Methyl Cyclohexanol | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 40-20/253/8 | Vulcanizing preparations, viz.—
“Vulacfor M.B.T.” (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., London) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 40-3/172/6 | Fasteners for boxes, viz.,—
“SZ nails,” being S or Z shaped extruded metal sections cut in ordinary nail lengths, for jointing woodenware. (Weissleder and Co., Esslingen, Germany) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 40-12/6 | Hearing-aid instruments, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Crystal microphone cartridges, diaphragm type
Earpieces or receivers
} on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of hearing-aid instruments | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 40-20/289 | Hessian, plaited, on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of mats and matting | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 40-9/122 | Leather, viz.,—
Glove leathers of such description as may be approved by the Minister, and on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture of gloves
The following leathers have been approved under the above decision:—
Chamois glove leather.
Lambskin nappa gloving leather.
White washable doeskin leather. | 448 | Free | Free. |
| †40-3/338/12 | Valve seats, washers, and gaskets of synthetic rubber, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of petrol distributing outfits of the “kerbside” type
(NOTE.—Cancels decision respecting “Valve seats or washers of synthetic rubber, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of valves” in M.O. 20.) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 40-3/108/9 | Vehicles, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Channelling, brass, nickel-plated, lined with felt, specially suited for use in fitting windows of motor-vehicle bodies | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| †40-18/34 | Articles n.e.i., viz.:—
Rubber goods, viz.,—
Bicycles, rubber frame protectors for
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 46 of the Tariff-book.) | 449 (1) | .. | .. |
| †40-18/21/3 | Horse shoes of rubber and fabric, even if reinforced with metal, including metal fittings therefor, if imported therewith
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 51 of the Tariff-book.) | 449 (2) | Free | Free. |
| †40-18/21/3 | Horse-shoe pads of rubber and fabric
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 51 of the Tariff-book.) | 449 (2) | Free | Free. |
| †40-20/261 | Purses or coin-holders composed wholly of rubber
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 53 of the Tariff-book.) | 449 (1) | .. | .. |
| †40-9/78/2 | Welting of rubber for shoes
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 58 of the Tariff-book.) | 449 (1) | .. | .. |
| 40-10/6/59 | Cocoa or chocolate mixed with food, viz.:—
Ta-ro-co, chocolate flavoured. (Hawaiian Taro Products, Ltd.) | 16 (2) | .. | .. |