2504

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 112

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 12th September, 1939.

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.

Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
Elastic gore, consisting of elastic in strip form surrounded by suede leather, for use in the manufacture of shoes | 448 | Free | Free. |
| †52-4/293/23 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Diethylaminoethanol
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 45) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| †52-4/293/23 | Morpholine
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 45) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 52-7/20/43 | Pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 52-7/20/43 | “Permatol A,” a wood preservative | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 52-7/20/43 | “Santobrite,” a wood preservative | 448 | Free | Free. |
| †52-4/390 | Triethanolamine
(NOTE.—Cancels decision in M.O. 4 and revises decision on page 30 of the Tariff-book) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 52-7/50/53
52-6/165/4 | Weaving, dyeing, and cleaning of textiles, materials used in connection with, viz.—
“Servital OL”
Cardboard cores or “paper tubes” in short lengths, bulged slightly on each side, for use in the manufacture of transformers for radio sets | 448
448 | Free
Free | Free.
20 per cent. |
| 52-8/114 | Inks for making typewriter ribbons on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of typewriter ribbons
(NOTE.—This decision will be reviewed not later than 31st December, 1939). | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 52-3/41/2 | Iron and steel, articles of, viz.,—
Silicon steel punched strip for use in the manufacture of electric welders | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 52-20/17/8 | Metal stampings, plain and unbuilt, for use in the manufacture of brush or mirror backs | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 52-20/17/8 | Stampings from strip metal, bent to shape, for use as frames for brush or mirror backs | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 52-4/44/60
52-4/294/34 | Antiseptics, viz.:—
“Hexamine”
“Septanilam” | 100
100 | ..
.. | ..
.. |
| 52-4/509 | Chemicals, drugs, and other substances, &c., for use as culture media, indicators, &c., viz.:—
“Hopcalite” | 107 | .. | .. |
| 52-16/120 | Clocks, time-registers, and time-detectors, viz.:—
Parking meters, the “Park-O-Graf,” being coin-in-the-slot time registers | 237 | 20 per cent. | 20 per cent.* |
| 52-2/49/39 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,—
Aerating machines, viz.—
Carbonating machine, the New “Express” Dry Ice Soda fountain | 352 | .. | .. |
| 52-2/237/12 | Bakers’, viz.—
Pie-making machines, electric, of kinds operating without the use of tins or moulds | 352 | .. | .. |
| 52-3/897 | Carriages, roller-bearing, for floating-roof type oil tanks, gasometers, &c., for guiding the roof or deck during rise or fall | 352 | .. | .. |
| 52-2/387/6 | Cleaner, the “Bean” steam blast
(NOTE.—The electric motor is to be separately classified under T.I. 338 (1) (a) and the hose under T.I. 199) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 52-2/387/6 | Cleaner, the “Hypressure Jenny”
(NOTE.—The electric motor is to be separately classified under T.I. 338 (1) (a) and the hose under T.I. 199) | 352 | .. | .. |

• Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.