Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2735

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 17th October, 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.

“Pontocaine” (Amalgamated Dental Co., Ltd., London) ..
A. and m.s., viz.:—
Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
Textiles, viz.—
Cotton twill material, double warp, plain, in the piece, on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only in the manufacture of boots or shoes | 100 | .. | .. |
| 53-9/19/67 | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 53-4/510
53-4/510
53-20/35 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
“Activator L” .. .. .. .. ..
“Guai-a-phene” .. .. .. .. ..
Cork sheets, laminated with fabric, on declaration by the importer that the sheets will be sold only to engineers (including motor-garage engineers) for use in the manufacture of washers, gaskets, and engine packing
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 50.) | 448
448
448 | Free
Free
Free | Free.
20 per cent.
20 per cent. |
| 53-3/27/10 | Platedware, articles and materials used in the manufacture of, viz.,—
Stampings, viz., fork and spoon blanks of metal (other than precious metal), in the rough, i.e., branded, bowled and bent, but not ground or buffed | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 53-3/27/10 | Stampings and spinnings, other than fork and spoon blanks, not built up, of metal (other than precious metal) once buffed, on declaration by an electroplater that they will be plated by him in New Zealand
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 18.) | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 53-3/27/19 | Stamped blanks, nickel-silver, branded, bowled and bent, but otherwise in the rough and not ground or buffed, for the manufacture of spoons, forks, and butter knives | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 53-3/898 | Tin sheet, paper backed .. .. .. .. .. | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 53-3/108/13
53-3/108/13 | Vehicles, materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Rug rail ends or brackets .. .. .. .. ..
Tube ends, shaped, for plugging or closing tubes for rug rails, luggage racks, and similar fittings | 448
448 | Free
Free | 15 per cent.
15 per cent. |
| 53-4/427/45 | Bacteriological products, viz.:—
Vaccines, &c., “Glaxo” brand, viz.,—
Gonococcus (dissolved)
Gonococcus Intradermal (dissolved) }
Influenza (dissolved) | 97 | .. | .. |
| 53-4/317/35 | Chemicals, drugs, and other substances, &c., for use as culture media, indicators, &c., viz.:—
“Pyla-Tel” Chemical Indicating paste .. .. .. | 107 | .. | .. |
| 53-2/429/14 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,—
Air Conditioner, the “Armstrong” Humidifier, Models K-2 and K-4, electrically operated and variable, for controlling the humidity of the air during manufacturing processes | 352 | .. | .. |
| 53-2/143/31 | Printers’ and stationers’, viz.—
Type-casting machines, and accessories, viz.—
Type caster, the “Trader Horn” .. .. .. | 352 | .. | .. |
| 53-2/152/2 | Road-making machinery, viz.—
Road-builders, viz.—
“Ateco” gradebuilders .. .. .. .. ..
Scrapers, “Le Tourneau” Carryalls, Models P and S .. | 352
352 | Free
.. | Free.*
.. |
| 53-4/510 | Salts of the metallic elements, viz.:—
“Surfex” .. .. .. .. .. | 124 | .. | .. |
| 53-12/24/34 | Surgeons’ appliances, instruments, and materials, viz.:—
Stretchers, conventional hand type .. .. .. .. .. | 134 (2) | .. | .. |
| 53-4/427/45 | Vitamins, vitamin concentrates, &c., viz.:—
“Berin” Vitamin B₁ Tablets .. .. .. .. .. | 120 (3) | .. | .. |

• Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.

NOTE.—The decision on page 289 of the Tariff-book respecting “Heater and distributor for spraying oil emulsions, the ‘Kinney’, consisting of tank, oil-engine, pump, air-compressor, oil-burning heaters, valves, piping control-gear, and spray nozzles, suitable for mounting on a motor-vehicle” is cancelled.

NOTE.—The decision on page 292 of the Tariff-book respecting “Tape, Three-M masking (an adhesive paper tape specially suited for use in the painting of automobiles)” is cancelled.

Minister’s Order No. 53.] E. D. GOOD, Comptroller of Customs.