JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1959

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 3rd July, 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.

Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.:—
Lacquers, cellulose and pyroxylin, chemicals for making, &c., viz.:—
Propylene Glycol on declaration by a manufacturer that it will be used by him only as a cellulose solvent in the manufacture of lacquers
Weaving, dyeing, and cleaning of textiles, materials used in connection with, viz.,—
Degreasing, scouring, and “wetting-out” preparations, viz.—
“Surfax W.O.” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 50-7/50/51 | “Pinosin B” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 50-7/50/52 | “Taninol WR” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 50-7/50/52 | “Uromat II,” a delustring agent | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 50-7/146/23 | Cork sheets, laminated with fabric, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of washers, gaskets or engine packing. | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 50-20/35 | | | | |
| 50-4/44/60 | Antiseptics, viz.:—
Neo-Solganal (Schering A-G., Berlin) | 100 | .. | .. |
| 50-4/44/66 | Bacteriological products, viz.:—
Vaccines for veterinary use—
“Yatren” Strangles vaccine | 97 | .. | .. |
| 50-13/178 | Fancy goods and toys, viz.:—
Replicas of the human figure or of animals, in miniature, moulded of glass, porcelain, chinaware or earthenware | 239 | .. | .. |
| 50-4/115/11 | Fire-engines, chemical fire-extinguishers, fire-extinguishing appliances, &c., viz:—
“Tutogen” fire extinguisher chemical for the production of air-foam: | 325 | .. | .. |
| 50-2/246/7 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Agricultural, viz.,—
Cultivators, viz.—
“Killefer” Panbreaker No. 35, including the ditching attachment therefor | 333 (1) | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 50-2/246/7 | Ploughs viz.,—
“Killefer” Mole Drainage machine, No. 31, including the single tine and the mole ball attachments therefor | 333 (1) | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 50-2/246/7 | “Roman General” plough harrow, model RG-10-28 | 333 (1) | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 50-2/246/7 | “Roman Major” disc ploughing harrow, model RM-2028 .. | 333 (1) | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 50-2/144/21 | Knitting, viz.,—
Power Strapping machine, type KE, for knitting tubular bands or straps in colours (H. Stoll and Co. Germany) | 351 (9) | Free | Free. |
| 50-2/237/10 | Manufacturing, industrial &c., viz.,—
Bakers’ viz.,—
Ovens, viz.—
“Barron’s” portable gas-fired bakers’ ovens | 352 | .. | .. |
| 50-2/152/18 | Brushcutter, the “La Plant-Choate” for attachment to the front of a tractor | 352 | Free | Free. |
| 50-2/560 | Cardboard disc (milk bottle cap) making machine, including printing press, stitching unit, paper stand, paraffiner and tuber supplied therewith. (Fort Stanwix Mfg. Co. Inc., U.S.A.)
(NOTE.—Electric motors therewith are to be separately classified under T.I. 338 (1) (a) and the blower under T.I. 351 (4).) | 352 | .. | .. |

• Under Section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.

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