Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 175

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 27th January, 1941.

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.,—
“Manucol” I and V | 448
448 | Free
Free | Free.
Free. |
| †61-20/140 | “PX” Melting Salts, on declaration that they will be used only in the manufacture of cheese | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| | Glass substitutes consisting of a transparent composition reinforced with wove wire or other material
(NOTE.—Revises decision on page 34 of the Tariff-book.) | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 61-12/6 | Hearing-aid instruments, materials for manufacture of, viz.,—
Amplifying valves of patterns approved by the Minister on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him solely in the manufacture (including repair) of hearing-aids for the partially deaf | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 61-6/131/4 | Paper, viz.,—
Paper of qualities and in sizes approved by the Minister on declaration by a manufacturer of cigarette papers that it will be used by him solely in the manufacture of booklets or wrappers for cigarette papers in a licensed manufacturing warehouse | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 61-2/237/10 | Gas cooking and gas heating appliances, viz.:—
Ovens, pastrycooks’, gas-fired, single or multiple-deck.. | 353 (1) | .. | .. |
| | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,—
Bakers’, viz.—
Ovens, viz.—
“Cox” heat-trap ovens, gas-fired or coke-fired, not being pastrycooks’ single or multiple deck ovens
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 24.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| †61-3/189/26 | Road-making machinery, viz.—
Angledozer, anglegraders, bulldozers, bullgraders, grade-builders, road-builders, trailbuilders and similar appliances, cable or hydraulically operated, for attachment to tractors | 352 | .. | .. |
| 61-11/67/4 | Measuring, counting, testing, indicating, and recording, viz.,—
Thermometers or heat indicators, bi-metallic, suited for use as oven temperature indicators in ranges for domestic use
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 41.) | 342 | Free | Free.* |
| †61-16/2/2 | Mouldings and panels, &c., viz.:—
Timber veneered,—
(i) Containing (a) a “core” built-up by glueing, dowelling, or otherwise joining “slats” of wood edge to edge, or (b) a “core” consisting of a single sheet of wood, provided that in either case the “core” has a thickness of 5/16 in. or over
(ii) In which the “core” is laminated by superimposing sheets of wood on each other, provided that at least one of the laminations has a thickness of 5/16 in. or over
(iii) (a) bent to shape or (b) so constructed that the individual sheets constitute one or more defined panels (as distinguished from sheets which have no such definition and which can reasonably be cut into smaller sizes as circumstances require)
(NOTE.—The “definition” into specific panels may be indicated by an all-round margin or by the actual pattern on the surface.) | 246 | .. | .. |

• Under section 11, Customs Amendment Act, 1927.