Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3293

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts.

Customs Department, Wellington, 16th October, 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.

Artificial limbs, articles and materials for the manufacture of, viz.,—
Buckles, flat, double clamp
Fasteners, strap, roller cord
Links, square ..
Webbings
Elastics
on declaration by a manufacturer of artificial limbs that they will be used by him only in the manufacture (including repair) of artificial limbs | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 65-20/109/21 | Boots, shoes, &c., articles and materials for the manufacture or repair of, viz.,—
“Concentrate No. 145,” on declaration that it will be used only in the manufacture of boots or shoes | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 65-4/528 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Metal-workers’ compounds, viz.—
Houghton’s “Houghto-Black No. 15” ..
Houghton’s “Blackening Oil No. 33” .. | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 65-9/5/78 | Oils emulsifiable or soluble, viz.—
Soluble oils for wool batching, &c., viz.—
“Avirol T” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 65-9/5/78 | Weaving, dyeing, and cleaning of textiles, materials used in connection with, viz.—
Degreasing, scouring, and “wetting out” preparations, viz.—
“Aviscour”
“Avirol W” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 65-4/528 | Articles n.e.i., viz.:—
Houghton’s “Ferritrol No. 16c”
Houghton’s “Ferritrol No. 19c”
} used in treating steels | 449 (2) | Free | Free. |
| 65-4/258/9 | Chemicals, drugs, and other substances, &c., for use as culture media, microscopic stains, indicators, &c., viz.:—
“Galatest” | 107 | .. | .. |
| 65-12/6/6 | Electrical machinery, appliances, and materials, viz.:—
Resistors for hearing-aid instruments (similar to straight wire resistors used in wireless sets) | 338 (2) | .. | .. |
| 65-2/484/3 | Machinery, &c., and appliances, viz.:—
Agricultural n.e.i., viz.,—
Hay baler, the McCormick-Deering “pick-up,” type M
(NOTE.—The “Waukesha BDA-1” oil engine forming part thereof is to be separately classified under T.I. 352, and admitted free of duty under the provisions of section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927, provided that a declaration is made by the importer that the engine will be used only in a McCormick-Deering “pick-up” hay baler.) | 333 (2) | .. | .. |
| 65-2/256/11 | Manufacturing, industrial, &c., viz.,—
Laundry machinery, viz.—
“Fit-all-Sleever,” an appliance for adjusting the sleeves of garments to the correct shape before pressing | 352 | .. | .. |
| 65-3/222/11 | Valves, cocks, and taps, viz.—
Larner Johnson Float Valve, Fig. 3078
Larner Johnson Pressure Relief Valve, Fig. 3132
Larner Johnson Pressure Sustaining Valve, Fig. 3068
Larner Johnson Combined Stop and Check Valve, Fig. 3776
Larner Johnson Self-closing Valve, Fig. 2192 | 352 | .. | .. |
| †65-4/251/10 | Medicinal preparations containing over 50 per cent. proof spirit, viz.:—
Tincture of sambul
(NOTE.—Cancels decision on page 424 of the Tariff-book.) | 122 | .. | .. |
| †65-7/21/54 | Oils, viz.:—
Transformer oil of qualities approved by the Minister, and under conditions prescribed by him, viz.,—
Transformer Oil, B.E.S.A. specification No. B. 30, on declaration that it will be used only in electrical transformers or switch gear, and provided that the specific gravity of the oil does not exceed 0·885 at 60° F.
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 30.) | 394 (13) | .. | .. |
| 65-4/429/2
65-4/427/59
65-4/427/60 | Vitamins, vitamin concentrates, &c., viz.:—
“Fertilol” capsules (Vitamins Ltd., London)
“Hexavibex” (Parke, Davis, and Co., Sydney)
“Tofaxin” (or “Tofaxan”) (Bayer Pharma Pty. Ltd., Sydney). | 120 (3)
120 (3)
120 (3) | ..
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Minister’s Order No. 65.] E. D. GOOD, Comptroller of Customs.

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