Dec. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1561

Minister's Decisions under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 7th December, 1948.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Right 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, 443, 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.

Cartridge cases 0·22 calibre, primed on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of 0·22 calibre ball ammunition
(NOTE.—This decision will be reviewed before 31st December, 1948.) | 448 | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 108-7/50/4 | Chemicals, &c., used in manufactures, viz.,—
Oils, emulsifiable or soluble, viz.—
Soluble oils for wool-batching, &c., viz.—
“Sulfol 275” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-4/15/138 | Oils, essential, mixtures containing, viz.,—
Mixtures of natural and synthetic essential oils, viz.—
E.A. 49 essential oil | 448 | Free | 20 per cent. |
| 108-4/374/10 | Organic solvents, &c., for the manufacture of weed and scrub killing preparations, viz.,—
Bases Pt. (1) : Bq. : and Tf (1), used in the manufacture of 2-4-D preparations | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-4/390/2 | Sulphonated higher alcohols and their salts, viz.—
{ Sinnopon N.S.L.
Sipon “230” and “L-40” } | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-9/9/4 | Tanners’, curriers’, and fellmongers’ materials, viz.—
“Egolin” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-9/9/4 | Tanning extracts, tanners’ bates, &c.—
“Pancrol” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-7/146/34 | Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles, &c., materials used in, viz.—
Degreasing, scouring, “wetting-out” preparations, viz.—
“Pentrone T” | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 108-4/44/20 | Drugs, chemicals, &c., for use as culture media, viz.:—
Saccharides or sugars, viz.,—
{ “Adonitol”
d-Sorbitol
Lloyd’s alkaloidal reagent, Harleco
Sodium thioglycollate
S.S. Agar, “Bacto” brand
Tetrathionate broth base “Bacto” brand } | 107 | .. | .. |
| 108-3/615/2 | Machinery and appliances, viz.:—
Manufacturing, industrial, viz.,—
Burners, liquid fuel—
“Delco-Heat” oil burners
(NOTE.—The electric motor is to be classed separately under Tariff item 338 (1) (a) and the fan and fan housing under Tariff item 351 (4).) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 108-2/112/90 | Confectioners’ machines, viz.—
Crystallizing plant, the “Baker-Hulme”
(NOTE.—The hand-operated crane portion of the plant is to be classed separately under Tariff item 353 (6) (b).) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 108-2/301/33 | Cranes, viz.—
Self-propelled jib cranes other than those running on rails or track
(NOTE.—Incorporates the following decisions:—
M.O. 74—Mobile cranes, petrol electric or Diesel electric, the “Coles.”
M.O. 80—Mobile crane, petrol driven, the “Hyster Karry Krane.”
M.O. 84—Mobile crane, the “Jones Super 40.”) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 108-3/153/14 | Hoists, viz.—
Tiering trucks, being self-propelled hoists designed to lift goods on elevating forks, transport them to a desired site, and stack them in tiers
(NOTE.—Incorporates the decision in M.O. 83 on “Tiering trucks,” &c.) | 352 | .. | .. |
| 108-2/380/5 | Metalworking, woodworking, viz.,—
Clipping machine, the “Spuhl,” for joining upholsterers’ springs by means of wire clips (under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927)
(NOTE.—Revises decision in M.O. 13 on “Spuhl” spring-clipping machine.) | 351 (10) (a) | Free | Free. |
| 108-2/380/5 | Spring-knotting machine, the “Spuhl” | 351 (10) (a) | .. | .. |

Minister’s Order 108.] D. G. SAWERS, Comptroller of Customs.