May 5]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Minister's Decisions Under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 26th April, 1949.

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, 448, and 449, 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, &c., chemicals for making, viz.—
" Flexol " plasticisers T.W.S. and R-1 | | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 113-4/545 | Resins, alkyd, and glyptal, when containing such proportions of solid resins as the Minister may determine | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 113-20/162/26 | The following have been approved under the above decision :—
Rhodene resins L3/G, L6/EE, F55/E, K6/EE, LO 36/E, A96/E, A26F. | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| | Cypridene G29/E. | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| Beckosol No. 1 solution. | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| | Beckosol Nos. 1315, 1318, 1331, 1334. | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 113-4/3/32 | " Lanoc CN " Weaving, dyeing, &c. of textiles, materials used in, viz.— | | 448 | Free | Free. |
| 113-4/38/47 | " Tipsol M.B." Electrodes as may be approved by the Minister for use with the electric arc for depositing hard surfaces on metals | | 448 | Free | 15 per cent. |
| 113-3/340/3 | (Note.—“ Cobalide ” hard alloy electrodes have been approved under the above decision.) | | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 113-3/901 | Iron and steel, articles of, viz.,—
Stampings of black steel, not built-up in any way, and in the rough, on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of panels for refrigerator cabinets | | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| 113-3/914/2 | Stampings of stainless steel, in the rough and not built-up, for the manufacture of lotion and theatre bowls, douche-cans, sputum mugs, urinals, bed pans, graduated measures, and similar hospital hollowware, not including sinks,
wash basins of built-in types, or kitchen utensils | | 448 | Free | 10 per cent. |
| (This decision will be reviewed at 31/12/49.) | | 100 | | |
| 113-4/44/78 | Antiseptics, viz.:—
Aureomycin (or “ Duomycin ”) and its salts | | 107 | | |
| 113-4/317/53 | Chemicals, &c., for use as culture media, &c., viz.:—
Barium sulphate soil-testing outfits | | 107 | | |
| 113-4/317/53 | Buffer substrate tablets | | 107 | | |
| 113-4/317/53 | Diodone | | 107 | | |
| 113-4/317/53 | Folin and Ciocalten’s phenol reagent | | 107 | | |
| 113-4/317/53 | Disinfectants, viz.:—
Chloro-cresol (B.P. 1948) | | 104 | | |
| Educational apparatus, appliances, &c., viz.:—
The following are admitted as educational apparatus, &c. on declaration that they have been specially imported and will be used solely for educational purposes in a school, college, or university, and that they will not be removed therefrom without payment of the duty :— | | 416 | Free | 25 per cent. |
| 113-3/50 | Adding and calculating machines | | (M.F.N. rate-Free.) | |
| Duplicating machines and accessories peculiar thereto | | 416 | Free | 25 per cent. |
| Typewriters | | 416 | Free | 25 per cent. |
| Revises the following decisions :—
Page 144 of the Tariff Book “ Adding and calculating machines.”
Page 145 of the Tariff Book “ Typewriters.” | | 416 | (M.F.N. rate-Free.) | |
| Electrical machinery, appliances and materials, viz.:—
N.e.i., viz.,— | | 338 (10) (b) | | |
| 113-3/519/3 | Incinerator, electric, the “ Barrywald ” | | 338 (4) | | |
| 113-12/5/37 | Peculiar to surgery, viz.,—
Heater, cage, the “ Thermega ” | | 338 (4) | | |
| 113-3/28/16 | Wireless apparatus, viz.,—
Radar transmitting and receiving sets
(Motor generator sets, if imported, will be classed separately under Tariff item 338 (1) (a).) | | 119 | | |
| Insecticides and fungicides for agricultural use, viz.:—
" Fungicide 531 " " Rhothane " or “ DDD ” | | 119 | | |
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