Dec. 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2747

Minister’s Decisions Under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 29th November, 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 decision. (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—
Oils, emulsifiable or soluble—
Soluble oils for wool batching—
Whitcol J.B.N. | 448 (3) | 3 per cent. | 3 per cent. |
| 119-4/139 | Salts, &c. for use in electroplating, &c.—
Rhodium plating solution, when declared for use only in electroplating. | 448 (3) | 3 per cent. | 3 per cent. |
| 119-7/146/27 | Sulphonated higher alcohols—
Santomerse No. 1 | 448 (3) | 3 per cent. | 3 per cent. |
| 119-20/129/31 | Cords of descriptions approved by the Minister on declaration by a manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture of belting for driving machinery | 448 (3) | 3 per cent. | 20 per cent. |
| 119-8/67 | Textile piece goods—
Padding, cotton or hessian backed, Andpre patent, made up from strips of padding sewn to a backing of hessian or cotton, for use with industrial ironing machines | 448 (3) | 3 per cent. | 3 per cent. |
| 119-22/80 | Articles, n.e.i.—
Fruit tree stocks | 449 (2) (d) | 3 per cent. | 3 per cent. |
| | Chinaware, n.e.i.—
Ornaments, including replicas in miniature of the human figure or of animals, floral clusters, and floral brooches or sprays, moulded in porcelain, chinaware, or earthenware
NOTE.—Cancels the decision in M.O. 50 relating to “Replicas of the human figure, or of animals, &c.” | 215 | .. | .. |
| | Machinery, &c. and appliances—
Manufacturing, industrial—
Valves—
Valves for mixing steam and water to produce hot water
NOTE.—Cancels the decision in M.O. 43 relating to “Baby Bayer water heater, &c.” | 352 (b) | .. | .. |
| 119-3/848 | Measuring, testing, &c.—
Thermometers or heat indicators, bi-metallic, suited for use as oven temperature indicators in ranges for domestic use
NOTE.—Cancels the decision in M.O. 61 relating to “Thermometers or heat indicators, bi-metallic, &c.” admitted free of duty under section 11 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1927. | 342 | .. | .. |

Minister’s Order 119.] D. G. SAWERS, Comptroller of Customs.

Mining Privilege Struck Off the Register

Office of the Mining Registrar, Lawrence, 23rd November, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been struck off the Register.

J. MATHIESON, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE

(Mines 23/2/962.)

Notice Under the Regulations Act, 1936

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under :—

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