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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 77

Decisions Under Customs Acts

Customs Department, Wellington, 27 September 1951.

IT is hereby notified for public information that it has been decided to interpret the Customs Acts in relation to the under-mentioned 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—
Weaving, dyeing, &c., of textiles—
Orema Binder H dispersing agent for use in textile printing .. | 448 (3) | 3% |
| | | | 3% |
| 153-4/390/15 | Bleaching agents—
Uvitex RT .. | 448 (3) | 3% |
| | | | 3% |
| 153-4/390/15 | Degreasing, scouring, &c., materials—
Ultravon JF | 448 (3) | 3% |
| | | | 3% |
| 153-4/390/15 | Fumexol AS .. | 448 (3) | 3% |
| | | | 3% |
| 153-4/390/15 | Orema emulsifier AC .. | 448 (3) | 3% |
| | | | 3% |
| 153-6/78 | Cardboard and paper boxes—
Boxes and cartons, waxed cardboard, assembled or unassembled, for packing such goods as ice cream, meat, cakes, pastry, &c.
The decision on page 91 of the Tariff Index reading “Cartons of waxed cardboard for packing meat, &c.,” is cancelled. | 268 | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-20/101 | Educational apparatus—
Alphabet blocks, being cubes of wood or other material, having on one or more of the faces a letter of the alphabet whether or not in association with pictures | 416 | Free |
| | | | 25% |
| | | | 25% |
| 153-20/101 | Blackboards of any material, including toy blackboards, and easels therefor
The decisions on page 141 of the Tariff Index reading “Blackboards, silicate or hyloplate, &c.” and “Blackboards of wood” are cancelled. | 416 | Free |
| | | | 25% |
| | | | 25% |
| 153-20/47/37 | Keyboards, dummy, used to instruct typists, linotype operators, pianists, &c.
The following decisions on page 142 of the Tariff Index are cancelled—
“Keyboard, dummy, the Thaler, &c.”
“Keyboards or claviers (not being musical instruments) for use by pianoforte pupils, &c.” | 416 | Free |
| | | | .. |
| | | | Free |
| 153-20/101 | Letters and figures of any material, in sets, for word building .. | 416 | Free |
| | | | 25% |
| | | | 25% |
| 153-20/101 | Toys, which would otherwise be classed under Tariff item 239 (2), 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
The following decisions in the Tariff Index are cancelled—
Page 144: “Clocks, imitation, paper and cardboard cut to shape for building up.”
Page 145: “Models, steam engine and railway, working.” | 416 | Free |
| | | | 25% |
| | | | 25% |
| 153-4/115 | Fire engines, &c.—
Foam producing chemicals for use in fire fighting .. | 325 | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-16/127 | Machinery, &c.—
Measuring, counting, &c.—
Balancing machines for determining the amount of unbalance of rotating bodies | 342 | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-3/344 | Speedometers, including the cables, fittings, gear boxes, and gears, when imported therewith (for speedometer cables imported separately see Tariff item 352—Transmission)
The decision on page 303 of the Tariff Index reading “Speedometers, including cables, &c.” is cancelled. | 342 | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-3/135/4 | Metal n.e.i., hoop, plate, or sheet, &c.—
Aluminium venetian blind strip, unworked .. | 357 (6) | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-11/31/4 | Motor vehicles, cycles, and motor cycles, accessories for—
Bags, touring, specially fitted for attachment to cycles, when accompanying the cycle to which they belong | 379 | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-7/51/14 | Paints and colours, &c.—
Cement paints, “Snowcem” and similar, in powder form ..
The decision on page 357 of the Tariff Index reading “Bondex water-proofing cement paint, &c.” | 397 (7) (c) | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-3/690 | Tools, artificers, &c.—
Cutters, wire rope, in which the rope is severed by striking a cutting blade with a hammer | 354 (1) | .. |
| | | | .. |
| 153-3/90 | For the purposes of the Customs Tariff Amendment Order 1951, Serial No. 1951/93 (exemption from duty of prefabricated houses of wood or metal) the term “houses” is to be interpreted to include “buildings.”
The decision on page 227 of the Tariff Index reading “Lawn mowers, motor driven” is cancelled. | | |

(T.O. 153)
D. G. SAVERS, Comptroller of Customs,