26 Nov.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1929

Board of Trade Notice No. 79—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Leather Goods

1. The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed under the following tariff items:
   Tariff Item 202: Leather laces; vamps, and uppers; leather cut into shapes; clog and patten soles; leather leggings.
   Tariff Item 203: Leather manufactures n.e.i.
   Tariff Item 204: Portmanteaux; trunks; bags of leather or of leather cloth; attaché cases, suit-cases, and similar receptacles (not including basketware, wickerware, or receptacles made of similar materials).
   Tariff Item 234: Camera covers and cases.
   Ex Tariff Item 261: Tobacco pouches and cases of leather, cigar and cigarette cases of leather.
   Attaché cases and similar receptacles of a type which if imported empty would be classified under Tariff Item 204 but which, when imported containing toilet sets, are classified with the goods contained therein under Tariff Items 201, 356 (1) (c) or 419 (2).
   The present rates of import duty in respect of these items are:
   Tariff Item 202:
   British Preferential: 20%
   Australian Agreement: 40%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 203:
   British Preferential: 20%
   Australian Agreement: 35%
   Most Favoured Nation: 40%
   Switzerland: 40%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 204:
   British Preferential: 20%
   Australian Agreement: 35%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 234:
   British Preferential: 20%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 261:
   British Preferential: 20%
   Most Favoured Nation: 35%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 356 (1) (c):
   British Preferential: 20%
   Australian Agreement: 30%
   Canadian Agreement: 30%
   Most Favoured Nation: 50%
   Switzerland: 50%
   General: 50%
   Tariff Item 419 (2):
   British Preferential: 25%
   Australian Agreement: 30%
   General: 50%

• Plus surtax at the rate of nine-fortieths of the amount of duty. Where surtax is payable under the British Preferential rate such surtax relates only to goods imported from Ireland (except Northern Ireland), Union of South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Canada.

2. During the course of this inquiry the Board will consider the desirability of reclassifying the goods in question for the purposes of the Customs Tariff. In addition, the Board will consider whether such of the goods in question as are now subject to import licensing should be exempted from the requirements of import licensing, and in respect of such of the goods in question as are already exempt whether import licensing should be reimposed in respect of any of them.
3. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of these tariff items, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 18 May 1954, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.
4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the notes for the guidance of witnesses (2nd edition) which have been approved by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undersigned.
5. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes of guidance, should be lodged with the undersigned on or before Tuesday, 4 May 1954. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.
   Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of November 1953.
   R. F. WILSON, Secretary, Board of Trade.
   C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C. 1.

Officiating Ministers for 1953—Notice No. 36

Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriage Act 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, Commonly Called the Church of England
The Reverend Michael Noel Brackenbury.
The Reverend Bruce William Don.
The Reverend Robert Arthur Lowe.
The Reverend John Raglan Maclean, B.A.
Ths Reverend John James Merton.
The Roman Catholic Church
The Reverend Peter Bierbohm.
The Reverend David Blake.
The Reverend Felix Donnelly.
The Reverend Daniel Fagan.
The Reverend Fraris Green.
The Reverend James McCrory.
The Reverend George Marinkovich.
The Reverend Peter Ryan.
The Reverend Raymond Scott.
The Reverend Ernest Simmons.
The Reverend Hilary Turner.
Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of November 1953.
S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.
The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be Standard Specifications
NOTICE is hereby given that on 11 November 1953 the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941.
Number and Title of Specification. Price of Copy (Post Free).
N.Z.S.S. 121: Zinc oxides (Types 1 and 2) for paints, being B.S. 254 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 121, being B.S. 254 :1935 amended to meet New Zealand requirements)
N.Z.S.S. 243: Genuine white lead for paints, being B.S. 239 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 243, being B.S. 239 :1935)
N.Z.S.S. 244: Lithopone for paints, being B.S. 296 :1952 amended to meet New Zealand requirements (superseding N.Z.S.S. 244, being B.S. 296 :1935 amended to meet New Zealand requirements)
N.Z.S.S. 270: Antimony oxide for paints, being B.S. 338 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 270, being B.S. 338 :1935) 3 6
N.Z.S.S. 273: Basic lead sulphate for paints, being B.S. 637 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 273, being B.S. 637 :1935)
N.Z.S.S. 692: Leaded zinc oxide, being B.S. 1481 : 1952 amended to meet New Zealand requirements (superseding N.Z.S.S. 692, being B.S. 1481 : 1948 amended to meet New Zealand requirements)
N.Z.S.S. 1163: Titanium dioxide pigments for paints, being B.S. 1851 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 271, being B.S. 392 :1935; N.Z.S.S. 272, being B.S. 636 :1935 with amendment No. 2, August 1945; N.Z.S.S. 694, being B.S. 1269 : 1945 including amendment No. 2 to B.S. 636 (N.Z.S.S. 272))
N.Z.S.S. 1164: Extenders for paints, being B.S. 1795 :1952 (superseding N.Z.S.S. 239, being B.S. 255 :1938; N.Z.S.S. 240, being B.S. 260 :1938; N.Z.S.S. 241, being B.S. 281 :1938; N.Z.S.S. 242, being B.S. 301 :1938; N.Z.S.S. 663, being B.S. 926 :1940, Sections 2, 3, 6, and 7)
Applications for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C.1.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of November 1953.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan
Pursuant to the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926 the following notice, received by the Minister of Finance from the Mayor of the City of Wanganui, is hereby published.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of November 1953.
B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.
CITY OF WANGANUI
Street and Footpath Improvements Loan 1953, £110,000
I HEREBY notify you in terms of section 13 (1) of the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926 that, at a poll of ratepayers of the City of Wanganui taken on Saturday, the 31st day of October 1953, for the purpose of enabling the Council to carry out the formation of forty miles of concrete kerb and channel and thirty miles of concrete footpaths, the voting was as follows:
Votes.
For the proposal .... 2,823
Against the proposal .... 1,519
Informal ... 86
Majority for ..... 1,304
I therefore declare that the above-mentioned proposal was duly carried.
W. J. ROGERS, Mayor.