Customs By-law (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Trade and Customs,

Melbourne, 26th March, 1903.

CUSTOMS BY-LAW.—MINOR ARTICLES.

I,

 CHARLES CAMERON KINGSTON, the Minister of State  for the Commonwealth of Australia administering the Department of Trade and Customs, hereby make the following By-law.

C. C. KINGSTON,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

The following By-law is substituted for the By-laws relating to Minor Articles dated 20th December, 1901, and 8th April, 1902, published in the Government Gazettes of the 20th December, 1901, and the 11th April. 1902, respectively:—

Minor Articles.

The following Minor Articles, for use in the manufacture of goods within the Commonwealth, are to be admitted free of duty under this By-law, viz.:—

Manufacture of Apparel.

Brace fittings (metal).

Rings, hooks, and slides, used in the manufacture of bows or neckties.

Manufacture of Bellows.

Hoops.

Pipes.

Manufacture of Blinds.

Actions, patent.

Eyes.

Holdfasts.

Knobs, screw.

Pulleys.

Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.

Beadings, up to 1½ inches in width.

Boxes, spur.

Caps, Toe, metal.

Circlets.

Clasps, Iron, for clogs and pattens.

Fasteners, Button.

Heel Seat pieces of leather, 1 inch and under in width.

Heels, Wooden, with or without leather covering.

Heels, for clogs and pattens

Hooks and Lace Studs and Eyelets.

Irons, for clogs and pattens.

Nails, Heel.

Plates. Heel.

Plates, Toe.

Plugs.

Seamings, up to 1½ inches in width.

Shanks and shanking.

Stiffeners (paper).

Strappings, Back, up to 1½ inches in width.

Tips, Heel.

Top banding.

Welts and Facings, up to ½ inch in width.

Manufacture of Fishing Rods.

Buttcaps.

Counters.

Ends.

Ferrules.

Hitches or catches.

Rings.

Manufacture of Furniture.

Book-case studs.

Caps or ferrules for Bamboo furniture.

Castors.

Cupboard Turns and Catches.

Desk stays.

Handles—Drawer and wardrobe (metal) except gold or silver, or plated with gold or silver.

Hinges—Butt.

Looking-glass movements.

Nails—Fancy.

Manufacture of Harness, Saddles, and Whips.

Foundations, Iron, for winkers.

Manufacture of Hats and Caps.

Braids.

Galloons (Hat), up to 1½ inches in width, plain colours.

Leathers—Real or imitation.

Peaks—Cap (except leather or embroidered).

Tassels.

Ventilators.

Manufactures of Metals, viz.:—

Agricultural, Horticultural, and Viticultural Implements—

Cheek-bits		For chaff cutters.
Mouth-pieces
Fingers	For reapers.
Sections

Rail ball knobs or buttons for bedsteads.

Stamped and spun mounts for bedsteads, viz.:—Vases, tops, husks, middles, spindles (including China, Pearl, Porcelain, Glass, Onyx) and ends, tees, caps, tips, roses, and rosettes; Shields, Bottom mounts, Ball tees, Rod and Terminal ends, Ferrules.

Vases, Spun or Stamped, for fenders.

Manufacture of Parasols, Sunshades, and Umbrellas.

Caps.

Mounts (except gold or silver).

Swedges.

Tassels.

Tips.

Manufacture of Vehicles.

Anti-rattlers (except india-rubber).

Bands, nave (except plated and mixed metal).

Bar Mountings.

Back Lights.

Buckles and Buckle Loops.

Barrels, Curtain.

Beading and Bead Finishers.

Bow Sockets.

Burrs—Iron.

Buttons.

Clips.

Collars.

Conductors—Water.

Couplings, Shaft and Pole.

Ends.

Eyes.

Fasteners, Apron, Curtain, Seat, and Patch.

Hinges—Concealed and butt.

Joints—Concealed.

Irons, slat.

Ivories.

Joints, stump.

Knobs.

Lace—Broad, seaming, and pasting.

Malleable cast hubs used in the manufacture of children’s cycles and perambulators.

Plates, felloe.

Props or nuts for tops or hoods.

Shackles.

Slides, Seat.

Staples—Breeching.

Steps and step treads.

Stops, shaft.

Tassels

Tips.

Whip Sockets.

Miscellaneous Manufactures.

Bookbinders’ clasps and comers for books.

Bottle stoppers (china top and wire fasteners for attaching to bottles).

Bottle stoppers, screw, made of lignum vitæ.

Bottle stoppers, internal, viz.:—Marbles, lignum vitæ, vulcanite, or ebonite.

Bucket ears.

Cups for cartridges.

Eyelets and Rings—Sail and sacking, for tents and tarpaulins, &c.

Gas tips—Lava	For gas fittings.
“          “ Steatite

Metal edging and studs for riveting boxes.

Purses—Metal mounts for (except gold or silver).

Screws for handles	Without nuts, for coal scuttles.
“          “ hinges
Stars and knobs, with screws

Screws, Lock and Stove, up to 4 inches.

Springs, for leggings.

Knobs and feet, for Fenders.

Carpets—Bindings for.

Jewel Cases—Catches Nickel, Hinges, Ring rest pieces, Snaps or push pieces.

Flowers, artificial—Materials for, viz.:— Centres, cups, petals, tubing wool.

Musical instruments—

Handles	Pianos.
Hinges, continuous

[Inserted in lieu of notice published in GazetteNo. 13, of 27th March, 1903.]