Sch First

The First Schedule.

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

His Majesty’s Government in the Commonwealth of Australia and His Majesty’s Government in the Dominion of New Zealand, being desirous of improving and extending the commercial relations existing between Australia and New Zealand, and affirming the principle of granting tariff preferences the one to the other on goods of their produce or manufacture for their mutual advantage, have agreed upon the following Articles:—

Article I.

1. The terms “British Preferential Tariff” and “General Tariff” as used in this Agreement and the Schedules hereto shall in relation to any goods be deemed to mean the British Preferential Tariff and the General Tariff of Australia or of New Zealand in force on the date on which such goods are entered for home consumption in Australia or New Zealand, as the case may be.

THE First Schedule—continued.

Trade Agreement Between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand—continued.

2. The items in Schedule A or Schedule B hereto shall, where taken from the Tariff of Australia or New Zealand, be interpreted in the same way as they would be interpreted in the Tariff from which they are taken.

Article II.

1. Subject to the provisions of the Customs Tariff of Australia, and except as hereinafter in this Agreement provided, Australia grants:—

(a) To goods of the kinds or classes enumerated in Schedule A hereto, being the produce or manufacture of New Zealand, when imported into Australia, the tariff rates indicated in the said Schedule A:

(b) To all other goods being the produce or manufacture of New Zealand, when imported into Australia, the benefits of the British Preferential Tariff.

2. The tariff advantages conceded by Clause I of this Article shall apply only to goods which have been shipped from New Zealand to Australia and have not been transhipped, or. if transhipped, then only if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs that the intended destination of the goods when originally shipped from New Zealand was Australia.

Article III.

1. Subject to the provisions of the Customs Tariff of Now Zealand, and except as hereinafter in this Agreement provided, New Zealand grants:—

(a) To goods of the kinds or classes enumerated in Schedule B hereto, being the produce or manufacture of Australia, when imported into New Zealand, the tariff rates and provisions indicated in the said Schedule B;

(b) To all other goods being the produce or manufacture of Australia, when imported into New Zealand, the benefits of the British Preferential Tariff.