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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 181

SCHEDULE.

1. In this Schedule—
   “Wheat,” “free wheat,” and “good milling-wheat” have the same meaning as in the Wheat Trade Regulations made on the date of this Order in Council, under the War Regulations Act, 1914:
   “Government price” means, in respect of wheat sold for delivery in any month, the price payable by Government brokers under the said Wheat Trade Regulations for good milling-wheat sold to the Government for delivery in the same month:
   “Millers’ price” means, in respect of wheat sold for delivery in any month, the price receivable by Government brokers for good milling-wheat sold by them on account of the Government for delivery in the same month in accordance with the said Wheat Trade Regulations:
   “Nearest port” means the port of entry under the Customs Act, 1913, nearest to the place in which the wheat is grown.

2. When wheat is sold without express provision as to the month of delivery, it shall be deemed to have been sold for delivery in the month in which the contract is made, and the maximum price shall be determined accordingly.

WHEAT INFERIOR TO GOOD MILLING-WHEAT.

3. The maximum price of free wheat inferior in quality to good milling-wheat shall, when sold by the grower, be a price equivalent as regards the grower to the Government price for the same month of delivery, less 2d. per bushel.

4. (1.) The maximum price of free wheat inferior in quality to good milling-wheat, when sold wholesale by millers, brokers, or other purchasers from the growers free on board at the nearest port on the usual trade terms as established at the date of this Order in Council, shall be the Government price for good milling-wheat delivered free on board at the nearest port in the same month, less 1d. per bushel.
   (2.) When sold otherwise than free on board at the nearest port on the said trade terms, the maximum price shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price aforesaid.

GOOD MILLING-WHEAT.

5. (1.) The maximum price of free wheat being good milling-wheat (other than machine-dressed seed wheat), when sold for delivery free on board at the nearest port on the usual trade terms as established at the date of this Order in Council, shall be the millers’ price for good milling-wheat delivered free on board at the nearest port in the same month, with an addition of 5d. per bushel.
   (2.) When sold otherwise than free on board at the nearest port on the usual trade terms as aforesaid, the maximum price shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price aforesaid.

MACHINE-DRESSED SEED WHEAT.

6. The maximum price of machine-dressed seed wheat shall be the maximum price fixed by the last preceding clause, with the further addition of 5d. per bushel.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

War Regulations as to the Sale and Purchase of Wheat.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1917.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-five of the War Legislation Act, 1917, it is provided that the Governor-General in Council may by regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914, make such provisions as, having regard to the exigencies of the present war or the conditions created thereby, he thinks advisable for the maintenance, control, regulation, and management of any industry, business, or undertaking which he regards as essential for the public welfare: And whereas the growing of wheat and the manufacture of flour in New Zealand are industries essential for the public welfare: And whereas by reason of the condi-