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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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3. In this Schedule the term “nearest port” means the port of entry under the Customs Act, 1913, at which or nearest to which the wheat to which the contract of sale relates, or which is appropriated to that contract, is situated when the contract is made or when the wheat first thereafter comes into the possession or disposition of the seller.

4. This Order in Council shall not apply to a contract for the sale of wheat in a quantity less than 50 bushels, but for the purpose of this exception two or more contracts made at the same time, or substantially at the same time, between the same parties shall be deemed to be one contract.

5. This Order in Council shall not apply to a contract for the sale of seed-wheat if such contract is made with the knowledge and approval of the Board of Trade.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Scale of Maximum Prices for Wheat per Bushel.

WHEAT sold for delivery in February, March, or April, 1917:—

Pearl and Velvet … … … … 5 9
Hunters … … … … 5 8
Tuscan … … … … 5 7

Wheat sold for delivery in May, 1917:—

Pearl and Velvet … … … … 5 9½
Hunters … … … … 5 8½
Tuscan … … … … 5 7½

Wheat sold for delivery in June, 1917:—

Pearl and Velvet … … … … 5 10
Hunters … … … … 5 9
Tuscan … … … … 5 8

Wheat sold for delivery in July, 1917:—

Pearl and Velvet … … … … 5 10½
Hunters … … … … 5 9½
Tuscan … … … … 5 8½

Wheat sold for delivery later than July, 1917:—

Pearl and Velvet … … … … 5 11
Hunters … … … … 5 10
Tuscan … … … … 5 9

Wheat sold without express provision as to month of delivery shall for the purposes of this Schedule be deemed to have been sold for delivery in the month in which the contract was made, and the maximum price shall be determined accordingly.

In this Schedule the term “Tuscan” includes all kinds of wheat other than Pearl, Velvet, and Hunters.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Flour.

1. WHEN the nearest port is Christchurch, Timaru, or Oamaru, the maximum price of flour as sold by the manufacturer for delivery free on board at the nearest port in 200 lb. sacks on the usual trade terms as established at the date of this Order in Council shall be £15 per ton, and in the case of sale by the manufacturer otherwise than in manner aforesaid the maximum price shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price above mentioned.

2. In this Schedule the term “nearest port” means the port of entry under the Customs Act, 1913, which is nearest to, or includes, the place of manufacture of the flour sold.

3. When the nearest port is a port other than Christchurch, Timaru, or Oamaru, the maximum price of flour as sold by the manufacturer for delivery free on board at the nearest port in 200 lb. sacks on the usual trade terms as established at the date of this Order in Council shall be £15 per ton, with such addition only as is equal to the cost of the carriage by sea of a ton of flour from Lyttelton to the said nearest port; and in the case of sale by the manufacturer otherwise than in manner aforesaid the maximum price shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price last above mentioned.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Bran and Pollard.

1. WHEN the nearest port is Christchurch, Timaru, or Oamaru the maximum price of bran and pollard as sold by the manufacturer 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 £4 per ton in the case of