Feb. 6.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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bran and £6 per ton in the case of pollard, 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
prices 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 bran or pollard sold.

3. When the nearest port is a port other than Christchurch, Timaru,
   or Oamaru the maximum price of bran or pollard as sold by the manu-
   facturer 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 bran and £6 per ton in the case of pollard,
   with such addition only as is equal to the cost of the carriage by sea of
   a ton of bran or pollard, as the case may be, 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.

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

Regulations under the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, relative
to the Sale of Wheat, Flour, Bran, and Pollard.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fifth day of February,
1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may by regulations make
such provisions as, having regard to the exigencies of the present war
or the conditions created thereby, he thinks advisable for the mainten-
ance of industries essential for the public welfare: And whereas the
growth of wheat and the manufacture of flour are industries essential
for the public welfare: And whereas, having regard to the exigencies
of the present war and the conditions created thereby, it is advisable
to make provision in manner hereinafter set forth for the maintenance
of the said industries by regulating the sale of wheat and flour and the
by-products of the manufacture of flour: And whereas by an Order in
Council made on the day of the date hereof, under the Regulation of
Trade and Commerce Act, 1914; maximum prices have been fixed and
determined for the sale of the said commodities: And whereas the due
enforcement of such Order in Council is essential for the maintenance of
the aforesaid industries:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool,
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in
pursuance of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, do hereby make
the following regulations under that Act, and declare that they shall come
into operation on the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen.

REGULATIONS.

1. (1.) EVERY person who, whether as a principal or an agent, and
   whether personally or through an agent, enters into any contract for the
   purchase of wheat shall, within seven days after the day of the making
   of that contract, send or cause to be sent to the Board of Trade, by means
   of a letter posted and addressed to the Secretary of that Board at Wel-
   ington, a notification of such contract containing the following par-
   ticulars:—

(a.) The names and addresses of the purchaser and seller;

(b.) The date on which the contract was made;

(c.) The class and quantity of wheat so purchased;

(d.) The agreed date and place of delivery;

(e.) The price of the wheat;

(f.) The price of the sacks;

(g.) Particulars of any terms or conditions which are not in accord-
ance with the established custom of the trade at the date of
these regulations;