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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(h.) If the contract is made or evidenced by any written document,
a copy of that document;
(i.) A declaration made by or on behalf of the purchaser that the
price of the wheat is not in excess of the maximum price as
fixed at the date of the contract by any Order in Council made
under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914.

(2.) Every person who makes default in sending or causing to be sent
a notification in accordance with the foregoing provisions, or who sends
or causes to be sent to the Board of Trade any such notification which
is false or misleading in any particular, shall be guilty of an offence
against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

(3.) Nothing in this regulation shall render necessary a notification
of any contract for the purchase of wheat in any quantity less than
fifty bushels, save that two or more contracts made between the same
parties at the same time, or substantially at the same time, shall be
deemed to be one contract for the purpose of this exemption.

2. (1.) Every manufacturer of flour, and every agent of a manufacturer of flour, who, whether by himself or an agent, enters into
   any contract for the sale of flour, bran, or pollard shall, within seven
   days after the end of the calendar month in which that contract is
   made, 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 Wellington,
   a notification of such contract containing the following particulars:—
   (a.) The names and addresses of the purchaser and seller;
   (b.) The date on which the contract was made;
   (c.) The quantity of flour, bran, or pollard so purchased;
   (d.) The agreed date and place of delivery:
   (e.) The price;
   (f.) Particulars of any terms or conditions which are not in accordance with the established custom of the trade at the date of
   these regulations;
   (g.) A declaration made by or on behalf of the seller that the price
   is not in excess of the maximum price of the goods so sold as
   fixed at the date of the contract by any Order in Council made
   under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914.

(2.) Every person who makes default in sending or causing to be
sent a notification in accordance with the foregoing provisions, or who
sends or causes to be sent to the Board of Trade any such notification
which is false or misleading in any particular, shall be guilty of an
offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

3. Every person who, whether as principal, agent, or otherwise, buys
   or sells or is in any manner concerned in the buying or selling of wheat,
   flour, bran, or pollard at a price in excess of the maximum price thereof
   as determined by any Order in Council for the time being in force under
   the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, shall be guilty of an
   offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

4. (1.) The Minister of Agriculture or any member of the Board of
   Trade may require any person to give to him information relative to
   the sale or purchase of any wheat, flour, bran, or pollard, whether by the
   person so required to give information or by any other person, and it
   shall be the duty of all persons when so required to give all such information in their possession accordingly.

(2.) Every person who makes default in giving any such information when so required, or who, whether so required or not, gives any
false or misleading information to the Minister of Agriculture or to
any member of the Board of Trade relative to the sale or purchase
of any wheat, flour, bran, or pollard, shall be guilty of an offence against
these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

5. For the purposes of these regulations an option for the sale or
   purchase of any goods shall be deemed to be a contract for the sale and
   purchase thereof, and these regulations shall apply accordingly.

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

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.