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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 84

Order in Council fixing the Maximum Prices of Bran and Pollard.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, it is enacted that at any time when His Majesty is at war with any foreign State the Governor may, by Order in Council gazetted, fix and determine the maximum price in New Zealand of any class of goods: And whereas, in pursuance of the authority so conferred on him, the Governor did, by Order in Council dated the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, fix and determine the maximum prices of bran and pollard in New Zealand: And whereas it is now expedient to amend the said Order in Council in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Fourth Schedule to the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and doth hereby fix and determine the maximum prices in New Zealand of bran and pollard respectively in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule hereto; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said authority, doth hereby declare that all references in the aforesaid Order in Council to the Port of Christchurch shall be deemed to be references to the Port of Lyttelton; and doth further declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

SCHEDULE.

1. WHEN the nearest port is Lyttelton, 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 £3 10s. per ton in the case of bran, and £6 15s. 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 Lyttelton, Timaru, or Oamaru, the maximum price of bran or 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 £3 10s. per ton in the case of bran, and £6 15s. 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.

Prohibiting the Exportation of Sapphires and Rubies.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, as extended by section twenty-four of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council prohibit the exportation of any goods the prohibition of the exportation of which is in his opinion necessary in the public interest:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor it is necessary in the public interest that the exportation of sapphires and rubies should be prohibited to the extent and in the manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, and section twenty-four of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby prohibit the exportation of natural and synthetic sapphires and rubies from the said Dominion to all destinations other than the United Kingdom, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

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