New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 170

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✨ Maximum Prices of Bacon and Ham

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918.

Maximum Prices of Bacon and Ham.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, and its amendments, the Governor-General is empowered to fix the maximum price in New Zealand of any class of goods:

And whereas, in pursuance of the authority so conferred on him, the Governor-General did, by an Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, fix and determine the maximum price of bacon and ham in New Zealand:

And whereas it is now expedient to revoke the said Order in Council and to make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority so conferred upon him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby revoke the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and in lieu thereof doth hereby fix and determine the maximum price in New Zealand of bacon and ham in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

SCHEDULE.

The maximum price of bacon and ham, when sold by the manufacturer or wholesale merchant upon the usual trade terms as to payment, delivery, or otherwise which obtained on the 1st day of December, 1917, shall be as follows:—

Sides, 1s. 1½d. per lb.; hams, 1s. 2½d. per lb.; and rolls, 1s. 3½d. per lb.

When sold otherwise than on the usual trade terms as aforesaid, then the maximum price thereof shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price above mentioned.

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

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

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🏭 Order in Council fixing maximum prices of bacon and ham

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated19 December 1918
KeywordsMaximum prices, Bacon, Ham, Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914
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J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

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