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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the said Wheat Trade Regulations for good milling-wheat sold
to the Government for delivery in the same month:
“Millers’ price” means, in respect of wheat sold for delivery in
any month, the price receivable by Government brokers for
good milling-wheat sold by them on account of the Government
for delivery in the same month in accordance with the
said Wheat Trade Regulations:
“Nearest port” means the port of entry under the Customs Act,
1913, nearest to the place in which the wheat is grown.
2. When wheat is sold without express provision as to the month of
delivery, it shall be deemed to have been sold for delivery in the month
in which the contract is made, and the maximum price shall be determined
accordingly.

WHEAT INFERIOR TO GOOD MILLING-WHEAT.

3. The maximum price of free wheat inferior in quality to good
   milling-wheat, when sold by the grower, shall be a price equivalent as
   regards the grower to the Government price for the same month of
   delivery, less 2d. per bushel.
4. (1.) The maximum price of free wheat inferior in quality to good
   milling-wheat, when sold wholesale by millers, brokers, or other purchasers
   from the growers free on board or rail at the nearest port or railway-station
   on the usual trade terms as established at the date of
   this Order in Council, shall be the Government price for good milling-
   wheat delivered free on board or rail at the nearest port or railway-station
   in the same month, less 1d. per bushel.
   (2.) When sold otherwise than free on board or rail at the nearest
   port or railway-station on the said trade terms, the maximum price shall
   be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum price aforesaid.

GOOD MILLING-WHEAT.

5. (1.) The maximum price of free wheat being good milling-wheat
   (other than machine-dressed seed wheat), when sold for delivery free on
   board or rail at the nearest port or railway-station on the usual trade
   terms as established at the date of this Order in Council, shall be the
   millers’ price for good milling-wheat delivered free on board or rail at
   the nearest port or railway-station in the same month, with an addition
   of 5d. per bushel.
   (2.) When sold otherwise than free on board or rail at the nearest port
   or railway-station on the usual trade terms as aforesaid, the maximum
   price shall be a price equivalent as regards the seller to the maximum
   price aforesaid.

MACHINE-DRESSED SEED WHEAT.

6. The maximum price of machine-dressed seed wheat shall be the
   maximum price fixed by the last preceding clause, with the further addition
   of 5d. per bushel.

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

War Regulations as to the Sale and Purchase of Wheat.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of
February, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section thirty-five of the War Legislation Act, 1917, it
is provided that the Governor-General in Council may by regulations
under the War Regulations Act, 1914, make such provisions as,
having regard to the exigencies of the present war or the conditions created
thereby, he thinks advisable for the maintenance, control, regulation,
and management of any industry, business, or undertaking which he
regards as essential for the public welfare: And whereas the growing
of wheat and the manufacture of flour in New Zealand are industries
essential for the public welfare: And whereas by reason of the conditions
created by the present war it has become necessary to make special
provisions for the maintenance, control, regulation, and management of
those industries through the establishment of a scheme for the purchase
and sale of wheat by the Government of New Zealand: And whereas,
pursuant to the authority aforesaid, a scheme was established, by an