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“Nearest port” means the port of entry under the Customs Act, 1913, nearest to the place in which the wheat is grown:

“Railway-station” means the railway-station nearest to the place in which the wheat is grown, and refers to wheat grown in the North Island or in the Provincial Districts of Marlborough and Nelson only.

4. 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.

5. 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 of Tuscan wheat for the same month of delivery, less 2d. per bushel.

6. (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 of Tuscan variety 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.

7. The maximum price of free wheat inferior in quality to good milling-wheat, when sold retail for delivery in any month by any person other than the grower, shall be the same as the price lawfully payable for similar wheat of Tuscan variety when sold wholesale by millers, brokers, or other purchasers from the growers for delivery in the same month free on board at Lyttelton on the usual trade terms, with the following additions only to such lawful price—namely, an addition of 15 per cent., together with a further addition of the transit charges actually paid by the retail seller of such wheat.

GOOD MILLING-WHEAT.

8. (1.) The maximum price of seed-wheat being good milling-wheat (other than machine-dressed 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 of the same description 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.

9. 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.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Board of Trade Regulations.—Maximum Prices of Flour, Bran, and Pollard.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section twenty-six of the Board of Trade Act, 1919, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby, on the recommendation of the New Zealand Board of Trade, revoke the Orders in Council mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following Board of Trade Regulations fixing the maximum prices of flour, bran, and pollard respectively in accordance with the provisions of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Schedules hereto.

REGULATIONS.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL REVOKED.

Order in Council of the 15th day of April, 1920, published at page 1140 of the Gazette for that year.

Order in Council of the 8th day of July, 1920, published at page 2131 of the Gazette for that year.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. WHEN the nearest port is Lyttelton, Timaru, or Oamaru, the maximum price of flour as sold by the manufacturer for delivery free on board at the nearest port in 200 lb. sacks on the terms of payment within seven days after delivery shall be £21 per ton, less 2½ per cent.; 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 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 flour sold.

3. When the nearest port is a port other than Lyttelton, Timaru, or Oamaru, the maximum price of flour as sold by the manufacturer for delivery free on board at the nearest port in 200 lb. sacks on the terms of payment within seven days after delivery shall be £21 per ton, less 2½ per cent., with such addition only as is equal to the cost of the carriage by sea of a ton of flour from Lyttelton, Timaru, or Oamaru (whichever cost is the least) to the said nearest port; and in the case of the 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.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

1. WHEN the nearest port is 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 terms of payment within seven days after delivery shall be £6 per ton in the case of bran and £9 per ton in the case of pollard, less in each case 2½ per cent.; 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 terms of payment within seven days after delivery shall be £6 per ton in the case of bran and £9 per ton in the case of pollard, less in each case 2½ per cent., 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, Timaru, or Oamaru (whichever cost is the least) 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.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

WHEN bran or pollard manufactured in New Zealand is sold to a purchaser by any person other than the manufacturer thereof, the maximum price shall be the maximum price as set out in the Second Schedule hereto, with such addition only to that maximum price as is herein specified, namely:—

(a.) When sold in a quantity of half a ton or more, an addition at the rate of 10s. per ton in the case of bran and 15s. per ton in the case of pollard.

(b.) When sold in a quantity less than half a ton, an addition at the rate of 12s. 6d. per ton in the case of bran and 17s. 6d. per ton in the case of pollard.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything in this Order in Council, the New Zealand Board of Trade may, by order made by it, authorize the sale of flour, bran, or pollard in any specified locality, or by any specified seller, at a price exceeding the maximum price fixed by the Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules hereto by such amount as the Board thinks fit; and nothing in this Order in Council shall apply to the sale of flour, bran, or pollard in accordance with the authority so granted by the Board of Trade.

2. Any such authority may be at any time withdrawn by the Board of Trade by order made by it.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.