MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 663

Fixing Maximum Prices of Flour, Bran, and Pollard.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 6th day of March, 1924.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Minister of Industries and Commerce, 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.
ORDERS in Council of the 28th day of February, 1922, and the 21st day of October, 1922, published respectively at pages 555 and 2856 of the Gazette for that year.
Order in Council of the 24th day of October, 1923, published at page 2744 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 £15 10s. 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 £15 10s. 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.
4. 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 £5 10s. per ton in the case of bran and £6 10s. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 £5 10s. per ton in the case of bran, and £6 10s. 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 Third 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 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.
7. Notwithstanding anything in this Order in Council, the Minister of Industries and Commerce may, by order made by him, 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 Minister 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 Minister of Industries and Commerce.
8. Any such authority may be at any time withdrawn by the Minister of Industries and Commerce by order made by him.
   F. D. THOMSON,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.