✨ Price Order for Citrus Fruits
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 104
MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any citrus fruit to which this Order applies shall be at the rate of a price per dozen equal to the sum of the following amounts:—
(a) The price per dozen actually paid or payable by the retailer for the citrus fruit :
(b) The transport charges (if any) actually paid or payable by the retailer for each dozen of the citrus fruit (not exceeding in any case the charges that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates) :
(c) An amount equal to 40 per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof.
(2) The retail price of any citrus fruit, computed in accordance with the last preceding subclause, shall be calculated by reference to the prices and grades disclosed in the appropriate invoices.
(3) The retail prices fixed by this Order include the prices of the cases or other containers in which the fruit is delivered to the purchaser.
(4) No citrus fruit to which this Order applies shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale by any retailer otherwise than at the appropriate retail price per dozen fixed by this Order.
(5) If in respect of any lot of citrus fruit sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.
- Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any citrus fruit to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the fruit to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated, in legible and prominent characters, the following particulars:—
(a) The retail price per dozen of the fruit :
(b) Except in the case of Meyer lemons, the grade of the fruit :
(c) Except in the case of Meyer lemons, the words “Grown in New Zealand” :
(d) In the case of Meyer lemons, the word “Meyer”.
- Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale any citrus fruit to which this Order applies shall keep for a period of not less than two months a record showing with respect to every purchase of such citrus fruits made by him by way of wholesale the following particulars:—
(a) The date of purchase :
(b) The name and address of the wholesaler from whom purchased :
(c) The description and grade of the citrus fruit purchased :
(d) The number of cases of each grade purchased :
(e) The price paid.
FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF MEYER LEMONS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
| During the Months of November to April inclusive. | During the Months of May to October inclusive. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | |||||||||
| Per ⅓-bushel Case. | Per ¼-bushel Case. | Per ⅛-bushel Case. | Per ⅓-bushel Case. | Per ¼-bushel Case. | Per ⅛-bushel Case. | Per ⅓-bushel Case. | Per ¼-bushel Case. | Per ⅛-bushel Case. | Per ⅓-bushel Case. | Per ¼-bushel Case. | Per ⅛-bushel Case. | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Auckland Provincial District | 25 0 | 17 6 | 9 9 | 22 6 | 15 9 | 9 0 | 20 0 | 14 0 | 8 0 | 17 6 | 12 3 | 7 0 |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 27 6 | 19 0 | 10 6 | 25 0 | 17 6 | 9 9 | 22 6 | 15 6 | 8 9 | 20 0 | 14 0 | 7 9 |
| Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Provincial Districts | 30 0 | 21 0 | 11 6 | 27 6 | 19 0 | 10 6 | 25 0 | 17 3 | 9 6 | 22 6 | 15 6 | 8 9 |
| Elsewhere in South Island | 32 6 | 22 6 | 12 3 | 30 0 | 21 0 | 11 6 | 27 6 | 19 0 | 10 6 | 25 0 | 17 3 | 9 6 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF CITRUS FRUITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES OTHER THAN LEMONS (ALL VARIETIES)
| In respect of Sales during the Months of | Per Bushel Case. | Per ⅓-bushel Case. | Per ¼-bushel Case. | Per ⅛-bushel Case. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | Extra Fancy and Fancy Grades. | Commercial Grade. | ||
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | ||
| Oranges (Sweet), All Varieties | |||||||||
| Auckland Provincial District | January to December inclusive | 27 6 | 20 0 | 21 3 | 15 6 | 14 9 | 11 0 | 8 6 | 6 6 |
| Elsewhere in North Island | " | 30 0 | 22 6 | 23 0 | 17 6 | 16 0 | 12 3 | 9 0 | 7 3 |
| Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Provincial Districts | " | 32 6 | 25 0 | 25 0 | 19 3 | 17 3 | 13 6 | 9 9 | 7 9 |
| Elsewhere in South Island | " | 35 0 | 27 6 | 26 9 | 21 3 | 18 6 | 14 9 | 10 3 | 8 6 |
| Oranges (Poorman), New Zealand Grapefruit, and other Grapefruit | |||||||||
| Auckland Provincial District | May to August inclusive | 17 6 | 12 6 | 13 9 | 10 0 | 9 9 | 7 3 | 6 0 | 4 9 |
| September and October | 22 6 | 17 6 | 17 6 | 13 9 | 12 3 | 9 9 | 7 3 | 6 0 | |
| November to April inclusive | 27 6 | 22 6 | 21 3 | 17 6 | 14 9 | 12 3 | 8 6 | 7 3 | |
| Elsewhere in North Island | May to August inclusive | 20 0 | 15 0 | 15 6 | 11 9 | 11 0 | 8 6 | 6 6 | 5 3 |
| September and October | 25 0 | 20 0 | 19 3 | 15 6 | 13 6 | 11 0 | 7 9 | 6 6 | |
| November to April inclusive | 30 0 | 25 0 | 23 0 | 19 3 | 16 0 | 13 6 | 9 0 | 7 9 | |
| Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Provincial Districts | May to August inclusive | 22 6 | 17 6 | 17 6 | 13 9 | 12 3 | 9 9 | 7 3 | 6 0 |
| September and October | 27 6 | 22 6 | 21 3 | 17 6 | 14 9 | 12 3 | 8 6 | 7 3 | |
| November to April inclusive | 32 6 | 27 6 | 25 0 | 21 3 | 17 3 | 14 9 | 9 9 | 8 6 | |
| Elsewhere in South Island | May to August inclusive | 25 0 | 20 0 | 19 3 | 15 6 | 13 6 | 11 0 | 7 9 | 6 6 |
| September and October | 30 0 | 25 0 | 23 0 | 19 3 | 16 0 | 13 6 | 9 0 | 7 9 | |
| November to April inclusive | 35 0 | 27 6 | 26 9 | 23 0 | 18 6 | 16 0 | 10 3 | 9 0 | |
| Mandarins, Tangerines, and Tangelos | |||||||||
| Auckland Provincial District | January to December inclusive | 30 0 | 22 6 | 23 3 | 17 6 | 16 3 | 12 6 | 9 6 | 7 6 |
| Elsewhere in North Island | " | 32 6 | 25 0 | 25 0 | 19 6 | 17 6 | 13 9 | 10 0 | 8 3 |
| Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Provincial Districts | " | 35 0 | 27 6 | 27 0 | 21 3 | 18 9 | 15 0 | 10 3 | 8 9 |
| Elsewhere in South Island | " | 37 6 | 30 0 | 28 9 | 23 3 | 20 0 | 16 3 | 11 3 | 9 6 |
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of November, 1943.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.S.]
By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.
Price 6d.,
W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
LEO MUNRO, Associate Member.
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Price Order No. 180 for New Zealand-grown Citrus Fruits
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🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry25 November 1943
Price Order, Citrus Fruits, Meyer Lemons, Control of Prices Emergency Regulations, Wholesale Prices, Retail Prices
- W. J. Hunter (Judge), President
- Leo Munro, Associate Member