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delivering any walnuts at the place specified in any contract as the
place of delivery, the amount of such charges may, with the approval
of the Tribunal, be added to the price to be paid to the grower
for those walnuts.

Distributors’ Prices

8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by
   any distributor for any walnuts shall not exceed the sum of the
   following amounts :—
   (a) The price actually paid or payable to the grower by the
   same or any other distributor :
   (b) The amount of any transport charges actually paid by the
   same or any other distributor :
   (c) An amount computed at the rate of ¾d. a pound.

Wholesalers’ Prices

9. The maximum price that may be charged or received by
   any wholesaler for any walnuts sold by him to a retailer for purposes
   of retail sale shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts :—
   (a) The price actually paid or payable by the wholesaler to
   the grower or any other person :
   (b) The amount of any transport charges actually paid by the
   wholesaler :
   (c) An amount computed at the rate of 1¼d. per pound for
   lots sold by the wholesaler in sacks, bags, or other
   containers, as received from the grower and at the
   rate of 2d. per pound in all other cases.

Computation of Distributors’ and Wholesalers’ Prices by reference to
Average Prices

10. In computing the maximum price that may be charged by
    any distributor or by any wholesaler for walnuts that have been
    acquired by him in different lots at different prices, the appropriate
    maximum price may, with the general or special approval of the
    Tribunal, and subject to any conditions that may be imposed by
    the Tribunal, be computed by reference to the average of the several
    prices paid for such walnuts.

Retailers’ Prices

11. (1) Subject to the provisions of subclause (3) hereof, the
    maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer
    for any walnuts shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts :—
    (a) The price actually paid or payable by the retailer for the
    walnuts :
    (b) Any transport charges actually paid or payable by the
    retailer :
    (c) An amount computed at the rate of 5½d. per pound.
    (2) The retail price of any walnuts computed in accordance
    with the last preceding subclause shall be calculated by reference
    to the prices and weights disclosed in the appropriate invoices.
    (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
    provisions of this clause, the retail price of any walnuts harvested
    after the 31st day of December, 1943, shall not exceed a sum
    calculated at the rate of 2s. a pound.
    (4) For the purposes of this clause the price paid or payable
    by a retailer for any lot of walnuts and the transport charges paid
    or payable by him in respect of the same lot shall be apportioned
    evenly over the whole lot, and the price and charges paid or payable
    by the retailer for each 1 lb. of walnuts included in the lot shall be
    determined accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1943.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence
of—

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Land in the Wellington Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 21st September, 1943.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the
Wellington Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

(L. and S. 22/950/4.) D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Lands.

Land in the Taranaki Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 21st September, 1943.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of
the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

(L. and S. 22/950/3.) D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 21st September, 1943.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase
of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the
office of the State Forest Service, Hokitika, at 4 p.m. on Friday,
the 8th October, 1943.

SCHEDULE

WESTLAND CONSERVANCY.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land containing 245 acres,
situated in Block IV, Kopara Survey District, S.F. No. 25,
approximately fifteen miles from Ruru Siding.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 449,800,
or in board feet 2,768,000, made up as follows :—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 449,800 2,768,000

Upset price : £2,650.
Time for removal : Two years.

Terms of Payment

A marked cheque for one-fifth of the amount of the tender,
together with £1 1s. license fee, must accompany the tender, and
the balance be paid in sixteen equal monthly instalments, the
first of which shall be made one month after the date of sale.

Special Conditions

The successful tenderer shall be liable for payment for any
damage caused by fire on the above-mentioned area during the
term of the license.

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