Pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939,* the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:

Preliminary

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 174, and shall come into force on the 12th day of November, 1943.

2. (1) Price Order No. 60† is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Price Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

3. In this Order :

“ ‘The company’ means The Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Limited ;
The expressions “‘the Auckland Sugar District”, “the Southern Sugar District”, and “the Sugar Free Delivery Area” mean respectively the Auckland Sugar District, the Southern Sugar District, and the Sugar Free Delivery Area referred to in the Board of Trade (Sugar-price) Regulations 1939‡.

4. (1) While this Order remains in force the company shall continue, as heretofore, to deliver golden syrup and treacle manufactured by it—
   (a) Free of transport charges within the Sugar Free Delivery Area :
   (b) F.o.b. Auckland or f.o.r. Auckland (in the case of golden syrup or treacle for delivery in the Auckland Sugar District elsewhere than in the Sugar Free Delivery Area) :
   (c) F.o.b. Auckland (in the case of golden syrup or treacle for delivery in the Southern Sugar District).

(2) The last preceding subclause shall not apply except in respect of the delivery by the company of—
(a) Lots of ½ ton or more of golden syrup or treacle ; or
(b) Lots of ½ ton or more consisting partly of golden syrup or treacle and partly of any other products of the company.

Application of this Order

5. This Order applies only with respect to golden syrup and treacle manufactured by the company.

Fixing Maximum Wholesale and Retail Prices of Golden Syrup and Treacle to which this Order applies

Wholesalers’ Prices

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of clause 7 here-to the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any goods to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(2) The several maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause, in respect of golden syrup or treacle delivered direct to the retailer by the company, shall be reduced by a discount of ½ per centum thereof for prompt payment made in accordance with the established practice of the company.

(3) The several maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause in respect of golden syrup or treacle delivered to a retailer by a wholesaler, in accordance with paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subclause (1) hereof, are fixed as for delivery at any place within the free delivery area of the wholesaler, or, in the case of retailers beyond the free delivery area, are fixed f.o.b. or f.o.r. (or the equivalent thereof) the port or railway-station in the city, borough, or other place where the wholesaler’s store is situated.

7. (1) The several prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this Order may be increased by an additional charge in respect of containers as follows :—

(a) For galvanized drums (5 cwt.) … £3 per drum.
(b) For kegs (1¼ cwt.) … £1 10s. per keg.

(2) On the return to the company, at its Chelsea refinery, of any drums or kegs in respect of which an additional charge has been made in accordance with the last preceding subclause, a rebate of the amount of the additional charge shall be allowed by the company in respect of all such drums or kegs returned, in good order and condition, without cost to the company by way of freight or other charges.

Retailers’ Prices

8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any golden syrup or treacle to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(a) When sold in any area within which any general wholesale merchant carrying on business in any of the cities or boroughs of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hastings, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, or Westport normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum retail price shall be—

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 23rd October, 1941, Vol. III, page 3290. ‡ Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/214, page 869.