Nov. 11]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

(b) When sold in any area (other than the areas specified in paragraph (a) of this clause) within which any general wholesale merchant normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum retail price shall be—

Maximum Retail Price.
Golden Syrup. Treacle.
s. d. s. d.
For 2 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 8½ each. 0 8 each.
For 7 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 ,, 2 1 ,,
For quantities sold in loose bulk .. .. .. .. .. 0 3¾ lb. 0 3½ lb.
(c) When sold in any area other than the areas specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this clause—

The appropriate retail prices specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this clause, as the case may require, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery at his store from the nearest wholesale merchant's store or which would have been incurred had such retailer purchased from such nearest wholesale merchant's store.
The retail prices fixed by this paragraph shall be based on the prices specified in paragraph (a) of this clause in any case where the retailer's store is situated nearer to a wholesale store in any area specified in the said paragraph than it is to the nearest wholesale store within any area specified in paragraph (b). In every other case, the retail prices fixed by this paragraph shall be based on the prices fixed by paragraph (b) of this clause.
9. (1) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding clause are fixed in respect of cash sales of golden syrup or treacle delivered over the counter.
(2) Where delivery is effected otherwise than over the counter or where the sale is not for cash, the several maximum retail prices fixed by this Order may be increased as follows :—

(a) In the case of quantities sold in loose bulk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $\frac{1}{4}$d. per lb.
(b) In the case of 2 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $\frac{1}{2}$d. per tin.
(c) In the case of 7 lb. tins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1d. ,,

10. If in respect of any lot of golden syrup or treacle sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.
    Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1943.
    The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
    W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
    H. L. WISE, Member.

Price Order No. 173 (Board Products manufactured by the Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd.)
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. 173, and shall come into force on the 15th day of November, 1943.
2. (1) Price Order No. 84† is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
3. This Order applies with respect to the board products manufactured by the Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd., of the several kinds specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto.
   FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF BOARD PRODUCTS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd., for any board products to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.
   (2) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed with respect to board products that conform to the formula submitted to and approved by the Tribunal and that are of a size not less than 20 in. by 25 in. with a minimum across the machine of 20 in. with 25 in. cut off. Where board products of a smaller size, being not less in any case than 15 in. by 20 in., are sold the respective maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.
   (3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed for quantities of not less than 3 tons of one size, caliper, and quality, or not less than 5 tons of one caliper and quality, with not more than two sizes in one delivery, and where delivery is required otherwise than in conformity with this subclause the maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.
   (4) The maximum prices fixed by this Order for combination board are for sales of not less than 1,000 sheets. For sales of a lesser number of sheets an additional charge may be made at the rate of not more than £2 per 1,000 sheets.
   (5) The maximum prices as aforesaid are fixed in respect of sales f.o.r. to purchaser's nearest railway-station in the North Island or c.i.f. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Bluff (by direct steamer only) in the South Island.
   (6) Where delivery is made to ports other than those set out in subclause (5) of this clause the actual freight charges incurred may be charged in lieu of the standard allowance for freight.
   (7) Where at the purchaser's request shipments of board products are insured against war risk, the actual cost of such insurance may be charged to the purchaser.
   (8) The maximum prices fixed by this Order shall be subject to a rebate of £1 per ton, or per 1,000 sheets, when payment is made within seven (7) days of delivery.
   (9) The maximum prices fixed by this Order may be increased when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths between 15 in. and 10 in. by £2 per ton, or per 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in., or to reel widths below 10 in., by £3 per ton, or per 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in.

SCHEDULE
Description of Board. Caliper. Maximum Price per Ton.
Rigid boxboard .. .. .. 024/028 29 7 6
Folding chip .. .. .. 016/020 35 15 0
MG. Ivory Wingib .. .. [ 024/044 34 7 6
016/020 46 0 0
024/036 40 17 6
Pasted rigid boxboard .. .. 34 2 6
Pasted chipboard .. .. .. 39 7 6
Pasted woodpulp .. .. .. 40 7 6
Jute-lined combination board, 30 in. by 40 in.—
Per 1,000 Sheets.
£ s. d.
Heavy .. .. .. .. 40 17 6 45 5 0
Medium .. .. .. 34 5 0 48 2 6

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1943.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1943

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd November, 1943.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON
Buoy withdrawn
Position: 069° 1,717 yards from Halswell Point Beacon in latitude 41° 17' S., longitude 174° 49½' E. (approx.).
Details: The unlighted red conical buoy with staff and globe surmount in the above position has been withdrawn permanently.
Chart affected: No. 1423.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1930 edition, page 96; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, Part II, page 229, and Part I, 1944 edition, page 161.
Authority: Navy Office, 29/10/43.
L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
(M. 13/2504.)

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee
NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed David Grant Davis, of the Public Trust Office, Wanganui, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Wanganui, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous Warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.
Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of November, 1943.
W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.