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(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
provisions of this clause, but subject to the provisions of sub-
clauses (4) and (5) hereof, the retail price of potatoes to which this
Order applies shall not in any case exceed :—
(a) In the case of potatoes sold at any place within the pro-
vincial districts of Canterbury and Otago—
If sold during the months of March to
July, 1944 (inclusive) .. .. .. 1¾d. per lb.
If sold during the months of August to
November, 1944 (inclusive) (or
thereafter while this Order is in
force) .. .. .. 2d. per lb.
(b) In the case of potatoes sold at any place within the Metro-
politan Areas of Auckland or Wellington, or within the
cities or boroughs of New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier,
Gisborne, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, West-
port, or Hokitika—
If sold during the months of March to
July, 1944 (inclusive) .. .. .. 2d. per lb.
If sold during the months of August to
November, 1944 (inclusive) (or
thereafter while this Order is in
force) .. .. .. 2¼d. per lb.
(c) In the case of potatoes sold elsewhere in New Zealand—
If sold during the months of March to
July, 1944 (inclusive) .. .. .. 2¼d. per lb.
If sold during the months of August to
November, 1944 (inclusive) (or
thereafter while this Order is in
force) .. .. .. 2½d. per lb.

(4) Where any potatoes to which this Order applies are sold by
retail in lots of 14 lb. or 28 lb. or 56 lb. or 112 lb., the maximum
retail price shall not in any case exceed :—

Where the Maximum
Retail Price (as fixed by
the last preceding
Subclause) is—

Maximum Retail Price per Lot of—

14 lb. 28 lb. 56 lb. 112 lb.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.

1¾d. per lb. .. .. 1 11 3 9 7 6 15 0
2d. per lb. .. .. 2 2 4 4 8 8 17 3
2¼d. per lb. .. .. 2 6 4 10 9 8 19 3
2½d. per lb. .. .. 2 9 5 5 10 10 21 6

(5) Where any such potatoes are sold by retail in any lot
exceeding 14 lb., but otherwise than in a lot of the actual weight
specified in the last preceding subclause, the maximum price per
pound of any surplus over 14 lb. or over any multiple of 14 lb. (being
less in every case than 14 lb.) shall be the appropriate maximum
price fixed by subclause (3) hereof.

(6) If in respect of any lot of potatoes sold by a retailer the
maximum price, calculated in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this clause, is not an exact number of half-pence (in
the case of a lot less than 5 lb.) or is not an exact number of pence
(in the case of a lot of 5 lb. or more), the maximum price of the
lot shall be the next highest halfpenny or the next highest penny,
as the case may be. The provisions of this subclause shall apply
notwithstanding that in any case the retailer purports to sell any
potatoes otherwise than by weight.

(7) For the purposes of this clause the price paid or payable
by a retailer for any lot of potatoes and the grading, transport,
and other 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 potatoes
included in the lot shall be determined accordingly.

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subclause (3) of this
clause the Auckland Metropolitan Area shall be deemed to comprise
the City of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport,
Ellerslie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket,
Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and
the road districts of Mount Roskill, Mount Wellington, and Panmure
Township; and the Wellington Metropolitan Area shall be deemed
to comprise the cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs
of Eastbourne and Petone, and the Johnsonville Town District.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1944.

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

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

Price Order No. 195 (Paint)

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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 195, and shall come into force on the 23rd day of February, 1944.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This Order applies only with respect to retail sales of paint manufactured by Lewis Berger and Sons (N.Z.), Ltd., of the several
   kinds specified in the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

3. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold in
   the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.
   (2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold elsewhere
   than in the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto, increased by a
   proportionate part of any transport or other charges actually and reasonably incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery into his store.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Description of Paint. Per Five-gallon Drum. Per Gallon. Per Half-gallon. Per Quarter-gallon. Per Pint. Per Half-pint.

                                                             s. d.          s. d.          s. d.          s. d.          s. d.          s. d.

B.P., all tints, including Pale Ivory and B.P. 110 .. 166 3 34 0 17 10 9 6 5 0 3 0
B.P. 142 Red and B.P. 345 Orange .. .. 37 0 19 4 10 3 5 4 3 2
Outside Gloss White and Flat White .. 171 3 35 0 18 4 9 9 5 1 3 1
B.P. Pink Primer .. 161 3 33 0 17 4 9 3 4 10 2 11
B.P. Undercoat .. 161 3 33 0 17 4 9 3 4 10 2 11
Synthetic facing colours—
Greens 123 and 124 .. .. 47 6 24 7 12 10 6 8 3 10
Orange 345 and Red 142 .. .. 42 0 21 10 11 6 6 0 3 6
All tints .. .. 39 6 20 7 10 10 5 8 3 4
Totara Primer .. 121 3 25 0 13 4 7 3 3 10 2 5
Pompeian undercoats .. .. 38 6 20 1 10 7 5 6 3 3
Finishing white and colours .. .. 39 6 20 7 10 10 5 8 3 4
Mercury Red .. .. 53 0 27 4 14 3 7 4 4 2
Coronation Red .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Coronation Blue .. .. 33 0 17 4 9 3 4 10 2 11
Hi Gloss Paint .. .. 32 6 17 1 9 1 4 9 2 11
Floorcote .. .. 49 0 25 4 13 3 6 10 3 11
Kem Fasdry .. .. 40 0 20 10 11 0 5 9 3 4
Kem undercoats .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Anti Corrosive Red .. 118 9 24 6 13 1 7 1 3 9 ..
Hi Ferroc Red .. 141 3 29 0 15 4 8 3 4 4 ..
Genoa Tile .. 166 3 34 0 17 10 9 6 5 0 ..
Per Pint. Per Half-pint. Per Quarter-pint.
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Aluminium .. .. .. .. 5 8 3 2 1 10
Varnish stains .. .. .. .. 3 6 2 1 ..

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1944.

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

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

• Statutory Regulations 1939. Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 6d.