SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1944
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1944
Price Order No. 199 (Producers' Prices for Milk and Cream sold
for Use in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin)
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. 199, and shall
   come into force on the 1st day of March, 1944.
2. In this Order-
   "Gallon", in relation to milk or cream, means a quantity
   of milk or cream weighing 10'32 lb. :
   "Producer", in relation to milk or cream, means a person
   engaged in the production of milk or cream intended
   for sale for human consumption in the form of liquid
   milk or cream.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
3. Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to any non-
   pasteurized milk or cream that is sold for use within the Auckland
   Metropolitan Milk District constituted under the Auckland Metro-
   politan Milk Act, 1933.
4. (1) Except as provided in the last preceding clause, this
   Order applies with respect to all liquid milk or cream which, wherever
   produced, is ultimately sold by a retailer for human consumption
   in any of the following areas, namely:-
   (a) The Auckland Metropolitan Milk District referred to in the
   last preceding clause :
   (b) The Wellington Metropolitan Area, as described in the
   Schedule hereto:
   (c) The area of the Christchurch Transport District constituted
   in terms of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931:
   (d) The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of St. Kilda and
   Green Island.
   (2) The several areas referred to in the last preceding subclause
   shall be deemed to include any ship or other vessel for the time being
   within any port included in or adjacent to any such area.
   FIXING PRICES TO BE PAID TO PRODUCERS FOR MILK AND CREAM
   TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this clause, where any
   milk or cream to which this Order applies is sold by a producer
   on or after the commencement of this Order, otherwise than by
   retail, the price to be paid to the producer by the purchaser shall be:-
   (a) The price that would have been payable to the producer
   if this Order had not been made; and
   (b) An amount calculated at the rate of 0'33d. per gallon of
   milk or 0'33d. per gallon of the milk-equivalent of cream
   supplied by the producer.
   (2) The additional payment provided for by the last preceding
   subclause shall not apply with respect to milk or cream supplied
   by any producer whose average price for milk or cream sold by
   him for ultimate sale by a retailer in any of the areas referred to in
   clause 4 hereof, during the twelve months ended on the last day of
   February, 1944, amounted to or exceeded 12'83d. per gallon of such
   milk, or 12'83d. per gallon of the milk-equivalent of such cream.
   (3) For the purposes of the last preceding subclause the average
   price received by a producer shall be determined as if the milk or
   cream sold by him had been sold as for delivery at the entrance to
   his premises.
   (4) With respect to the sale of milk or cream by producers to
   persons engaged in the business of supplying meals or refreshments
   to the public the following provisions shall apply :-
   (a) If the business consists wholly or substantially of the sale
   or supply of milk or cream, in any form, for consumption
   on the premises, the sale by the producer shall be deemed
   to be a sale by way of wholesale:
   (b) In any other case to which this subclause applies, the sale
   by the producer shall be deemed to be a sale by way of
   retail.
   PURCHASERS FROM PRODUCERS TO FURNISH MONTHLY STATEMENT
   OF PRICES
6. Every person who purchases from a producer any milk or
   cream to which this Order applies shall from time to time, at intervals
   of not more than one month, furnish to the producer a written
   statement specifying :-
   (a) The quantities of milk or cream purchased from the producer
   since the commencement of this Order, or since the
   expiration of the period covered by the last preceding
   statement, as the case may be;
   (b) The quantities of such milk or cream that were in fact sold
   by way of retail in any of the areas referred to in clause 4
   hereof;
   (c) The price that would have been payable to the producer
   if this Order had not been made; and
   (d) The additional amount (if any) paid or payable to the
   producer in accordance with this Order.
   SCHEDULE
   DESCRIPTION OF THE WELLINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA FOR THE
   PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER
   The cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the boroughs of Petone,
   Eastbourne, and Upper Hutt, the town district of Johnsonville,
   so much of the Hutt County as lies generally to the south of the
   Kaitoke Hills, and so much of the Makara County as lies generally
   to the south of the Paekakariki Hills.
   Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1944.
   The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence
   of-
   W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
   H. L. WISE, Member.
   By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

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