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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 47

Growers' Maximum Prices for Certified Seed Potatoes that are not "Standard-sized"

7. The maximum price that may be charged by any grower for any certified seed potatoes to which this Order applies that are not “standard-sized” shall be the price that would have been the actual price of those potatoes if they had in fact been “standard-sized”.

Growers' Maximum Prices for Uncertified Seed Potatoes

8. (1) The maximum price that may be charged by any grower for any uncertified seed potatoes to which this Order applies shall be £9 a ton, delivered f.o.r.s.i. a railway-station in the South Island.

(2) Where any potatoes to which this clause applies are delivered by the grower otherwise than f.o.r.s.i. a railway-station in the South Island, the maximum price that may be charged by the grower shall be £9 a ton increased by the charges (if any) incurred by the grower in effecting delivery, and then reduced by the charges that would have been incurred by the grower if delivery had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates to the railway-station that is nearest or most convenient of access to the grower’s premises.

Distributors’ Prices

9. (1) The price that may be charged by any distributor for any seed potatoes to which this Order applies 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) Any grading, transport, or other charges (not including brokerage) actually paid by the same or any other distributor:

(c) An amount computed at the rate of 5 per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof, or at the rate of 10s. a ton (whichever is the greater):

(d) Any disbursements actually incurred by the same or any other distributor by way of brokerage, not exceeding in the aggregate 2½ per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) hereof.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Order, the provisions of this clause as to the computation of distributors’ prices shall apply with respect to every sale by a person who is ordinarily engaged in business as a distributor to a person who is ordinarily engaged in business as a wholesaler, notwithstanding that in any such case the purchaser may sell by way of retail any potatoes acquired by him from the distributor.

Wholesalers’ and Retailers’ Prices

10. (1) When any seed potatoes to which this Order applies are sold by any wholesaler or by any retailer in lots exceeding 1½ cwt., the price that may be charged or received by the wholesaler or retailer shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The price actually paid or payable by the wholesaler or the retailer, as the case may be, to the grower or any other person:

(b) An amount not exceeding 2s. 6d. a ton in respect of any potatoes actually received into the wholesaler’s or retailer’s store, together with any grading, transport, or other charges actually paid by the wholesaler or retailer:

(c) An amount equal to 2½ per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage and other natural causes), and a further amount equal to 1½ per cent. of the said sum in respect of potatoes actually received into store:

(d) An amount computed at the rate of £1 15s. a ton (in respect of seed potatoes sold in lots exceeding 1½ cwt., but less than a ton), and computed at the rate of £1 a ton for lots of 1 ton or more.

(2) Where any potatoes to which this Order applies are sold by any wholesaler or retailer in lots of 7 lb., or 14 lb., or 28 lb., or 56 lb., or 112 lb., or 168 lb., the price shall not in any case exceed:

For 7 lb. lots
For 14 lb. lots
For 28 lb. lots
For 56 lb. lots
For 112 lb. lots
For 168 lb. lots

s. d.
2 3
4 3
7 6
13 0
21 0
31 6

(3) Where any such potatoes are sold by any wholesaler or retailer in a lot exceeding 7 lb. but otherwise than in a lot of any of the weights specified in the last preceding subclause, the maximum price per pound of any surplus over 7 lb. or over any multiple of 7 lb. (being less in every case than 7 lb.) shall be 4d.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this clause the wholesale or retail price of any potatoes to which this Order applies shall not in any case exceed 4d. per pound.

SCHEDULE

BASIC PRICES FOR CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Varieties.

Certified "Mother Seed".

Certified "Commercial Seed".

Per Ton.
£ s. d. £ s. d.

A. Chippewa, Doon Early, Dunbar Standard, Katahdin

14 0 0

12 10 0

B. Arran Consul, Arran Banner, Arran Pilot, Aucklander Short Top, Aucklander Tall Top, Catriona, Cliffs Kidney, Epicure, Jersey Bennes, King Edward, Majestic, Robin Adair, Up-to-date, and other varieties not specified elsewhere

13 0 0

11 10 0

C. Arran Chief, Dakota, Inverness Favourite, Iron Duke, Northern Star (Gamekeeper)

11 0 0

9 15 0

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 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.

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

Price 6d.]