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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1944
Price Order No. 263 (Amending Price Order No. 196) (Main Crop Potatoes)

P URSUANT 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 amending Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 263, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 196f (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 2nd day of August, 1944.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies with respect to all potatoes which, being subject to the principal Order, are sold by a grower for delivery at any time after the commencement of this Order and on or before the 30th day of November, 1944.

(2) For the purposes of this Order no potatoes sold on the basis of f.o.b.s.i. or f.o.r.s.i. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order if—

(a) In the case of sales f.o.b.s.i., the vessel on which the potatoes are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before midnight of the 1st day of August, 1944; or

(b) In the case of sales f.o.r.s.i., the trucks on which the potatoes are laden leave the grower’s station at any time before midnight of the said date.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, potatoes sold f.o.b.s.i. or f.o.r.s.i. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order notwithstanding that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or trucks before the commencement of this Order.

MODIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL ORDER WITH RESPECT TO POTATOES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER

4. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Order the actual price to be charged by any grower for f.a.q. potatoes and the maximum price to be charged by any such grower for under-grade potatoes shall be determined in accordance with the following scale, namely :—

(a) For Sutton’s Supreme or King Edward potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery :—

Per ton f.o.b.s.i. a Port in the South Island.
Actual Price Maximum Price (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
From 2nd August to 31st August, 1944 9 5 0 8 5 0 (both days inclusive)

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 22nd February, 1944, Vol. I, page 171.

From September, 1944, to November, 1944: Pending the issue of an amending Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order, the prices as at 31st August, 1944, shall also apply with respect to potatoes sold for delivery in the months of September to November.

(b) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery :—

Per Ton f.o.b.s.i. a Port in the South Island.
Actual Price Maximum Price (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
From 2nd August to 31st August, 1944 8 15 0 7 15 0 (both days inclusive)

From September, 1944, to November, 1944: Pending the issue of an amending Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order, the prices as at 31st August, 1944, shall also apply with respect to potatoes sold for delivery in the months of September to November.

(c) For potatoes (other than "tagged" potatoes) grown in the North Island and sold for delivery :—

Per Ton f.o.r.s.i. the Grower's Station.
Actual Price Maximum Price (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
From 2nd August to 31st August, 1944 11 0 0 10 0 0 (both days inclusive)

From September, 1944, to November, 1944: Pending the issue of an amending Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order, the prices as at 31st August, 1944, shall also apply with respect to potatoes sold for delivery in the months of September to November.

(2) With respect to "tagged" potatoes the prices to be charged by the grower shall be not less than the prices fixed in accordance with paragraph (c) of the last preceding subclause for f.a.q. potatoes, but may exceed such prices by an amount not exceeding 10s. a ton in any case.

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

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