Nov. 16]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Retailers' Prices

11. (1) Except as provided in subclause (2) of the last preceding clause and subject to the provisions of subclauses (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any onions to which this Order applies shall be at the rate of a price per pound equal to the sum of the following amounts:-
    (a) The price per pound actually paid or payable by the retailer for the onions:
    (b) The transport or other charges (if any) paid or payable by the retailer on each pound of the onions:
    (c) An amount equal to 33½ per cent. of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof.

(2) The retail price of any onions, computed in accordance with the last preceding subclause, shall be calculated by reference to the prices and weights disclosed in the appropriate invoices.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this clause, but subject to the provisions of subclauses (4) and (5) hereof, the retail price of any onions to which this Order applies shall not in any case exceed a price at the rate of the appropriate price prescribed in the following scale, namely:-

Other Onions Pickler Grade. Per Pound. For onions sold in the months of- d. December, 1944 . . . . . 6 January, 1945 . . . . 3½ February, 1945 . . . . 3½ March, 1945 . . . . . 2½ April, 1945 . . . . . . 3½ May, 1945 . . . . . . 3½ June, 1945 . . . . . . 3½ July, 1945 . . . . . . 3½ August, 1945 . . . . . 3½ September, 1945 . . . 4½ October, 1945 . . . . . 4½ November, 1945 . . . . 5½

(4) Where any onions to which this Order applies are sold by retail in lots of 5 lb., or 10 lb., or 25 lb., or 50 lb., or 100 lb., the maximum price shall not in any case exceed the appropriate price prescribed in the following scale, namely:-

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

Maximum Retail Price per Lot of

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

(6) If in respect of any lot of onions sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

(7) Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any person concerned, may authorize special prices or margins of profit in respect of any onions to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary freight charges are incurred by any wholesaler or retailer in obtaining delivery from the source of supply nearest or most convenient of access to him. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this subclause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of onions or may relate generally to all onions to which this Order applies sold while the approval remains in force.

12. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale any onions to which this Order applies shall keep for a period of not less than two months a record showing with respect to every purchase of such onions made by him by way of wholesale the following particulars:-
    (a) The date of purchase:
    (b) The name and address of wholesaler from whom purchased:
    (c) The trade description of the onions purchased:
    (d) The quantity purchased:
    (e) The price paid.

13. Every retailer who offers or exposes any onions to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the onions to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound of the onions.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1944.

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

H. L. WISE, Member.
LEO MUNRO, Associate Member.

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1944–45)

Census and Statistics Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1944.

As in previous years, cards were sent out by post to grain-growers and to potato-growers throughout the Dominion asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted, or intended to sow or plant, in wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes this season. It may be well to note that only holdings of 1 acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by the figures appearing below. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs.

WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY.-FINAL AREAS, 1943-44, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1944-45

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results:-

POTATOES.-FINAL AREA, 1943-44, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1944-45

J. W. BUTCHER, Government Statistician.

Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

Waiairiki Native Land Court Office, Rotorua, 8th November, 1944.

It is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Natiye Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

J. J. DILLON, Deputy Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Waiairiki,
Rotorua, 8 o nga ra o Noema, 1944.

He whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hanga e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti i raro nei.

HONE TIRONA, Teputi Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)