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(4) Where an account is rendered to any purchaser for milk
supplied to him during a period comprising more than one day, the
price that may be charged for the milk to which the account relates
shall be computed as follows :—

(a) For all milk supplied in measurements of half-pint or less
than half-pint, the price shall be computed separately
at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate fixed by this
Order :

(b) If on any day within the period the quantity of milk
supplied to the purchaser (exclusive of quantities
delivered in measurements of half-pint or less) was not
less than one gallon, the price of the milk so supplied
shall be computed in accordance with subclause (3)
hereof :

(c) For all other milk to which the account relates the price
shall be computed at a rate not exceeding the appropriate
rate fixed in the Schedule hereto for two pints.

(5) Where any milk or cream to which this Order applies is
sold otherwise than in one of the quantities specified in the
Schedule hereto, or otherwise than in a multiple of any specified
quantity, the price shall be computed as follows :—

(a) Where the quantity supplied is less than the smallest
specified quantity, the price shall be a proportionate
part of the price of the smallest specified quantity :

(b) Where the quantity supplied exceeds a specified quantity
but is less than twice the specified quantity, the price
of any surplus over that specified quantity shall be a
proportionate part of the price of that specified quantity :

(c) Where the quantity supplied exceeds twice the amount of
the nearest lowest specified quantity but is not an exact
multiple of that specified quantity, the price of any
surplus over the nearest multiple of the specified quantity
shall be a proportionate part of that specified quantity.

(6) If in respect of any milk or cream the price charged in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an
exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be
the nearest upward halfpenny.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK AND CREAM SOLD IN THE NEW PLYMOUTH
MILK DISTRICT TO SHOP DAIRIES, COMMERCIAL USERS, OR
CONSUMERS

Milk

| Any quantity | s. d. 1 7 | s. d. .. |
| ½ pint | .. | 0 2 |
| 1 pint | .. | 0 3 |
| 2 pints | .. | 0 6 |
| 1 gallon but less than 2 gallons | .. | 1 11 per gallon. |
| 2 gallons but less than 10 gallons | .. | 1 10 ,, |
| 10 gallons and over | .. | 1 9 ,, |

Cream

| ¼ pint | s. d. .. | s. d. 0 6 |
| ½ pint | .. | 1 0 |
| 1 pint | .. | 2 0 |
| 2 pints and over | 12 0 per gallon | 15 0 per gallon |

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of February, 1945.

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

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

Price Order No. 330 (Milk) (Oamaru)

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. 330, and shall come into force on the 1st day of March, 1945.

2. In this Order—

“Oamaru Milk District” means the district comprising the Borough of Oamaru and all that area within four miles of the
boundaries of the said borough :

“Commercial user” means a person who buys milk or cream for sale for consumption on his premises (whether in the form in
which it is received by him or otherwise and whether separately or in combination with any other substance or substances) :

“Consumer” means a person who buys milk or cream for purposes other than resale :

“Shop dairy” means a shop where milk or cream is sold for consumption or use off the premises and not otherwise and where
the milk or cream so sold is sold in the form in which it was received into the shop dairy.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to milk or cream sold to a Hospital Board for use in any institution under the
   control of that Board or to milk or cream sold for use in any separate institution within the meaning of the Hospitals and Charitable
   Institutions Act, 1926.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause this Order applies with respect to all milk and cream wherever produced that
is sold—

(a) To the occupier of any shop dairy within the Oamaru Milk District ; or

(b) By the occupier of a shop dairy or by any other person to a commercial user or to a consumer within the Oamaru Milk
District.

FIXING PRICES OF MILK AND CREAM TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received for any milk or cream
   to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for delivery as follows :—

(a) In respect of milk or cream sold by the occupier of a shop dairy : As for delivery to the purchaser at the shop dairy :

(b) In respect of milk or cream sold otherwise than at a shop dairy : As for delivery at the premises of the purchaser.

(3) Where the quantity of milk delivered to any one purchaser in any one day (exclusive of quantities delivered in measurements of
half-pint or less) is not less than one gallon, the maximum price that may be charged shall be computed by reference to the total quantity
of milk so delivered to the purchaser during that day.

(4) Where an account is rendered to any purchaser for milk supplied to him during a period comprising more than one day, the price
that may be charged for the milk to which the account relates shall be computed as follows :—

(a) For all milk supplied in measurements of half-pint or less than half-pint, the price shall be computed separately at a rate not
exceeding the appropriate rate fixed by this Order :

(b) If on any day within the period the quantity of milk supplied to the purchaser (exclusive of quantities delivered in measurements
of half-pint or less) was not less than one gallon, the price of the milk so supplied shall be computed in accordance with
subclause (3) hereof :

(c) For all other milk to which the account relates the price shall be computed at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate fixed
in the Schedule hereto for two pints.

(5) Where any milk or cream to which this Order applies is sold otherwise than in one of the quantities specified in the Schedule
hereto, or otherwise than in a multiple of any specified quantity, the price shall be computed as follows :—

(a) Where the quantity supplied is less than the smallest specified quantity, the price shall be a proportionate part of the price
of the smallest specified quantity :

(b) Where the quantity supplied exceeds a specified quantity but is less than twice the specified quantity, the price of any surplus
over that specified quantity shall be a proportionate part of the price of that specified quantity :

(c) Where the quantity supplied exceeds twice the amount of the nearest lower specified quantity but is not an exact multiple
of that specified quantity, the price of any surplus over the nearest multiple of the specified quantity shall be a proportionate
part of that specified quantity.

(6) If in respect of any milk or cream the price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact
number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be the nearest upward halfpenny.

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

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