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(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.
(5) 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 computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.
SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK AND CREAM SOLD IN THE BALCLUTHA
MILK DISTRICT TO SHOP DAIRIES, COMMERCIAL USERS, OR
CONSUMERS
Quantity. When sold to Shop When sold to
Dairies for Resale. Commercial Users
or Consumers.
Milk
s. d. s. d.
Any quantity ... 1 7 per gallon . .
½ pint . . . . . . .
1 pint . . . . . ..
2 pints . . . . . . .
1 gallon but less than 2 gallons . .
2 gallons but less than 10 . .
gallons
10 gallons and over . . . .
Cream
s. d. s. d.
¼ pint . . . . . . .
½ pint . . . . . . .
1 pint . . . . . . .
2 pints and over . . .
14 0 per gallon 15 0 per gallon
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August, 1945.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the
presence of--
W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
H. L. WISE, Member.
Price Order No. 411 (Milk) (Christchurch Metropolitan Milk District)
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. 411, and shall
   come into force on the 1st day of September, 1945.
2. (1) Price Order No. 319† is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the
   liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed
   before the coming into force of this Order.
3. In this Order-
   "Christchurch Metropolitan Milk District" means the district
   of that name constituted under the Milk Act, 1944, by
   Order in Council dated the 27th day of June, 1945+ :
   "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
4. (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 Christchurch
   Metropolitan 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
   Christchurch Metropolitan Milk District.

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

• Gazette, 22nd February, 1945, Vol. I, page 215.
• Gazette, 28th June, 1945, Vol. II, page 839.
  FIXING PRICES OF MILK AND CREAM TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (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 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 during the period in measurements
   of half-pint or less, the price shall be computed
   separately for each lot supplied at a rate not exceeding
   the appropriate rate fixed by this Order :
   (b) For all milk supplied during the period in measurements
   of more than half-pint but less than two pints (exclusive
   of milk so supplied on any one day of a total quantity
   of one gallon or more), the price shall be computed
   separately for each lot supplied at a rate not exceeding
   the appropriate rate fixed by this Order :
   (c) For all milk supplied during the period in measurements
   of two pints or more (exclusive of milk so supplied on
   any one day of a total quantity of one gallon or more),
   the price shall be computed at a rate not exceeding
   the appropriate rate fixed in the Schedule hereto for
   two pints :
   (d) Where the quantity of milk supplied to any one purchaser
   in any one day (exclusive of quantities supplied 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 supplied to the purchaser during that day.
   (4) 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.
   (5) 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 computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.
   SCHEDULE
   MAXIMUM PRICES OF MILK AND CREAM SOLD IN THE CHRISTCHURCH
   METROPOLITAN MILK DISTRICT TO SHOP DAIRIES, COMMERCIAL
   USERS, OR CONSUMERS
   Quantity. When sold to Shop When sold to
   Dairies for Resale. Commercial Users
   or Consumers.
   Milk
   s. d. s. d.
   Any quantity ... 1 7 per gallon
   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 . . . . . . . . 1 10 ,, gallons
   10 gallons and over . . . . . . . . 1 9 ,, Cream
   s. d. s. d.
   ¼ pint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 6
   ½ pint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
   1 pint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
   2 pints and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0 per gallon 15 0 per gallon
   Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of August, 1945.
   The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the
   presence of--
   W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
   H. L. WISE, Member.