Oct. 11]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Price Order No. 448 (Amending Price Order No. 340) (Main Crop Potatoes)
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 amending Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 448, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 340† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. (1) Price Order No. 434‡ 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. This Order shall come into force on the 15th day of October, 1945.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
4. (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, 1945.
(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 on the 14th day of October, 1945; 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 on 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
5. (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 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 (f.a.q.) Maximum Price (Under-grade). From 15th October to 30th November, 1945 (both days inclusive) £ s. d. £ s. d. 11 10 0 10 10 0
(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 (f.a.q.) Maximum Price (Under-grade). From 15th October to 30th November, 1945 (both days inclusive) £ s. d. £ s. d. 11 0 0 10 0 0
(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 (f.a.q.) Maximum Price (Under-grade). From 15th October to 30th November, 1945 (both days inclusive) £ s. d. £ s. d. 13 5 0 12 5 0

(2) With respect to “ tagged ” potatoes the prices to be charged by the grower shall not be 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 3rd day of October, 1945.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.S.]
W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President. H. L. WISE, Member.

Price Order No. 449 (Amending Price Order No. 317) (Apples and Pears)
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 amending Price Order :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 449, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 317† (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 15th day of October, 1945.

3. The First Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 439‡, is hereby revoked, and the following Schedule substituted therefor :—

FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF APPLES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
| Variety | Count | Fancy Grade | Commercial Grade | Minimum Grade |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dessert | All counts | 13 0 | 13 0 | 11 0 |
| Delicious.. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Grannie Smith | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sturmer | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rome Beauty, Dougherty, and other dessert | | | | |
| Cookers | All counts | 13 0 | 12 0 | 10 0 |
| Ballarat, Lord Wolseley, and other cookers | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of October, 1945.
The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.S.]
W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President. H. L. WISE, Member.

Mining Privilege struck off the Register
Min'ng Registrar's Office, P.O. Box 20, Hokitika, 21st September, 1945.
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to subsection (4) of section 188 of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been struck off the Register.

SCHEDULE
| License No | Date | Nature of Privilege | Locality | Registered Holder |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1656 | 6/3/1924 | Residence-site | Kumara | Alfred Groom Wood |

(Mines N. 10/5/10.)