APRIL 17] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 507
Price Order No. 531 (Paint-R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd.)
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 :-

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 531, and shall come into force on the 17th day of April, 1946.
2. (1) Price Order No. 213t 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.
   APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
3. This Order applies only with respect.to paint manufactured for R. and E. Tingey and Co., Ltd., of the several kinds specified in the Schedule hereto.
   FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold in the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.
   (2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any paint to which this Order applies that is sold elsewhere than in the City of Auckland or the City of Wellington shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto, increased by a proportionate part of any transport or other charges actually and reasonably incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery into his store : Provided that the amount added in respect of such charges shall not in any case exceed ls. per gallon on the lines sold by measure or 6s. per hundredweight on the lines sold by weight.
   (3) If in respect of any lot of paint 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.
   SCHEDULE
   MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF PAINT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
   | Description of Paint. | Per Gallon (when sold in Containers of 4 or 5 Gallons). | Per One-gallon Tin. | Per Half-gallon Tin. | Per Quart Tin. | Per Pint Tin. | Per Half-pint Tin. | Per Quarter-pint Tin. |
   | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
   | First-quality Ready-mixed Paint Finishing (white, cream, and tints)- Excelsior Villa, heavy body Undercoat- Excelsior Villa, heavy body Bright red- Excelsior Villa, heavy body Roofox Green- Excelsior Villa, heavy body Totara primer- Excelsior Villa, heavy body Special bright red roof- Roofox red Excelsior Villa, heavy body Green roof, heavy body- Roofox green Villa, heavy body Excelsior permanent green Orange tile roof- Excelsior Tangerine anti-corrosive Roofox tangerine Villa, heavy body Grey roof- Excelsior Roofox grey Villa, heavy body | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
   | ... | 38 6 | 39 6 | 20 11 | 11 2 | 5 11 | 3 4 | ... |
   | ... | 37 6 | 38 6 | 20 3 | 10 11 | 5 10 | 3 3 | ... |
   | ... | 44 0 | 45 0 | 23 8 | 12 6 | 6 8 | 3 8 | ... |
   | ... | 44 0 | 45 0 | 23 8 | 12 6 | 6 8 | 3 8 | ... |
   | ... | 28 9 | 29 9 | 16 1 | 8 8 | 4 9 | 2 9 | ... |
   | ... | 32 6 | 33 6 | 17 11 | 9 8 | 5 2 | 3 0 | ... |
   | ... | 49 0 | 50 0 | 26 2 | 13 9 | 7 3 | 4 0 | ... |
   | ... | 46 6 | 47 6 | 24 11 | 13 2 | 6 11 | 3 10 | ... |
   | ... | 38 6 | 39 6 | 20 11 | 11 2 | 5 11 | 3 4 | ... |
   | Second-quality Ready-mixed Paint Finishing (white, cream, and tints) (Silver Fern and Villa) Undercoat (Silver Fern and Villa) Red oxide (Silver Fern and Villa) | 33 0 | 34 0 | 18 2 | 9 9 | 5 3 | 3 0 | ... |
   | ... | 32 0 | 33 0 | 17 8 | 9 6 | 5 2 | 2 11 | ... |
   | ... | 26 6 | 27 6 | 14 11 | 8 1 | 4 5 | 2 7 | ... |
   | Excelsior Concrete and Floor Paint- Colours for which prices not otherwise fixed Light and fast greens, orange, bright red Excelsior Oriental Lacquer- All colours Excelsior Enamel Undercoat- White and tints Excelsior Oil Varnish Stains Excelsior Stove Black | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
   | ... | 35 6 | 18 11 | 10 2 | 5 6 | 3 2 | ... | ... |
   | ... | 44 6 | 23 5 | 12 6 | 6 7 | 3 8 | ... | ... |
   | ... | 45 0 | 23 8 | 12 6 | 6 8 | 3 9 | 2 1 | ... |
   | ... | 32 10 | 17 7 | 9 6 | 5 2 | 3 0 | 1 9 | ... |
   | ... | 24 0 | 13 2 | 7 3 | 4 0 | 2 4 | 1 5 | ... |
   | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 6 | 1- 6 |
   | Excelsior Kalsomine- White and all tints Silver Fern Household Paints | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
   | Per 5 lb. Packet. | s. d. | 4 3 | | | | |
   | Per Tin containing | 4 lb. | 2 lb. | 1 lb. | | | |
   | | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | | | |
   | | 4 11 | 3 1 | 1 7 | | | |
   Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of April, 1946.
   The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of-- [L.s.]

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President. H. L. WISE, Member.
  t Gazette, 3rd April, 1944, Vol. I, page 324.