1562 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 70

Price Order No. 612 (Sultanas, Currants, and Raisins)

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. 612, and shall come into force on the 7th day of October, 1946.
2. (1) Price Order No. 562† 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. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   "The said regulations" means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939* :
   The descriptions "1 Crown", "2 Crown", "3 Crown", and "4 Crown", in relation to sultanas, currants, and raisins imported into New Zealand from Australia, indicate the quality of that fruit as graded in Australia for export to New Zealand :
   "Case-lot", in relation to sultanas or currants, means a lot containing or reputed to contain 60 lb. of sultanas or 56 lb. of currants, and, in relation to raisins, means a lot containing or reputed to contain either 50 lb. in bulk or forty-eight 12 oz. cartons or forty-six 16 oz. cartons :
   "Raisins" includes raisins of the variety known as "Lexias".
   (2) Terms and expressions defined in the said regulations, when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by those regulations.
   (3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order include the prices of the cases or other containers in which any dried fruit to which this Order applies is delivered to the purchaser.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the dried fruits known respectively as sultanas, currants, and raisins.
5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF DRIED FRUITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers' Prices

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler whose premises are situated in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, for any dried fruit to which this Order applies shall be computed as follows :—

(a) Sultanas— s. d.
For 1 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 69 0 per cwt.
For 2 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 71 0 "
For other sultanas (whether imported from Australia or elsewhere): At the rate of .. .. 66 0 "

(b) Currants—
For 1 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 65 0 "
For other currants (whether imported from Australia or elsewhere): At the rate of .. .. 61 6 "

(c) Raisins—
(i) Seeded—
When supplied in bulk or in cartons (other than 12 oz. or 16 oz. cartons) or other containers: At the rate of .. .. .. .. .. 79 6 "
For 12 oz. cartons: At the rate of .. .. .. 8 3 per dozen.
For 16 oz. cartons: At the rate of .. .. .. 10 2 "
(ii) Unseeded—
When supplied in bulk or in cartons or other containers—
For 1 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 60 6 per cwt.
For 2 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 63 0 "
For 3 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 65 0 "
For 4 Crown: At the rate of .. .. .. .. 68 0 "
For any other unseeded raisins (whether imported from Australia or elsewhere): At the rate of .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 6 "

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any other wholesalers for any dried fruit to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price fixed by subclause (1) of this clause, increased as follows :—

(3) Where any one delivery by a wholesaler to a retailer of any dried fruit to which this Order applies—
(a) Comprises less than 10 case-lots, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is applicable) shall, if payment is made on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer, be reduced by an amount equal to 2½ per cent. thereof :
(b) Comprises 10 or more but fewer than 200 case-lots, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is applicable) shall be reduced as follows :—
(i) If payment is made on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer by an amount equal to 2 per cent. thereof and the amount so calculated by a further amount equal to 2½ per cent. thereof; or
(ii) If payment is made after the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer, by an amount equal to 2 per cent. thereof :
(c) Comprises 200 or more case-lots, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) or subclause (2) hereof (whichever is applicable) shall be reduced as follows :—
(i) If payment is made within seven days from the date of the invoice, by an amount equal to 6 per cent. thereof; or
(ii) If payment is made after seven days from the date of the invoice but on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer, by an amount equal to 2 per cent. thereof and the amount so calculated by a further amount equal to 2½ per cent. thereof; or
(iii) If payment is made after the 20th day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer, by an amount equal to 2 per cent. thereof.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. † Gazette, 27th June, 1946, Vol. II, page 924.