APRIL 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 443

Price Order No. 672 (Sugar)

(4) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding subclause,
the maximum prices fixed by this clause are fixed subject to delivery
terms as follows :—
(a) Where the sugar is for delivery within the Sugar Free
Delivery Area : Free of all transport charges ;
(b) Where the sugar is for delivery within the Auckland Sugar
District but beyond the Sugar Free Delivery Area :
F.o.b. Auckland or f.o.b. Auckland, as the case may
require ;
(c) Where the sugar is for delivery within the Southern Sugar
District : F.o.b. Auckland.

(5) The delivery terms set out in the last preceding subclause
apply only with respect to sugar delivered in a lot of a half-ton or
more, and to sugar, irrespective of the weight thereof, that is
delivered together with golden syrup or treacle and the total weight
of the consignment of sugar and golden syrup or treacle is a half-ton
or more.

Retail Storekeepers’ Prices

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
   price that may be charged or received by any retail storekeeper
   carrying on business in any of the Metropolitan Areas of Auckland,
   Christchurch, Dunedin, or Wellington, or in any of the cities or
   towns of Gisborne, Greymouth, Hastings, Invercargill, Napier,
   Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui, or Westport,
   for any sugar to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate
   price fixed in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
price that may be charged or received by any retail storekeeper
carrying on business elsewhere than in one of the places specified in
the last preceding subclause shall be the appropriate price fixed by
that subclause increased by the proportionate part of any transport
charges incurred by the retail storekeeper : Provided, however,
that the amount added by the way of transport charges shall not in any
case exceed the amount that would have been incurred had the sugar
been purchased by the retail storekeeper from the distributor whose
place of business was the nearest or most convenient of access to the
premises of the retail storekeeper and a cost not exceeding the cost
that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected by a
common carrier at current freight rates.

(3) Where delivery of any sugar is effected otherwise than over
the counter or where the sale is not for cash, the maximum price fixed by
the foregoing provisions of this clause increased by ¼d. per pound,
provided that where both such conditions apply the appropriate
maximum price shall not be increased by more than ¼d. per pound.

(4) If in respect of any lot of sugar sold by a retail storekeeper
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 calculated to the
nearest upward halfpenny.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

7. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
   provisions of this Order, and subject to the conditions, if any, by
   which this Order may be varied in accordance with the provisions of
   the Tribunal on application by the company or by any retail
   distributor or by any other person who can show that by reason of
   any extraordinary charges (transport or otherwise) incurred by the
   company or by the distributor or by the retail storekeeper in
   connection with the sale of any sugar to which this Order applies,
   it would be inequitable or against the spirit of this Order to apply
   to that sale the maximum prices fixed by this Order, the Tribunal
   may, with respect to any specified lot or consignment of sugar,
   authorise any retail storekeeper with respect to that lot or consignment
   to charge, or may relate generally to all sugar to which this Order
   applies sold by the company or by the distributor or by the retail
   storekeeper while the approval remains in force.

PROVISION WHEREBY CONTRACTS MAY BE MADE FOR SALE OF SUGAR
AT PRICES EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM PRICE FIXED BY THIS
ORDER

8. Except with respect to sugar sold by a retail storekeeper,
   nothing contained in this Order shall be deemed to forbid the making
   or carrying out of a contract for the sale of any sugar to which this
   Order applies at a price exceeding the appropriate price fixed by this
   Order, provided such price is made subject to the condition that if
   payment is made by prompt cash in accordance with the customary
   usage of the trade in the place of delivery the price shall be reduced
   to the appropriate price fixed by this Order.

PROVISION FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
CONTAINERS

9. (1) The several prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of
   this Order may be increased by an additional charge in respect of
   containers as follows :—
   (a) For drums (5 cwt.) used in respect to invert sugar : By £3
   per drum ;
   (b) For sacks (as distinct from 70 lb. bags) used in respect to
   raw sugar or boil-out sugar : By 1s. per sack ;
   (2) On the return to the company, at its Chelsea refinery, of
   any drums in respect of which an additional charge has been made
   in accordance with the last preceding subclause, a rebate of the
   amount of all such additional charges shall, in good order and condition,
   be allowed by the company, without cost to the company by way of
   freight or other charges, There shall be no rebate with respect to any
   additional charge made for sacks.

Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial No. 1939/275, page 1047 ;
Statutory Regulations 1942, Serial number 1942/111, page 263.

Reprinted with amendments : Statutory Regulations 1946/160, page 468.