FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES (OTHER THAN RETAIL PRICES) OF MAIZE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER

Growers' Prices

8. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any maize to which this Order applies, when sold by him otherwise than to a wholesaler, shall be—

(2) The maximum prices fixed as aforesaid are fixed as for—

(a) Delivery f.o.b.s.e. (in the case of maize delivered for shipment at any of the ports of Gisborne, Opotiki, Whakatane, or Tauranga); and

(b) Delivery f.o.r.s.e. the grower’s station (with respect to all other sales).

(3) Where any maize to which this Order applies is delivered by the grower elsewhere than at one of the aforesaid ports, or elsewhere than at the grower’s station, the maximum price that may be charged by the grower shall be the appropriate price in terms of subclause (1) hereof, increased by the amount of the charges (if any) incurred by the grower in effecting delivery and then reduced by the amount of the charges that would have been incurred by him if he had delivered the maize f.o.b.s.e. such one of the aforesaid ports or f.o.r.s.e. such railway-station as would have been appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

(4) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any maize sold by him to a wholesaler shall be the price fixed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause with respect to other sales, reduced by an amount equal to 5 per cent. of the said price.

Wholesalers' Prices

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of subclause (2) hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any maize to which this Order applies shall be—

(2) Where any transport charges are incurred by a wholesaler in respect of any maize to which this clause applies, he may add a proportionate part of such charges to the appropriate price fixed in accordance with subclause (1) hereof.

SALES OF SPECIAL SAMPLES AND VARIETIES

10. The Tribunal, on application by any person concerned and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, may authorize special prices or margins of profit for special samples and varieties of maize intended to be sold exclusively for seed purposes. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of maize or may relate generally to all such special samples and varieties sold while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1947.

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. 735 (Cocoa)

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. 735, and shall come into force on the 14th day of July, 1947.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. This Order applies with respect to all cocoa sold in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF COCOA TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesalers' Prices

3. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (which term in this Order shall be deemed to include a manufacturer selling to a retailer) for any cocoa to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) The prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause are fixed subject to the continuance of the practice in the cocoa trade with respect to cash and other discounts and with respect to freight arrangements existing immediately prior to the coming into force of this Order.

Retailers' Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any cocoa to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price set out in the Schedule hereto.

(2) If in respect of any lot of cocoa 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 calculated to the nearest upward halfpenny.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special maximum wholesale or retail prices in respect of any cocoa to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of cocoa or may relate generally to all cocoa to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF COCOA TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of July, 1947.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President. H. L. WISE, Member.

*Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.