Aug. 28] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1077

Price Order No. 753 (Amendment No. 3 of Price Order No. 658)
(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. 753, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 658†
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 29th day of
   August, 1947.

3. (1) Price Order No. 746‡ 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

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, 1947.
   (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 28th day of August, 1947;
   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 of 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 maximum price that may be charged by any
   grower for any potatoes to which this Order applies 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—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.i.
a Port in the South Island.
(f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
On and after the 29th August, 1947 10 0 0 9 0 0

(b) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South
Island and sold for delivery—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.i.
a Port in the South Island.
(f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
On and after the 29th August, 1947 9 10 0 8 10 0

(c) For potatoes (other than “tagged” potatoes) grown in the
North Island and sold for delivery—

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.r.s.i.
the Grower’s Station.
(f.a.q.). (Under-grade).
£ s. d. £ s. d.
On and after the 29th August, 1947 11 15 0 10 15 0

(2) With respect to “tagged” potatoes the maximum price that
may be charged by the grower shall be the price fixed in accordance
with paragraph (c) of the last preceding subclause for f.a.q.
potatoes, but may exceed such price by an amount not exceeding
10s. a ton in any case.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of August, 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.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057.
  Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number
  1946/169, page 468.
  † Gazette, 27th February, 1947, Vol. I, page 272.
  ‡ Gazette, 29th July, 1947, Vol. II, page 923.

Price Order No. 754 (Australian Grapefruit)

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 Com-
merce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 754, and shall
   come into force on the 1st day of September, 1947.

2. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   “ The said regulations ” means the Control of Prices Emer-
   gency Regulations 1939* :
   “ Bushel case ” means an Australian case of the type used
   in the ordinary course of trade for packing the quantity
   of grapefruit recognized as one bushel.

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

(2) References in this Order to metropolitan areas are references
to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule hereto.
(3) 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 the grapefruit is delivered
   to the purchaser.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to all Australian grapefruit.
5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect
   to sales by auction as well as to other sales.
6. The provisions of this Order as to maximum wholesale prices
   shall apply notwithstanding that any Australian grapefruit is sold
   otherwise than in a bushel case, and the provisions of this Order as
   to maximum retail prices shall apply notwithstanding that any such
   grapefruit is sold otherwise than by weight.

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES

7. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
   price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any
   Australian grapefruit shall be—

When sold to a retailer carrying on business—

(a) In the metropolitan area of Auckland, or in any of
the cities or boroughs of Whangarei, Hamilton,
or Gisborne
(b) Elsewhere in the Auckland, North Auckland, or
Gisborne Land Districts
(c) In the metropolitan area of Wellington or in any of
the cities or boroughs of New Plymouth, Strat-
ford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, or
Hastings
(d) Elsewhere in the North Island
(e) In the metropolitan area of Christchurch, the City
of Nelson, or the Borough of Blenheim
(f) Elsewhere in the Canterbury, Marlborough, or
Nelson Land Districts (excluding the Buller,
Inangahua, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and
Waimate Counties)
(g) In the boroughs of Timaru or Oamaru
(h) In the Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, Waimate,
Waitaki, or Waihemo Counties
(i) In the metropolitan area of Dunedin, the City of
Invercargill, or the boroughs of Gore, Grey-
mouth, or Westport
(j) Elsewhere in the South Island

Per Bushel
Case.
s. d.
22 6
21 6
25 0
24 0
28 0
27 0
29 0
28 0
30 0
29 0

(2) The wholesale prices fixed by this Order are fixed as for
delivery at the wholesaler’s store or other premises from which
delivery to the purchaser is effected.
(3) Where delivery is effected by a wholesaler elsewhere than
at premises occupied by him, he may add to the appropriate price
fixed by this Order the reasonable cost of delivery, not exceeding in
any case the cost that would have been incurred by him if delivery
had been effected by a common carrier at current freight rates.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
   retail price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any
   Australian grapefruit shall be—

(a) When sold in the Auckland, North Auckland, or
Gisborne Land Districts
(b) When sold elsewhere in the North Island
(c) When sold in the Canterbury, Marlborough, or
Nelson Land Districts (excluding the Buller,
Inangahua, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate, and
Mackenzie Counties)
(d) When sold in the Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie,
Waimate, Waitaki, or Waihemo Counties
(e) When sold elsewhere in the South Island

Per Pound.
s. d.
0 9½
0 10½
0 11½
1 0
1 0½

(2) If in respect of any lot of grapefruit 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.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

9. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal,
   on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special
   prices in respect of any Australian grapefruit 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 Australian grapefruit or may relate
   generally to all Australian grapefruit to which this Order applies
   sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in
   force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

10. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Australian grape-
    fruit for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such
    proximity to the Australian grapefruit to which it relates as to be
    obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which
    shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following
    particulars:—

(a) The retail price per pound of the grapefruit :
(b) The word “ Australian.”