Oct. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE When packed in Calico or Hessian Bags or Cardboard Containers. Bulk. s. d. s. d. (ii) For rolled oats— 1 lb. lots .. .. .. .. 0 5½ 2 lb. lots .. .. 1 4 0 10½ 4 lb. lots .. .. 2 2½ 1 8 20 lb. lots .. .. 9 4 8 4 50 lb. lots .. .. 21 6 20 9 100 lb. lots .. .. 41 0 40 9 125 lb. lots .. .. 51 3 51 0 (b) For oatmeal and rolled oats sold by any other retailer the maximum retail price shall be:— When packed in Calico or Hessian Bags. Bulk. s. d. s. d. (i) For oatmeal— 1 lb. lots .. .. .. .. 0 5¼ 2 lb. lots .. .. .. .. 0 11 5 lb. lots .. .. 2 6½ 2 3½ 7 lb. lots .. .. 3 6 3 2½ 25 lb. lots .. .. 11 6½ 11 5½ 50 lb. lots .. .. 22 7 22 1 100 lb. lots .. .. 43 8 43 2 When packed in Calico or Hessian Bags or Cardboard Containers. s. d. s. d. (ii) For rolled oats— 1 lb. lots .. .. .. .. 0 6 2 lb. lots .. .. 1 5 0 11½ 4 lb. lots .. .. 2 4½ 1 10 20 lb. lots .. .. 10 2 9 2 50 lb. lots .. .. 23 7 22 10 100 lb. lots .. .. 45 2 44 11 125 lb. lots .. .. 56 5½ 56 2½ (2) Where any bulk oatmeal or rolled oats to which this Order applies is sold by retail in a lot other than one of the lots specified in subclause (1) of this clause, the maximum price of the lot shall be the price of the nearest lower specified lot increased as follows:— (a) In the case of retailers to whom paragraph (a) of subclause (1) of this clause applies: By 5d. a pound for oatmeal or 5¼d. a pound for rolled oats (as the case may be) for each pound of the surplus: (b) In the case of retailers to whom paragraph (b) of subclause (1) of this clause applies: By 5½d. a pound for oatmeal or 5½d. a pound for rolled oats (as the case may be) for each pound of the surplus.
(3) If in respect of any oatmeal or rolled oats 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 may be increased to the nearest upward halfpenny.
SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED
7. 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 manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any oatmeal or rolled oats to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of oatmeal or rolled oats or may relate generally to all oatmeal or rolled oats sold by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer while the approval remains in force.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of October, 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. 775 (Imitation Crystallized Cherries) 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. 775, and shall come into force on the 20th day of October, 1947.
2. (1) Price Order No. 89† 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 with respect to all imitation crystallized cherries sold in New Zealand.
   FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF GOODS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES Manufacturers' Price
4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by the manufacturer for any goods to which this Order applies, when sold to a wholesaler, shall be 1s. 3d. per pound.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.
  † Statutory Regulations 1942, Serial number 1942/167, page 385.
  (2) The maximum price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced by a trade discount of 10 per cent. thereof, and the price so calculated shall be further reduced by a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the month next following the month in which delivery is made to the wholesaler.
  (3) The maximum price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause is fixed as for delivery free of transport charges into the wholesaler's store.
  Wholesalers' Price

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler for any goods to which this Order applies shall be 1s. 3d. per pound.
   (2) The maximum price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced by a discount of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of the month next following the month in which delivery is made to the retailer.
   Retailers' Price
6. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any goods to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows:—
   (a) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situate in any area within which any wholesaler normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers, the maximum price shall be 1s. 10¼d. per pound:
   (b) When sold by a retailer whose premises are situate elsewhere, the maximum price shall be 1s. 11d. per pound.
   SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED
7. 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 manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any goods to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of goods, or may relate generally to all goods to which this Order applies sold by the manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer while the approval remains in force.
   Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of October, 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. 776 (Cheese)
   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
8. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 776, and shall come into force on the 20th day of October, 1947.
9. (1) Price Order No. 114† 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.
10. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, “The said regulations” means the Control of Prices Emergency Regulations 1939*: “Export size”, in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 80 lb.: “Medium size”, in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 40 lb.: “Pancake size”, in relation to any cheese, means a cheese weighing or reputed to weigh approximately 20 lb.: “Standard crate lot”, in relation to a transaction for the sale of cheeses, means a lot consisting of two cheeses of export size, or three cheeses of medium size, or six cheeses of pancake size.
    (2) Terms and expressions defined in the said regulations and used in this Order have the meanings severally assigned thereto by those regulations.
11. For the purposes of this Order, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said regulations, any person who sells by retail to any one purchaser, for delivery at any one time, not less than three standard crate lots of export-size, medium-size, or pancake-size cheeses, whether or not all the standard crate lots contain the same size of cheeses, shall in respect of that sale be deemed to be a wholesaler, and the provisions of this Order as to maximum wholesale prices shall apply accordingly with respect to every such sale.
    APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER
12. (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Order applies only with respect to Cheddar cheese that is sold by a wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be, within four months after the date of its manufacture.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/275, page 1057. Reprinted with amendments: Statutory Regulations 1946, Serial number 1946/169, page 468.
  † Statutory Regulations 1942, Serial number 1942/304, page 751.
  † Statutory Regulations 1938, Serial number 1938/91, page 396.