Dec. 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1939

Price Order No. 806 (Honey)

Pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Act, 1947, 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. 806, and shall come into force on the 22nd day of December, 1947.

2. (1) Price Order No. 393* 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 Act ” means the Control of Prices Act, 1947:
   “ Packer ” means a wholesaler who sells to another wholesaler honey packed in retail containers, and includes a producer who sells to a wholesaler honey packed in retail containers as aforesaid :
   “ Producer ” means a beekeeper whose apiary is registered pursuant to the Apiaries Act, 1927 :
   “ Retail container ” means a jar, carton, or tin containing not more than 10 lb. net weight of honey :
   “ Standard case ” means a case or other outer container containing in the aggregate approximately 60 lb. of honey packed in retail containers.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act when used in this Order have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act, unless the context otherwise requires.

4. For the purpose of this Order, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said Act, any person who sells by retail to any one purchaser for delivery at any one time not less than two standard case-lots of honey shall in respect of such 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.

5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received for honey packed in retail containers of the kinds described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate price fixed in the second, third, or fourth column of that Schedule.
   (2) Where the quantity of honey sold by a packer to a wholesaler in any one transaction is six standard case-lots or more the cost involved in effecting delivery to the port (where carriage by sea is entailed) or railway-station (where carriage by sea is not entailed) that is nearest or most convenient of access to the wholesaler’s place of business shall be borne by the packer.
   (3) The maximum prices fixed in the fourth column of the Schedule hereto are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.
   (4) Where supplies of honey are delivered to a retailer otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.
   (5) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD OTHERWISE THAN IN RETAIL CONTAINERS OF A KIND DESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of clauses 8, 9, and 10 hereof, the maximum prices that may be charged or received for honey sold otherwise than in retail containers of a kind described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be determined as follows:—

Maximum Price Per Pound. At the Rate of s. d.

(a) For honey, cut and wrapped .. .. 1 2½
(b) For other honey—
(i) Sold by a producer to any person whomsoever .. .. 0 10½
(ii) Sold by any person whomsoever to a wholesaler .. .. 0 10½
(iii) Sold by a wholesaler (not including a producer) to a retailer .. .. 0 11½
(iv) Sold by a retailer .. .. 1 1¼

(2) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding subclause are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any source whatever.
(3) Where supplies of honey are delivered to the retailer otherwise than free of freight charges as aforesaid, the price that may be charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause, shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.

• Gazette, 19th July, 1945, Vol. II, page 932.

(4) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF HONEY SOLD IN THE COMB

8. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause and subject to the provisions of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for honey sold in the comb shall be computed at the rate of 1s. 9d. per pound gross weight.

9. If in respect of any honey the retail price charged in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed to the nearest upward halfpenny.

10. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any person concerned, may authorize special prices or margins of profit in respect of any honey to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by any producer, packer, wholesaler, or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of honey or may relate generally to all honey to which this Order applies sold while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF HONEY PACKED IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1945.

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

[L.S.] W. J. Hunter (Judge), President.
B. S. Connor, Member.

Price Order No. 807 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 721) (“Sunshine” Soup-powders)

Pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Act, 1947, 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. 807, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 721* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 19th day of December, 1947.

3. The principal Order is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of subclause (1) of clause 4 the figure “8d.” and from paragraph (b) of the same subclause the figure “8½d.”, and substituting the figures “7d.” and “7½d.” respectively.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1947.

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

[L.S.] W. J. Hunter (Judge), President.
B. S. Connor, Member.

• Gazette, 12th June, 1947, Vol. II, page 738.

Price Order No. 808 (Amendment No. 2 of Price Order No. 561) (Symington’s Essence of Coffee and Chicory)

Pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Control of Prices Act, 1947, 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. 808, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 561* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 19th day of December, 1947.

3. The principal Order, as amended by Price Order No. 717†, is hereby further amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of clause 6 all words after the words “shall be—”, and substituting the following words:—

“ For 8 oz. bottles .. .. .. 2s. 2d. each.”

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1947.

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

[L.S.] W. J. Hunter (Judge), President.
B. S. Connor, Member.

• Gazette, 26th June, 1946, Vol. II, page 924.
  † Gazette, 5th June, 1947, Vol. II, page 717.