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(ii) For rolled oats—

When packed
in Calico or
Hessian Bags
or Cardboard
Containers.

Bulk.

s. d.

s. d.

1 lb. lots ..

.. ..

0 5½

2 lb. lots ..

.. ..

1 5

0 11

4 lb. lots ..

.. ..

2 5

1 10½

20 lb. lots ..

.. ..

10 2

9 3

50 lb. lots ..

.. ..

24 4

23 3

100 lb. lots ..

.. ..

46 10

46 4

125 lb. lots ..

.. ..

54 2

54 0

(b) For oatmeal and rolled oats sold by any other retailer the
maximum retail price shall be :—

(i) For oatmeal—

When packed
in Calico or
Hessian Bags.

Bulk.

s. d.

s. d.

1 lb. lots ..

.. ..

0 6

2 lb. lots ..

.. ..

0 11½

5 lb. lots ..

.. ..

2 9

2 5

7 lb. lots ..

.. ..

3 10½

3 5

25 lb. lots ..

.. ..

12 9½

12 0½

50 lb. lots ..

.. ..

24 10

24 4

100 lb. lots ..

.. ..

48 5

48 2

(ii) For rolled oats—

When packed
in Calico or
Hessian Bags
or Cardboard
Containers.

Bulk.

s. d.

s. d.

1 lb. lots ..

.. ..

0 6½

2 lb. lots ..

.. ..

1 6

1 0

4 lb. lots ..

.. ..

2 7

2 0½

20 lb. lots ..

.. ..

11 0

10 1

50 lb. lots ..

.. ..

26 5

25 4

100 lb. lots ..

.. ..

51 0

50 6

125 lb. lots ..

.. ..

59 4½

59 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 5½d. a pound for oatmeal or
5½d. 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
6d. 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

8. 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 27th day of February, 1948.

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. 851 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 765)
(Milk and Cream—Auckland Metropolitan Milk District and
Hamilton Milk District)

PURSUANT to the powers conferred on it by the Control of
Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the autho-
rity 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. 851, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 765*
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 5th day of March,

4. Subclause (1) of clause 4 of the principal Order is hereby
   amended by inserting after the word “ Piha ” the words “ or to
   milk or cream sold on Pine Island.”

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of March, 1948.

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, 25th September, 1947, Vol. III, page 1391.

C

Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Maori Land Act, 1931

Maori Land Court Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1948.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the
Schedule hereunder have been made by the Maori Land Court
under the provisions of the Maori Land Act, 1931.

P. H. DUDSON, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te
Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori,
Poneke, 24 o Pepuere, 1948.

HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti
Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931,
etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai, e
whakaaturia e te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei.

TATIHANA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Nga matua Whangai
(Adopting Parents).

Tamariki Whangai
(Adopted Children).

Moana Marsh and Mary Marsh

Moana Collier, now known as
Moana Marsh.

George Waerea and Rauhina
Tawera Waerea

George Junior Waerea.

Teti Taitu and Putiputi Taitu

Tahupotiki Henare Petuha, now
known as Tahupotiki Henare
Taitu.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

Wellington, 24th February, 1948.

THE following notice, received by the Minister of Finance from
the Mayor of the Borough of Whangarei, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1926.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

WHANGAREI BOROUGH COUNCIL
STORM-WATER DRAINAGE ADDITIONAL LOAN
Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I
hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of
Whangarei, taken on the 11th day of February, 1948, on the
proposal of the Whangarei Borough Council to borrow the sum of
£19,500, for the purpose of installing storm-water drainage and
carrying out modifications to the sanitary sewerage system and
flood-protection works, constructing new bridges and approaches
thereto, acquiring the necessary land, and meeting the costs of
surveys and fencing—

Votes.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 359
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 119
Informal .. .. .. .. .. 3

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 12th day of February, 1948.

WILLIAM JONES, Mayor.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

CLIVE EDMUND WRIGHTON, of 62 Epsom Avenue, Epsom,
Auckland, Commercial Traveller, was adjudged bankrupt on
the 23rd February, 1948. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the
Courthouse, Napier, on Monday, 8th March, 1948, at 11 a.m.

A. J. BENNETTS, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

DAVE McCLUTCHIE, of Poukawa, Labourer, was adjudged
bankrupt on the 26th February, 1948. Creditors’ meeting
will be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Wednesday, 10th
March, 1948, at 11 a.m.

A. J. BENNETTS, Official Assignee.