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(e) The amount of any through-store charges actually incurred by the distributor but not more in any case than an amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store on or before the 31st day of May, or 2½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store after the 31st day of May:

(f) An amount calculated at the rate of 1d. per bushel in respect of each of the months June to September, and at the rate of ½d. per bushel in respect of each of the months October to December (in all cases exclusive of the month in which the white oats were delivered to the distributor) during which the oats are held by the distributor undelivered: Provided that for the purposes of this paragraph a part of the month shall be deemed to be a complete month; provided, further, that a distributor shall be entitled to an amount under this paragraph only in respect of such of the aforesaid months that first fall within a period of twelve months following the date on which the oats were harvested:

(g) In any case where through-store charges are incurred at any point beyond the grower’s station and before the point of f.o.b., an amount not exceeding 1d. per bushel to cover the cost of any transport charges actually incurred in excess of those that would have been incurred had delivery been effected direct from the grower’s station to the point of f.o.b.

(3) The maximum amount that may be charged or received by any distributor for any other oats to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:—

(a) The price actually paid or payable to the grower:

(b) The amount of any transport, grading, or branding charges actually incurred by the distributor:

(c) The amount of any through-store charges actually incurred by the distributor but not more in any case than an amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store on or before the 31st day of May, or 2½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store after the 31st day of May:

(d) An amount calculated at the rate of 1d. per bushel in respect of each of the months June to September and at the rate of ½d. per bushel in respect of each of the months October to December for each month or part of a month (in all cases exclusive of the month in which the oats were delivered to the distributor) during which the oats are held by the distributor undelivered: Provided that for the purposes of this paragraph a part of a month shall be deemed to be a complete month; provided, further, that a distributor shall be entitled to an amount under this paragraph only in respect of such of the aforesaid months that first fall within a period of twelve months following the date on which the oats were harvested:

(e) An amount calculated at the rate of 1½d. per bushel.

(4) Where with respect to any white oats sold by a distributor the purchaser desires full details of the various charges comprised in the total amount payable, full details of each such charge shall be made available to him by the distributor.

Resellers’ Prices

9. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any reseller for any oats to which this Order applies shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts:—

(a) The price actually paid or payable to the grower or to the distributor:

(b) Any transport, branding, dressing, or insurance-in-transit charges actually and reasonably incurred by the reseller:

(c) With respect to oats grown in the South Island and transported to the North Island, an amount not exceeding one per cent. of the sum of the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage and other causes):

(d) The amount of any through-store charges actually incurred by the reseller but not more in any case than an amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store on or before the 31st day of May, or 2½d. per bushel with respect to oats taken into store after the 31st day of May:

(e) An amount calculated at the rate of 1d. per bushel in respect of each of the months June to September and at the rate of ½d. per bushel in respect of each of the months October to December (in all cases exclusive of the month in which the oats were delivered to the reseller) during which the oats are held by the reseller undelivered: Provided that for the purposes of this paragraph a part of a month shall be deemed to be a complete month; provided, further, that a reseller shall be entitled to an amount under this paragraph only in respect of such of the aforesaid months that first fall within a period of twelve months following the date on which the oats were harvested:

(f) An amount computed as follows:—

(i) With respect to white oats grown in the South Island and sold in the North Island—

(ii) With respect to any other white oats—

(g) An amount calculated at the rate of 2d. per bushel (to cover depreciation in value of sacks in terms of clause 10 hereof).

PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO SACKS

10. The maximum amount by which the price of any oats sold by a reseller shall be increased by reason of the charge imposed for the sacks containing the oats shall be the amount paid by the reseller for the sacks, reduced as follows:—

(a) In respect of 48 in. by 26½ in. sacks, by 8d. per sack:

(b) In respect of 46 in. by 23 in. sacks, by 6d. per sack:

Provided that the maximum amount per sack shall not in any case exceed 2s. 5d. in respect of 48 in. by 26½ in. sacks or 2s. 2d. in respect of 46 in. by 23 in. sacks.

11. (1) Every distributor and every reseller who sells any oats to which this Order applies shall state separately on the appropriate invoice relating to such sale the price charged for the oats and the price charged for the sacks.

(2) Every reseller who sells for purposes other than seed purposes any oats that have been machine-dressed by him shall keep for a period of two years a detailed record of the charges incurred by him in machine dressing the oats and of the weight of oats lost in the process of machine dressing.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

12. 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 grower, distributor, or reseller may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any white oats to which this Order applies where for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the grower, distributor, or reseller. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of white oats or may relate generally to all white oats to which this Order applies sold by the grower, distributor, or reseller while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th 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.