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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 20

The Standards Act, 1941.—Specification declared to be a Standard Specification

NOTICE is hereby given that on 9th April, 1948, the undermentioned specification was declared by the Minister of Industries and Commerce to be a standard specification pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941 :

N.Z.S.S. 521: Ready-mixed paint for undercoats and finishing coats for exterior use on woodwork (white and light tints).

Copies may be obtained from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington C. 1. Price 3s. a copy, post free.

L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer.

Sale of Unclaimed Property

Police Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1948.

It is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the Police at the various police-stations will, if not claimed before Friday, the 30th April, 1948, be sold thereafter by public auction.

Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the Superintendent or Inspector of Police in charge of the District.

J. CUMMINGS, Commissioner of Police.

Price Order No. 870 (Barley)

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. 870, and shall come into force on the 16th day of April, 1948.

2. (1) Price Orders No. 381* and No. 473† are hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation hereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

3. In this Order—

“Grower”, in relation to barley, means a person engaged in the business of growing barley for sale : “Grower’s station”, in relation to any grower, means the railway-station that is nearest or most convenient of access to the grower’s premises : “Distributor”, in relation to barley, means any person (other than a grower) who sells barley to any person for purposes of resale : “Reseller”, in relation to barley, means any person (other than a grower) who sells barley or any product containing barley either whole or processed to a consumer : The expression “f.o.r.s.e.” means “free on rail, sacks extra”, and the expression “f.o.b.s.e.” means “free on board, sacks extra”.

4. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any barley to which this Order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

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

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

6. (1) This Order does not apply to— (a) Malting barley, that is barley sold for malting purposes ; (b) Black skinless barley or white skinless barley; or (c) Any machine-dressed barley that is sold by a distributor or a reseller for seed purposes.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all barley grown in New Zealand.

(3) The provisions of this Order fixing growers’ prices shall apply only with respect to barley grown from seed sown on or after the lst day of March, 1947.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF BARLEY TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Growers' Prices

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any barley to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :— When grown in the South Island: 6s. per bushel f.o.r.s.e. the grower’s station. When grown in the North Island : 7s. per bushel f.o.r.s.e. the grower’s station.

(2) Where any barley is delivered by a grower otherwise than f.o.r.s.e. the grower’s station, the price that may be charged by the grower shall be the appropriate price in terms of the foregoing provisions of this clause, increased by the amount of the charges (if any) incurred by the grower in effecting delivery and then reduced by the amount of the charges that would have been incurred by him if he had delivered the barley f.o.r.s.e. the grower’s station.

Distributors' Prices

8. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any barley to which this Order applies that has been grown in the South Island and is sold to a reseller in the North Island 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) An amount not exceeding ½d. per bushel on account of brokerage actually incurred : (d) An amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel : Provided, however, that the total amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall not in any case exceed an amount equivalent to the appropriate f.o.b.s.e. price set out hereunder, viz. :-

When sold for Delivery Dunedin or Bluff. Oamaru, Timaru, Blenheim. Picton or Nelson. or Lyttelton.

Not later than May in the year following the date of sowing .. 6 10½ 6 9 6 8 6 10 During the month of June .. 6 11½ 6 10 6 9 6 11 During the month of July .. 7 0½ 6 11 6 10 7 0 During the month of August .. 7 1½ 7 0 6 11 7 1 During the months of September to January next following the previous season's harvest 7 2½ 7 1 7 0 7 2

(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 ¼d. per bushel in respect of each of the months October to December (in all cases exclusive of the month in which the barley was delivered to the distributor) during which the barley is 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 each of the aforesaid months that first fall within a period of twelve months following the date on which the barley was harvested : (f) 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 3¼d. per bushel with respect to barley taken into store on or before the 31st day of May or 2¼d. per bushel with respect to barley taken into store after the 31st day of May : (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.

• Gazette, 14th June, 1945, Vol. II, page 770. † Gazette, 10th January, 1946, Vol. I, page 88.