JUNE 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 651

For Potatoes sold (by Retail) Elsewhere in the North Island

Period in any Year (both Dates inclusive) within which Retail Sale is made.

1st June to 29th September .. .. .. .. .. 0 7½ 0 6½
30th September to 13th October .. .. .. .. 0 6½ 0 5½
14th October to 27th October .. .. .. .. 0 6 0 5
28th October to 10th November .. .. .. .. 0 5½ 0 4½
11th November to 24th November :. .. .. .. 0 5 0 4¼
25th November to 8th December .. .. .. .. 0 4½ 0 4
9th December to 22nd December .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 3½
23rd December to 5th January .. .. .. .. 0 3½ 0 3
6th January to 2nd February .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 2½
3rd February to last day of February .. .. .. 0 2¾ 0 2¼

For Potatoes sold (by Retail) in the South Island

Period in any Year (both Dates inclusive) within which Retail Sale is made.

1st June to 7th December .. .. .. .. .. 0 7½ 0 6½
8th December to 14th December .. .. .. .. 0 7 0 6
15th December to 28th December .. .. .. .. 0 6½ 0 5½
29th December to 10th January .. .. .. .. 0 6 0 5
11th January to 24th January .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 4¼
25th January to 17th February .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 3½
18th February to last day of February .. .. .. 0 3 0 2½

(4) If in respect of any lot of potatoes sold by a retailer the maximum price, calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause, is not an exact number of half-pence (in the case of a lot of less than 5 lb.) or is not an exact number of pence (in the case of a lot of 5 lb. or more), the maximum price of the lot shall be the next highest halfpenny or the next highest penny, as the case may be. The provisions of this subclause shall apply notwithstanding that in any case the retailer purports to sell any potatoes otherwise than by weight.

(5) For the purposes of this clause the price paid or payable by a retailer for any lot of potatoes and the transport and other charges paid or payable by him in respect of the same lot shall be apportioned evenly over the whole lot, and the price and charges paid or payable by the retailer for each pound of potatoes included in the lot shall be determined accordingly.

Special Prices where Extraordinary Charges incurred

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

Duties Imposed on Retailers

17. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale any potatoes to which this Order applies shall keep for a period of not less than two months a record showing with respect to every purchase of such potatoes made by him by way of wholesale the following particulars :—

(a) The date of purchase :
(b) The name and address of the wholesaler from whom they were purchased :
(c) The trade description of the potatoes purchased :
(d) The quantity purchased :
(e) The price paid.

18. Every retailer who offers or exposes any potatoes to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the potatoes to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price per pound of the potatoes.

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

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

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

Price Order No. 886 (Amending Price Order No. 665) (Apples and Pears)

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. 886, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 665* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 7th day of June, 1948.

3. The First Schedule to the principal Order, as set out in Price Order No. 880†, is hereby revoked, and the following Schedule substituted therefor :—

“FIRST SCHEDULE

“MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF APPLES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

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

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

[L.S.] W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Gazette, 20th March, 1947, Vol. I, page 355. † Gazette, 13th May, 1948, Vol. II, page 515.