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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 38

Price Order No. 894 (Amendment No. 2 of Price Order No. 380) (New-Zealand-grown Citrus Fruits)

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. 894, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 380* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 5th day of July, 1948.

3. Price Order No. 579† is hereby revoked.

4. 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.

5. The principal Order is hereby amended as follows :—

(a) By adding after clause 4 the following clause :—

"4A. Any fruit to which this Order applies, other than fruit packed in containers branded 'Extra Fancy' and 'Fancy' shall be deemed to be Commercial Grade."

(b) By adding to clause 8 the following subclause :—

"(12) The wholesale prices fixed by this clause do not include the cost of any containers in which the fruit is delivered, and an additional charge not exceeding 9d. in respect of each bushel case or three-quarter-bushel case and 6d. in respect of each half-bushel case may be made.

"No additional charge in respect of any other type of container may be made."

(c) By adding to clause 9 the following subclause :—

"(7) In computing the price per pound under paragraph (a) of subclause (1) hereof, the retailer may add the appropriate proportion of the sum of 3d. in respect of each bushel case or three-quarter-bushel case, and the appropriate proportion of the sum of 2d. in respect of each half-bushel case in which the fruit is delivered to him to cover the estimated loss on resale of such cases."

(d) By revoking the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules thereto, and substituting the following Schedules respectively :—

FIRST SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF MEYER LEMONS

SECOND SCHEDULE

"MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF CITRUS FRUITS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES (OTHER THAN MEYER LEMONS)

Oranges (Sweet) All Varieties

North Auckland, Auckland, and Gisborne Land Districts January to December, inclusive 27 0 19 6 13 6 9 9 7 3 5 3
Elsewhere in North Island ,, 29 0 21 6 14 9 11 0 8 0 6 0
Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Land Districts (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and Waimate Counties, the boroughs of Westport, Timaru, Waimate, Temuka, and Geraldine, and the Town District of Pleasant Point) ,, 32 6 25 0 16 6 12 9 9 0 7 0
Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, Waimate, Waitaki, and Waihemo Counties, the boroughs of Oamaru, Hampden, Palmerston, Timaru, Waimate, Temuka, and Geraldine, and the Town District of Pleasant Point ,, 33 6 26 0 17 0 13 3 9 3 7 3
Elsewhere in Otago Land District ,, 34 0 26 6 17 3 13 6 9 6 7 6
Elsewhere in South Island ,, 34 6 27 0 17 6 13 9 9 9 7 9

Oranges (Poorman), New Zealand Grapefruit, and other Grapefruit

North Auckland, Auckland, and Gisborne Land Districts January to December, inclusive 22 0 17 0 10 9 8 3 5 9 4 6
Elsewhere in North Island ,, 24 0 19 0 12 0 9 6 6 6 5 3
Canterbury, Marlborough, and Nelson Land Districts (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and Waimate Counties, the boroughs of Westport, Timaru, Waimate, Temuka, and Geraldine, and the Town District of Pleasant Point) ,, 27 6 22 6 13 9 11 3 7 6 6 3

• Gazette, 7th June, 1945, Vol. II, page 648. † Gazette, 25th July, 1946, Vol. II, page 1027.