834

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 38

Price Order No. 895 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 806)
(Honey)

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. 895, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 806*
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

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

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

(а) By inserting in subclause (1) of clause 3 the following
definition :—

“ Honey sold in the comb’ means either—

“(a) Honey sold in the standard sections ; or
“(b) Cut comb honey—that is, honey containing no
visible traces of stored pollen or other impurities
stored in clean new combs that have not been
used at any time for brood-rearing purposes.”

(b) By omitting the date “ 17th December, 1945”, and
substituting the date “ 17th December, 1947”.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th 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, 18th December, 1947, Vol. III, page 1939.

Price Order No. 896 (Evaporated Milk)

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. 896, and shall
   come into force on the 5th day of July, 1948.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

2. (1) This Order does not apply with respect to any evaporated
   milk sold in powder form.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause this
Order applies with respect to all evaporated milk manufactured by
New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., and marketed under the
brand of “ Anchor.”

Fixing Maximum Prices of Evaporated Milk to which this
Order applies

Manufacturer’s Prices

3. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the
   maximum price that may be charged or received by the manufacturer
   for any evaporated milk to which this Order applies that is sold by
   the manufacturer to a wholesaler shall be 36s. per case of four dozen
   16 oz. tins.

(2) The maximum price fixed by the last preceding subclause
shall be reduced by a trade discount of 10 per cent. thereof, and the
price so calculated shall be further reduced by a discount of 2½ per
cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th day of
the month following the month in which delivery is made to the
wholesaler.

(3) The maximum prices fixed by the foregoing provisions of
this clause are fixed as for delivery free of freight charges to all
wholesalers.

Wholesalers’ Prices

4. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the
   maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler
   (including the manufacturer in respect of any sales made by the
   manufacturer direct to a retailer) for any evaporated milk to which
   this Order applies shall be at the rate of 9s. per dozen 16 oz. tins.

(2) The maximum price calculated in accordance with the
foregoing provisions of this clause shall be reduced by a discount
of 2½ per cent. thereof where payment is made on or before the 20th
day of the month following the month in which delivery is made to
the retailer.

Retailers’ Prices

5. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any
   retailer for any evaporated milk to which this Order applies when
   sold in any area within which the manufacturer or any wholesaler
   normally undertakes the free delivery of goods to retailers shall be
   11d. per 16 oz. tin, and for evaporated milk sold elsewhere shall be
   1s. per 16 oz. tin.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES
INCURRED

6. 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 manufacturer or by any wholesaler
   or retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any
   evaporated milk to which this Order applies where for any reason
   extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the
   manufacturer 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 evaporated milk or may relate
   generally to all evaporated milk to which this Order applies sold by
   the manufacturer or by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval
   remains in force.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th 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. 898 (Sultanas, Currants, and Raisins)

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. 898, and shall come into force on the 5th day of July, 1948.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 612,* 785†, and 822† are hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before
   the coming into force of this Order.

3. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“The said Act ” means the Control of Prices Act, 1947 :
The descriptions “ 1 Crown ”, “ 2 Crown ”, “ 3 Crown ”, and “ 4 Crown ”, in relation to sultanas, currants, and raisins imported
into New Zealand from Australia, indicate the quality of that fruit as graded in Australia for export to New Zealand :
“ Case-lot ”, in relation to sultanas or currants, means a lot containing or reputed to contain 60 lb. of sultanas or 56 lb. of
currants, and, in relation to raisins, means a lot containing or reputed to contain either 50 lb. in bulk or forty-eight 12 oz.
cartons or forty-six 16 oz. cartons :
“ Raisins ” includes raisins of the variety known as “ Lexias ”.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act, when used in this Order, have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that Act.
(3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order include the prices of the cases or other containers in which any dried fruit to which this
Order applies is delivered to the purchaser.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the dried fruits known respectively as sultanas, currants, and raisins imported from Australia.
5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

Fixing Maximum Prices of Dried Fruits to which this Order applies

Wholesalers’ Prices

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler whose
   premises are situated in any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin, for any dried fruit to which this Order applies
   shall be computed as follows :—

(a) Sultanas—

For 1 Crown : At the rate of
For 2 Crown : At the rate of
For 3 Crown : At the rate of
For 4 Crown : At the rate of
For other sultanas : At the rate of

(b) Currants—

For 1 Crown : At the rate of
For 2 Crown : At the rate of
For 3 Crown : At the rate of
For other currants : At the rate of

• Gazette, 3rd October, 1946; Vol. III, page 1562.
  † Gazette, 20th November, 1947, Vol. III, page 1820.
  ‡ Gazette, 18th December, 1947, Vol. III, page 1952.