JULY 1]

THIRD SCHEDULE

Maximum Retail Prices for Fish to which this Order applies

Dated at Wellington, this 29th 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. 897 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 883)

(Meadow Hay)

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. 897, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 883* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1948.

3. (1) Clause 1 of the principal Order is hereby amended by omitting the words ""30th day of June"", and substituting the words ""31st day of August"".

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the said clause 1, the principal Order shall be deemed to be and to have been in full force from the 28th day of May, 1948, until the date of the coming into force of this Order.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th 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, 27th May, 1948, Vol. II, page 624.

Price Order No. 900 (Amendment No. 4 of Price Order No. 849)

(Main Crop Potatoes)

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. 900, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 849* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

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

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) This Order applies with respect to all potatoes which, being subject to the principal Order, are sold by a grower for delivery at any time after the commencement of this Order and on or before the 30th day of November, 1948.

(2) For the purposes of this Order no potatoes sold on the basis of f.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order if--

(a) In the case of sales f.o.b.s.e. the vessel on which the potatoes are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before midnight on the 1st day of July, 1948; or

(b) In the case of sales f.o.r.s.e. the trucks on which the potatoes are laden leave the grower's station at any time before midnight of the said date.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, potatoes sold f.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order notwithstanding that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or trucks before the commencement of this Order.

MODIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL ORDER WITH RESPECT TO POTATOES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER

4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Order the maximum price that may be charged by any grower for any potatoes to which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with the following scale, namely:--

(a) For Sutton's Supreme, Red Dakota or King Edward potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery--

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e.

a Port in the South Island.

(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

On and after the 11 0 0 10 10 0 9 10 0

2nd July, 1948

(b) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South Island and sold for delivery--

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e.

a Port in the South Island.

(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

On and after the 10 10 0 10 0 0 9 0 0

2nd July, 1948

(c) For potatoes grown in the North Island and sold for delivery--

Maximum Price per Ton f.o.r.s.e.

the Grower's Station.

(Good Table). (f.a.q.). (Under-grade).

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

On and after the 12 15 0 12 5 0 11 5 0

2nd July, 1948

Dated at Wellington, this 29th 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, 26th February, 1948, Vol. I, page 230.

The Standards Act, 1941.--Specifications declared to be Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on the dates stated in the first column hereunder the undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941:--

Copies may be obtained from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington C. 1, at the prices indicated above.

L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer.

New Zealand Dairy Board Election, 1948.--Declaration of Result of Election in the Northern Ward

LEONARD IRWIN, Returning Officer appointed under section 19 of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, do hereby declare the result of the election in the Northern Ward for a member of the New Zealand Dairy Board, which closed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd June, 1948, to be as follows:--

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,370

I therefore declare the said Alexander Johnston Sinclair to be elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of June, 1948.

L. IRWIN, Returning Officer.