Price Order No. 940 (Amendment No. 6 of Price Order No. 849)
(Main Crop Potatoes)

PURSUANT to 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. 940, 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 1st day of
   October, 1948.
3. (1) Price Order No. 915† is hereby revoked.
   (2) 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (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 30th day of September,
   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
   truck before the commencement of this Order.

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

5. 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).
   On and after the lst £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
   October, 1948 .. 12 5 0 11 15 0 10 15 0

(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).
On and after the lst £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
October, 1948 .. 11 15 0 11 5 0 10 5-0

(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).
On and after the lst £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
October, 1948 .. 14 0 0 13 10 0 12 10 0

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of September, 1948.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Gazette, 26th February, 1948, Vol. I, page 230.
  † Gazette, 5th August, 1948, Vol. II, page 987.

Price Order No. 941 (Board Products Manufactured by Whakatane
Board Mills, Ltd.)

PURSUANT to 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. 941, and shall
   come into force on the 1st day of October, 1948.
2. Price Order No. 862* is hereby revoked in its application to
   orders accepted for delivery in the October-December, 1948, cycle,
   or succeeding cycles.
3. In this Order—
   “Standard”, in reference to colour, means grey, blue, green,
   pink, yellow, salmon, brown, or buff:
   “Special”, in reference to colour, means a colour that is a
   commercial match with a submitted sample colour.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the board products manufactured by Whakatane Board Mills, Ltd., of the several kinds specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF BOARD PRODUCTS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

5. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by Whakatane Board Mills, Ltd., for any board products to which this Order applies shall be the appropriate price fixed in the Schedule hereto.
   (2) The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply only with respect to board products for which orders are accepted for delivery in the October-December, 1948, cycle, or succeeding cycles.
   (3) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed with respect to board products that conform to the formula submitted to and approved by the Tribunal and that are of a size not less than 20 in. by 25 in. with a minimum across the machine of 20 in. with 25 in. cut off. Where board products of a smaller size, being not less in any case than 15 in. by 20 in., are sold the respective maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.
   (4) The maximum prices fixed by this Order are fixed for quantities of not less than 3 tons of one size, caliper, and quality, or of not less than 5 tons of one caliper and quality, with not more than two sizes in one delivery, and where delivery is required otherwise than in conformity with this subclause the maximum prices may be increased by £2 per ton.
   (5) The maximum prices fixed by this Order for combination board are for sales of not less than 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in. For sales of a lesser number of sheets an additional charge may be made at the rate of not more than £2 per 1,000 sheets.
   (6) The maximum prices as aforesaid are fixed in respect of sales f.o.r. to purchaser’s nearest railway-station in the North Island or c.i.f. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Bluff (by direct steamer only) in the South Island.
   (7) Where delivery is made to ports other than those set out in subclause (6) of this clause the actual freight charges incurred may be charged in lieu of the standard allowance for freight.
   (8) The maximum prices fixed by this Order shall be subject to a rebate of £1 per ton, or per 1,000 sheets of a size 30 in. by 40 in., when payment is made within seven days of delivery.
   (9) The maximum prices calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order may be increased-
   (a) By £1 5s. per ton when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths exceeding 15 in. :
   (b) By £2 per ton when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths between 15 in. and 10 in. :
   (c) By £3 per ton when reels require slitting and rewinding to reel widths below 10 in. :
   (d) By £4 per ton for standard colours other than grey :
   (e) By £3 10s. per ton, plus the actual cost of the dyestuff used, for special colours :
   (f) By £2 per ton for hard sizing.

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICE OF BOARD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY WHAKATANE BOARD MILLS, LTD.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of September, 1948.

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

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Gazette, 24th March, 1948, Vol. I, page 337.