Feb. 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 639

Price Order No. 976 (New-Zealand-grown Wheat)

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. 976, and shall come into force on the 28th day of February, 1949.

2. In this Order—

   “Broker”, in relation to wheat, means a person who sells wheat on behalf of the Wheat Committee established pursuant to the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations 1944* :
   “Distributor”, in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from a broker for the purpose of resale :
   “Retailer”, in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a broker or a distributor :
   The expression “f.o.b.” means “free on board ship at the port nearest to the grower’s railway-station”.

3. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this Order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

4. The several prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

5. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all New-Zealand-grown wheat sold in the South Island of New Zealand.

(2) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to wheat that is sold as certified seed wheat or to wheat that is sold for milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Growers’ Prices

6. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be determined as follows :—

(2) The said maximum prices are fixed as for delivery f.o.b. by the grower.

(3) Where delivery is otherwise than f.o.b., the said maximum prices shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such f.o.b. costs that were not incurred.

Brokers’ Prices

7. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any broker for any wheat to whom this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts :—

(a) The amount paid to the grower for the wheat :

(b) Any transport costs incurred by the broker in obtaining or effecting delivery of the wheat :

(c) An amount calculated at the rate of 2d. per bushel.

Distributors’ Prices

8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts :—

(a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery :

(b) The amount of any transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates :

(c) The amount of any through-store charges actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 2½d. per bushel.

(d) (i) On wheat grown north of the straight line referred to in subclause (1) of clause 6 of this Order, an amount calculated at the rate of 1d. per bushel in respect of each of the months April, May, June, July, October, November, and December, and at the rate of ½d. per bushel in respect of each of the months August and September during which the wheat is held by the distributor undelivered ; or

(ii) On wheat grown south of the said straight line an amount calculated at the rate of 1d. per bushel in respect of each of the months May, June, July, August, November, and December, and of the rate of ½d. per bushel in respect of each of the months September and October during which the wheat is held by the distributor undelivered :

(e) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows :—

(i) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more : 4d. per bushel.

(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton : 5d. per bushel.

(iii) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than ½ ton : 7d. per bushel.

(iv) For wheat sold in lots of—

(a) ½ bushel or more but less than one sack : 1s. 3d. per bushel.

(b) Under ½ bushel : 2s. per bushel.

Provided, however, that with respect to all wheat sold in lots of one sack or more during the months of January, February, or March, and with respect to wheat sold at Dunedin and Invercargill during the month of April, the maximum price shall not in any case exceed the sum of the appropriate price set out hereunder, and such increase as may be appropriate under the provisions of paragraph (d) of this clause :—

• Statutory Regulations 1944, Serial number 1944/94, page 255.