MAR. 31] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 865

Price Order No. 986 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 952)
(Sugar).

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. 986, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 952*
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

2. This Order shall come into force on the 4th day of April,

4. Clause 7 of the principal Order is hereby amended by revoking
   subclause (2), and substituting the following subclause :—

“ (2) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
price that may be charged or received by any retail storekeeper
carrying on business elsewhere than in one of the places specified
in the last preceding subclause shall be the appropriate price fixed
by that subclause increased by the appropriate proportion of any
transport-costs incurred by the retail storekeeper in respect of the
transport of the sugar from the premises of the distributor to the
premises of storekeeper: Provided that nothing in this subclause
shall be construed to authorize the addition of any amount in
excess of the appropriate proportion of the transport-costs that
would have been incurred if the sugar had been purchased from a
distributor in such one of the places specified in the last preceding
subclause that is nearest or most convenient of access to the premises
of the retail storekeeper, and been conveyed to the storekeeper by
the most economical route normally available at a cost not exceeding
the cost that would have been incurred if delivery had been effected
by a common carrier at current rates.”

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1949.

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, 25th November, 1948, Vol. III, page 1440.

Price Order No. 987 (Amendment No. 3 of Price Order No. 761)
(Milk and Cream)

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. 987, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 761*
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

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

4. The Second Schedule to the principal Order, as substituted
   by Price Order No. 935†, is hereby amended as follows :—

(a) By omitting from the description of the Bay of Islands
Milk District the word “Pahia”, and substituting the word “Paihia”.

(b) By adding thereto the milk districts described as
follows :—

“ ‘Lumsden Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Lumsden.

“ ‘Murchison Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Murchison.

“ ‘Opunake Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Opunake.

“ ‘Otatau Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Otatau.

“ ‘Palmerston Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Palmerston.

“ ‘Queenstown Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Queenstown.

“ ‘Rakaia Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Rakaia.

“ ‘Te Karaka Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Te Karaka.

“ ‘Tuatapere Milk District’ means the district within a radius
of two miles from the post-office at Tuatapere.

“ ‘Wakefield-Brightwater Milk District’ means the district
within a radius of five miles from the post-office at
Wakefield.”

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of March, 1949.

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, 1st September, 1947, Vol. III, page 1361.
  † Gazette, 23rd September, 1948, Vol. III, page 1217.

Price Order No. 988 (Amendment No. 4 of Price Order No. 680)
(Cream Sold to Cream Vendors)

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. 988, and shall
   be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 680*
   (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).

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

4. The principal Order is hereby amended by adding to subclause
   (2) of clause 3 (as substituted by Price Order No. 938†) the following
   Milk Districts :—

“ Lumsden, Murchison, Opunake, Otatau, Palmerston, Queens-
town, Rakaia, Te Karaka, Tuatapere, and Wakefield-
Brightwater, being the districts defined in Price Order
No. 987‡.”

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1949.

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, 24th April, 1947, Vol. I, page 496.
  † Gazette, 23rd September, 1948, Vol. III, page 1219.
  ‡ Gazette, 31st March, 1949, Vol. I, page 865.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in the Hawkes Bay Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 29th March, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is
open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act,
1948; and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 18th April,
1949.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 20th April, 1949,
at 1.30 o’clock p.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may
be examined by any Commissioner of Crown Lands. Applicants
are required to produce documentary evidence of their farming
experience and financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required
to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising
the first half-year’s rent or deposit on deferred payments, broken-
period rent, lease and mortgage fees, and deposit on account of
weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE

MANGATORO SURVEY DISTRICT.—FARM LAND

Dannevirke County

SECTION 2, Block XII: Area, 3,200 acres. Rental value or purchase-
price, £2,150. Deposit on deferred payments, £150; half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments (term: thirty years), £62. Renew-
able lease (thirty-three years): Half-yearly rent, £48 7s. 6d.

Weighted with £1,600 for improvements, comprising dwelling
and station buildings, fencing, plantations, clearing, and grassing,
roads and tracks, sheep-yard and dip, and piping. This sum is
payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit, amount to be arranged,
the balance may be secured by mortgage to the Public Trustee on
terms to be arranged. The successful applicant will be required to pay
all costs for the preparation and registration of this mortgage, but
the District Public Trust Office, Waipukurau, will prepare such
documents, if required, at the expense of the successful applicant.

This property is situated on Te Uri Road, about thirty-four
miles from Waipukurau, twenty-six miles from Dannevirke, twenty-
one miles from the Ormondville Railway-station, and five miles
from the Te Uri School. Soil is generally light loam, with rotten
rock showing. The section comprises about 60 acres of ploughable
land, balance hills broken by precipitously sided creeks; watered
by creeks and numerous springs. The land for the most part is
extremely poor and is covered with scattered mingi and manuka.

This description is in general terms, and intending applicants
would be well advised to inspect the section before making appli-
cation. Intending applicants are also advised to contact the
District Public Trustee, Waipukurau, concerning the terms of the
mortgage securing the improvements.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

(H.O. 21/149/212; D.O. R.L. 111.)