JULY 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1467

Price Order No. 1033 (Superphosphate)

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 :—

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1033, and shall come into force on the 7th day of July, 1949.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 760,* 912,† and 929‡ 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. (1) Subject to the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all superphosphate of the grade commercially known as 44/46 superphosphate manufactured in New Zealand and sold for use in New Zealand.

(2) Nothing in this Order shall apply with respect to any superphosphate sold in a quantity of less than one ton.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF SUPERPHOSPHATE TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The prices for superphosphate fixed by this Order are fixed in respect of sales of the following classes, namely :—

(a) Sales to a user—that is to say, to a person purchasing for his own use and not for the purpose of resale :

(b) Sales to a storekeeper—that is to say, to a person (not being a merchant, dairy company, or farmers’ organization as hereinafter mentioned), purchasing solely for resale to users :

(c) Sales to a merchant—that is to say, to a person purchasing for resale to storekeepers or to users :

(d) Sales to a dairy company, as defined in section 2 of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, purchasing solely for resale to persons being suppliers of milk or cream to the company :

(e) Sales to an incorporated farmers’ organization, having a retail department conducted on a co-operative basis, and purchasing superphosphate solely for the purpose of resale to its members.

(2) The prices for superphosphate fixed by this Order are fixed in respect of sales for cash or for credit until a date not later than the 20th day of the month next following the month of delivery.

(3) Where any sale is made on terms allowing credit for a longer period than that mentioned in the last preceding subclause, the purchaser shall be entitled, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the contract of sale, to the benefit of the prices fixed by this Order if in fact payment is made not later that the 20th day of the month next following the month of delivery.

(4) The prices fixed by this Order include the price of the sacks.

5. (1) Where any superphosphate manufactured in the South Island is sold for delivery “ ex works ” or “ free on rail ” at Burnside, Hornby, or Ravensbourne, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the appropriate price specified in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) Where any superphosphate manufactured in the North Island is sold for delivery “ ex works ” or “ free on rail ” at Aramoho, Otahuhu, Smart Road (New Plymouth), Te Papapa, or Westfield, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the appropriate price specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

(3) Where any superphosphate is sold for delivery elsewhere than at one of the places mentioned in subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received shall be the appropriate price fixed in the First or Second Schedule hereto, whichever is appropriate, increased by the amount of the freight charges between the place of delivery and such one of the said places as is nearest or most convenient of access to the place of delivery : Provided that the amount added to the price in respect of freight charges shall not in any case exceed the amount that would have been incurred had delivery been effected by the holder of a goods-service licence under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, at authorized rates.

(4) In every invoice, debit-note, or similar document issued by a vendor to a user in respect of the sale of any superphosphate there shall be shown separately—

(a) The price of the superphosphate fixed in accordance with this Order ; and

(b) The additional amount (if any) payable by the purchaser in respect of freight charges.

• Gazette, 12th September, 1947, Vol. III, page 1339.
  † Gazette, 29th July, 1948, Vol. II, page 969.
  ‡ Gazette, 9th September, 1948, Vol. III, page 1153.

FIRST SCHEDULE
FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES (SACKS INCLUDED) FOR 44/46 SUPER-PHOSPHATE MANUFACTURED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND AND SOLD AT BURNSIDE, HORNBY, OR RAVENSBORNE.

SECOND SCHEDULE
FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES (SACKS INCLUDED) FOR 44/46 SUPER-PHOSPHATE MANUFACTURED IN THE NORTH ISLAND AND SOLD AT ARAMOHO, OTAHUHU, SMART ROAD (NEW PLYMOUTH), TE PAPAPA, OR WESTFIELD

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 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.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, August-September, 1949.—Australia and New Zealand

The Survey Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 6th July, 1949.

It is hereby notified for general information that the Survey Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors’ Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as surveyors, commencing at 9 a.m. on Monday, 29th August, 1949, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday, 15th August, 1949, and that the examination fee must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and other particulars may be obtained.

Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any written subject or subjects may present themselves for examination at any Chief Surveyor’s Office.

The oral and practical portion of the examination cannot be taken until the candidate’s term of indentureship has been completed. Candidates for the oral and practical portion of the examination must sit in Wellington. Plans for this portion of the examination, the certificate, and other evidence required by Regulation No. 31 of the Survey Examination Regulations 1943, must be forwarded with the application to sit.

The fees for examination are as follows :—

R. C. AIREY, Secretary, Survey Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

The Standards Act, 1941.—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification.—D. 2703 : Code of Practice for the Installation of Thermal Storage Electric Water-heaters

Notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand Standard Specification is now being circulated to affected interests for consideration and comment. The closing date fixed for such comment is the 2nd September, 1949.

All persons who may be affected by this specification once it has been declared a Standard Specification by the Minister of Industries and Commerce may, at any time before the closing date for comments, obtain, on application, free copies from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington, so as to have an opportunity to consider the draft and to comment thereon to the Standards Council or to an appropriate committee of the Council in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941.

G. W. CLINKARD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.