Nov. 3]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2541

Retailers’ Prices

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the maximum price that may be charged by any retailer for any toys to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts :-
   (a) The prevailing wholesale price, the landed cost, or the factory selling-price (as the case may be) ;
   (b) The amount of any sales tax payable ;
   (c) The appropriate maximum percentage of the sum of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof set out in the Schedule hereto in relation to the toys.

(2) Where freight charges are incurred by a retailer in obtaining delivery to his premises of any toys to which this Order applies he may add to the appropriate price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause the reasonable cost so incurred, not exceeding in any case the cost that would have been incurred by him if delivery had been effected by the holder of a goods-service licence under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, at authorized rates.
(3) Every retailer who incurs freight charges in obtaining delivery to his premises of any toys to which this Order applies shall keep complete records of all such charges.

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop any toys to which this Order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the toys to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the retail price thereof.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

8. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any wholesaler or retailer, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any toys to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of toys or may relate generally to all toys to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE
PERCENTAGES THAT MAY BE ADDED TO THE PREVAILING WHOLESALE PRICE, THE LANDED COST, OR THE FACTORY SELLING-PRICE

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of November, 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.

Price Order No. 1091 (Musical Instruments)

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. 1091.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 7th day of November, 1949.

3. In this Order--
   “Landed cost,” in relation to any goods, means the gross invoice cost of the goods increased by 1 per cent. thereof (to cover incidental expenses such as the cost of cables, letters of credit, bank interest (other than exchange), demurrage, carrier's waiting-time, wastage, and pillage) and further increased by such charges as have been incurred with respect to--
   (a) Packing :
   (b) Lading and transport to ship :
   (c) Insurance :
   (d) Overseas freight :
   (e) Overseas buying commission, but not exceeding 5 per cent. of the gross invoice value :
   (f) Exchange :
   (g) Local landing charges :
   (h) Duty :
   (i) Sales tax :
   and then reduced by the amount of any discounts allowed.
   “Second hand,” in relation to a piano, means having been previously sold by a retailer in New Zealand.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This Order applies with respect to the musical instruments specified in the First Schedule hereto that are imported into New Zealand, and to second-hand pianos.