JULY 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1045

Price Order No. 1178 (Australian Wheat)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, hereby makes the following Price Order:—

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1178, and shall come into force on the 28th day of July, 1950.
2. (1) Price Orders 1116* and 1163† are hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Orders shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation hereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.
3. In this Order—
   “Wheat Committee”, means 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 the Wheat Committee for the purpose of resale:
   “Retailer”, in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a distributor:
   The expression “c.i.f.” means “cost, insurance, and freight”.
4. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this Order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.
5. The several prices fixed by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.
6. Where any wheat to which this Order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.
7. Where any wheat to which this Order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. This Order applies with respect to all Australian wheat sold in the North Island of New Zealand or the Land Districts of Marlborough or Nelson (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, and Murchison Counties) for other than milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
Wheat Committee’s Prices

9. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by the Wheat Committee for any wheat to which this Order applies that is sold to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be 9s. 4d. per bushel, sacks extra, delivered at the distributor’s nearest port.
   (2) Where any wheat is delivered otherwise than c.i.f. the distributor’s nearest port, the maximum price fixed by subclause (1) of this clause may be increased by the amount of the transport charges incurred in effecting delivery, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred at common carrier rates had delivery been effected from the distributor’s nearest port.

Distributors’ Prices

10. Subject to the following provisions of this clause 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 wharfage and transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises: Provided that transport cost shall not be more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates:
    (c) With respect to wheat transported inland by rail, an amount not exceeding 1 per cent. of the sum of the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage or other causes):
    (d) The amount of any storage, handling, or additional shrinkage costs actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 3½d. per bushel:
    (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 ¼ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 3d. per bushel.
    (v) For wheat sold in lots of less than ¼ bushel: 2s. per bushel.

Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this Order applies on the basis of sacks included the amount fixed in each of subparagraphs (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (e) hereof may be increased by 8d. per bushel.
Provided, further, that with respect to wheat sold in lots of one sack or more the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder for sales made on the basis of sacks included or the appropriate price set out hereunder reduced by 8d. per bushel for sales made on the basis of sacks extra.

Retailers’ Prices

11. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any wheat to which this Order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:—
    (a) The cost of the wheat to the retailer at the point at which he takes delivery but not more in any case than the cost that would have been incurred had the retailer purchased the wheat in lots of ½ ton or more:
    (b) The amount of any transport charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery of the wheat into his store, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates:
    (c) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:—
    (i) For wheat sold in sack lots: 1s. per bushel.
    (ii) For wheat sold in lots of ¼ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 9d. per bushel.
    (iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ¼ bushel: 2s. 6d. per bushel.
    (2) Where the cost of the wheat to the retailer does not include the cost of the sacks the price computed in accordance with subclause (1) hereof may be increased at the rate of 8d. per bushel.

• Gazette, 26th January, 1950, Vol. I, page 73.
  † Gazette, 11th June, 1950, Vol. II, page 780.
  ‡ Statutory Regulations 1944, Serial number 1944/94, page 255.