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(3) Where delivery is effected by a distributor elsewhere than ex grower’s station or ex store one of the places mentioned in the table to subclause (1) hereof he may add to the appropriate price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause the actual cartage charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery of the wheat to the point at which delivery is effected.

Retailers’ Prices

10. 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 ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 9d. per bushel.
    (iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 6d. per bushel.

11. Where the prices fixed by this Order do not include the price of the sacks, an additional charge may be made for the sacks not exceeding—

For 46 in. by 23 in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 9
For 41 in. by 23 in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 0
For 29 in. by 18 in. (sugar-bags) .. .. .. 0 6

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

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1950.

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. 1117 (Wheat Grown in the South Island of New Zealand)

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. 1117, and shall come into force on the 1st day of February, 1950.

2. (1) Price Order No. 976* is hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this Order.

3. 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”.

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 prices 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 prices 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. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause, this Order applies with respect to all wheat grown 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

9. (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 and on the basis of “sacks extra.”
(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

10. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any broker for any wheat to which 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

11. (1) 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 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:

• Gazette, 24th February, 1949, Vol. I, page 639.
  † Statutory Regulations 1944, Serial number 1944/94, page 255.

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