Dec. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2117

“Wholesale free delivery area” means any area within
which any wholesaler normally undertakes the free
delivery of goods to retailers.

(2) Terms and expressions defined in the said Act when used
in this Order have the meanings severally assigned thereto by that
Act, unless the context otherwise requires.

4. For the purpose of this Order, and notwithstanding anything
   to the contrary in the said Act, any person who sells by retail
   to any one purchaser for delivery at any one time not less than
   two standard case lots of honey shall, in respect of the sale, be
   deemed to be a wholesaler, and the provisions of this Order as to
   maximum wholesale prices shall apply accordingly with respect to
   every such sale.

5. The maximum prices fixed by this Order apply with respect
   to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD IN RETAIL
CONTAINERS

6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of
   clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum price that may be charged or
   received for honey packed in retail containers of the kinds described
   in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be the appropriate
   price fixed in the second, third, or fourth column of that Schedule.

(2) Where the quantity of honey sold by a packer to a whole-
saler or to a retailer in any one transaction is six standard case
lots or more the cost involved in effecting delivery to the port (where
carriage by sea is entailed) or railway station (where carriage by sea
is not entailed) that is nearest or most convenient of access to the
wholesaler’s or to the retailer’s place of business shall be borne by
the packer.

(3) The maximum prices fixed in the fourth column of the
Schedule hereto are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available
to the retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from
any source whatever.

(4) Where supplies of honey are delivered to a retailer (other
than a retailer situate within a wholesale free delivery area) other-
wise than free of freight charges as aforesaid the price that may be
charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as
aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges
incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount
added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause,
shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.

(5) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the
price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR HONEY SOLD OTHERWISE THAN IN
RETAIL CONTAINERS OF A KIND DESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE
HERETO

7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause and of
   clauses 8, 9, and 10 hereof, the maximum prices that may be charged
   or received for honey sold otherwise than in retail containers of a
   kind described in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be
   determined as follows:—

Maximum Price
Per Pound.
At the Rate of
s. d.

(a) For honey, cut and wrapped .. .. 1 2½
(b) For other honey—

(i) Sold by a producer to a consumer—
(a) In lots of 60 lb. or less .. .. 0 11½
(b) In lots of over 60 lb. .. .. 0 10½
(ii) Sold by a producer to a packer, whole-
saler, or retailer .. .. 0 10½
(iii) Sold by any person whomsoever to a
wholesaler .. .. 0 10½
(iv) Sold by a wholesaler (not including a
producer) to a retailer .. .. 0 11½
(v) Sold by a retailer .. .. 1 1¼

(2) The maximum retail prices fixed by the last preceding
subclause are fixed in respect of supplies of honey available to the
retailer free of freight charges for delivery at his store from any
source whatever.

(3) Where supplies of honey are delivered to the retailer other-
wise than free of freight charges as aforesaid, the price that may be
charged by the retailer shall be the appropriate price fixed as
aforesaid, increased by a proportionate part of the freight charges
incurred by him in obtaining delivery: Provided that the amount
added to the price in respect of freight, pursuant to this subclause,
shall not in any case exceed ½d. per pound.

(4) The several prices fixed by this clause shall include the
price of the containers.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE OF HONEY SOLD IN THE COMB

8. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause and
   subject to the provisions of clauses 9 and 10 hereof, the maximum
   price that may be charged or received by any retailer for honey sold
   in the comb shall be 1s. 9d. per pound or per standard section: Provided that where the gross weight of any standard section of
   honey in the comb is less than 14 oz. that section shall be sold at
   the rate of 1s. 9d. per pound.

GENERAL

9. If in respect of any honey the retail price charged in accord-
   ance with the foregoing provisions of this Order is not an exact
   number of pence or half-pence, the maximum price shall be computed
   to the nearest upward halfpenny.

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

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SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PRICES OF HONEY PACKED IN RETAIL CONTAINERS

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of December, 1950.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence
of —

[L.S.] P. B. MARSHALL, President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

Price Order No. 1202 (Milk) (Buller, Kumara-Paroa-Camerons-
Kumara Junction, Denniston, Stockton-Millerton, Waiuta, and
Murupara Milk Price Districts)

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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. 1202, and shall come
   into force on the 14th day of December, 1950.

2. In this Order—

“Buller Milk Price District” means the Buller Milk District
constituted under the Milk Act, 1944, by Order in Council
dated the 14th day of April, 1948, excluding therefrom
all that area within a radius of three miles from the post-
office at Westport.

“Kumara-Paroa-Camerons-Kumara Junction Milk Price
District” means the district comprising all that area
within a radius of six miles from the Kumara Railway
post-office:

“Denniston Milk Price District” means the district within a
radius of two miles from the post-office at Denniston:

“Stockton-Millerton Milk Price District” means the district
within a radius of one mile from the post-office at
Millerton:

“Waiuta Milk Price District” means the district within a
radius of two miles from the post-office at Waiuta:

“Murupara Milk Price District” means the district within a
radius of ten miles from the post-office at Murupara.

“Commercial user” means a person who buys milk for sale for
consumption on his premises (whether in the form in
which it is received by him or otherwise, and whether
separately or in combination with any other substance
or substances) and includes an institution under the
control of any Hospital Board or a separate institution
within the meaning of the Hospitals Act, 1926:

“Consumer” means a person who buys milk for purposes
other than resale:

“Shop dairy” means a shop where milk is sold for consumption
or use off the premises and not otherwise and where the
milk so sold is sold in the form in which it was received
into the shop dairy.