24 APRIL] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 723

Price Order No. 1373 (Eggs), (Dunedin and Invercargill)

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. 1373, and shall come into force on the 24th day of April 1952.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1361* 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—
   The expressions “Dunedin Egg Marketing Area” and “Invercargill Egg Marketing Area” mean respectively the areas so constituted under the Egg Marketing Regulations 1951†.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause this order applies with respect to all sales (whether wholesale or retail) in the Dunedin Egg Marketing Area and the Invercargill Egg Marketing Area of eggs of domestic fowls or ducks.
   (2) This Order shall not apply with respect to the sale of eggs which the vendor proves were sold for the purpose of hatching.

CLASSIFICATION OF EGGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER

Hen Eggs

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of hen eggs sold by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Large” or “Small”.
   (2) With respect to the classification of hen eggs—
   (a) All eggs of a weight not less than 1¹²⁄₁₆ oz. shall be deemed to be “Large”.
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 1¹²⁄₁₆ oz. but not less than 1⁴⁄₁₆ oz. shall be deemed to be “Small”.
   (c) If any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale comprises some eggs classifiable as “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the eggs in the lot shall be classified as “Small”.

Duck Eggs

6. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of duck eggs sold by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as “Large” or “Small”.
   (2) With respect to the classification of duck eggs—
   (a) All eggs of a weight not less than 2⁴⁄₁₆ oz. shall be classified as “Large”.
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 2⁴⁄₁₆ oz. shall be classified as “Small”.
   (c) If any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale comprises some eggs classifiable as “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the eggs in the lot shall be classified as “Small”.

Gazette, 20 March 1952, Vol. I, page 414.
† Statutory Regulations 1951, Serial number 1951/203, page 684.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Wholesale Prices

7. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any wholesaler (including a producer selling otherwise than by way of retail) for any eggs to which this Order applies, shall be—

Per Dozen.
Fresh. Chilled.
s. d. s. d.
For Hen Eggs—
Large .. .. .. 4 11½ 4 5½
Small .. .. .. 4 0½ 3 8½
For Duck Eggs—
Large .. .. .. 4 11½ ..
Small .. .. .. 4 7½ ..

Retail Prices

8. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any eggs to which this Order applies shall be—

Per Dozen.
Fresh. Chilled.
s. d. s. d.
For Hen Eggs—
Large .. .. .. 5 4 4 10
Small .. .. .. 4 5 4 1
For Duck Eggs—
Large .. .. .. 5 4 ..
Small .. .. .. 5 0 ..

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

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

RETAILERS TO EXHIBIT PRICES

10. Every retailer who offers or exposes any eggs to which this Order applies for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the eggs to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the classification of the eggs and the retail price per dozen.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of April 1952.

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

[L.S.] G. LAURENCE, Presiding Member.
D. W. A. BARKER, Member.

Public Trust Office Act 1908, and its Amendments—Election to Administer Estates

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth :—

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 21 April 1952. G. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.