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. 1393, and shall
   come into force on the 21st day of July 1952.
2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1360* and 1379† are hereby revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Orders 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 “Nelson Egg Marketing Area” and
“Wellington Egg Marketing Area” mean respectively,
the areas so constituted under the Egg Marketing
Regulations 1951:
“Blenheim District” means the district within a radius of
ten miles from the post-office at Blenheim:
“Picton District” means the district within a radius of ten
miles from the post-office at Picton.

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, of eggs of domestic fowls or ducks.
   (2) This Order shall not apply with respect to the sale of eggs
   within the South Island excepting the Nelson Egg Marketing Area,
   the Blenheim District, and the Picton District or to the sale of eggs
   which the vendor proves were sold for the purposes of hatching.

CLASSIFICATION OF EGGS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER
Hen Eggs

5. (1) For the purposes of this Order every lot of hen eggs
   sold by a producer, or wholesaler, or retailer shall be classified as
   “Heavy Grade”, “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, “Pullet
   Grade”, or “Mixed”.
   (2) With respect to hen eggs that have been graded in accordance
   with the Egg Marketing Regulations 1951‡, the classification of
   such eggs for the purposes of this Order shall correspond to the
   grading under those regulations.
   (3) With respect to hen eggs that have not been graded in
   accordance with the said regulations, the following special provisions
   shall apply:
   (a) Any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale may be classified
   for the purposes of this Order as “Heavy Grade”,
   “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, or “Pullet
   Grade” as the case may be if all the eggs in the lot
   would be of the corresponding grade if they had been
   graded under the said regulations.
   (b) Any lot of eggs sold or offered for sale consisting of eggs
   which, if graded under the said regulations, would be
   graded in more than one grade shall be classified for the
   purposes of this Order as “Mixed Eggs”: Provided
   that if the average weight of the eggs in the lot is less
   than 2 oz. the lot shall be classified as “Pullet Grade”
   eggs.

Price Order No. 1393 (Eggs)

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”, “Small”, or “Mixed”.
   (2) With respect to the classification of duck eggs—
   (a) All eggs of a weight not less than 24/6 oz. shall be classified
   as “Large”.
   (b) All eggs of a weight less than 24/6 oz. shall be classified as
   “Small”.
   (c) If any lot of eggs comprises some eggs classifiable as
   “Large” and some classifiable as “Small” all the
   eys in the lot shall be classified as “Mixed”.

FIXING MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS
ORDER APPLIES

7. (1) The 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 not exceed
   the appropriate maximum price specified in the First Schedule
   hereto.
   (2) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of
   this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received
   by any producer for preserved eggs sold in a quantity of less than
   30 dozen to any person authorized under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subclause (2) of regulation 29 of the Egg Marketing
   Regulations 1951 to purchase such eggs shall be the appropriate
   maximum price fixed for preserved eggs in the First Schedule hereto
   as amended or substituted from time to time, reduced by 2½d.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER
APPLIES

8. The maximum retail price that may be charged or received
   by any retailer (including a producer) for any eggs to which this
   Order applies shall be the appropriate maximum price specified
   in the Second Schedule hereto.

Retailers to Exhibit Prices

9. 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 according to whether they are “Heavy Grade”,
   “Standard Grade”, “Medium Grade”, “Pullet Grade”, or
   “Mixed” (in the case of hen eggs) or “Large”, “Small”, or
   “Mixed” (in the case of duck eggs), and the retail price per dozen
   of the eggs.

PROVISION FOR SPECIAL PRICES

10. 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 to any eggs 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 eggs, or may relate generally to all eggs to which this Order applies sold by the wholesaler or retailer while the approval remains in force.

FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
Hen Eggs.
Marketing Area Within the
| Heavy | Standard | Medium | Pullet Grade, | Mixed, Fresh. |
| Grade, | Grade, | Grade, | Fresh. | |
| Fresh. | Fresh. | Fresh. | | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 3 6½ | 3 4½ | 3 1½ | 2 6½ | 3 1 |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 3 3½ | 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 4 | 2 10 |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 3 3½ | 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 4 | 2 10 |
| Blenheim District | 3 3½ | 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 4 | 2 10 |
| Picton District | 3 3½ | 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 4 | 2 10 |
Duck Eggs.
| Large. | Small. | Mixed. |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 3 4½ | 3 1½ | 3 1 |
| 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 10 |
| 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 10 |
| 3 1½ | 2 10½ | 2 10 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
Hen Eggs.
Marketing Area Within the
| Heavy | Standard | Medium | Pullet Grade, | Mixed, Fresh. |
| Grade, | Grade, | Grade, | Fresh. | |
| Fresh. | Fresh. | Fresh. | | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 3 11 | 3 9 | 3 6 | 2 11 | 3 5½ |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 3 8 | 3 6 | 3 3 | 2 8 | 3 2½ |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 3 8 | 3 6 | 3 3 | 2 8 | 3 2½ |
| Blenheim District | 3 8 | 3 6 | 3 3 | 2 8 | 3 2½ |
| Picton District | 3 8 | 3 6 | 3 3 | 2 8 | 3 2½ |
Duck Eggs.
| Large. | Small. | Mixed. |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 3 9 | 3 6 | 3 5½ |
| 3 6 | 3 3 | 3 2½ |
| 3 6 | 3 3 | 3 2½ |
| 3 6 | 3 3 | 3 2½ |

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of July 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.

• Gazette, 20 March 1952, Vol. I, page 410.
  † Gazette, 29 May 1952, Vol. II, page 957.
  ‡ Statutory Regulations 1951, Serial Number 1951/203, page 684.

By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 6d.]