26 FEB.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 267

Price Order No. 1450 (Main Crop Potatoes)

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. 1450, and shall
   come into force on the 1st day of March 1953.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1351*, 1369†, 1386‡, 1392§, 1396‖,
   and 1403¶ are hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said Price 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. (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   “The said Act” means the Control of Prices Act 1947:
   “Distributor”, in relation to any lot of potatoes, means a
   wholesaler, as defined in the said Act, who sells those
   potatoes otherwise than to a retailer for purposes of
   retail sale:
   “Grower”, in relation to potatoes, means a person engaged
   in the business of growing potatoes for sale:
   “Grower’s station”, in relation to any grower, means the
   railway-station that is nearest or most convenient of
   access to the grower’s premises:

The expression “Good table” in reference to any lot of
potatoes means potatoes of good shape according to
variety, not more than 15 per cent of which can be
passed through a square the sides of which have an
inside measurement of 2 in.; the lot shall be free from
green potatoes, from second growth, from dry or wet
rots (including late blight or frost damage); the lot shall
be practically free from earth, which shall not in any
case exceed 3 per cent by weight of the lot; the weight
of the lot affected by mechanical injury (including bruises
and cuts) shall not exceed 2 per cent; and the lot shall
be practically free from scab or other defects not herein
mentioned:

The expression “f.a.q.” in reference to any lot of potatoes
means potatoes of fair average quality, being
potatoes not more than 15 per cent of which can
be passed through a square the sides of which have
an inside measurement of 2 in.; not more than 2 per
cent by weight of the lot shall be affected by dry or
wet rots (including late blight or frost damage) or by
severe mechanical injury (including severe bruises and
cuts); and not more than 6 per cent by weight of the
lot shall be affected as aforesaid or by scale or by second
growth or by other defect; and the lot shall be reasonably
free from earth or from rough or unshapely tubers:

The expression “Under-grade” in reference to any potatoes
means potatoes that are not “good table” or “f.a.q.”
potatoes:

The expression “f.o.b.s.e.” means “free on board, sacks or
other containers extra”, and the expression “f.o.r.s.e.”
means “free on rail, sacks or other containers extra”.

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

4. Subject to any general or specific directions that may be
   given by or on behalf of the Tribunal, any expenses that are
   reasonably incurred by a wholesaler or retailer in undertaking the
   transport of any potatoes at his own expense may be regarded for
   the purposes of this Order as if they were transport charges paid
   by him, and the maximum price of the potatoes shall be determined
   accordingly.

5. The provisions of this Order shall apply notwithstanding
   that any potatoes to which this Order is applicable are sold otherwise
   than by weight.

6. The several prices, allowances, and margins of profit fixed
   by this Order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to
   other sales.

7. (1) The growers’ prices fixed by this Order do not include
   the cost of sacks or other containers.

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received
by a grower for the sacks in which any lot of potatoes to which this
Order applies are packed shall be computed as follows :—

For corn sacks of a size 48 in. by 26½ in., 46 in. by 26½ in.,
44 in. by 26½ in., 46 in. by 23 in., or 41 in. by 23 in. :
At the rate of 30s. per ton of potatoes:
For all other sacks or bags: At the rate of 11s. per ton of
potatoes:

(3) Where any potatoes to which this Order applies are
packed in sacks the maximum price that may be charged or received
for the potatoes shall be computed on the gross weight of the potatoes
and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. (1) This Order applies only with respect to potatoes that
   are intended for human consumption.

(2) All potatoes sold or delivered to a purchaser during the
currency of this Order shall be deemed to be intended for human
consumption unless they are sold for some other specific purpose.

9. (1) The provisions of this Order fixing growers’ prices shall
   apply only with respect to potatoes grown in New Zealand (a) that
   are the produce of seed potatoes planted on or before 31 January

1953, and that are delivered to the purchaser after the commencement
of this Order ; or (b) that are the produce of seed potatoes
planted after 31 January 1953 and that are delivered to the purchaser
after the commencement of this Order and on or before 31 May 1953.

(2) For the purposes of the last preceding subclause no potatoes
sold on the basis off.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered
to the purchaser after the commencement of this Order if—

(a) In the case of sales f.o.b.s.e., the vessel on which the potatoes
are laden leaves the port of shipment at any time before
midnight of the 28th day of February 1953; or
(b) In the case of sales f.o.r.s.e., the trucks on which the potatoes
are laden leave the grower’s station at any time before
midnight of the said date.

(3) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause potatoes
sold f.o.b.s.e. or f.o.r.s.e. shall be deemed to be delivered to the
purchaser after the commencement of this Order notwithstanding
that they may have been actually laden on board any vessel or
trucks before the commencement of this Order.

10. (1) With respect to potatoes grown in New Zealand, the
    provisions of this Order as to distributors’ prices, wholesalers’
    prices, and retailers’ prices respectively shall apply only with respect
    to potatoes (a) that are the produce of seed potatoes planted on or
    before 31 January 1953, or (b) that are the produce of seed potatoes
    planted after 31 January 1953, and that are sold on or before 31 May 1953.

(2) Except as provided in the last preceding subclause, the
provisions of this Order as to distributors’ prices, wholesalers’
prices, and retailers’ prices respectively shall apply with respect
to all potatoes intended for human consumption (whether grown
in New Zealand or imported into New Zealand) that are sold by a
distributor, wholesaler, or retailer (as the case may be) for delivery
at any time after the coming into force of this Order.

FIXING PRICES OF POTATOES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER
Growers' Prices

11. (1) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Order and
    to the following provisions of this clause the actual price that may
    be charged or received by any grower for any good table grade or
    “f.a.q.” grade potatoes and the maximum price that may be
    charged or received by any grower for any under-grade potatoes to
    which this Order applies shall be determined in accordance with
    the following scale, namely :—

(a) For Sutton's Supreme or King Edward potatoes grown in
the South Island and sold for delivery in any of the months of—

Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e. a Port in the
South Island.

Good Table.
f.a.q.
Under-grade.
(Actual
(Actual
(Maximum
Price.)
Price.)
Price.)
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
March 1953 to June 1953.. 20 10 0 20 0 0 19 0 0
July 1953 to November 1953 : Pending the issue of an amending
Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order,
the prices as for June 1953 shall also apply with respect to
potatoes sold for delivery in the months of July to November.

(b) For Red Dakota potatoes grown in the South Island and
sold for delivery in any of the months of—

Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e. a Port in the
South Island.

Good Table.
f.a.q.
Under-grade.
(Actual
(Actual
(Maximum
Price.)
Price.)
Price.)
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
March 1953 to June 1953.. 20 5 0 19 15 0 18 15 0
July 1953 to November 1953 : Pending the issue of an amending
Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order,
the prices as for June 1953 shall also apply with respect to
potatoes sold for delivery in the months of July to November.

(c) For any other variety of potatoes grown in the South Island
and sold for delivery in any of the months of—

Price per Ton f.o.b.s.e. a Port in the
South Island.

Good Table.
f.a.q.
Under-grade.
(Actual
(Actual
(Maximum
Price.)
Price.)
Price.)
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
March 1953 to June 1953.. 19 5 0 18 15 0 17 15 0
July 1953 to November 1953 : Pending the issue of an amending
Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order,
the prices as for June 1953 shall also apply with respect to
potatoes sold for delivery in the months of July to November.

(d) For potatoes grown in the North Island and sold for delivery
in any of the months of—

Price per Ton f.o.r.s.e. the Grower's Station.

Good Table. f.a.q. Under-grade.
(Actual (Actual (Maximum
Price.) Price.) Price.)
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
March 1953 to June 1953.. 23 10 0 23 0 0 19 0 0
July 1953 to November 1953 : Pending the issue of an amending
Price Order, and subject to the provisions of any such Order,
the prices as for June 1953 shall also apply with respect to
potatoes sold for delivery in the months of July to November.

(2) Where any potatoes grown in the South Island are delivered
by a grower otherwise than f.o.b.s.e. a port in the South Island the
price that may be charged by the grower shall be the appropriate
price in terms of the foregoing provisions of this clause, increased
by the amount of the charges (if any) incurred by him in effecting
delivery and then reduced by the amount of the charges that would
have been incurred by him if he had delivered the potatoes f.o.b.s.e.
a port in the South Island.