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 extra¬
    ordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the whole¬
    saler 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

| Heavy | Standard | Medium | Pullet | Mixed |
| Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade |
| Fresh | Fresh | Fresh | Fresh |
| Wellington Egg Marketing Area.. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 4 8½ | 4 5½ | 4 1½ | 2 4½ | 4 3½ |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 4 5½ | 4 2½ | 3 10½ | 2 1½ | 4 0½ |
| Blenheim District | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. |
| Picton District | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. |

Duck Eggs

| Large | Small | Mixed |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 4 1½ | 3 7½ | 3 11½ |
| 3 10½ | 3 4½ | 3 8½ |

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Hen Eggs

| Heavy | Standard | Medium | Pullet | Mixed |
| Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade |
| Fresh | Fresh | Fresh | Fresh |
| Wellington Egg Marketing Area.. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| Elsewhere in North Island | 5 1 | 4 10 | 4 6 | 2 9 | 4 8 |
| Nelson Egg Marketing Area | 4 10 | 4 7 | 4 3 | 2 6 | 4 5 |
| Blenheim District | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. |
| Picton District | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. |

Duck Eggs

| Large | Small | Mixed |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 4 6 | 4 0 | 4 4 |
| 4 3 | 3 9 | 4 1 |

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of November 1954.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of--
[L.S.]

Price Order No. 1579 (Eggs) South Island, Excluding Nelson Egg
Marketing Area and Blenheim and Picton Districts

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal
hereby makes the following Price Order:

PRELIMINARY

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 1579, and shall
   come into force on the 29th day of November 1954.

2. (1) Price Orders Nos. 1468,* 1478†, 1486‡, 1495§, 1500||,
   1519¶, 1540,** 1546††, 1548††, 1556§§, 1559|||, and 1562¶¶ are
   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 expression “Nelson Egg Marketing Area” means the
area so constituted under the Egg Marketing Authority
Regulations 1953***;

“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:

“Westland District” means the district comprising the
counties of Buller, Murchison, Inangahua, Grey, and
Westland, including all cities, boroughs, and town
districts situate within or contiguous to the boundaries
of any such county.

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 North Island or in Nelson Egg Marketing Area or in the
Blenheim and Picton Districts or 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" or "Mixed".

(2) With respect to the classification of hen eggs—
(a) All eggs of a weight not less than 1⅜ oz. shall be deemed
to be "Large".
(b) All eggs of a weight less than 1⅜ oz. but not less than
1¼ 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 for
the purposes of this Order as "Mixed": Provided that
if the average weight of the eggs in the lot is less than
2 ozs. the lot shall be classified as "Small".

• Gazette, 8 May 1953, Vol. II, page 729.
  † Gazette, 10 July 1953, Vol. II, page 1122.
  ‡ Gazette, 31 July 1953, Vol. II, page 1258.
  § Gazette, 9 October 1953, Vol. III, page 1644.
  || Gazette, 20 November 1953, Vol. III, page 1906.
  ¶ Gazette, 15 January 1954, Vol. I, page 93.
  ** Gazette, 19 March 1954, Vol. I, page 440.
  †† Gazette, 2 April 1954, Vol. I, page 535.
  †† Gazette, 23 April 1954, Vol. I, page 637.
  §§ Gazette, 18 June 1954, Vol. II, page 1025.
  ||| Gazette, 23 July 1954, Vol. II, page 1201.
  ¶¶ Gazette, 20 August 1954, Vol. II, page 1355.
  *** Statutory Regulations 1953, Serial number 1953/156, page 740.

D.J. DALGLISH (Judge), President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.