624

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 27

Price Order No. 1776 (Australian Wheat)

Preliminary

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, the Price Tribunal hereby makes the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1776, and shall come into force on the 15th day of May 1959.

(1) Price Order No. 1770* 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:

“Bulk”, in relation to wheat, means wheat that is sold otherwise than in sacks.

“Wheat Committee”, means the Wheat Committee established pursuant to the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations 1944†.

“Distributor”, in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from the Wheat Committee for the purpose of resale.

“Distributor’s port” means the port at which the Wheat Committee customarily invoices the wheat to the distributor on the basis of c.i.f.

“Retailer”, in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a distributor.

The expression “c.i.f.” means “cost, insurance, and freight”.

4. The provisions of this order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

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

6. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.

7. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum price that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

Application of this Order

8. This order applies with respect to all Australian wheat sold in the North Island of New Zealand or the Land Districts of Marlborough or Nelson (excluding the Buller, Inangahua, and Murchison Counties) for other than milling purposes.

Fixing Maximum Prices of Wheat to Which This Order Applies

Wheat Committee’s Prices

(1) The maximum price (sacks extra) that may be charged or received by the Wheat Committee for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be determined as follows:

Where the Distributor’s Port is—

Maximum Price Per Bushel

Auckland

Mount Maunganui

Napier

14 4

14 7

14 5

New Plymouth

Wellington

14 5

13 11

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by the Wheat Committee for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in bulk to a distributor for the purposes of resale shall be the appropriate price fixed by subclause (1) hereof reduced by 5½d. per bushel.

Distributors’ Prices

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in sacks shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery.

(b) The amount of any wharfage and transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises: Provided that transport cost shall not be more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

(c) With respect to wheat transported inland by rail, an amount not exceeding 1 per cent of the sum of the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof (to cover the estimated loss due to shrinkage or other causes).

(d) The amount of any storage, handling, or additional shrinkage costs actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 7¼d. per bushel.

(e) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

(i) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more: 7d. per bushel.

(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ ton or more but less than 1 ton: 8d. per bushel.

(iii) For wheat sold in lots of two sacks or more but less than ½ ton: 10d. per bushel.

(iv) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than two sacks: 1s. per bushel.

(v) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 6d. per bushel.

(vi) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 3d. per bushel.

Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this order applies on the basis of sacks included the amount fixed in each of subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of paragraph (e) hereof may be increased by 4½d. per bushel.

Provided, further, that with respect to wheat sold in lots of one sack or more the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder for sales made on the basis of sacks included or the appropriate price set out hereunder reduced by 4½d. per bushel for sales made on the basis of sacks extra.

When Sold ex Wharf Place of Sale Per Bushel When Sold ex Rail Per Bushel s. d. s. d. Auckland Hamilton Mount Maunganui Tauranga New Plymouth Wanganui Palmerston North Feilding Gisborne Napier Hastings Masterton Wellington Blenheim Nelson 15 5 15 8 15 6½ 17 6½ 16 11½ 15 8 16 2 15 1 17 4½ 17 6½ 16 9 17 7¾ 16 6¾ 16 11 17 4½ 16 7 18 4¾ 18 4¾ 18 13¼ 15 10¾ 17 4½ 17 7½ 16 11 16 4 17 2¼ 17 0 17 1¼ 17 11¼ 17 10¾ 18 1 16 11¾ 15 11¾ 18 13¼ 18 13¾ 16 4¼ 17 8¾ 16 9¾ 17 2⅔ 17 5⅓ 17 3¼ 17 1¼ 16 11¼ 15 11¾ 18 2⅗ 18 5⅞ s. d. 16 6¼ 17 10¾ 16 9¾ 17 2 17 4¾ 17 7¾ 17 5¼ 18 1¼ 17 1½ 17 3½ 16 1¾ 18 4⅗ 18 7⅞ s. d. 16 8¼ 18 0¾ 16 11¾ 17 4 17 6¾ 17 9¾ 17 7½ 18 3¾ 17 3¾ 17 5½ 16 3¾ 18 6¾ 18 9¾

When Sold ex Store in Lots of— 1 Ton or More Per Bushel ½ Ton or More but Less Than 1 Ton Per Bushel Two Sacks or More but Less Than ½ Ton Per Bushel One Sack or More but Less Than Two Sacks Per Bushel

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies that is sold in bulk shall be the appropriate price set out in the table to subclause (1) hereof reduced by 10d. per bushel.