318

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Tahaia D (formerly part IX, Mangaorongo 79 0 32
Tahaia B 2c 3D 2A and
part Tahaia B 2c 3D 2B)

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 1962.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—
B. E. SOUTER,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 15/2/265, 62/26; D.O. 25/E/7)

Releasing Land From the Provisions of Part XXIV of the
Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Torere Development Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the
Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on the date of
the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described
in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the
provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953,
the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated
22 July 1938 and published in the Gazette, 4 August 1938,
Volume II, page 1767.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Torere Section 2 III, Waiaua 98 1 8

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 1962.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—
B. E. SOUTER,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 15/3/33, 63/38; D.O. 6331)

Price Order No. 1869 (Bananas)

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. 1869 and
   shall come into force on the 16th day of February 1962.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1859* 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.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to all bananas sold by way
   of retail in New Zealand.

FIXING MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF BANANAS

4. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
   by any retailer for any bananas to which this order applies
   shall be determined as follows:

(a) With respect to bananas sold at any place within the
metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, or Dunedin as defined in the Schedule hereto
or in any of the cities or boroughs of Whangarei,
Takapuna, Hamilton, Tauranga, Gisborne, New Ply-
mouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier,
Hastings, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport,
Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, Balclutha, or Invercargill,
at the rate of 1s. per pound.

(b) With respect to bananas sold elsewhere in New Zea-
land, at the rate of 1s. 0½d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of bananas the price calculated
in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is
not an exact number of pence or half-pence, the maximum
price of the lot shall be computed to the next upward half-
penny.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
   provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any,
   as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer,
   may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any
   bananas to which this order applies where special circum-
   stances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight
   or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given
   by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to
   a specified lot or consignment of bananas, or may relate
   generally to all bananas to which this order applies sold by
   the retailer while the approval remains in force.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 12

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes for sale in any shop
   any bananas to which this order applies shall keep in a
   prominent position in such proximity to the bananas to
   which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto a ticket,
   placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and
   prominent characters the retail price per pound of the bananas.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of February 1962.
The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—
[L.S.]

S. T. BARNETT, President.
R. D. CHRISTIE, Member.
F. F. SIMMONS, Member.

*Gazette 19 October 1961, Vol. III, p. 1628
(I. and C.)

Levy on Main Crop Potatoes

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Potato Growing Industry Act 1950 and the regulations made thereunder, the Potato Board hereby resolves and determines that:

1. From and including 1 March 1962 a levy at the rate of 30s. per ton, and payable in accordance with this resolution, be made upon growers of main crop potatoes.

2. The levy shall be payable in respect of all main crop potatoes grown in all districts in New Zealand upon sale by the grower, whether as table potatoes or as seed potatoes, excepting only:
   (a) Potatoes sold by the grower as “certified seed” i.e., packed in containers labelled with the official certification tag of the Department of Agriculture, provided that the maximum certification grading size of such potatoes does not exceed 6·5 oz.
   (b) Potatoes (other than “certified seed potatoes” as in (a) above) which are sold by the grower as seed, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.
   (c) Potatoes (other than those covered by (a) or (b) above) which are sold by the grower as seed and delivered direct to another grower for use for seed purposes.
   (d) Potatoes sold by the grower for shipment to the Pacific Islands and known as “Island Smalls”, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.

3. Potatoes which are sold by the grower without pre-sale grading as to size and which are not exempt from the levy in accordance with any subsection of section 2 shall be subject as to 70 per cent of the quantity sold to the full levy notwithstanding any subsequent grading thereof by the purchaser.

4. For the purposes of section 3 of this resolution, “grower” shall not include any person, firm, or company which has contracted in any manner whatsoever with the occupier of any land for the acquisition of any potatoes grown thereon.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of February 1962.
N. J. McHUGH, Secretary.

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Amuri
(Notice No. Ag. 7473)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purpose of the said section, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Amuri County Council on the 2nd day of February 1962: