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of tobacco is excessive, then, for the purposes of calculating
the value of the lot, the weight of the lot shall be deemed to
be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the
excessive moisture.

5. No raw tobacco shall be sold by the grower thereof
   or purchased from him at less than 2s. per pound free on
   board ship Motueka or Nelson in the case of tobacco grown
   in the Nelson Provincial District, and in the case of tobacco
   grown in any other district at less than 2s. per pound
   free on board ship or free on rail at the port or railway
   station which is nearest to the place at which such tobacco is
   grown.

6. No raw tobacco shall be sold by any person other than
   the grower thereof or purchased from such other person at
   less than 2s. per pound free on board ship or free on
   rail at the port or railway station which is nearest to the
   place at which such tobacco is, at the time of sale thereof,
   being held or stored.

7. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of clauses
   5 and 6 hereof, the Tribunal may, in any case where it con-
   siders it proper so to do, authorise the sale and purchase of
   tobacco at a price less than the price fixed by either of those
   clauses.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of May 1963.

The seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the
presence of—

[L.S.]

(I. and C.)

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

Price Order No. 1908 (Island Oranges)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alan Brown
McLauchlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of
Industries and Commerce acting under a delegation from
the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1908 and
   shall come into force on the 6th day of June 1963.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1887* is hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the
liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto com-
mitted before the coming into force of this order.

(3) References in this order to metropolitan areas are
references to the metropolitan areas described in the Schedule
hereto.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies with respect to all Island oranges
   sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum
   price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any
   Island oranges shall be—

(a) When sold by a retailer carrying on business in any of
the metropolitan areas of Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, or Dunedin, or in any of the Cities
or Boroughs of Whangarei, Takapuna, Hamilton,
Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Strat-
ford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings,
Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport,
Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—

9d. per pound.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—

9½d. per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges sold by a retailer
the maximum price calculated in accordance with the fore-
going provisions of this clause is not an exact number of
pence or halfpence, the maximum price of the lot may be
computed to the next upward halfpenny.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

6. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the
   Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise
   special prices in respect of any Island oranges to which this
   order applies where special circumstances 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 oranges or may relate generally to all
   Island oranges to which this order applies sold by the retailer
   while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

7. Every retailer who offers or exposes any Island
   oranges for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position
   in such proximity to the oranges 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
   following particulars:

(a) The retail price per pound of the oranges:
(b) The word “Island”.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 1963.

A. B. MCLAUCHLAN,
Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette, 20 September 1963, Vol. III, p. 1559

(I. and C.)

The Standards Act 1941—Draft Amendments to New Zealand Standard Specifications for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act
1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft amendments
as listed in the Schedule hereto are being circulated.

All persons who may be affected by any of these amend-
ments and who desire to comment thereon may, on application,
obtain copies free of charge from the New Zealand Standards
Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag,
Wellington C.1.

The closing date for receipt of comment is 21 June 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of May 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2–63013)

SCHEDULE

LIST OF DRAFT AMENDMENTS

The Standards Act 1941—Draft New Zealand Specification No. D 1358 Pure Tone Diagnostic Audiometers

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act
1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand
standard specification is being circulated.

All persons who may be affected by this specification and
who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute,
Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C.1.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 26 July 1963.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of May 1963.

E. J. SUTCH,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2–63012)