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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 80

Price Order No. 1964 (Wheat Grown and Sold in the South Island of New Zealand)

Pursuant to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alfred Gaynor Beadle, 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:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1964, and shall come into force on the 23rd day of December 1964.
2. (1) Price Order No. 1928* 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:
   "Broker", in relation to wheat, means a person who sells wheat on behalf of 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 a broker for the purpose of resale.
   "Retailer", in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a broker or a distributor.
   The expression "f.o.r." means "free on rail at the grower's nearest railway station".
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 prices 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. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause, this order applies with respect to all wheat grown and sold in the South Island of New Zealand.
   (2) Nothing in this order shall apply with respect to wheat that is sold as certified seed wheat or to wheat that is sold for milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES
Growers' Prices

9. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any wheat to which this order applies (with the exception of the variety known as Arawa) shall be determined as follows:

When Sold for Delivery During the Months

(2) The maximum price that may be charged or received by a grower for the variety of wheat known as Arawa shall be the appropriate price set out in subclause (1) above reduced by 2d. per bushel.
(3) The said maximum prices are fixed as for delivery f.o.r. by the grower and on the basis of "sacks extra".

Brokers' Prices

10. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any broker for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:
    (a) The amount paid to the grower for the wheat;
    (b) Any transport costs incurred by the broker in obtaining or effecting delivery of the wheat;
    (c) An amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel.

Distributors' Prices

11. (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 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 transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates;
    (c) The amount of any through store charges actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 7d. per bushel;
    (d) (i) On wheat grown north of the straight line referred to in clause 9 (1) of this order amounts calculated as under:

When Sold for Delivery During the Months