Wheat Price Regulations




Distributors' Prices

  1. (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 8d. per bushel.

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

(i) For wheat sold in lots of 5 tons or more: 7d. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of 1 ton or more but less than 5 tons: 8d. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of $\frac{1}{2}$ ton or more but less than 1 ton: 9d. per bushel.
(iv) For wheat sold in lots of two sacks or more but less than $\frac{1}{2}$ ton: 11d. per bushel.
(v) For wheat sold in lots of one sack or more but less than two sacks: 1s. 1d. per bushel.
(vi) For wheat sold in lots of:

(a) $\frac{1}{2}$ bushel or more but less than one sack: 1s. 9d. per bushel.
(b) Under $\frac{1}{2}$ bushel: 2s. 6d. per bushel.

Provided that where a distributor sells any wheat to which this order applies on the basis of sacks included, the amounts fixed in each of
subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) hereof may be increased by $7 \frac{1}{2} d$. per bushel.

Provided, further, that with respect to all wheat sold in lots of one sack or more and delivered ex grower's station or at any of the places
specified in the table hereto the maximum price shall not exceed the appropriate price set out hereunder:

WHEAT GROWN IN THE NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

When Sold ex Store in Lots of—

Place of Sale When Sold ex Growers Station per Bushel When Sold ex Rail per Bushel 5 Tons or More per Bushel 1 ton or More but Less Than 5 Tons per Bushel $\frac{1}{2}$ ton or More but Less Than 1 Ton per Bushel Two Sacks or More but Less Than $\frac{1}{2}$ ton per Bushel One Sack or More but Less than Two Sacks per Bushel
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Auckland ... 16 7 17 8 17 9 17 10 18 0 18 2
Hamilton ... 18 2½ 19 2 19 3 19 4 19 6 19 8
New Plymouth ... 17 6 18 5½ 18 6½ 18 7½ 18 9½ 18 11½
Wanganui ... 17 8 18 7 18 8 18 9 18 11 19 1
Palmerston North ... 17 0 18 4 18 5 18 6 18 8 18 10
Feilding ... 17 0 18 3 18 4 18 5 18 7 18 9
Gisborne ... 18 3½ 19 3 19 4 19 5 19 7 19 9
Napier ... 16 9 17 9½ 17 10½ 17 11½ 18 1½ 18 3½
Hastings ... 17 0 ... 18 3½ 18 4½ 18 5½ 18 7½
Masterton ... 17 0 ... 18 3 18 4 18 5 18 7
Wellington ... ... 16 9 17 9 17 10 17 11 18 1

If in respect of any lot of wheat sold by a distributor the maximum price in relation to such lot calculated at the appropriate
rate set out in the foregoing table is not an exact number of half-pence, the maximum price of the lot shall be computed to
the next upward halfpenny.

(2) The maximum prices fixed in the table to subclause (1) hereof are fixed for sales made on the basis of sacks included and where sales
are made on the basis of sacks extra the said prices shall be reduced by 7½d. per bushel.

(3) Where delivery is effected by a distributor elsewhere than at one of the places mentioned in the table to subclause (1) hereof he may
add to the appropriate price fixed by the foregoing provisions of this clause the actual freight charges incurred by him in obtaining delivery
of the wheat to the point at which delivery is effected.

Retailers' Prices

  1. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the
    following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the retailer at the point at which he takes delivery but not more in any case than the cost that would have been
incurred had the retailer purchased the wheat in lots of $\frac{1}{2}$ ton or more.

(b) The amount of any transport charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery of the wheat into his store, being not more in any
case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

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

(i) For wheat sold in sack lots: 1s. 3d. per bushel.
(ii) For wheat sold in lots of $\frac{1}{2}$ bushel or more but less than one sack: 2s. per bushel.
(iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than $\frac{1}{2}$ bushel: 2s. 9d. per bushel.

  1. Where the prices fixed by this order do not include the price of the sacks, an additional charge may be made for the sacks not exceeding:

For 46-in. by 23-in. sacks ... ... ... ... 2 6
For 41-in. by 23-in. sacks ... ... ... ... 2 6
For 29-in. by 18-in. (sugar bags) ... ... ... 0 9

  1. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal on application by any distributor or retailer may authorise special prices
    in respect of any wheat to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or
    otherwise) are incurred. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of
    wheat or may relate generally to all wheat to which this order applies, sold by the distributor or retailer while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of May 1965.

A. G. BEADLE, Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette, 14 January 1965, Vol. I, p. 16
†S.R. 1944/94, p. 255
(I. and C.)



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🏭 North Island Wheat Price Order - Distributors' and Retailers' Prices

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
26 May 1965
Wheat prices, North Island, distributors, retailers, price control, transport charges, sack charges
  • A. G. Beadle, Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division