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(d) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the butter comprised in any grader's certificate exceeds the prescribed weight of 56 lb 2 oz per box, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor.

5. The prices fixed by the Authority shall not be paid for any butter manufactured otherwise than in compliance with the said regulations.

6. The price to be paid by the Board for any butter which, with the approval or at the request of the Board, is manufactured, prepared, or packed in special containers, or in special quantities, or otherwise in any special manner, shall be the appropriate price payable for that butter as hereinbefore provided, adjusted by such appropriate addition or reduction as corresponds with the additional costs or the reduced costs incurred in such special manufacture, preparation, or packing. Any such approval or request of the Board may include a stipulation limiting the additional costs to be incurred and may dispense with the requirements of paragraphs 3 and 4 hereof, and, in that event, payment shall be made for the actual net weight of the butter exported. The adjustment to prices referred to in this paragraph shall be computed by the Board and the computation of the Board shall be final.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 1972.

J. T. ANDREWS, Chairman, Dairy Products Prices Authority.

Advance Prices for Cheese Intended for Export

PURSUANT to the Dairy Board Act 1961, the New Zealand Dairy Board has fixed the prices to be paid for all cheese manufactured from milk or cream delivered to a dairy factory in the season commencing on the 1st day of June 1972 and acquired by the New Zealand Dairy Board, pursuant to Part II of the said Act, at the several prices and upon the terms, stipulations, and conditions following, that is to say:

1. In the case of New Zealand rindless cheddar cheese-60 lb to which is assigned one or other of the following respective grades and which is allotted points in grading within the range of the following respective grade points under the said regulations—

(a) For “Finest” grade, 94 points or over, the price of 24.89c per pound;

(b) For “Finest” grade, 93 points or over but under 94 points, the price of 24.69c per pound;

(c) For “First” grade, 92 points or over but under 93 points, the basic price of 23.84c per pound;

(d) For “First” grade, 91 points or over but under 92 points, the price of 23.64c per pound;

(e) For “Graded”, 88 points or over but under 91 points, the price of 22.79c per pound;

(f) For “Seconds”, 80 points or over but under 88 points, the price of 20.74c per pound.

2. In the appropriate cases the following amounts shall be added to or deducted from the prices fixed in paragraph 1 hereof where cheese has been classified by the Department of Agriculture in respect of cheese sediment test:

Classification A—an addition of 0.10c per pound;

Classification B—no alteration;

Classification C—a deduction of 0.05c per pound;

Classification D—a deduction of 0.10c per pound.

3. Cheese shall be packed in fibreboard cartons each containing a net weight of 60 lb 3 oz of actual cheese, excluding wrapping.

4. In computing the weight of rindless cheese for which payment is to be made by the Board, the weight of all cheese comprised in any consignment submitted for grading under the said regulations shall be ascertained as follows:

(a) Each carton of cheese containing a net weight of 60 lb 3 oz of actual cheese, excluding wrapping, shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be computed at 60 lb;

(b) The weight of all cheese in any such consignment shall be determined on the basis of the weight as ascertained by the grader of the several cartons selected by him for weighing and set out in the grader's certificate issued in respect of that consignment, and the cartons of cheese so weighed shall be taken as fixing the average weight for the whole quantity of cheese comprised in such certificate, overweights being averaged with underweights in each such certificate in relation to the prescribed weight of 60 lb 3 oz per carton;

(c) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the cheese comprised in any grader's certificate be less than 60 lb 3 oz per carton, such deficiency shall be deducted from a weight of 60 lb per carton for the purpose of computing payment therefor;

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(d) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the cheese comprised in any grader's certificate exceeds the prescribed weight of 60 lb 3 oz per carton, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor.

5. The prices fixed by the Board shall not be paid for any cheese manufactured otherwise than in compliance with the said regulations.

6. The price to be paid by the Board for any cheese which, with the approval or at the request of the Board, is manufactured, prepared, or packed in special containers, or in special quantities, or otherwise in any special manner, shall be the appropriate price payable for that cheese as hereinbefore provided, adjusted by such appropriate addition or reduction as corresponds with the additional costs or the reduced costs incurred in such special manufacture, preparation, or packing. Any such approval or request of the Board may include a stipulation limiting the additional cost to be incurred and may dispense with the requirements of paragraphs 3 and 4 hereof, and, in that event, payment shall be made for the actual net weight of the cheese exported. The adjustment to prices referred to in this paragraph shall be computed by the Board and the computation of the Board shall be final.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of June 1972.

F. L. ONION, Chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board.

Price Order No. 2197 (Steel Products Manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.)

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

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2197 and shall come into force on the 7th day of July 1972.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2186* 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:

The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail”, and the expression “c and f” means “cost and freight”.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

4. This order applies to the following steel products manufactured by Pacific Steel Ltd.:

Rolled and Rerolled Steel Bars

1. Rounds

2. Squares

3. Flats

4. Angles

5. Channels

MAXIMUM PRICES TO BE CHARGED

5. (1) The maximum factory selling prices that may be charged or received by Pacific Steel Ltd. for any steel products to which this order applies shall be the basis price shown in this order, with adjustments in the form of extras as specified hereunder being made as appropriate.

(2) The maximum prices, as aforesaid, are fixed for deliveries as follows:

(a) Within a radius of 25 miles of Otahuhu, free on truck at mill.

(b) “f.o.r.” Whangarei, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Masterton, Lower Hutt, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Invercargill.

(c) Landed on wharf or at railhead at Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Nelson, Greymouth, Dunedin, and Bluff.

(d) For sales to other areas, the approved maximum selling prices may be surcharged with the amount which does not exceed the actual freight incurred for transport of steel from the nearest freight paid point mentioned above.

(3) The maximum basis price shall be $153.50 per ton and shall apply to mild steel concrete reinforcing bars made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 197, angles, channels, flats, squares, and rounds other than reinforcing made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 309.

(4) The basis price shall cover the following sizes:

Rounds 3½" diameter and over

Squares ½" to 3"

Flats } All shapes and sizes not included in 6 (1)
Angles } below.

(N.B. The company is not making basis size channels—8" × 3" and over.)