2064
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 79

Price Order No. 2203 (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. 2203 and shall come into force on the 29th day of September 1972.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2197* 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 basic price shall be $156.00 per ton, and shall apply to mild steel concrete reinforcing bars made in conformity with New Zealand Standard Specification 3423 P: 1972, angles, channels, flats, squares, and rounds other than reinforcing made in conformity with British Standard Specification 4360: 1968 Part 1, Grades 43A, 43A. 1.

(4) The basis price shall cover the following sizes:
Rounds ¾" 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.)

(5) The basis price shall cover lengths from 16 ft to 35 ft.

(6) The basis price shall cover the following quantities:
Rounds, 5 tons and over \ In one size and gauge or
Squares, 5 tons and over \ diameter and in one
Flats, 5 tons and over \ quality
Angles, 5 tons and over /

(7) The basis price shall cover the cold straightening of angles.

EXTRAS

6. The maximum charges for extras as appropriate are as follows:

(1) Size (added to Basis Price)

Rounds—
Reinforcing and engineering:
Per Ton
$ c
¼" .. .. .. .. .. 10 75
⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
½" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 1 00
Squares, ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 3 50

Flats—
1" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 7 00
1" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
1" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
1" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1" × ⅞" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1" × ½" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¼" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 7 00

Flats—continued
Per Ton
$ c
1¼" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
1¼" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 5 00
1¼" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¼" × ⅞" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¼" × ½" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
1½" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × ⅞" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × ½" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
1¾" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
1¾" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¾" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¾" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¾" × ⅞" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1¾" × ½" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
2" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
2" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
2" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
2" × ⅞" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
2½" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
2½" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
2½" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
3" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
3" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
3½" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
3½" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
4" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
4" × ⅝" .. .. .. .. .. 3 00
4" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 1 00
4" × ½" .. .. .. .. .. 1 00

Angles—
1" × 1" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 10 00
1" × 1" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
1¼" × 1¼" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 7 00
1¼" × 1¼" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
1½" × 1½" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 4 00
1½" × 1½" × ¼" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00
2" × 2" × ⅜" .. .. .. .. .. 2 00

Channels—
3" × 1½" .. .. .. .. .. 8 00
4" × 2" .. .. .. .. .. 6 00
5" × 2½" .. .. .. .. .. 3.00
6" × 3" .. .. .. .. .. 3.00

Each of the following extras may be added to basis price plus appropriate size extras.

(2) Quantity
Per Ton
$ c
1 ton to under 2 tons .. .. .. .. 6 00
2 tons to under 3 tons .. .. .. .. 4 00
3 tons to under 4 tons .. .. .. .. 2 00
4 tons to under 5 tons .. .. .. .. 1 00
Minimum order, 1 ton.

The above quantity extras apply to items of one size, quality, and length.

Where quantities under 10 tons of an item incur any extra freight, cartage, or other charges, such charges are to customer’s account.

(3) Length
Per Ton
$ c
Over 35' to 40' .. .. .. .. 1 00
Over 40' to 50' .. .. .. .. 1 50

(4) Cold Straightening
Flats only .. .. .. .. 1 00

(5) Deformed Bars .. .. .. .. 4 00

(6) Bar marking HY. 60 .. .. .. .. 4 50

(7) Quality

This section includes quality extras added to basis price, plus any extras added under 6 (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) above.

Standard Specifications

Specification Analysis Per Ton Extra
$ c
NZSS 1693 .. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 00
NZSS 3423P: Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. Basis price
Mild
Medium Ten- Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 50
sile 33/38
tons p.s.i.
High Tensile Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. 1 50
37/43 tons
p.s.i.
NZSS 4360 .. Sulphur .06 max. Phosphorus .06 max. Basis price
NZSS 1879. High Yield Steel 7 75