1 MARCH

Declaring Land Set Apart for a Government Work (Railway Purposes) at Palmerston and Not Now Required for That Purpose to be Crown Land

PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Railways hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land, subject to the Land Act 1948, as from the 5th day of March 1973.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT—WAIHEMO COUNTY
ALL that piece of land described as follows:
A. R. P.
Railway land being
6 1 27 Section 82, Block IV, Moeraki Survey District,
(2.5975 ha) being all the land comprised and described in Gazette, 1959, p. 481, Proclamation No. 7547.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of February 1973.
T. M. McGUIGAN, Minister of Railways.
(N.Z.R. L.O. 12802/69)

Price Order No. 2212 (Israel Oranges)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Clifford Ernest Beard, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 2212 and shall come into force on the 2nd day of March 1973.
2. (1) Price Order No. 2078* 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. 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 Israel oranges sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ISRAEL ORANGES

5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for Israel oranges to which this order applies 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, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or Invercargill—
   22 cents per lb.
   (b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business elsewhere—
   1 lb, 23 cents;
   2 lb, 45 cents;
   3 lb, 68 cents;
   4 lb, 90 cents;
   5 lb, $1.13;
   6 lb, $1.35.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of 23 cents per pound. Quantities in excess of 6 lb. shall be calculated at the rate of 22½ cents per pound.

(2) If in respect of any lot of oranges sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of cents the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the nearest whole cent.

PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL PRICES

6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any Israel 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 Israel 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 for sale in any shop any Israel oranges to which this order applies shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the oranges to which it relates as to be obviously in relation thereto, 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. Retailers to whom clause 5 (1) (b) of this order applies shall state at least the prices for 1 lb and 2 lb lots.
   (b) The word "Israel".

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 1973.
C. E. BEARD,
Director of Distribution Division.
*Gazette, No. 30, 23 May 1968, Vol. II, p. 884
(T. and I.)

Average Price for Apples and Pears for the 1972–73 Season Declared (Notice No. 434 Ag. 3328)

PURSUANT to section 27 (7) of the Apple and Pear Marketing Act 1971, notice is hereby given that the Apple and Pear Prices Authority has determined that the average price to be paid to growers by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board for apples and pears grown during the 1972–73 season shall be 111.3c per bushel of bare fruit ungraded and unpacked and delivered to the receiving depot of the Board nearest to the orchard on which the fruit was grown.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February 1973.
R. M. RICHARDSON, Chairman, Apple and Pear Prices Authority.

Maori Land Development Notice

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby gives notice as follows.

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as Maori Land Development Notice Whangarei 1973, No. 4.
2. The notice referred to in the First Schedule hereto is hereby amended by omitting all reference to the land described in the Second Schedule hereto.
3. The land described in the Second Schedule hereto is hereby released from Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Date of Notice Reference Registration No.
7 September 1932 Gazette, No. 62, 22 September 1932, p. 2046. K. 24216