SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of Districts Included Therein
Metropolitan
Area
Auckland The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of
Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount
Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill,
New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote,
Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu,
Mt. Wellington.
Wellington The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt,
the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.
Christchurch The City of Christchurch and the
Borough of Riccarton.
Dunedin The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of
Green Island, Port Chalmers, and
St. Kilda.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 1975.
D.J. GASSON,
Acting Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.
*Gazette, No. 70, 18 July 1974, p. 1477
(T. and I.)

Price Order No. 2308 (Ecuadorian Bananas)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Desmond
James Gasson, 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. 2308 and
   shall come into force on the 24th day of February 1975.

2. (1) Price Order No. 2295* 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 Ecuadorian bananas
   sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES OF ECUADORIAN BANANAS

5. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received
   by any retailer for any Ecuadorian bananas 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, Strat-
ford, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier,
Hastings, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth,
Timaru, Westport, Oamaru, Balclutha, Gore, or
Invercargill—

25 cents per lb.

(b) When sold by a retailer carrying on business else-
where—

1 lb, 26 cents;
2 lb, 51 cents;
3 lb, 77 cents;
4 lb, $1.02;
5 lb, $1.28;
6 lb, $1.53.

Fractions of a pound shall be calculated at the rate of
26 cents per lb. Quantities in excess of 6 lb shall be calculated
at the rate of 25½ cents per lb.

(2) If in respect of any lot of bananas the price calculated
in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is
not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the lot
shall 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
   Ecuadorian bananas 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 bananas, or
   may relate generally to all Ecuadorian bananas 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 Ecuadorian bananas to which this order applies shall keep
   in a prominent position, in such proximity to the bananas 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 bananas. 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 “Ecuadorian”.

SCHEDULE

DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREAS

Name of Districts Included Therein
Metropolitan
Area
Auckland The City of Auckland, the Boroughs of
Birkenhead, Devonport, Ellerslie, Mount
Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill,
New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote,
Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu,
Mt. Wellington.
Wellington The Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt,
the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Petone.
Christchurch The City of Christchurch and the
Borough of Riccarton.
Dunedin The City of Dunedin and the Boroughs
of Green Island, Port Chalmers, and
St. Kilda.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 1975.
D.J. GASSON,
Acting Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.
*Gazette, No. 101, 10 October 1974, p. 2187
(T. and I.)

BY AUTHORITY: A. R. SHEARER, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1975