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(a) Standard white bread.
(b) Standard brown bread.
(c) Wholemeal bread.
(d) Vienna bread.
(e) Wheat-germ bread.

5. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in the Second Schedule to this order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread to which this order applies and which is customarily known as protein-enriched bread, that is, bread in the making of which there is for each 100 kg of flour used not less than 3.75 kg of dry gluten and not less than 2.4 percent of nitrogen calculated on a dry basis. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the sale of those loaves of protein enriched bread for which there is an approved special price.

6. Subject to the provisions of this order, the prices set out in Part II of the First and Second Schedules to this order shall be the maximum prices which may be charged or received for any bread described in clauses 4 and 5 of this order which is sliced or unsliced and enclosed and securely wrapped at the bakehouse in clean unused paper.

7. The wholesale prices fixed by this order apply to bread delivered to the retailer's premises. In any case where bread is not so delivered the prices shall be such as are agreed upon between the baker and the retailer, or failing such agreement, as may be approved by the Secretary.

GENERAL

8. A booking fee at the rate of one quarter cent (¼c) per loaf for loaves of not more than 1lb weight and one half cent (½c) per loaf for loaves exceeding 1lb weight may be made for any bread sold by a retailer to which this order applies, provided that payment for the bread so sold has not been made prior to, or at the time of, the customer's taking delivery of the bread at the shop.

9. The maximum retail selling prices provided for in this order shall include the service of wrapping where this service is provided by the retailer.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

10. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this order, and subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, the Secretary on application by any wholesaler, or retailer, may authorise special maximum prices in respect of any bread to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the wholesaler or retailer. Any authority given by the Secretary under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of bread or may relate generally to all bread sold by the wholesaler or retailer, while the approval remains in force.

FIRST SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF STANDARD WHITE BREAD, STANDARD BROWN BREAD, WHOOLEMEAL BREAD, VIENNA BREAD, AND WHEAT-GERM BREAD

PART I

If not bakehouse wrapped

Wholesale Price Retail Price
Per 4 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50c 56c
Per 2 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26c 29c
Per 1 lb 12 oz loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24c 27c
Per half of a 1 lb 12 oz loaf formed from two similar dough units baked together ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14c
Per 1 lb 8 oz loaf (wholemeal or Vienna) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22c 25c
Per 1 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14c 17c

PART II

If bakehouse wrapped (whether sliced or unsliced)

Wholesale Price Retail Price
Per 4 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 54c 60c
Per 2 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 29c 32c
Per 1 lb 12 oz loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27c 30c
Per 1 lb 8 oz loaf (wholemeal or Vienna) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25c 28c
Per 1 lb loaf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16c 19c

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES OF PROTEIN-ENRICHED BREAD

PART I

If not bakehouse wrapped

Wholesale Price Retail Price
Per loaf weighing not less than 1 lb 8 oz ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24c 27c
Per loaf weighing less than 1 lb 8 oz but not less than 1 lb ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18c 21c

PART II

If bakehouse wrapped (whether sliced or unsliced)

Wholesale Price Retail Price
Per loaf weighing not less than 1 lb 8 oz ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27c 30c
Per loaf weighing less than 1 lb 8 oz but not less than 1 lb ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21c 24c

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 1976.

P. E. DONOVAN,
Director of Prices and Stabilisation Division.

*New Zealand Gazette, 22 December 1975, No. 117, p. 3093.