PRICE OF BUTTER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 October 1916, Page 4

PRICE OF BUTTER.

TERMS OF WORKING AGREEMENT.

THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

(BY TELEGBAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 24. The following is issued under the authority of Hon. \V. D. S. MacJDonald (.Minister of Agriculture), and is the official statement of the working arrangement formulated by Mr Triggs, of the imperial Meat Suppiy Department, in oruer to facilitate the operation or the Board of Trade's scheme for fixing the price of butter to' local consumers, and compensating local butter suppliers for the difference between tne price so fixed and the price, of exported butter, also as to export of butter and cheese, for the purpose of giving effect to the Order-in-Oouncil "Fixing the maximum price of butter," dated Oct. 13, 1916,' and the Order-in-Council "Prohibiting the export of butter and cheese/ dated October 13th, 1916. General working; arrangements have been devised for the guidance of .all concerned, and the6cheme becomes operath^ forthwith. WORKING ARRANGEMENT. (1) Licensing Authority.—The "Licensing Authority" nominated and appo.iucd by the Minister for AgricuiI i^t., m accordance with paragraph 14 <.: V.& Order-in-Council dated October -3,.-t>iß, is Mr Robert Triggs; address, i^-.-; ii,i } General Post Of hoe, Welling-l-tc... "

J \*) Export License.— An export j h~_-nse to be operative until revoked will be issued by the licensing authority in terms of the Order-in-Oouneil ' dated October 13, 1916. Any company, ! .firm, or person engaged in the manufacture or butter or ciieese, desirous of obtaining an export license, should make application to the licensing auth- | ority on the prescribed form, and in, [ terms of the Qrder-m-Council of October 13, 1916. (3) Return of Butter-fat.—ln accordance . with p» ragraph 5 of the schedule of the Order-in-Council dated October 13, 1916, a return of butterfat consumed at any factory or fac- | tories after August 31, 1916,' must be - 1 supplied. This return to be furnished * on a form marked "A," provided by the licensing authority. This return should be furnished within' ten days after receipt of the first grant to a licensee of an export license, accompanied by remittance' for the amount of the charge due at the rate of |d per lb. on butter-fat consumed' between September 1 3 1916, and September 30, 1916, both inclusive. 1 hereafter this return is to be' furnished monthly on "settling day," t<? jbe accompanied by a bank receipt showing that the amount of charge due at the rate of fd per lb., or such other rate as may be determined by the licensing authority with the approval of the Board of Trade, has been credited to the public account at" the nearest branch of the Bank of NewZealand. This method of payment is suggested, but, if it is found more convenient, payment may be made direct by means of a cheque addressed to**"*-licensing authority, Wellington. (4) Return butter supplied for' local consumption, andcf butter and cheese forwarded for export.—Every company, firm, or person engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese to whom an export license has been N i granted will forward Cto the licensing ■ authority within fourteen days after the end^of each month particulars, on form «B," supplied for the purpose; A of. (a) quantity of butter supplied for : ; local consumption, (b) quantity of ' . butter and, cheese forwarded for ex--port during the previous month,, the farst return to cover the period from September 1 1916., to-September 30, 1916, fboth inclusive. .Should -there be no butter suppled for local- consumpl tumor no butter and (or) cheese, forwarded for export during any month | advice to such; effect is to be: ehfaced on the form to be forwarded to the licensing authority, , I (5) Branding of:butter Boxes.—Boxes containing butter, whether intended. | tor local consumption or for export 1 are to be branded as instructed by the licensing authority, ' 'for export' J or . for sale," as the case may be. i Brands will be supplied by" the licens- ■' ing authority. I (6) Transfers.—Where at any time j it is desired to transfer butter marked : for export to local consumption or vice versa, it will be necessary to obauth permission of tte licensing (7) Adjustments in connection wrfch butter supplied for local consumption —Moneys payable under paragraph 3 m connection with butter supplied for local consumption will be distributed from time to time by the licensing . authority under approval of the Board f of Trade by cheque, free of exchange, payable to the company, firm or nerson concerned. * ' <, (8) Milled butter, whey butter, dairy butter, and dairy cheese.—The scheme does not apply to milled butter, whey /q\ crk d?l ry b. utt«Va*d dairy cheese: (9) Butter for military supplies.—, Supplies for military requirements either for camps or transports, are to - ''locafSfe^ r manufactured for ! (10) Should any unforseen circumstances or conditions arise which are not provided for, and factories be £ doubt how to act, it is specially asked