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(h.) If the contract is made or evidenced by any written document, a copy of that document: (i.) A declaration made by or on behalf of the purchaser that the price of the wheat is not in excess of the maximum price as fixed at the date of the contract by any Order in Council made under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914. (2.) Nothing in this clause shall render necessary a return of any contract for the purchase of wheat in any quantity less than 50 bushels, save that two or more contracts made between the same parties or substantially at. the same time, shall be deemed to be one contract for the purpose of this exemption. Part IX. — Seed-wheat. 69. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations, a Government broker in purchasing wheat on account of the Government may, with the permission of the Wheat Controller, resell that wheat or any part thereof to the broker himself as seed-wheat at the price at which he purchased it for the Government, with the addition of l|d. per bushel. 70. No commission shall be payable to the broker in respect either of the purchase or resale of any wheat so dealt, with. 71. The Government broker shall pay to the Government the, purchase-money 7 for all seed-wheat, so purchased by him in cash on the delivery of the wheat to the broker in pursuance of the contract. 72. In all other respects these regulations shall apply to any such resale by the Government to a Government broker in the same manner as if the Government broker were an independent third person purchasing the wheat from the Government through that broker. 73. Save, with - the permission of the Wheat Controller, it shall not be lawful for a broker who has so purchased seed-wheat to dispose of it in any manner otherwise than by the sale thereof as seedwheat to farmers. 74. Any surplus of seed-wheat so purchased by a Government broker and undisposed-of by sale to farmers before the close of the sowing season of the year 1918 may be demanded by the Wheat Controller for the Government, and shall thereupon be resold to the Government by the broker at the price hereinbefore prescribed for good milling-wheat sold to the Government for delivery in the month in which such demand was made by the Wheat Controller. APPENDIX C. Regulations as to the Importation, Sale, and Distribution of Petrol. Pa,rt I. — General. 1. The regulations contained in this Schedule may be cited as the Petrol Regulations. 2. In this Schedule — " Minister in Charge " means a member of the Executive Council charged by the GovernorGeneral with the administration of the Petrol Regulations : " Board of Trade " means the Board of Trade established under the Cost of Living Act, 1915 : " Petrol" means and includes petrol, benzine, motor-spirit, naphtha, gasolene, distillate, naphthalate, and every other form or product of petroleum (with the exception of benzoline) which gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 3. All powers and authorities conferred by these regulations on the Board of Trade may be exercised by any two members of that Board. 4. For the assistance of the Minister in Charge and the Board of Trade in the exercise of the powers and authorities conferred, by these regulations there shall be an advisory committee, to be known as the Petrol Committee, which shall consist of such representatives of those who are engaged in the business of importing or selling petrol as the Minister in Charge, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade, may from time to time appoint,, to hold office during his pleasure. Part II. — Importation of Petrol. 5. No petrol shall be imported into New Zealand except in pursuance of an import license issued to the importer by the Minister in Charge on the recommendation of the Board of Trade. 6. Every such, import license shall be revocable at the will of the Minister in Charge. 7. Any such import license may either relate to a specific consignment of petrol, or may be a general authority to import petrol during the currency of the license with, or without any restriction as to quantity, time, or port of importation. 8. No such import license shall be granted to any importer until the importer has entered into a written agreement with the Minister in Charge on behalf of the Crown containing the terms and conditions following, together with any other terms or conditions which the Minister on the advice of the Board of Trade thinks necessary for the due control of the importation, sale, supply, or distribution of petrol:— (a.) That the agreement will remain in force during the currency of the license and until the licensee has disposed of all petrol imported in pursuance thereof : (b.) That the licensee will, when he deals with a consumer, limit that consumer to a quantity of petrol not exceeding four weeks' supply, or such greater or less supply as may be determined upon from time to time by the Minister in Charge on the advice of the Board of Trade ;