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Enclosure. The Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1916. Order of the Board of Trade dated the 20th November, 1916, and made under Regulation 2f of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914. Whereas by Regulation 2f of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914 (inserted in those regulations by an Order in Council dated the 16th day of November, 1916), it is, amongst other things, provided as follows : — " (1.) Where the Board of Trade are of opinion that it, is expedient that special measures should be taken in the interests of the public for maintaining the supply of any article of commerce the maintenance of which is important as being part of the foodsupply of the country or as being necessary I'm- the wants of the public or for the wants of any section of the public, the Board by order may, with a view to maintaining the supply of the article, apply to that article any of the provisions appended to this regulation. " (2.) Any such order may be made either so as to apply generally, or so as to apply to any special locality, or so as to apply to any special supplies of any article, or to any special producer, manufacturer, or dealer." And whereas the following provision is one of the provisions appended to that regulation :— " 111. Where the order applying this provision to any article contains any directions or regulations as to the manufacture or production of the article in such a manner as to secure that the public are supplied with the article in the form most suitable in the circumstances, all persons concerned in the manufacture or production of the article shall comply with those directions or regulations " : Now, therefore, in pursuance of their powers under the said regulation, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, the Board of Trade, with a view to maintaining the supply of wheaten flour and bread, hereby order as.follows : — Application of Provision 111 to Flour and Bread. 1. The above-recited Provision 111 shall apply to wheaten flour, and to bread, including other articles of food made with wheaten Hour. Manufacture and. Milling of Flour. 2. The following regulation shall apply to the manufacture of wheaten flour on and after the 27th day of November, 1916 : — No person shall, except with express authority given by or on behalf of the Board of Trade, manufacture any wheaten flour other than a straight-run flour, or mill any wheat so thai the extract of flour obtained therefrom shall bear a proportion to the total product of the mill less than the following percentages : — Description of Wheat. Percentage. English ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 Choice Bombay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 Australian ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 Blue Stem ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 Walla Walla ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 No. 2 Red Western ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 No. 2 Red Winter ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 No. 2 New Hard Winter (1916) ... ... ... ... ... 76 No. 1 Northern Duluth ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 No. 1 Northern Manitoba Old Crop ... ... ... ... ... 76 No. 2 Northern Manitoba Old Crop ... ... ... ... ... 75 No. 3 Northern Manitoba Old Crop ... ... ... ... ... 73 Choice White Karachi ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 Soft Red Karachi ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 75 Rosafe, 62 Ib. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 73 Baril, 6Hlb ... ... ... ... ... 74 Barletta-Russo, 61 \ lb. ... ... ... .. ... ... 74 .Manufacture of Bread, &c. 3. The following regulation shall apply to the manufacture of bread on and after the Ist day of January, 1917 : — No person shall, except with express authority given by or on behalf of the Board of Trade, manufacture bread of any wheaten flour which has been so manufactured or milled as not to comply with the foregoing provisions of this order. Application of Order to other Articles of Food. 4. This order shall apply to any articles of food for which wheaten flour is used in the same manner as it applies to bread. Penalty. 5. Any person acting in contravention of the directions contained in this order is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.