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Interpretation and Short Title. 6. (1.) If any question arises as to the meaning of "straight-run flour," that question shall be determined by the Board of Trade. (2.) This order may be cited as the Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1916. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trade, this 20th day of November, 1916. H. Llewellyn Smith. Secretary. The Price op Milk Order, 1916. Order of the Board of Trade dated the 20th November, 1916, and made under Regulation 2k of I he Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914. Whereas by Regulation 2p 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 for 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 : — "VI. A. person shall not (subject to any exceptions contained in the order applying this provision) directly or indirectly sell or offer for sale any article to which this provision is applied at a price exceeding by more than the amount named in the order the corresponding price of the article at a date specified in the order (the corresponding price to be settled in ease of difference by the Board of Trade); and where the consideration for any sale or offer consists wholly or partly of any conditions made or offered to be made in connection with the transaction, or is otherwise not of a pecuniary character, the value of the consideration, or such part thereof as is not of a pecuniary character, shall, for the purposes of this provision, be taken into account, in determining the price of the article " : Now, therefore, in pursuance of their powers under the said regulation and of all other jiowers enabling them in that behalf, the Board of Trade, with a view to maintaining the supply of milk, hereby order as follows: — Provision VI applied to Milk. 1. The above-recited Provision VI, subject to the exceptions hereinafter contained, shall apply to milk. Date for Corresponding Price. 2. The date which is to be the date for fixing the corresponding price in accordance with the said provision shall be, as respects any sale or offer for sale, the 15th day of the same month in the twelve months ending the 31st day of March, 1914, as the month in which the sale or offer for sale takes place. Amount of Excess Price. 3. The amount by which the price may exceed the corresponding price is as follows: — Nature of Sale. Excess. (1.) Milk sold or offered for sale wholesale to be dc- An excess at the rate of 6|-d. per livered on the premises of the buyer, where the imperial gallon. conditions of sale include an obligation to deliver in quantities not less than a speciiied minimum (2.) Milk sold or offered for sale wholesale otherwise An excess at the rate of sid. per than as described in (1) above imperial gallon. (3.) Milk sold or offered for sale by retail ... ... An excess at the rate of 2d. per imperial quart. Provided that the excess shall not in any case exceed the amount, by which the price on the 15th day of November, 1916, exceeded the corresponding price. Exceptions. 4. This order shall not affect— (a.) Milk sold under a contract made on or before the 15th day of November, 1916, until the Ist day of January, 1917; (b.) Condensed milk, dried milk, or milk preparations; (c.) Accommodation milk (so far as the price paid for the milk as accommodation milk is concerned), if the price charged does not exceed that charged on the 15th day of November, 1916;