S.I. No. 189/1974 - Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1974.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1974.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 27th day of June, 1974.

3. (1) The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may be sold in the manner specified in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number is hereby fixed at the price mentioned in column (3) at that reference number.

(2) The maximum price at which a commodity mentioned in column (2) of Part II of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number may be sold is hereby fixed at the price mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(3) When a commodity is sold in a manner other than that specified in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order it shall be sold at a rate corresponding to that specified in that column.

4. The following orders—

(

a

) the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 3) Order, 1973 (

S.I. No. 235 of 1973

),

(

b

) the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1973 (

S.I. No. 289 of 1973

),

(

c

) the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) Order, 1974 (

S.I. No. 2 of 1974

),

(

d

) the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 2) Order, 1974 (

S.I. No. 71 of 1974

),

and

(

e

) the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 3) Order, 1974 (

S.I. No. 105 of 1974

),

are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

Commodity

Maximum Price

(1)

(2)

(3)

Part I

Miscellaneous

1

Sugar (standard granulated white)

5½p per 1 lb.

2

Butter—Foil Wrapped

30½p per lb.

(excluding butter in ½ lb. packs containing no salt and marked as such by the manufacturer)

3

Butter—Parchment Wrapped

30p per 1b.

4

Flour, Plain White

16p per kilogram

5

Wheatenmeal, Wheatmeal or Wholemeal

16p per kilogram

6

Flakemeal

11p per ½ kilogram

7

Flakemeal

22p per kilogram

8

Flakemeal

31½p per 1½ kilograms

9

Cornflakes

11½p per 8 oz. packet

10

Cornflakes

16½p per 12 oz. packet

11

Cornflakes

20p per 16 oz. packet

12

Turf Briquettes

21½p per bale

Part II

Bottled Gas

13

Butane 1 kilogram

£0·41 per cylinder

14

Propane 3·8 kilograms

£1·15 per cylinder

15

Butane 4·5 kilograms

£1·17 per cylinder

16

Butane 5 kilograms

£1·29 per cylinder

17

Propane 11 kilograms

£1·57 per cylinder

18

Butane 11·343 kilograms

£1·61½ per cylinder

19

Propane 12·5 kilograms

£1·90 per cylinder

20

Butane 14·5 kilograms

£2·08 per cylinder

21

Propane 34 kilograms

£4·29 per cylinder

22

Propane 24 lbs.

£1·59½ per cylinder

23

Butane 26 lbs.

£1·59½ per cylinder

Baby Foods

24

Ostermilk Nos. 1 and 2

44p per 1 lb.

25

Cow and Gate Babymilk 1

45½p per 1 lb.

26

Cow and Gate Babymilk 2

39p per lb.

27

SMA powder

50p per 450 grams.

28

Liga Red

11½p per 156 grams.

Margarine

29

Stork, Sunrose, Crown, Crest

12½p per ½ lb.

30

Colleen

15p per ½ lb.

31

Summer County, Kraft

15½p per ½ lb.

32

Blue Band, Crest Golden

16p per ½ lb.

33

Flora

18p per ½ lb.

34

Banquet—In Tubs

11p per ½ lb.

35

Banquet—Parchment Wrapped

9½p per ½ lb.

36

Other packet margarines

9p per ½ lb.

Cooking Fat

37

Hi-Fry, Frytex

11p per ½ lb.

38

Cookeen

15p per ½ lb.

Tinned Processed Peas

Batchelors—

39

5 oz.

6p per 5 oz. can

40

7½ oz.

7½p per 7½ oz. can

41

10 oz.

9½p per 10 oz. can

42

15½ oz.

11½p per 15½ oz. can

43

19½ oz.

15p per 19½ oz. can

44

29½ oz.

21p per 29½ oz. can

Mattersons—

45

5 oz.

6p per 5 oz. can

46

10 oz.

9½p per 10 oz. can

47

15½ oz.

11½p per 15½ oz. can

48

29 oz.

21p per 29 oz. can

Tinned Beans

Batchelors, in tomato sauce—

49

5 oz.

6½p per 5 oz. can

50

7½ oz.

9p per 7½ oz. can

51

10 oz.

11½p per 10 oz. can

52

15½ oz.

14½p per 15½ oz. can

53

19½ oz.

18½p per 19½ oz. can

54

29½ oz.

27½p per 29½ oz. can

Mattersons, in tomato sauce—

55

5 oz.

6½p per 5 oz. can

56

8 oz.

9p per 8 oz. can

57

10 oz.

11½p per 10 oz. can

58

15½ oz.

14½p per 15½ oz. can

59

29 oz.

27½p per 29 oz. can

Heinz, with tomato sauce—

60

5 oz.

6½p per 5 oz. can

61

7¾ oz.

8p per 7¾ oz. can

62

15¾ oz.

14p per 15¾ oz. can

Frozen Garden Peas

63

4 oz.

8½p per 4 oz. packet

64

8 oz.

14p per 8 oz. packet

65

16 oz.

20p per 16 oz. packet

Frozen Sliced Green Beans

66

4 oz.

11½p per 4 oz. packet

67

8 oz.

18p per 8 oz. packet

68

12 oz.

25p per 12 oz. packet

Frozen Brussels Sprouts

69

4 oz.

12p per 4 oz. packet

70

8 oz.

20p per 8 oz. packet

71

12 oz.

26p per 12 oz. packet

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of June, 1974.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail price for certain goods as shown in the Order.

S.I. No. 189 of 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (HOUSEHOLD GOODS) (No. 4) ORDER, 1974.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 22A and 22C (inserted by the

Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965

(No. 23 of 1965)) of the

Prices Act, 1958

(No. 4 of 1958), as amended by the

Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972

(No. 20 of 1972), and the Prices Stabilisation Order, 1973 (

S.I. No. 96 of 1973

), hereby order as follows