S.I. No. 2/1974 - Maximum Prices (Household Goods) Order, 1974.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) Order, 1974.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 16th day of January, 1974.

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

S.I. No. 289 of 1973

), is hereby amended by the substitution for the Schedule of the following Schedule

SCHEDULE.

Reference Number

Commodity

Maximum Price

(1)

(2)

(3)

PART I

Miscellaneous

1

Sugar (standard granulated white)

5½p per lb.

2

Butter—Foil Wrapped (excluding butter in

½ lb. packs containing no salt and marked

as such by the manufacturer)

28½p per lb.

3

Butter—Parchment Wrapped

28p per lb.

4

Flour, Plain

11p per kilogram.

5

Wheatenmeal

10½p per kilogram.

6

Flakemeal

8½p per ½ kilogram.

7

Flakemeal

16p per kilogram.

8

Flakemeal

23p per 1½ kilograms.

9

Cornflakes

9p per 8 oz. packet.

10

Cornflakes

12½p per 12 oz. packet.

11

Cornflakes

15½p per 16 oz. packet.

12

Turf Briquettes

20p per bale.

PART II

Bottled Gas

13

Butane 1 kilogram

£0·41 per cylinder.

14

Propane 3·8 kilograms

£1·13 per cylinder.

15

Butane 4·5 kilograms

£1·15 per cylinder.

16

Butane 5 kilograms

£1·27 per cylinder.

17

Propane 11 kilograms

£1·52 per cylinder.

18

Butane 11·343 kilograms

£1·56 per cylinder.

19

Propane 12·5 kilograms

£1·84 per cylinder.

20

Butane 14·5 kilograms

£2·01 per cylinder.

21

Propane 34 kilograms

£4·13 per cylinder.

22

Propane 24 lbs.

£1·54 per cylinder.

23

Butane 26 lbs.

£1·54 per cylinder.

Baby Foods

24

Ostermilk Nos. 1 and 2

35p per 1 lb.

25

Cow & Gate

36½p per 1 lb.

26

SMA powder

47p per 450 grams.

27

Liga Red

10½p per 156 grams.

Margarine

28

Stork, Sunrose, Crown, Crest

9½p per ½ lb.

29

Summer County, Colleen

12p per ½ lb.

30

Blue Band, Kraft, Crest Golden

12½p per ½ lb.

31

Flora

14p per ½ lb.

32

Other packet margarines

9p per ½ lb.

Cooking Fat

33

Hi-Fry, Frytex

9p per ½ lb.

34

Cookeen

12p per ½ lb.

Tinned Processed Peas

Batchelors—

35

5 oz.

5½p per 5 oz. can.

36

7½ oz.

7p per 7½ oz. can.

37

10 oz.

8½p per 10 oz. can.

38

15½ oz.

10p per 15½ oz. can.

39

19½ oz.

13½p per 19½ oz. can.

40

29½ oz.

18½p per 29½ oz. can.

Mattersons—

41

5 oz.

5½p per 5 oz. can.

42

10 oz.

3p per 10 oz. can.

43

15½ oz.

9½p per 15½ oz. can.

44

29 oz.

18p per 29 oz. can.

Tinned Beans

Batchelors, in tomato sauce—

45

5 oz.

6p per 5 oz. can.

46

7½ oz.

8½p per 7½ oz. can.

47

10 oz.

10p per 10 oz. can.

48

15½ oz.

13p per 15½ oz. can.

49

19½ oz.

16½p per 19½ oz. can.

50

29½ oz.

25p per 29½ oz. can.

Mattersons, in tomato sauce—

51

5 oz.

5½p per 5 oz. can.

52

8 oz.

8p per 8 oz. can.

53

10 oz.

10p per 10 oz. can.

54

15½ oz.

12p per 15½ oz. can.

55

29 oz.

23½p per 29 oz. can.

Heinz, with tomato sauce—

56

5 oz.

6p per 5 oz. can.

57

7¾ oz.

7½p per 7¾ oz. can.

58

15¾ oz.

12½p per 15¾ oz. can.

Frozen Garden Peas

59

4 oz.

8p per 4 oz. packet.

60

8 oz.

13p per 8 oz. packet.

61

16 oz.

19p per 16 oz. packet.

Frozen Sliced Green Beans

62

4 oz.

11p per 4 oz. packet.

63

8 oz.

17p per 8 oz. packet.

64

12 oz.

23½p per 12 oz. packet.

Frozen Brussels Sprouts

65

4 oz.

11½p per 4 oz. packet.

66

8 oz.

19p per 8 oz. packet.

67

12 oz.

24½p per 12 oz. packet

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of January, 1974.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order fixes the maximum retail price for the goods listed in the Schedule to the Order.

S.I. No. 2 of 1974.

MAXIMUM PRICES (HOUSEHOLD GOODS) ORDER, 1974.

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 22C (3) (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