S.I. No. 289/1973 - Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1973.


S.I. No. 289 of 1973.

MAXIMUM PRICES (HOUSEHOLD GOODS) (No. 4) ORDER, 1973.

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:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 4) Order, 1973.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 27th day of October, 1973.

3. The Maximum Prices (Household Goods) (No. 3) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 235 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 White

11p per kilogram

5

Wheatenmeal

10½p per kilogram

6

Flakemeal

7½p per ½ kilogram

7

Flakemeal

14½p per kilogram

8

Flakemeal

21p 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

Kerosene

16p per gallon

13

Turf Briquettes

20p per bale

Part II

Bottled Gas:

14

Butane 1 kilogram

38p per cylinder

15

Butane 3·8 kilograms

£1·02 per cylinder

16

Butane 4·5 kilograms

£1·02 per cylinder

17

Butane 5 kilograms

£1·12 per cylinder

18

Butane 11 kilograms

£1·23 per cylinder

19

Butane 13 kilograms

£1·41 per cylinder

20

Butane 14½ kilograms

£1·58 per cylinder

21

Propane 34 kilograms

£3·19 per cylinder

22

Butane 26 lbs

£1·15 per cylinder

Baby Foods:

23

Ostermilk Nos. 1 and 2

35p per 1 lb.

24

Cow and Gate

34p per 1 lb.

25

SMA powder

43½p per 450 grams.

26

Liga Red

9½p per 156 grams.

Margarine:

27

Stork, Sunrose, Crown, Crest

8½p per 1 lb.

28

Summer County, Colleen

11p per ½ lb.

29

Blue Band, Kraft, Crest Golden

11½p per ½ lb.

30

Flora

13p per ½ lb.

31

Other packet margarines

8p per ½ lb.

Cooking Fat:

32

Hi-Fry, Frytex

8½p per ½ lb.

33

Cookeen

10p per ½ lb.

Tinned Processed Peas:

Batchelors—

34

5 oz.

5p per 5 oz. can

35

7½ oz.

6p per 7½ oz. can

36

10 oz.

7½p per 10 oz. can

37

15½ oz.

8½p per 15½ oz. can

38

19½ oz.

11½p per 19½ oz. can

39

29½ oz.

16½p per 29½ oz. can

Mattersons—

40

5 oz.

5p per 5 oz. can

41

10 oz.

7½p per 10 oz. can

42

15½ oz.

8½p per 15½ oz. can

43

29 oz.

16½p per 29 oz. can

Tinned Beans:

Batchelors, in tomato sauce—

44

5 oz.

5p per 5 oz. can

45

7½ oz.

7p per 7½ oz. can

46

10 oz.

8½p per 10 oz. can

47

15½ oz.

10½p per 15½ oz. can

48

19½ oz.

13½p per 19½ oz. can

49

29½ oz.

20p per 29½ oz. can

Mattersons, in tomato sauce—

50

5 oz.

5p per 5 oz. can

51

8 oz.

7p per 8 oz. can

52

10 oz.

8½p per 10 oz. can

53

15½ oz.

10½p per 15½ oz. can

54

29 oz.

20p per 29 oz. can

Heinz, with tomato sauce—

55

5 oz.

6p per 5 oz. can

56

7¾ oz.

7½p per 7¾ oz. can

57

15¾ oz.

12½p per 15¾ oz. can

Frozen Garden Peas:

58

4 oz.

8p per 4 oz. packet

59

8 oz.

13p per 8 oz. packet

60

16 oz.

19p per 16 oz. packet

Frozen Sliced Green Beans:

61

4 oz.

11p per 4 oz. packet

62

8 oz.

17p per 8 oz. packet

63

12 oz.

23½p per 12 oz. packet

Frozen Brussels Sprouts:

64

4 oz.

11½p per 4 oz. packet

65

8 oz.

19p per 8 oz. packet

66

12 oz.

24½p per 12 oz. packet

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of October, 1973.

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.