S.I. No. 211/1938 - Home-Grown Millable Wheat (Minimum Prices For Sale (Wheat) Year, 1940-41) Order, 1938.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1938. No. 211.

HOME-GROWN MILLABLE WHEAT (MINIMUM PRICES FOR SALE (WHEAT) YEAR, 1940-41) ORDER, 1938.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 (No. 26 of 1935), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution that the Government shall from time to time by order do, in respect of each sale (wheat) year (other than the sale (wheat) year 1935-36, and the sale (wheat) year 1936-37) commencing after the 29th day of July, 1935, the following things:—

(a) divide by reference to bushel weights, home-grown millable wheat, the bushel weight of which is not less than the bushel weight declared by such order to be the minimum bushel weight for the purposes of classification, into such and so many classes as they think fit;

(b) fix in respect of wheat of each such class and in respect of each month in such sale (wheat) year, the price, in terms of a rate per barrel, of wheat of that class for that month:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (3) of the said Section 12 that every order made under sub-section (2) of the said Section 12 shall be made not later than two years before the commencement of the sale (wheat) year to which it relates:

NOW, THEREFORE, the Government, in pursuance of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 12 of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1935 (No. 26 of 1935), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said sub-section (2) and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Millable Wheat (Minimum Prices for Sale (Wheat) Year, 1940-41) Order, 1938.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the sale (wheat) year commencing on the 1st day of September, 1940, that is to say:—

(a) a bushel weight of fifty-three pounds is hereby declared to be the minimum bushel weight for the purposes of classification, and the expression "home-grown millable wheat to which this Order applies" means in this Order home-grown millable wheat the bushel weight of which is not less than fifty-three pounds;

(b) for the purposes of this Order, home-grown millable wheat to which this Order applies is hereby divided into the four classes specified in the second column of the Schedule hereto;

(c) the minimum price per barrel for home-grown millable wheat to which this Order applies of each class specified in the second column of the Schedule hereto for each month in such sale (wheat) year shall be the price set out opposite the mention of wheat of that class in the sub-column relative to such month of the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

MINIMUM PRICES FOR HOME-GROWN MILLABLE WHEAT FOR SALE (WHEAT) YEAR COMMENCING ON THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Ref. No.

Classes of home-grown Wheat

Minimum Prices per Barrel of 20 Stones

September, 1940

October, 1940

November, 1940

December, 1940

January, 1941

February, 1941

March, 1941

April, 1941

May, 1941

June, 1941

July, 1941

August, 1941

Wheat having a bushel weight not less than 62 lb. .. ..

27/–

27/6

28/–

28/6

27/–

Wheat having a bushel weight less than 62 lb, but not less than 59 lb. .. ..

26/6

27/–

27/6

28/–

26/6

Wheat having a bushel weight less than 59 lb. but not less than 56 lb. .. ..

26/–

26/6

27/–

27/6

26/–

Wheat having a bushel weight less than 56 lb. but not less than 53 lb. .. ..

24/–

24/6

25/–

25/6

24/–

DUBLIN:

This 23rd day of August, 1938.