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INTRODUCTION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. SCOPE AND ARRANGEMENT OF MANUAL.
1. Scope of Manual and new features of this Edition, p. iii.
2. Arrangement of Manual, p. iv.
II. CONSTITUTION OF THE MINISTRY OF FOOD.
1. Initiation of Food Control Legislation, p. v.
2. Establishment of the Ministry, p. v.
II T. POWERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
1. Source of Controller's Powers, p. vi.
2. Enabling Regulations, p. vi.
IV. ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
1 . General Character of the Orders, p. ix.
2. Grouping of the Orders in this Manual, p. xiii.
3. Proof, Construction and Citation of the Orders, p. xv.
4. Application to the United Kingdom or otherwise of the
Orders, p. xvi.
V. EFFECT OF EXERCISE OF CONTROLLER'S POWERS ON
CONTRACTS, p. xvii.
VI. FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANI-
SATION.
1. Outline of General Scheme, p. xviii.
2. English and Welsh System, p, xix.
3. Scottish System, p. xxiii.
4. Irish System, p. xxv.
VII. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS AND PROSECUTIONS FOR
CONTRAVENTIONS THEREOF, p. xxviii.
I. Scope and Arrangement of Manual.
1. SCOPE OF MANUAL AND NEW FEATURES OF THIS EDITION.
This Food Control Manual is a much enlarged Edition of the
volume of Food Controller's Orders published last January, and
embraces several new features which, it is believed, will increase,
the utility of the work.
The previous, the January Edition, was restricted to Orders as
to the maintenance of food supply of particular articles, and did
not contain the text, but merely an editorial epitome, of the
Controller's and other Orders relating to the Constitution, and
Enforcement and Prosecution powers of, Food Control Com-
mittees.
The present Manual contains all the Orders of the Food Con-
troller and those of other Departments ancillary thereto now
(April 30, 19.18) in force.
It further contains the Powers of the Controller, viz., the Act
of 1916, which established the Ministry of Food, and the Defence
of the Realm Regulations conferring powers on the Minister.
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iv Arrangement of Manual.
It therefore embraces all that formed the first three Parts of
the Food (Supply and Production) Manual, i.e., all thereof that
pertained exclusively to the Ministry of Food, but with the
numerous additions and variations to which the past 6 months
have given birth.
An additional new feature is the Chronological Table of all the
Controller's Orders, which shows which of them are revoked or
spent, and which amended.
It accordingly supersedes the Food (Supply and Production)
Manual so far as Food Control, i.e., the Powers and Orders of the
Food Controller, is concerned, but does not cover or supersede the
Food Production Legislation, which forms so large a portion of
that Manual.
Nor does this Food Control Manual reproduce the Defence of
the Realm Regulations which govern the Trial and Prosecution
of Contraventions of Orders, which are at pp. 409-436 of the said
" Supply and Production " Manual given in a form in which
those which relate to Summary Prosecutions are severed from the
others and the whole collated in a form designed to facilitate
reference. But an outline of the more salient features of the
Summary Prosecution provisions will be found in Section VII.
of this Introduction.
Two further new features of the present Manual call for
mention.
The Chronological Table (pp. 17-32) specifies all the Orders,
361 in number, which have (April 30, 1918) been made by the
Food Controller since the establishment of the Ministry, and
shows which of them have been revoked or amended, and by what
subsequent Orders, and which Orders have now expired, and
when they expired.
The subsequent sections of this Introduction attempt to give
an Outline of the whole of the Food Control Legislation and to
indicate its more -salient characteristics, and thereby to assist
reference to the details of a body of law to which each month
brings extensive variations and additions. Since January 31st
last, the date covered by the last published volume of the
Controller's Orders, some 130 Orders have been made by him;
a year ago the whole of the Orders in force occupied less than
70 pages ; those now in force occupy over 500.
New Editions of this Manual will be published every 3 months.
2. ARRANGEMENT or MANUAL.
The Manual is divided into 3 Parts. Of these Part I. com-
prises the Constitution and Powers of the Ministry of Food, viz.,
so much of the 1916 Act as- relates to that Ministry, and those
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations which confer powers on
the Food Controller.
The other two Parts comprise the whole of the Orders, whether
of the Food Controller or of other Departments relating to Food
Control and now (April 30, 1918) in Force; the Orders as to
Maintenance of Food Supply forming Part II. and those as to
Constitution of the Ministry of Food. v
the Constitution, &r., of .Food Control Committees and Enforce-
ment of Orders and Prosecutions forming Part III.
At the commencement of Part II. will be found the Table
(referred to in sub-section 1 above) specifying in strict chrono-
logical sequence all the Food Controller's Orders, i.e., not only
those in force, but those revoked or spent ; therefrom can be seen
at a glance which Orders are not reprinted in this Manual, and
why. That Table is followed by a Classified List of all the
''maintenance of food supply " Orders now (April 30, 1918) in
force; the system of grouping applied to those " Part II ."
Orders, and that under which the Part III. Orders have been
arranged is described in Section TV. 2 below.
II. Constitution of the Ministry of Food.
1. INITIATION OF FOOD CONTROL LEGISLATION.
The War Food Supply Legislation was initiated on November
16th, 1916, by the conferment on the Board of Trade of certain
order-making powers by Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(See Regs. 2r to 2j as printed pp. 20-23 of the November, 1916,
Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual.")
That system was of short duration. Simultaneously with its
inception the intention to appoint a Food Controller was
announced in the course of the Debate as to State Regulation
of Food Prices (8T H.C., Deb. 5s. 82T-939), and the New
Ministries and Secretaries Bill providing for such an appointment
was introduced on December 15th, and received the Royal Assent,
December 22nd, 1916.
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MINISTRY.
The Act (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68), which so far as it relates to
the Ministry of Food is printed pp. 1-4 of this Manual, established
the Ministry of Food and the Office of Food Controller whose
powers and duties are stated in outline below. Under section 13
of the Act (p. 4) the Ministry will cease to exist at (or, if an
Order in Council so provides, before) a date 12 months after the
War.
Orders of the Controller which are under seal authenticated by
certain signatures, or signed by certain persons, are receivable
in evidence (s. 11 of Act, p. 3) : and primd facie evidence of such
Orders may also be given by the production of copies thereof
under the provisions of the Documentary Evidence Acts which as
amended and so applying are printed in Part X. (pp. 437-9) of
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual. "
The text of the Controller's Orders as printed in this Manual
are copies coming within the last-named provisions, and are
evidence accordingly.
The Act provides (s. 12, p. 4) for the Food Controller sitting in
Parliament and for a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry.
The Food Controller's is one of those Offices of Profit immediate
succession from one to the other of which does not vacate a
seat in the House of Commons (s. 12 (2) ) ; the List of such Offices
has been so repeatedly amended since it was first placed on the
vi Powers of the Food Controller.
Statute Book in 186T that it was thought convenient to print
it in its present form in Appendix VII. (p. 510) to the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
III. Powers of the Food Controller.
1. SOURCE OF CONTROLLER'S POWERS.
The powers and duties of the Controller aie such as are trans-
ferred to him from other Departments by Order in Council or as
to which he is thereby empowered to exercise concurrently, and
those conferred on him by Defence of the Realm Regulations
(s. 4 of the New Ministries, &c., Act, p. 1).
Apart from the Regulations only twio Orders in Council have
been issued under the section. Of these the " Concurrent
Powers " Order relates to contracts and is referred to below, and
the "Transfer of Powers" Order transfers to the Controller
certain powers of the Board of Trade as to brewing certificates for
military canteens. The Output of Beer Restriction Acts as thus
and otherwise amended are printed in consolidated form as
Appendix V. (p. 470) to the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."
2. ENABLING REGULATIONS.
The Regulations conferring powers on the Controller fall into
two groups. A main group (5 in number — forming a consecutive
series Regs. 2F-2j) which primarily apply only to the encourage-
ment or maintenance by the Controller of the food supply of the
country, and a supplemental group (6 in number— Regs. 2s, 2E,
7, 8c, 8cc, and 35A) which as originally inserted in the Code
conferred powers only on the Admiralty, Army Council, and
Minister of Munitions, and were subsequently extended to the
Food Controller so far as they are ancillary to the main group.
Both groups (i.e., all 11 of the Regulations) are printed as the
second section of Part I. of this Manual (pp. 5-16) in the form
which they appear to assume as applying to the Food Controller.
The " Main Group " were in more restricted form introduced
into the Code on January 10th, 1917, shortly after the first
appointment of a Food Controller; they were then substituted
for the "Board of Trade" Regulations of the preceding
November above referred to ; they have been repeatedly extended.
The extension of the "supplemental group" to the Food
Controller was only effected in the later part of 1917 and in the
present year, 1918.
The following is an outline of the powers which for the purposes
of encouraging or maintaining the food supply of the country he
may exercise under the " main group " of Regulations.
(i) he may make ordeis regulating, or giving directions with
respect to the production, manufacture, treatment,
use, consumption, transport, storage, distribution,
supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or
measures to be taken in relation to any article, fix
maximum and minimum prices, and provide for entiy
on premises and inspection (Reg. 2r (1), p. 8) ;
Powers of the Food Controller. vii
(ii) he may by order require owners or dealers to place any
articles at his disposal and to deliver the same to him
or as he shall direct, the compensation to be deter-
mined by a single arbitrator ujider the order (Reg.
2F (2), p. 8) ;
(iii) he can in anticipation of a Proclamation restricting
exports 'empower the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise to take action (Reg. 2r (4), p. 9) ;
(iv) he may by order require persons engaged in the produc-
tion, manufacture, purchase, sale, distribution, trans-
port, storage, or shipment, of any article -to make
returns giving particulars as to their businesses and
may require the returns to be verified : to test the
returns, or on failure to make the same the officers of
the Ministry can enter premises and inspect : the
returns and information must not be disclosed or
published except for prosecution purposes : returns
can also be required from individuals without a formal
order (Reg. 2o, p. 9) ;
(v) he may by order take (or confer on any person or body of
persons) possession of any factory or workshop or other
premises in which any article of food specified in the
order is manufactured, stored, or produced or adapted
for sale, or which are used for the purpose of the
distribution of any such article, or of any plant used
in connection therewith ; if suet possession is so taken
the occupier, &c., of the factory, &c., must comply
with the Controller's directions (Reg. 2oa (1) (2),
p. 10);
(vi) he may give directions as to the woik in any factory,
workshop, or other premises in which any article of
food, &c., is manufactured, stored, or produced or
adapted for sale or which are used for the purpose of
the distribution of any such article, 'with the object
of making the factory, &c., or the plant 01 labour
therein as useful as possible for the manufacture,
storage, production or distribution of food (2ao
(4) (a), p. 11);
(vii) he may regulate or restrict the carrying on of work in
any such last mentioned factory, &c., or the engage-
ment or employment of workmen therein, or may
remove the plant therefrom with a view to maintaining
or increasing the production of food (Reg. 2oo
(4) (b), p. 11);
(yiii) he can (but need not) before exercising any of his powers
as to any particular article of food, &c., appoint
persons to hold an inquiry and to report to him (Regs.
2n, 2j (2), pp. 11, 13);
(ix) he can make arrangements with any other Government
Department for the exercise on his behalf by that
Department and their officers of certain of the powers
of the Food Controller and his officers with respect to
any particular article (Reg. 2j, p. 12);
(x) he may by order provide for the exercise and perform-
ance of powers arid duties by any persons or bodies of
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viii Power* of the Food Controller.
persons approved by him for the purpose or by local
or other bodies constituted by or under any of his
orders, and the Local Government Board, the Secretaiy
for Scotland, and the Local Government Board for
Ireland may by arrangement with the Controller
confer on local authorities the powers requisite to carry
out the Controller's orders (Reg. 2j (1), p. 12).
The " supplemental group " of Regulations confer the follow-
ing powers on the Controller so far as regards articles as to which
he has powers under the '' main group " : —
(xi) he may take possession of food and of any articles
required for or in connection with the production
thereof; if he so does the price to be paid is to be
determined on certain principles (Reg. 2s, p. 5);
(xii) he may by order regulate, restrict, or prohibit the manu-
facture, purchase, sale, delivery of or payment for,
or other dealing in, food or in any article required for
or in connection with the production thereof; any
person refusing to sell any article, the sale whereof is
so regulated may be required by the Controller to sell
it on the terms and conditions laid down by his order,
and to deliver it to any person named by him
(Reg. 2E, p. 7);
(xiii) he may by order require the occupier of any factory or
workshop in which food, or any articles reauired for
the production thereof, are or may be manufactured,
produced, or repaired, to place at his disposal the
whole or any part of the output of the factory or
workshop, and tc deliver such output, or to any
person named by him ; if he does so the price to be paid
is to be determined under certain rules (Reg. 7, p. 13) ;
(xiv) he may authorise or require any conti actor holding a
contract with him, or any sub-contractor, to use any
registered design for the purposes of such contract
without the consent of the registered proprietor
(Reg. 8c, p. 14);
(xv) he may with a view to the more efficient or increased
production of food require any person to communicate
to his nominee particulars of any invention, process
or method of manufacture, or of any article manu-
factured or proposed to be manufactured, together
with drawings, models, or plans, and to explain and
demonstrate the same (Reg. 8cc, p. 15).
(xvi) he may after consultation with a Secretary of State
make safety rules for factories, &c. (Reg. 35A, p. 16).
Regulation 63 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations applies
the Interpretation Act to the Regulations, The effect of that
Regulation, which also applies to the interpretation of Orders, is
referred to under Section IV. 3 of this Introduction. Regula-
tions 64 to 66 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations (which,
together with Regulation 63, are printed as Part X. 2 of the
" Food (Supply and Production) Manual," pp. 440, 441) provide
for the construction of the Regulations conferring the- order-
making powers.
General Character of Food Controller's Orders. ix
IV. Orders of the Food Controller.
1. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE ORDERS.
Primary Division into " Maintenance of Supply " and " Local
Organisation " Orders. — The Orders of the Food Controller lend
themselves to division into two main classes — viz., those directly
relating to the maintenance of supply of articles of food and
those setting up local organisations for the carrying out and
enforcement of the Orders.
The division of this Manual into Parts is based on that
division, with certain minor variations dictated by convenience.
All the numerous Orders of the first class, i.e., the " Mainten-
ance of Supply Orders," which were in force on April 30th,
1918, form Part II. hereof; they are of exceedingly diverse
characters, and an attempt to give an outline of their main pur-
ports follows immediately below.
The far less numerous Orders of the " Local Organisation '
rlass (which establish food control committees and regulate their
procedure and accounts and confer oil them the power to enforce
and to prosecute contraventions of the Orders) form Part III.
of this Manual ; an outline of their provisions will be found in
Section VI. of this Introduction.
The Orders of the Local Government Board, Secretary for
Scotland, &c., are printed in the same Part of the Manual and
in the same group of such Part as the Food Controller's Orders
to which they are ancillary.
The Cattle Feeding* Stuffs Committee Order belongs, strictly
speaking, to the " Local Organisation " class, and, therefore, to
Part III. hereof, but it has been thought more convenient to
print it in Part II. (p. 107) in the same Group as the other
Cattle Feeding Stuffs Orders.
Main Purports of the Maintenance of Supply Orders. — The
Orders made by the Food Controller :t for the purpose of
encouraging or maintaining the food supply of the country " as
provided by Regulation 2r and the other Enabling Regulations
are necessarily of very diverse natures. Their more salient
features may be briefly stated as follows : —
(i) REQUIRING RETURNS. — Certain Orders provide that
returns shall be made to the Secretary of the Ministry
of the stocks of particular articles held on a specified
date. In some cases the Orders are confined to such
provision ; in others the provision requiring returns
forms one clause of an Order relating to Requisition-
ing, Maximum Prices, &c. Some of the Order;
provide for monthly or other periodic returns. [Fo>
references to these Orders see " Returns " in thi;
Index.]
(ii) REQUISITIONING ARTICLES. — Certain Orders provide
for the taking possession of stocks of particular
articles already in the country, or in the case of
imported articles on their arrival. Some of tht1
General Character of Food Controller's Orders.
Orders provide for the requisitioning of all future
stocks or output of particular articles. In most cases
a clause is inserted providing- for the appointment of
an arbitrator to determine in default of agreement the
compensation to be paid for articles requisitioned
under the Order. By a general Order, Food Control
Committees have been given powers of local requisi-
tioning of foodstuffs held for the purposes of retail
sale. [For references to these Orders see the head-
ings " Arbitrator as to Price of Articles Requisi-
tioned " and " Requisition of Commodities and
Premises " in the Index.]
(iii) FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES. — Certain Orders prescribe
maximum wholesale and /or retail prices for various
commodities. In a few cases importers' and middle-
men's prices are also fixed. Most of these Orders
contain provisions as to terms of trading and charges
for wrappings or containers. In some cases " whole-
sale " and "retail" sale are defined according to
the amount of the commodity sold. Food Control
Committees have power to vary the maximum prices
of certain articles in their district. [For references
to these Orders see the heading " Maximum Prices "
in the Index.]
(iv) RATIONING AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTION. — Sugar, meat,
butter and margarine are at present (April 30, 1918)
rationed commodities. The weekly ration of sugar
throughout Great Britain is J Ib. Equivalent rations
of meat are fixed by Order, and the provisions as to
supply on coupons vary (April 30, 1918) in London
and the Home Counties from the rest of Great Britain.
The weekly ration of butter and margarine in
London and the Home Counties is 4 oz. Elsewhere
butter and margarine are distributed locally by Food
Control Committees which also control the distribu-
tion of tea, bacon, hams, lard, pigs, dried fruits,
milk and potatoes. [For references to the Orders
prescribing the rationing and distribution of these
articles see the headings " Sugar," " Meat," &c., in
the Index.]
(v) RESTRICTING DEALINGS. — Dealings outside the
United Kingdom are prohibited as to oats, by the
Dealings in Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917 (p. 83);
as to certain dried fruits, by the Dried Fruits
(Restriction) Order, 1917 (p. 183) ; as to apricot pulp
and Bitter Oranges, by the Apricot Pulp and Bitter
Oranges Order, 1917 (p. 226) ; and as to sugar, by
the Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917
(p. 478). Provision is made for the regulation and
control of sales of bread (p. 71), priority supplies of
cattle-feeding stuffs (p. 113), dealings in flour in
Ireland (p. 140), output of beer (pp. 154, 162, 171),
General Character of Food Controller's Orders. xi
and sale of beer (p. 168), dealings in hops (p. 161),
sales and delivery of spirits (pp. 157, 159, 165, 166,
173), sales of live and dead meat (pp. 253, 266, 274,
275, 289, 290, 299), output of dairies (p. 329), sale
of cream (p. 348), delivery of seed potatoes (p. 402),
and dealings in potatoes generally (pp. 405, 419,
438), dealings in onions (p. 432), sale of seeds (p. 465),
supply of food for ships' stores (p. 473), supply of
sugar (pp. 482, 495, 513), sale of sweetmeats (p. 515),
sale of tea (p. 518), and dealings in cocoa (pp. 527,
531).
(vi) RESTRICTING USE. — Certain Orders prohibit the use
except, as human food of rice (p. 78), tapioca, sago,
manioc and arrowroot (p. 80), oatmeal (p. 126), cer-
tain oils and fats (p. 398), and certain potatoes
(p. 406).
Certain potatoes (pp. 420, 439) may be sold for seed,
and provision is made for the use of wheat and rye
(p. 78), maize and oats (p. 80), barley (p. 89), and
dredge corn (p. 104), as seed or flour only.
The feeding of game with cereal foodstuffs (pp. 68,
115) is prohibited, and the feeding of horses and
cattle is regulated (pp. 148, 149).
Certain Orders regulate the use of wheaten flour in
bread (pp. 68, 73), and of potatoes in bread (pp. 106,
144), and prohibit the use of cream except for butter-
making (p. 348), the use of milk in chocolate (p. 351),
the splitting of certain oils (p. 391), the use of certain
bags except for potatoes (p. 434), the making of
spirits from potatoes (p. 439), the use of sugar in
manufactures (p. 479), and by brewers (pp. 477,
493).
(vii) RESTRICTING MANUFACTURE. — Provision is made by
various Orders for the manufacture of flour and bread
(pp. 68, 73), cakes and pastries (p. 75), and horse and
poultry mixtures (p. 97). The manufacture of malt
and malt extract (p. 167) and of ice cream (p. 356) is
prohibited.
(viii) RESTRICTING MOVEMENT. — Certain Orders prohibit
the shipment of particular articles to or from various
parts of the United Kingdom, viz. : —
bacon, ham, lard and other pig products, barley,
butter, malt, oats, pigs and potatoes from
Ireland ;
bacon, ham, lard and other pig products, and
malt to Ireland;
oats from Scotland ;
bread, cattle-feeding stuffs, flour, malt, and
wheat to Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
[For references to these Orders see the heading
t( Export, Prohibitions on," in the Index.]
xii General Character of Food Controller's Orders.
(ix) KEGISTRATION OF DEALERS. — A system of registration
has been established by various Orders, as regards
bakers and retailers of flour (p. 145); retailers of fish
in Great Britain (p. 206); retailers of meat and
keepers of slaughter-houses in Great Britain (p. 262) ;
Irish bacon curers, Irish pork butchers, and British
importers of Irish pigs (p. 284); retailers of
margarine (p. 354) and of milk (p. 358) in Great
Britain ; retailers of potatoes (p. 407) ; and retailers
of sugar (pp. 480, 491).
(x) LICENSING OF DEALERS. — Certain Orders provide for
the licensing of importers of and wholesale dealers in
cattle-feeding stuffs for delivery in Great Britain
(p. 120); purchasers of flour in Ireland (p. 140);
wholesale dealers in fish in Great Britain (p. 205) ;
live stock auctioneers and cattle dealers in Great
Britain (p. 264) ; dealers in dead meat in Great
Britain (p. 278) ; Irish pig buyers (p. 283) ; wholesale
dealers in margarine (p. 353) and milk (p. 357) for
consumption in Great Britain ; and manufacturers of
oil and fat compounds (p. 399).
(xi) TAKING OF FISH. — By Orders of the Food Controller,
the possession of freshwater fish is authorised, and
the time for taking salmon with nets in Ireland is
altered. Certain of the Food Controller's Orders
empower the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, the
Fishery Board for Scotland, or the Department of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland to
authorise the taking of " sea fish " in England, Scot-
land and Ireland respectively, and of " freshwater
fish " in England and Ireland respectively. Sub-
sidiary Orders of the English Board vary the close
season for oysters and freshwater fish, and provide for
the taking of pike, eels and kelts; subsidiary Orders
of the Irish Department provide for the taking of fish
in local waters by various means, and for
the use of drift nets for herrings. [For references to
these Orders, see the heading " Fish " in the Index.]
(xii) PUBLIC MEALS. — Meat, flour, sugar and fats are
rationed at public eating places (p. 441), with a
special provision as to meat meals served to members
of His Majesty's forces (p. 447), who can also, on the
presentation of an emergency card issued by the
Admiralty, Army Council, or Air Council, obtain
special rations of meat (pp. 304, 309) and sugar
(pp. 315, 316).
(xiii) NATIONAL KITCHENS. — The National Kitchens Order,
1918 (p. 385), authorises local authorities in Great
Britain to provide National Kitchens and to delegate
all or any of their powers under the Order to Com-
mittees; the Local Government Board and the Secre-
tary for Scotland1 have made Orders conferring
Grouping of Orders in the Manual. xiii
powers, for the due discharge of functions assigned
by the Food Controller's Order, on local authorities
in England (p. 387) and Scotland (p. 388)
respectively.
(xiv) HOARDING OF FOOD. — The Food Hoarding Order, 1917
(p. 219), prohibits the acquisition of articles of food
exceeding the quantity required for ordinary con-
sumption, and an authorisation under the Order
(p. 220) excepts the acquisition of eggs for household
preserving.
(xv) BRIBERY. — The Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918
(p. 180), prohibits the acceptance or giving of any
consideration as an inducement to sell, deliver or
distribute articles of food.
(xvi) CONDITIONS OF SALE. — A General Order prohibits the
imposing of conditions, and all offers, conditions, and
fictitious or artificial transactions are prohibited on
the sale of particular articles. [For references to
these Orders see the heading " Conditions of Sale "
in the Index.]
(xvii) EXHIBITION OF PRICES. — The Food Control Com-
mittee for Ireland is empowered to direct that notices
must be displayed by retailers in Irish shops showing
the current maximum prices. Such a provision is
inserted in numerous Orders as to particular articles
of food sold by retail in Great Britain. [For refer-
ences to these Orders see the heading " Notice by
Retailer of Prices'5 in the Index.]
(xviii) COLD STORAGE. — The delivery of any article into or
out of cold store is controlled (p. 181), and the taking
of poultry or game out of cold storage is restricted
(277).
(xix) WASTE. — A General Order (p. 534) prohibits the
waste of all food stuffs, and particular Orders prohibit
the waste of flour made from wheat, rye or rice
(p. 78) ; of barley or barley flour (p. 89) ; and of eggs
or egg products (p. 282).
(xx) EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS. — On April 5, 1918, the
Controller authorised the obtaining and use of food-
stuffs for feeding animals kept for the purposes of the
experiments to which s. h of the Cruelty to Animals
Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Viet., o. 77) relates. *
2. GROUPING OF THE ORDERS IN THIS MANUAL.
Grouping of " Maintenance of Supply " Orders. — The Food
Controller's Orders directly relating to the maintenance of supply
of articles of food are as above stated printed, together with those
Orders of the Local Government Board, &c., which are directly
ancillary to or made in pursuance of such " maintenance of
supply " Orders, as Part II. of this Manual.
xiv Grouping of Orders in the Manual.
.Following the arrangement adopted in the previous (the
January) Edition of the " Food Controller's Orders " which
this present " Food Control Manual" supersedes, these "main-
tenance of supply " Orders have been divided into groups accord-
ing to the class of articles, or matter, with which they deal.
It has been considered convenient to retain the numbering of
the 18 groups which appeared in the said previous Edition, and,
accordingly, the 9 wholly new groups, which have been called
for by the Orders of the last three months, have been given
intermediate numbers, denoted by a letter following a figure as
in the Classified List of the Groups and of the Orders falling
with each of them which is printed (pp. 34-42) below.
Thus the new group " National Kitchens," which falls alpha-
betically between Groups 11 " Milk, &c." and 12 " Oils and
Fats," has been numbered HA.
There are (April 30th, 1918} no less than 267 " maintenance
of supply" Orders in force and printed in Part II. of this
Manual : of these 257 are Orders, &c., of the Food Controller
and the remaining 10 are Orders of the Treasury, Local Govern-
ment Board, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, &c., ancillary
to, or made under powers conferred by, those Controller's Orders.
The majority of these Orders relate solely to a particular
article of food, e.g., Bread, Meat, or Sugar, or to a group oi
allied articles of food, e.g., wheat, barley and oats, or oils and
fats ; but certain of them relate to all or a great variety of foods,
e.g., the Orders which prohibit hoarding and the making the
sale of one article of food conditional on the purchase of any other
one, and those providing for the requisitioning and local distri-
bution of any article of food and for the introduction of rationing
schemes or for the regulation of meals at public eating places
and the establishment of national kitchens.
The grouping of this large mass of Orders of such diverse
characters has presented many difficulties*, and in the arrange-
ment adopted any attempt at a grouping on a scientific basis
has been discarded in favour of one which seems to afford the
most rapid and easiest means of reference.
The Groups adopted overlap to a certain extent ; this could not
have been avoided under any system of grouping. "Where an
Order falls under more than one group its text is printed in
that group to which it seems more principally to belong, the
heading being repeated by way of cross-reference under the
other group, or groups, to which it in part belongs. Thus,
' The Damaged Grain, Seeds, and Pulse Order," which relates
to wheat and other cereals, -is printed in Group 3, " Bread Flour
and Cereals," but as it also relates to pulse and to seeds, it is
cross-referred to under Groups 2, " Beans, Peas, and Pulse," and
15, " Seeds."
In the Classified List the Orders of each group are enumerated
in the alphabetical sequence of their short titles, but in the text
the sequence of the Orders of each group is that of their date of
issue.
Proof, Construction and Citation of the Orders. x-v
Grouping of "Local Organisation" Orders. — These Orders,
which establish food control committees for each local area
throughout Great Britain but one general food control committee
for Ireland, lend themselves for division according to the parts
of the United Kingdom to which they relate. Part III. of -this
Manual, which comprises the 9 Orders of the Food Controller
and the 5 ancillary Orders of the Local Government Board and
Secretary for Scotland which now (April 30, 1918) regulate the
local organisation, has accordingly been divided into three sec-
tions relating to England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland
respectively. The Orders in each such section form two groups
of which the first embraces those relating to the constitution, &c.
of committees, and the second to the enforcement, &c. of the
Food Controller's Orders. At the head of each group the Orders
falling within the same are listed in the alphabetical sequence
of their short titles.
3. PROOF, CONSTRUCTION AND CITATION OF THE ORDERS.
Proof of the Orders. — Section 11 (2), (3) of the New Ministries
and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68) (p. 3) provides for
the reception in evidence of Orders, &c. sealed with the seal of
the Minister authenticated by the signature of the Minister or
of a secretary, or some person authorised by the Minister to act
in that behalf, or signed by the secretary or such authorised
person.
The Documentary Evidence Acts, which as amended and applied
to any of the Departments connected with food legislation are
reproduced as Section 1 of Part X. of the " Food (Supply and Pro-
duction) Manual " (p. 437) provide that prima facie evidence of
Orders of the Food Controller, the Local Government Board,
the Secretary for Scotland, or the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries, or the Department of Agriculture and Technical In-
struction for Ireland may be given by the production of copies
thereof printed " Tinder the Authority of H.M.'s Stationery
Office." This Manual is printed under that Authority, and the
Orders therein printed are evidence accordingly.
Construction of the Orders and of the Regulations. — Regula-
tion 63 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations applies the
Interpretation Act, 1889, for the purpose of the interpretation of
the Regulations and of all Orders made thereunder.
The effect of that Regulation would appear to be that : —
(1) in the Regulations themselves all expressions defined by
the Interpretation Act (52 & 53 Viet. c. 63), though
not occurring in the Defence of the Realm Acts have
the respective meanings so given to them and all the
rules of construction laid down by that Act for the
construction of Acts of Parliament apply to the con-
struction of the Regulations ;
(2) in an Order under the Regulations expressions occurring
both in the Order and in the empowering Regulations
have the same meaning as they have in the empower-
ing Regulations (see s. 31 of the Interpretation Act) ;
xvi Application to U.K. or otherwise of the Orders.
(3) but both as regards the Regulations and the Orders
thereunder such interpretation is excluded by anything
in the Regulation or Order importing " a contrary
intention." (See the provision to this effect which
occurs throughout the Interpretation Act.)
Citation of the Orders. — Nearly all the Orders printed in this
Manual contain clauses conferring short titles and providing
that the Orders may be cited by such. At the head of each Order
will be found its short title and date, or if it has not got a short
title its purport. With hardly an exception all the Orders
printed in this Manual are also printed as Statutory Rules and
Orders and are numbered accordingly — the number being in this
Manual printed below the short title. Section 3 (3) of the Rules
Publication Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Viet. c. 66) provides that without
prejudice to any other mode of citation such a Statutory Order
may be cited by such number and the calendar year.
4. APPLICATION TO UNITED KINGDOM on OTHERWISE OF THE
ORDERS.
Application of Enabling Regulations. — The Defence of the
Realm Regulations so far as they confer powers on the Food
Controller (see Section III. 2, pp. vi.-viii., of this Introduction)
apply to the whole United Kingdom, i.e., to England and Wales,
Scotland, and Ireland, and thereto only. Parts of the Food
Control Regulations have as adapted so as to confer powers 011
the LieutenankGovernor of the Isle of Man been extended to that
Isle; none of the Food Control Regulations have been extended
to the Channel Islands.
Application of Food Controller's Orders. — It results that an
Order of the Food Controller extends in the absence of a pro-
vision restricting its application throughout the same territorial
area as that to which the enabling power extends, i.e., to the
whole United Kingdom, but not further. Certain of the Orders
are specifically expressed to apply only to certain parts of the
United Kingdom: see the headings, ''England and Wales,"
<f Scotland," and " Ireland " in the Index to this Manual,
where the Orders applying only to parts of the United Kingdom
are capitulated.
Isle of Man Food Control System. — By Orders in Council of
February 6th, 1917 (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 209) March 4th, 1918
(St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 327), and March 22nd, 1918 (St. R. & 0.,
1918, No. 427) made under the Isle of Man (War Legis-
lation) Act, 1914 (4 & 5 GP.O, 5. c. 62) Regulations 2r (1), (2) and
2j (4) (pp. 8, 13) have been extended with adaptations to that
Isle, and thereby the Lieutenant-Governor is empowered to make
Food Control Orders which, if diverse to those of the Food
Controller require, but if of the same effect as the Food Con-
troller's do not require, the approval of the Home Secretary. The
Isle of Man is not within any Food Division.
. Channel Islands Food Control System. — Throughout the
Channel Islands food control is administered by Committees con-
stituted by Acts of the States and Ordinances of the Royal Courts,
and, as above stated, the Food Controller exercises no powers
within the Islands, which are not within any Food Division.
Effect of Exercise of Controller's Powers on Contracts. xvii
V. Effect of Exercise of Controller's Powers
on Contracts.
Regulation 2j (3) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations
(p. 13) provides that an Order of the Food Controller under the
Defence of the Realm Regulations may direct that all contracts
or any class of contracts, or any special contract, affected by the
order shall be abrogated, or shall remain in force notwithstanding
anything in the order but subject to any exceptions or modifica-
tions for which provision may be made by the Order.
References to the Controller's Orders which make provision
accordingly is given under the heading " Contract " in the Index
to this Manual.
The General Enactments as to relief from liability under con-
tracts affected by the Food Controller's requirements or restric-
tions form Part XI. (p. 443) of the " Food (Supply and Pro-
duction) Manual " : their effect may be briefly stated as follows : —
1. Where the fulfilment of a contract is interfered with by
the necessity on the part of any person of complying
with any requirement, regulation, or restriction of
the Food Controller under the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, that necessity is a good defence to any
action or proceedings taken against that person in
respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract so far as
it is due to that interference. (5 Geo. 5, c. 37, s. 1 (2)
as amended by the Food Controller (Concurrent
Powers) Order in Council, 1917.)
2. Where the non-fulfilment of any contract is due to the
compliance on the part of any person with any require-
ment, regulation, order or restriction of the Food Con-
troller, or with any direction or advice issued or given
by the Ministry of Food with the object of preventing
transactions which, in the opinion of that Department,
would or might be contrary to national interests in
connection with the present war, proof of that fact
shall be a good defence to any action or proceeding
in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract. A
certificate by that Ministry shall be sufficient evidence
that such direction or advice was issued or given and
with such object as aforesaid. (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25,
s. 3).
3. Where, upon an application by any party to a contract,
the court is satisfied that, owing to any restriction
or direction imposed or given by the Food Controller
under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, any term
of the contract cannot be enforced without serious
hardship, the court may, after considering the cir-
cumstances of the case and the position of the parties
to the contract and any offer which may have been
made by any party for the variation of the contract,
suspend or annul the contract or stay any proceedings
for the enforcement of the contract or any term thereof
or any rights arising thereunder on such conditions
(if any) as the court may think fit. (7 & 8 Geo. 5,
c. 25, s. 1 (2).
xviii Food Control Committees and Local Organisation.
It may be added that 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 9 (printed p. 511
of the "'Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") provides that
a contract or agreement entered into by a Member of the House
of Commons as to the price to be paid for any property or articles
requisitioned or taken by the Food Controller does not disqualify
that Member for- sitting, or vacate his seat.
VI. Food Control Committees and Local Organisation .
1. OUTLINE OF GENERAL SCHEME.
Constitution of Committees. — Throughout Great Britain there
are local food control committees, appointed by the local authori-
ties but controlled, not by them, but directly by the Food Con-
troller : the unit of administration is in England and Wales a
town or a rural district (which is based on the poor law union
minus its urban portions), but in Scotland a larger burgh or a
County minus such burghs — or in either country a group of such
units.
In Ireland on the other hand there is one general food control
committee, with power to delegate to local or general sub-
committees.
Powers of Committees. — In each case the powers of a food
control committee are those assigned to them by certain of the
Orders of the Controller.
For several months after the first establishment of the com-
mittees, the powers so vested in them were few, and confined to
the fixing of scales of maximum prices for particular articles,,
and inspection of records of dealings in the same, &c.
By recent Orders, however, their powers have been largely
added to, and throughout Great Britain they can, subject to
directions of the Food Controller, and exceptions with regard to
caterers, contiol within their area the distribution and consump-
tion of any article of food and for that purpose requisition the
same.
Enforcement and Prosecutions. — Throughout the United
Kingdom the food control committees can enforce any of the
Controller's Orders, and in England, Wales or Ireland prosecute
summarily for contraventions of the same.
An English or Welsh food control committee can, with the
approval of the Food Controller, arrange with the local authority
appointing them for the concurrent, or exclusive, exercise by
that authority of the committee's powers of summary prose-
cution, and if such an arrangement is come to the authority
can enforce the Orders.
Inspectors of Weights and Measures have throughout the
United Kingdom certain powers of sampling, etc., and in
England, Wales and Ireland of prosecuting summarily under
certain of the Controller's Orders.
Earlier System. — Under the earlier system which was initiated
3 months before food control committees were established last
August and which came to an end on December 31st last, the
local authorities possessed the power of enforcing in Great Britain
certain of the Controller's Orders, and in England and Wales
only of prosecuting for contraventions of the same.
English and Welsh System of Local Organisation. xix
Under the existing system enforcement throughout the United
Kingdom, and as regards England and Wales local prosecutions
are primarily in the hands of the food control committees, and
only pass to a local authority by arrangement with a committee.
The system in force in each part of the Kingdom is described
in greater detail below.
2. ENGLISH AND WELSH SYSTEM.
(1) Constitution, Procedure and Accounts of Food Control
Committees. — Regulation 2j (1) of the Defence of the Realm
Regulations as amended by Order in Council of August 22nd,
1917, and printed as thus and otherwise amended at p. 12 of this
Manual provides that " the Food Controller may by order pro-
vide for the exercise and performance by local bodies constituted
by or under any such order of such powers and duties as may be
conferred or imposed on them by the order/'
The Food Control Committees ('Constitution) Order, 1917, made
by the Food Controller under the powers thus conferred on him
and bearing the same date as the said Order in Council, is printed
p. 537 of this Manual and provides as follows : —
For the city of London and for each metropolitan or municipal
borough and urban or rural district and for the isles of Scilly
ft food control committee is to be appointed by the common
•council of the city, the borough council, the urban or rural
district council, or the council of the isles of Scilly, as the
ease may be. But any of these authorities may combine in
appointing a joint food control committee for the whole or parts
of their areas.
Under these provisions there are(a) in England and Wales
1,749 Food Control Committees of which 1,715 are " county
district " committees, i.e., committees for a single borough, urban
district or rural district, and 34 are joint committees, i.e., com-
mittees for a combination of suah districts. The result of the
setting up of such joint food control committees has been to
reduce the number of committees from that of last December by
60. Their areas are grouped in 13 Food Divisions each of which
is under a Divisional Food Commissioner. The Channel Islands
and Man are not included in any of the Food Divisions.
TTie "Constitution" Order makes provision as to women and
labour-representative members, term of office, and vacancies,
quorum and chairman, proceedings and voting, officers, sub-com-
mittees, and expenses and as to proof of directions or decisions
of the committee.
These committees report both to the Food Controller and to
ihe appointing local authority, but no act of a committee
requires confirmation by the local authority.
Regulation 2j (1) (p. 12) also provides that the Local
Government Board may, by arrangement with the Food
Controller . confer and impose on any local authorities and their
(a) This statement is revised to June 4th, 1918.
xx Constitution of Food Control Committees in England and
Wales.
officers any powers and duties necessary to provide for the due
discharge of any functions assigned to local authorities by any
Order of the Controller under the Defence of the Realm
Regulations.
In accordance with this provision, the Constitution Order was
accompanied by an Order of the Local Government Board (" The
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order No. 2, 1917") of the
same date (August 2nd), and printed p. 541 of this Manual,
which conferred on the appointing local authorities above men-
tioned the powers necessary for the discharge of their functions
under the Constitution Order, provided for the expenses of such
authorities, and authorised any such an authority to lend with-
out charge to a food control committee, offices, or the services of
officers.
Under an Order of December 14th (p. 543 of this Manual)
the accounts of English and Welsh food control committees are
made up yearly to March 31st, and are audited by the district
auditors, as those of urban district councils are audited, and by
Order of March 20th, 1918 (p. 545 of this Manual) the Local
Government Board prescribed the form of financial statement to
be submitted annually by each Food Control Committee to the
district auditors.
Under an Order of January 2nd, 1918 (p. 544), a conviction
for a summary offence against an Order of the Food Controller
disqualifies for membership of a committee or sub-committee.
(2) Supply and Distribution Powers arid Duties of Committees.
— The chief powers and duties of an English or Welsh food
control committee are those assigned to them by Orders of the
Food Controller and are as follows.
Under the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order,
1917 (p. 235) a Committee can, with the consent of the Controller,
adopt a scheme for controlling within their area the distribution
and consumption of any article of food specified in the adopting
resolution.
Upon the adoption of such a scheme, subject to variances
thereby made, the sale and supply of the specified article will be
subject to the following restrictions : —
(a) No person may sell the article by retail within the
area : —
(i) unless he is licensed or registered by the
Committee as a retailer in respect of the sale
premises; or
(ii) except to a customer registered with the
retailer; or
(Hi) in excess of the quantity prescribed by the
Committee.
(6) No person may be registered at the same time in respect
of the same article with more than one retailer within
or without the area.
Powers and Duties of Committees in England and Wales, xxi
(c) No supply of the same article may be obtained in any one
week by a registered person : —
(i) from more than one retailer ; or
(ii) in excess of the quantity prescribed by the
Committee.
(d) Each retailer must divide his supplies of the article
among1 his legistered customers in proportion to the
quantities permitted to be supplied to each under any
direction of the Committee.
(e) A retailer must if required by the Committee hold at
their disposal such quantities of the article held by,
or consigned to, him as the Committee determine and
deliver the same to them or their nominee.
(/) The Food Committee may give directions as to —
(i) the number of customers who may be registered
with any particular retailer;
(ii) the registration of any particular customer
with any particular retailer, and the transfer
of customers from one retailer to another ;
(iii) the manner and time of sale of the article ;
(iv) the quantities of the article that may be
supplied to an institution, caterer or other
special class of consumer within the area ;
(v) the manner of registration.
Of these restrictions (a), (b), (c) and (d) do not apply to the
sale of food for consumption on the premises.
A further Order, the Food Control Committees (Requisitioning)
Order 1918, dated January 31st, 1918, (p. 237), provides that a
Committee may with a view to the proper distribution of food-
stuffs within their area require any retail dealer, except a caterer,
to hold at their disposal any foodstuffs held by, or consigned to,
him and to deliver the same to them or their nominee. The
Committee can dispose of any foodstuffs so requisitioned as they
think fit, and compensation is determinable by the county court
judge or a deputy approved by the Lord Chancellor .
In addition to these general powers of controlling the supply
of any article of food, and the powers of enforcing any of the
Food Controller's Orders which are outlined under (3) below, an
English or Welsh Committee possess the following powers as to
particular articles of food under the Orders thereto relating which
form the main body of this Volume.
The power to Requisition milk from producers (Food Control
Committee (Milk Requisition) Order,/*. 346) ;
The varying of the Maximum Prices for :—
bread and flour (retail-increase of normal maxima) (Flour
and Bread (Prices) Order, p. 92) ;
butter (retail) (Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, p. 325) ;
cheese (retail) (British Cheese Order, p. 336) ;
fish (Fish (Prices) Order No. 2, p. 210) ;
milk (wholesale, except by or on behalf of producers ; and
retail) (Milk (Summer Prices) Order, p. 372).
potatoes (retail) (Potatoes Order, p. 411).
rabbits (Rabbits (Prices) Order, p. 268) ;
xxii Powers and Duties of Committees in England and Wales.
The granting of Certificates of Registration of : —
fish retailers (Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 206) ;
flour and bread retailers and manufacturers (Flour and Bread
(Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 146) ;
margarine retail dealers (Margarine (Registration of Dealers)
Order, p. 354) ;
meat retail dealers and slaughterhouse keepers (Meat (Control)
Order, p. 262) ;
milk retail dealers (Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order,/*. 358) ;
potato dealers (wholesale and retail) (Potatoes Order, p. 408) ;
sugar dealers (retail) (Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order, p. 480).
sweetmeat retailers (Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) Order, p. 515).
The Administration of the Distribution Schemes for :—
bacon, hams and lard (Bacon, Ham and Lard (Distribution) Order, p. 54) ;
butter (Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Orders,
pp. 242, 250 ; Butter (Distribution) Order, p. 345) ;
margarine (Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme
° Orders, #p 242, 250) ;
milk (and directions as to purity) (Milk (Summer Prices) Order
p. 374) ;
potatoes, for flour (Bread (Use of Potatoes) Orders, pp. 106, 144) ;
sugar (Sugar Order, p. 482).
tea (Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Orders
pp. 242, 250).
The Inspection of Records of :—
bacon, ham and lard dealings (Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) Order, p. 47).
butter prices (Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, p. 325) ;
cream (Cream Order, p. 349) ;
fish (Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 205) ;
flour and bread (Flour and Bread (Registration of Dealers) Order,
p. 147) ;
margarine (Margarine (Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 353) ;
meat (Meat (Control) Order, p. 263) ; Meat (Retailers' Restriction)
Order, p. 274) ;
milk (Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 358) ;
onions (British Onions Order, p. 433) ;
pigs prices (Pigs (Prices) Order, p. 299).
potatoes dealings (Potatoes Order, pp. 409,411).
sugar dealings (Sugar (Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 481 ; Sugar
(Domestic Preserving) Order, p. 514).
The procuring of Samples for Analysis of :—
beer (Beer (Prices and Description) Order,;?. 169).
spirits (Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, p. 174).
The Regulation of Rationing as to :—
butter and margarine (Food Control Committees (Local Distribution)
Scheme Orders, pp. 242, 250 ; London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, pp. 449, 457, 458, 462, 464) ;
meals by reducing the quantity of food (Public Meals Order
p. 444) ;
meat (Meat Rationing Order, pp. 301-318 ; London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) Order, pp. 449, 459, 461) ;
sugar (Sugar (Rationing) Order, p. 502).
tea (Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Orders,
pp. 242, 250).
Constitution and Powers of Food Control Committees in xxiii
Scotland.
(3) Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions. — In addition to
the powers as to supply and distribution of foodstuffs above
referred to, a food control committee has under the Enforcement
(England and Wales) Order, 1917, (p. 551), made by the Food
Controller, the power of enforcing within its area all Orders of
the Food Controller made or hereafter to be made and to
summarily prosecute breaches of the same.
A committee can (with the Controller's approval) arrange with
their appointing local authority for the exercise by the latter of
the committee's prosecution powers, either concurrently or
exclusively.
The Local Authorities (Food Control) Order No. 3, 1917
(p. 553), made by the Local Government Board and issued
November 9th, 1917, concurrently with the Enforcement Order,
authorises local authorities who are authorised to prosecute
breaches of an Order to enforce such Order. This Order of the
Local Government Board was made under Regulation 2j (1)
(referred to under (1) above), which provides that that Board
may by arrangement with the Food Controller confer and impose
on any local authorities and their officers any powers and duties
in connection with the enforcement of certain of the Defence of
the Realm Regulations which confer powers on that Controller.
The Enforcement Order was made by the Controller partly under
those provisions of Regulation 2j (1) which empower him to
confer and impose duties on local bodies constituted by his
Orders, and partly under Regulation 56 (11) (printed p. 414 of
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") which empowers
him to authorise any local body to prosecute summarily for
breaches of his Orders.
Under an Order of the Controller of June llth, 1917 (p. 550) an
inspector of weights and measures can (a) take samples of flour
in the possession of a miller, baker, &c., (b) require tea retailers
to weigh in his presence packages of tea, and (c) prosecute for
breaches of the Bread Order (p. 71), the Cake and Pastry Order
(p. 75) or the Tea (Nett Weight) Order (p. 518), or of Clause 5
of the Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2) (p. 68).
3. SCOTTISH SYSTEM.
(1) Constitution, Procedure and Accounts of Food Control
Committees.— The Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917, of August 22nd, 1917 (p. 537), of which an epitome is given
at p. xix., applies also to Scotland where that Order provides that
there shall be a food control committee for every Royal Parlia-
mentary or Police burgh with a population exceeding 5,000
(according to the 1911 Census), and also for the remaining parts
of each county.
Each burgh committee is appointed by the town council, and
each county one by a joint committee of the county council and
the town councils of the included smaller burghs.
xxiv Constitution and Powers of Food Control Committees in
Scotland.
The town council of a larger burgh may decide to join the
joint committee instead of appointing a separate burgh com-
mittee, or any of the joint committees or town councils of larger
burghs may combine in appointing a joint food control committee
for the whole or parts of their areas.
Under these provisions there are(a) in Scotland 104 Food Control
Committees, of which 33 are "county" committees, i.e., for a
county area and associated burghs and 71 are burgh committees,
i.e., each for a separate burgh. All the areas in Scotland are
grouped in 3 Food Divisions, each of which is under a Divisional
Food Commissioner.
The remaining provisions of the Constitution Order are
epitomised at p. xix.
Regulation 2j (1) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations
(p. 12) provides that the Secretary for Scotland may by
arrangement with the Food Controller confer and impose
on any local authorities and their officers any powers and
duties necessary to provide for the due discharge of any functions
assigned to local authorities by any Order of the Controller.
In accordance with this provision the Secretary for Scotland
made, on the same date (August 22nd) as the " Constitution "
Order, an Order entitled " The Local Authorities (Food Control)
(Scotland) (No; 2) Order, 1917," (p. 555). That Order conferred
on the appointing local authorities the powers necessary for the
discharge of their functions under the Constitution Order,
provided for the expenses of such appointing authorities, and
authorised any county town or parish council, district committee,
school board or other local body to lend without charge to a food
control committee, officers or the services of officers.
Under an Order of December 14th (p. 543) the accounts
of Scottish Food Control Committees are made up
yearly to March 31st and are audited in the case of a joint
(county) committee by the auditor appointed by the Secretary of
Scotland to audit the accounts of the county concerned, and in the
ease of a burgh committee by the auditor of the public health
<?eneral assessment accounts of the burgh.
Under an Order of January 2nd, 1918 (p. 544) a conviction for
a summary offence against an Order of the Food Controller
disqualifies for membership of a committee or sub-committee.
(2) Powers and Duties of Scottish Committees. — The chief
powers and duties of a Scottish food control committee as to the
supply and distribution of foodstuffs are those assigned to them
by Orders of the Food Controller and are the same as those of
the English committees which are detailed under 2 (2), p. xx,
but in Scotland compensation for articles requisitioned under
the Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order is deter-
minahle by an arbiter appointed by the sheriff, and a Scottish
committee has power to vary the maximum retail prices of meat
under the Meat (Maximum Prices) Order (p. 259).
(a) This statement is revised to May 16th, 1918.
and 1'owers of Food ('out ml Committee \xv
for Ireland.
(3) Enforcement of Orders. — In addition to their powers as to
the supply and distribution of articles of food a Scottish food
control committee has under the Food Control Committees (Scot-
land) Powers Order, 1917 (p. 558), made by the Food Controller,
the power of enforcing within its area all Orders of the Food
Controller made or hereafter to be made.
This the Scottish "Powers" Order differs from the corre-
sponding English " Enforcement " Order (as to which see 2 (3),
p. xxiii of this section of this Introduction) in that it advisedly
contains no provision as to prosecutions.
For Regulation 56 (11) of the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions (printed p. 414 of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual ") under which the English " Enforcement Order " was
so far as relating to prosecutions made, does not apply to
Scotland, where all prosecutions in the sheriff court (which is
the court for the trial of summary offences, see Regulation 58,
printed under (3) of 1 (" Trial and Punishment by Courts of
Summary Jurisdiction," p. 416 of Part IX of that Manual)
proceed at the instances of, and are conducted by, the Procuiator-
Fiscal, to whom all contraventions of any of the Food Controller's
Orders should accordingly be reported.
The Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order,
1917 (p. 558), made by the Secretary for Scotland and
issued November 20th, 1917, concurrently with the Scottish
" Powers" Order, applied the Secretary for Scotland's No. 2
Order of August 22nd referred to under (1) above to the said
' Powers " Order in like manner as it already applied to the
"Constitution" Order.
Under an Order of the Controller of June llth, 1917 (p. 550),
an inspector of weights and measures can (a) take samples of flour
in the possession of a miller, baker, &c. ; (6) require tea retailers
to weigh in his presence packages of tea.
4. IRISH SYSTEM.
(1) Food Control Committee for Ireland. — By Minute dated
August 31st, 1917 (p. 560), the Food Controller nominated certain
persons therein mentioned as the " Food Control Committee* for
Ireland."
By the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution)
Order, 1917, dated November 7th, 1917 (p. 561), the
persons so nominated with such others as might be thereafter
nominated by the Controller were constituted the Food Control
Committee for Ireland. A member holds office until his nomina-
tion is revoked by the Controller, who also nominates the chair-
man and vice-chairman.
The Order makes provision as to quorum, proceedings, voting,
and sub-committees (which may be either for the whole of Ireland
or local), and as to proof of directions or decisions of the general
committee or of a sub-committee.
A sub-committee reports to the general committee, and both
the general committee and sub-committees report to the Con-
troller.
xxvi Constitution and Powers of Food Control Committee
for Ireland.
The general committee are empowered to arrange for the render-
ing either to themselves or to any sub-committee of the services
•of the police or of local authorities' officers.
Under an Order of January 2nd, 1918 (p. 544), a conviction
for a summary offence against an Order of the Food Controller
disqualifies for membership of the Irish Committee or of a sub-
-committee.
(2) Powers and Duties of Committee for Ireland. — The powers
.and duties of this Committee are like those of the English
and Scottish Committees such as are assigned to them by certain
of the Orders of the Food Controller printed in this volume :
the powers and duties for a sub-committee are those which may
be assigned to them by the Controller or delegated to them by
the general committee.
Previously to the " Constitution " Order referred to under (1)
above the only power assigned to the Irish Committee by Order
was that of granting certificates of registration to local dealers
in sugar (see p. 491). But the " Constitution " Order was
followed two days later by the Food Control Committee for
Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917 (p. 563), also made by the
Controller, which assigned to the Irish Committee the same
rights or powers as regards Ireland that had already been assigned
by any Order of the Controller of earlier date than November 9th
and for the time being affecting Ireland on either food control
committees or local authorities in Great Britain.
This " Powers " Order also extended the Order fixing
maximum prices for meat (see p. 25T) to Ireland, and gave the
Irish Committee powers as to licences authorising increased prices
under Clause 6 of. the Flour and Bread (Prices) Order (p. 92).
Neither the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution)
Order nor the Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order,
which are epitomised at pp. xx, xxi above apply to Ireland, and it
results that the chief duties assigned to the Committee for Ireland
by Orders of the Food Controller up to January 31st, 1918, relate
to the following matters : —
The fixing of maximum prices for :.—
bread and flour (retail increase of normal maxima) (Flour and
Bread (Prices) Order, p. 92) ;
cheese (retail) (British Cheese Order, p. 336) ;
mangels and swedes (Mangels and Swedes (Prices) (Ireland) Order,
p. 430).
meat (retail) (Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, p. 259) ;
potatoes (retail) (Potatoes Order, p. 411) ;
rabbits (Rabbits (Prices) Order, p. 268\
The granting of Certificates of Registration as dealers in : —
flour and bread (retailers and manufacturers) (Flour and Bread
(Registration of Dealers) Order, p. 146) ;
pork, etc. (Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, p. 284) ;
potatoes (wholesale and retail) (Potatoes Order, p. 408) ;
sugar (retail) (Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (Ireland) Order,
p. 49 1).
Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions in Ireland, xxvii
The Administration of the Distribution Schemes for :—
bacon, hams and lard (Bacon, Hams and Lard (Distribution) Order.
p. 54) ;
butter (Butter (Distribution) Order, p. 345) ;
potatoes, for flour (Bread (Use of Potatoes) Orders, pp. 10G, 144);
sugar (Sugar Order (I.), p. 495).
The Inspection of Records of :—
bacon, ham and lard dealings (Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) Order, p. 47) ;
cream (Cream Order, p. 349) ;
flour and bread (Flour and Bread (Registration of Dealers) Order
P. 147) ;
meat prices (Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, p. 2GO) ;
meat sales (Meat (Sales) Order, p. 255) ;
pigs prices (Pigs (Prices) Order, p. 299) ;
potatoes dealings (Potatoes Order, pp. 400, 411) ;
sugar dealings (Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (I.) Order, p. 492) -r
The procuring of Samples for Analysis of : —
beer (Beer (Prices and Description) Order, p. 169) ;
spirits (Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, p. 171) ;
The granting of Licenses :—
as secondary wholesalers of bacon, ham and lard (General
Licence, dated December 13, 1917, under Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Provisional Prices) Order, p. 55) ;
for export of bacon, ham, lard, etc. (Pig and Pig Products-
(Prohibition of Export) (Ireland) Order, p. 292) ;
for purchase of flour (Flour Restriction) (Ireland) Order, p. 141) ;
for purchase of pigs (Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, p. 283).
The Regulation of Rationing as to :—
meals by reducing the quantity of food (Public Meals Order,
p. 444 >.
(3) Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions. — The Food
Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order (referred to under
(2) above) (p. xxvi) confers on the Irish Committee the power of
enforcing all Orders heretofore made or hereafter to be made by
the Food -Controller, and authorises the Committee and such
persons as they may designate or appoint for the purpose to
summarily prosecute breaches of any of the Controller's Orders.
This " Powers " Order provides that the Controller can with-
draw any of his Orders from these enforcement and prosecutions
provisions, but that in any proceedings it is to be presumed,
until the contrary be proved, that those provisions apply in respect
of the Order contraventions of which are being prosecuted.
Tinder an Order of the Controller of June llth, 1917 (p. 550),
an inspector of weights and measures can (a) take samples of flour
in the possession of a miller, baker, &c., (b) require tea retailers
to weigh in his presence packages of tea, and (iii) prosecute for
breaches of the Bread Order (p. 71), the Cake and Pastry Order
(p. 75), or the Tea Nett Weight Order (p. 518), or of Clause 5
of the Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2) (p. 68).
The " Powers" Order specially preserves all powers of the
police, &c.
xxviii Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions.
VII. Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions for
Contravention thereof.
Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions of Contraventions. —
As is stated in detail in Section VI (p. xviii), the power of
enforcing all Orders of the Food Controller, made or hereafter to
be made, is vested throughout Great Britain in the local Food
Control Committees, and in Ireland in the general Food Control
Committee for that country.
In England and Wales and in Ireland the Food Control Com-
mittees are also empowered to summarily prosecute for contraven-
tions of the Food Controller's Orders, but in Scotland, where all
summary prosecutions proceed at the instance of and are con-
ducted by the procurator-fiscal, the committees have no
prosecution powers.
In England andl Wales a committee can arrange with the local
authority to conduct prosecutions, and if they so arrange the local
authority has the power of enforcing Orders.
The full text of the Orders which confer these enforcement and
prosecution powers is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
All those of the Defence of the Realm Regulations which relate
to the Trial and Punishment of Offences are printed as Part IX.
of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
" Summary " and other Prosecutions. — Those Regulations
declare the contravention of particular Regulations or Orders
thereunder to be " a summary offence " and provide (Reg. 56 (2))
that a person alleged to be guilty of an offence so declared to
be a " summary offence" shall (if not subject to the Naval
Discipline Act or to military law) be tried by a court of summary
jurisdiction and not otherwise.
A contravention of any of what are called in Section III. 2 of
this Introduction (p. vi) the " main group " of Regulations con-
ferring powers on the Controller (i.e., Regs. 2F-2j) (pp. 8-13), or
of the Controller's Orders thereunder, or of rules made by him
under Regulation 35A (p. 16), is so declared to be a " summary
offence."
A contravention of Regulations 2u, 2E or 7 (pp. 5-8, 13, con-
ferring the powers specified under (xi.), (xii.) and (xiii.) in the
capitulation under Section III. 2 (p. viii) above) or the improper
disclosure of information as to an invention or process under
Reg. 8cc (p. 15, see (xv) of the capitulation), or of the Con-
troller's Orders thereunder, is, unless declared by Order of the
Food Controller to be a " summary offence," an " offence,"
and therefore may fall to be tried either by a court of summary
jurisdiction, or by court-martial or by a civil court with a jury,
as the competent authority may decide. (See Introductory Note
to Part IX. of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual,"
p. 409 thereof.)
Enforce7nent of Order* and Prosecutions. xxix
The vast majority of prosecutions for contraventions of the
Eood Controller's Orders are before Courts of Summary Jurisdic-
tion, and, in view of this, the Defence of the Realm Regulations
relating solely to summary Trial and Punishment have in the said
Manual been arranged in a separate group and severed from
those which relate solely to the other two modes of trial;
miscellaneous provisions as to offences which are common to all
three modes of trial being brought together as a fourth group.
Under this plan only section 1 (" Trial and Punishment by
Courts of Summary Jurisdiction") (p. 410) and 4 ("Miscella-
neous Provisions as to Offences ") (p. 429) of Part IX of the
' Food (Supply and Production) Manual" affect or need to be
referred to by those concerned with prosecutions before Courts of
Summary Jurisdiction.
The Trial and Prosecutions Regulations as so printed in the
said Manual are accompanied by full Editorial notes which give
information, inter alia, as to the constitution of the various courts
of summary jurisdiction and the areas of jurisdiction.
Salient Features of Summary Prosecution Provisions. — It will
suffice to state here the more salient features of the Regulations
as regards summary prosecutions, the page references appended
being to Part IX. of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."
(i) FORUM. — The question of how an offence not declared
to be a summary offence shall be tried is determined
as provided by Reg. 56 (pp. 411, 412, 418-420.)
(ii) VENUE. — The " determining place " may be taken as
either that at which the offence was committed, or
that in which the offender may be. (Reg. 58, p. 416.)
(iii) WHO MAY PROSECUTE. — In England and Ireland an
offence may not (without the consent of the Attorney-
General) be prosecuted summarily except by a food
control committee or by certain official persons. (Reg.
56 (11), p. 414.) In Scotland all prosecutions in the
sheriff court (which is the court for the trial of
summary offences (Reg. 58, p. 416)) proceed at the
instance of, and are conducted by, the procurator-
fiscal.
(iv) LIMITATION or TIME FOR PROSECUTIONS. — A contraven-
tion may be prosecuted notwithstanding it took place
more than six months before the institution of the
proceedings (Reg. 56 (5), p. 412). The effect of this
provision is to exclude the operation of s. 11 of the
Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848.
(v) CLAIM TO TRIAL BY JURY. — This cannot, notwithstand-
ing s. 17 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, be
claimed in a case triable summarily. (Reg. 58,
p. 416).
xxx Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions.
(vi) HEARING IN CAMERA. — On the application of the prose-
cution the public may be excluded from the hearing-;
but the sentence must be passed in public. (Reg. 58,
p. 41T.)
(vii) PUNISHMENT.— The maximum sentence may be six
months with or without hard labour, and a fine of
<£100, and forfeiture of any goods in respect of which
the offence was committed (Reg. 58, p. 416), and also
double the excess profits obtained by over-charging for
food (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 9, see p. 565 of this present
Manual).
(viii) APPEALS. — An appeal from a summary conviction
lies —
(a) In England or Wales to quarter sessions, or to
the High Court (i.e., to a Divisional Court
of the King's Bench Division) by special
case on the ground that the conviction is
erroneous in point of law, or is in excess of
jurisdiction (42 & 43 Viet. c. 49, s. 33);
but an appeal by special case is an abandon-
ment of the right of appeal to quarter
sessions " finally and conclusively and to
all intents and purposes " (20 & 21 Viet.
c. 43, s. 14). The decision of quarter
sessions in the one case and the Divisional
Court in the other is final and conclusive.
(b) In Scotland by stated case to the High Court
of Justiciary (8 Edw. 7, c. 65, ss. 60-76) or
by l ( any other competent mode of appeal ' '
(see s. 76 of that Act). There is no appeal
" on the merits " in any case nor any
further appeal from the High Court of
Justiciary.
(c) In Ireland to quarter sessions or by special
case on point of law to the High Court.
Forfeiture of Excess Profits. — The Defence of the R^alm (Food
Profits) Bill (H.C.B., 1918, 11 reprinted as 41) was debated on
second reading in the House of Commons on April 24th, 1918
(105 H.C. Deb. 5 s. 1076-1085) ; on April 30th it was considered
in Committee (105 H.C. Deb. 5 s. 1453-1477), read a third time,
and passed. On May 16th, 1918, it received the R/oyal Assent.
The Act (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 9), which provides for the forfeiture
of double the sum of the excess profits accruing from overcharg-
ing for food, is printed in the Appendix, p. 565.
Conclusion. xxxi
For the plan of the Manual, the system of arrangement, and
the Editorial Notes, and for the Outline of the Food Control
Legislation which is comprised in this Introduction, the Editor is
alone responsible.
Suggestions for improvements, or corrections called for, in any
of the Manuals of Emergency Legislation will be welcomed ; these
should be addressed to the Editor by name at his address as below.
The publications are to be obtained as stated on the title page ;
communications as to the date of appearance, &c., of forthcoming
publications should be addressed to the Controller of His
Majesty's Stationery Office and not to the Editor.
ALEXANDER PULLING
Chambers of the Editor of " The Manuals
of Emergency Legislation,"
2, Harcourt Buildings,
The Temple, E.C.4.
April 30th, 1918.
[Attention is directed to the Introductory' -Note* at ^p-. '^It-
states the scope and arrangement of this Manual.]
PART I.
CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE
MINISTRY OF FOOD.
1. New Ministries and Secretaries
Act, 1916, so far as relates to
Ministry of Food, p. 1.
2. Powers of Food Controller
under Defence of the Realm
Regulations, p. 5.
1. The New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 & 7
Geo. 5. c. 68) so far as it relates to the Ministry oi
Food.
An Act for establishing certain new Ministries and for the appoint-
ment of additional Secretaries or Under Secretaries in certain
Government Departments; and for purposes incidental thereto.
[22nd December 1916.]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows :
1, 2. [These sections relate solely to the Ministry of Labour, and
are therefore omitted from this Manual.^
MINISTRY OF FOOD.
3. For the purpose of economising and maintaining the food Establish-
supply of the country during the present war, it shall be lawful ment of
for His Majesty to appoint a Minister of Food under the title of ^inistl7 of
Food Controller, who shall hold office during His Majesty's
pleasure.
4. It shall be the duty of the Food Controller to regulate the Powers and
supply and consumption of food in such manner as he thinks best duties of
for maintaining a proper supply of food, and to take such steps as °°d Con"
he thinks best for encouraging the production of food, and for
those purposes he shall have such powers or duties of any Govern-
ment department or authority, whether conferred by statute or
otherwise, as His Majesty may, by Order in Council, transfer to
him, or authorise him to exercise or perform concurrently with,
5022 A
Nc<£ Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 # 7 Geo. 5. c. 68).
5 & 6 Geo. 5.
0.8.
Officers, re-
muneration,
and ex-
penses.
Seal, style,
and acts of
Minister.
y;:' ii« consultation with, ^Jie Government department or authority
concerned, (a) and also such further powers as may be conferred
on him by regulations under the Defence of the Realm Consolida-
tion Act, 1914, and regulations may be made under that Act
accordingly, (b)
5-9. — {These sections relate solely to the Ministry of Shipping
and the Air Board, and to the suspension of the limit on number
of Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State and of Secretaries of
Ministry of Munitions, etc., and are therefore omitted from this
Manual.]
GENERAL.
10. — (1) Any Minister appointed under this Act may appoint
such secretaries, officers and servants as the Minister may
determine.
(2) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parlia-
ment to any Minister appointed under this Act .... an
annual salary not exceeding two thousand pounds, and to the
secretaries, officers and servants of each of the Ministers estab-
lished under this Act, -such salaries or remuneration as the
Treasury may from time to time determine.
(3) The expenses of each of the Ministers established under
this Act, to such an amount as may be sanctioned by the Treasury,
shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
11. — (1) Each Minister appointed under this Act may adopt
an official seal and describe himself generally by the style and
title .... in the case of the Minister of Food, of Food
Controller . ; and the seal of the Minister shall be
officially and judicially noticed, and shall be authenticated by
the signature of the Minister or of a secretary or some person
authorised by the Minister to act in that behalf.
(a) TRANSFERRED AND CONCURRENT POWERS OF FOOD CONTROLLER. —
Under this provision two (and only two) Orders in Council have been made,
viz. : —
(1) "The Food Controller (Concurrent Powers) Order, 1917" (St. R. &
O., 1917, No. 124), which amended s. 1 (2) of the Defence of the
Realm (Amdt.) (No. 2) Act, 1915 (relating to interference with
contracts) by giving the Food Controller concurrent powers there-
under. That sub-section as thus and otherwise amended is printed
in the form it now appears to assume in Part XI. (" Relief from
Liability under Contracts affected by Departments' Requirements or
Restrictions ") of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual,"
p. 443.
(2) "The Food Controller (Transfer of Powers) Order, 1917" (St. R. &
0., 1917, No. 287), transferring to the Controller certain powers of
the Board of Trade as to Certificates authorising Brewing for
Military Canteens. That Order amends the Output of Beer Restric-
tion Acts which as thus amended are printed in the Consolidated
Form which they appear to assume as Appendix Y. to the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual," p. 470.
(b) POWERS or FOOD CONTROLLER UNDER DEFENCE OF THE REALM
REGULATIONS. — Such of these Regulations as confer express powers on the
Controller are printed pp. 5-16 of this Manual.
New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 # 7 Geo. 5. c. 68). 3
(2) Every document purporting to be an order or other
instrument issued by a Minister appointed under this Act, and
to be sealed with the seal of the Minister authenticated in
manner provided by this section, or to be signed by the secretary
or any person authorised as aforesaid, shall be received in
evidence and be deemed to be such order or instrument without
further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(3) A certificate signed by a Minister appointed under this
Act, that any order or other instrument purporting to be made
or issued by him is so made or issued, shall be conclusive
evidence of the fact so certified.
(4) The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, as amended by the 31 & 32 Viet.
Documentary Evidence Act, 1882, (») shall apply to a Minister c- 37-
appointed under this Act in like manner as if that Minister 459 *
were mentioned in the first column to the Schedule of the first-
mentioned Act, or as if that Minister or a Secretary of the
Ministry, or any person authorised by the Minister to act on
his behalf, were mentioned in the second column of that
Schedule, and as if the regulations referred to in those Acts
included any document issued by the Minister.
(5) Where in connection with the undertaking of any duties
or powers by a Minister appointed under this Act, it appears
to the Minister and the department or authority concerned, that
in any notice, order, contract, or other document, the name of
the Minister should be substituted for the name of any depart-
ment or authority, or that the name of any officer of the Ministry
should be substituted for the name of any officer of any such
department or authority, the Minister may order that the sub-
stitution shall take effect, subject to any limitations contained
in the order, and, where such an order is made, the notice, order,
contract, or document, shall have effect in accordance with the
order.
(a) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ACTS. — These Acts as amended and applied
by various Acts provide three alternative modes of proving (inter alia) Orders
of the Food Controller. Those modes are the production of (1) a copy of the
Gazette, (2) an officially printed copy of the Order or (3) a certified copy or
extract .
One of the objects of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, was to avoid unneces-
sary gazetting (see s. 3 (3) thereof), and accordingly none of the Orders of the
Food Controller have been published in the London Gazette, but have all
been officially printed as " Statutory Rules and Orders."
This Manual comprises officially printed copies of all the Orders of the Food
Controller in force (April 30, 1918), and any such Order may accordingly be
proved by the production of this Manual, or of a separate Statutory Rule and
Order copy of the Order.
So much of the Documentary Evidence Acts as relates to the reception in
evidence of any of the Orders printed or noted in this Manual is printed as
Part X (1) ("Proof of Regulations Orders and Documents") of the "Food
(Supply and Production) Manual," p. 437, in the form which as applying to that
matter it appears to assume.
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New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916 (6 # 7 Geo. 5. c. 68).
Ability of
Minister and
secretaries to
sit in Parlia-
ment.
30 & 31 Viet.
c. 102.
31 & 32 Viet,
c. 48.
31 & 32 Viet.
c. 49.
31 & 32 Viet,
c. 72.
Cessation of
Ministry of
Food.
Orders in
Council.
Short title.
12. — (1) The office of a Minister appointed under this Act,
or of secretary in a Ministry established under this Act, shall
not render the holder thereof incapable of being elected to, or
sitting or voting as a member of, the Commons House of Parlia-
ment, but not more than one secretary in each Ministry shall sit
as a member of that House at the same time.
(2) The office of a Minister appointed under this Act shall
be deemecl to be an office included in Schedule H. of the
Representation of the People Act, 1867, and Schedule H. of
the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868, and
Schedule E. of the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act,
1868. (a)
(3) A Minister appointed under this Act shall take oath of
allegiance and official oath, and shall be deemed to be included
in the First Part of the Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Act,
1868.(b)
13. The office of Food Controller .... and the Ministry of
Food .... shall cease to exist on the termination of a period
of twelve months after the conclusion of the present war, or such
earlier date as may be fixed by His Majesty in Council, and then
any appointments made under the powers conferred by this Act
shall be determined, and any powers or duties which have been
transferred to the Food Controller .... under this Act shall,
without prejudice to any action taken in pursuance of those
powers or duties, revert to the department' or authority from
which they were transferred.
14. — (1) Any Order in Council made for the purposes of this
Act may be added to, varied, or revoked by a subsequent Order
in Council.
(2) Where any powers and duties are tranferred by virtue
of this Act, the transfer shall take effect as from a date to be
fixed by Order of His Majesty in Council, and different dates
may be fixed for different powers and duties.
15. This Act may be cited as the New Ministries and
Secretaries Act, 1916.
(a) NON- VACATION OF SEAT IN PARLIAMENT ON ACCEPTANCE OF ANOTHER
OFFICE. — The effect of this enactment is to add the new offices to the list of those
offices immediate succession from the one to the other of which does not vacate
a seat in the House of Commons. The list as enacted in 1867 and 1868 for
Erfgland, Scotland, and Ireland was in identical terms, but on the one hand . it
has been extended by numerous enactments, and on the other certain Ministerial
Offices existing in 1867 are now obsolete. That list in its present form will be
found printed in Appendix VII (1) to the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual," p. 510.
(b) OFFICERS BY WHOM THE OATHS ARE TO BE TAKEN. — The effect of this
enactment is that the oaths are to be tendered to the Food Controller by the
Clerk of the Council and taken in the presence of His Majesty in Council or
otherwise as His Majesty shall direct.
Powers of Food Controller as to Taking Possession of Food.
2. Powers of Food Controller under Defence of the
Realm Regulations.
EDITORIAL NOTE.
The whole of the Defence of the Realm Regulations reproduced
under the authority Of Regulation 64 as one single Consolidated Code
(which by successive additions now comprises nearly 250 Regulations),
and revised to the last day of each month, are published at the com-
mencement of the ensuing month. In "the Defence of the Realm
Manual," which will henceforward be issued twice a year (the latest
Edition covering the legislation to February 28th, 1918), the Regula-
tions are accompanied by full editorial notes, by the full text of both
the enabling Acts and of the Departmental Orders made under the
Regulations with full notes, and by an analytical index to the whole
of the Defence of the Realm Legislation.
This Food Control Manual comprises only those of the Regulations
which confer powers on the Food Controller.
Such Regulations are here printed in the form which they appear to
assume as applying to the Food Controller — all variations from the
form in which they appear in the general Consolidated Code being
indicated by thick black lines.
ALEXANDER PULLING.
DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS 2s, 2E, 2F, 2a, 2&G, 2n, 2j,
7, 8C, 8CC AND 35A CONFERRING POWERS ON THE FOOD CON-
TROLLER(a) AS AMENDED TO APRIL 30TH, 1918, REPRODUCED IN
THE FORM IN WHICH THEY APPLY TO THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
2B. It shall be lawful for the Food Controller to take possession Power to
of any articles to which his powers under Regulations *2r to 2j take poeses-
r ° sion of food,
extend. &c.
Where any goods, possession of which has been so taken, are
acquired by the Food Controller, the price to be paid in respect
thereof shall in default of agreement be determined by the
tribunal by which claims for compensation under these regula-
(a) CONSULTATION WITH FOOD CONTROLLER AS TO EXERCISE OF CERTAIN
LAND CULTIVATION POWERS. — Regulation 2M (1) (printed in the April, 1918,
Monthly Edition of the Defence of the Realm Regulations in the form in
which it was in force on April 30th, 1918), provides that the powers of the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and of the Board of Agriculture for
Scotland as to land not cultivated so as to increase food supply shall be exercised
" after such consultation with the Food Controller as may be arranged."
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Powers of Food Controller to Regulate Manufacture or Dealings
in Food.
tioiis are, in the absence of any express pro vision to the contrary,
determined, (a)
In determining such price(b) regard need not be had to the
market price but shall be had —
(a) if the goods are acquired from the grower or producer
thereof, to the cost of production and to the rate of
profit usually earned by him in respect of similar
goods before the war and to whether such rate of profit
was unreasonable or excessive, and to any other cir-
cumstances of the case ;
(6) if the goods are acquired from any person other than the
grower or producer thereof, to the price paid by such
person for the goods and to whether such price was
unreasonable or excessive, and to the rate of profit
usually earned in respect of the sale of similar goods
before the war, and to whether such rate or profit was
unreasonable or excessive, and to any other circum-
stances of the case; so, however, that if the person
from whom the goods are acquired himself acquired
the goods otherwise than in the usual course of his
business, no allowance, or an allowance at a reduced
rate, on account of profit shall be made :
(a) TRIBUNAL FOR COMPENSATION CLAIMS.— On March 31st, 1915, a Royal
Commission (" The Defence of the Realm (Losses) Commission ") was appointed,
the terms-of reference of which (printed at length at pp. 367, 368 of Supple-
ment No. 3 to the Manual of Emergency Legislation) are as follows : —
" to enquire and determine, and to report what sums (in cases not other-
" wise provided for) ought in reason and fairness to be paid out of
" public funds to applicants who (not being subjects of an enemy
" State) are resident or carrying on business in the United Kingdom,
" in respect of direct and substantial loss incurred and damage
" sustained by them by reason of interference with their property or
" business in the United Kingdom through the exercise by the Crown
" of its rights and duties in the defence of the Realm,"
The Commissioners thereby appointed are empowered —
(i.) to call before them such persons as they shall judge likely to afford
them any information upon the subject of the Commission : and also
to* call for, have access to and examine all such books, documents,
registers and records as may afford them the fullest information on
the subject, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other
lawful ways and means whatsoever.
(ii.) to visit and personally inspect such places as they may deem it ex-
pedient so to inspect for the more effectual carrying out of the purposes
aforesaid.
The Commissioner further provides that if the Commissioners deem it expedient
the powers and privileges conferred on them shall belong to, and may be exer-
cised by, any one or more of them, and that they shall, from time to time,
report to the Treasury.
The (April 30th, 1918) present members of the Commission are : —
Lord Terrington (chairman) ;
Sir Matthew G. Wallace ;
The Rt. Hon. B. Shortt, K.C., M.P. ; and
The Rt. Hon. Mr. Laurence Hardy, M.P.
Mr. D. du Bois Davidson is Secretary to the Commission, whose address is
Spencer House, 27, St. James' Place, S.W,1.
(b) DETERMINATION OF PRICE. — Regulation 7 (p. 13) provides for the
determination of the price of factory-output requisitioned thereunder.
Powers of Food Controller to regulate Manufacture or Dealings
in Food.
Provided that where by virtue of these regulations or any order
made thereunder the sale of the goods at a price above any price
fixed thereunder is prohibited the price assessed under this regu-
lation shall not exceed the price so fixed.
If, after the Food Controller has issued a notice that he has
taken or intends to take possession of any article in pursuance
of this regulation, any person having control of any such article
(without the consent of the Food Controller) sells, removes, or
secretes it, or deals with it in any way contrary to any conditions
imposed in any licence, permit, or order that may have been
granted in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against
these regulations.
The Food Controller may by order direct that any action in
contravention of, or failure to comply with, this regulation or any
order or requirement thereunder, shall, instead of being an
offence, be a summary offence against these regiilationsX^) and
this regulation shall have effect accordingly. (1>)
2E. The Food Controller may by order regulate, restrict, or Power to
prohibit the manufacture, purchase, sale, delivery of or payment regulate
for, or other dealing in, any article to which his powers under
Regulations 2r to 2j extend, and if any person refuses to sell any food, &c.
article, the sale whereof is regulated by any such order, he may
be required by the Food Controller to sell it on the terms and
subject to the conditions on and subject to which the sale thereof
is authorised by the order and to deliver it to him or to any
person or persons named by him, delivery to be made in such
quantities and at such times and places as may be specified by
him or on his behalf.
If any person fails to comply with any provision of any such
order or any requirements made thereunder, or aids or abets(c)
any other person, whether or not such person is in the United
Kingdom, in doing anything which, if done in the United King-
dom, would be a contravention of any such order, he shall be
guilty of an offence against these regulations.
(a) OFFENCES AGAINST REGULATIONS. — See Section VIE of the Introduction
to this Manual.
(b; TAKING POSSESSION OF GROWING CROPS. — Regulation 2s is valid and
under it any of the Departments on whom it confers specific powers can give a
valid notice to take possession of growing crops when gathered. See Lipton
Limited v. Ford : 116 Law Times Reports 632 ; 33 Times Lam Reports 459. It
would seem (see view expressed by Atkins, J.) that the Regulation does not
authorise the Departments to send men to gather the crops themselves.
(c) AIDING OR ABETTING. — Regulation 48 of the Defence of the Realm
Regulations makes it an offence to attempt to commit or to procure, aid or abet
or do any act preparatory to the commission of any act prohibited by the
Regulations.
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Powers of
Food Con-
troller as to
maintenance
of food
supply.
Powers of Food Controller as to maintenance of Food
Supply.
The Food Controller may by order direct that any action in
contravention of, or failure to comply with, this regulation or
any order or requirement thereunder, shall, instead of being an
offence, be a summary offence against these regulations, (a) and
this regulation shall have effect accordingly.
2F. — (1) Th.e Food Controller may make orders(b) regulating,
or giving directions with respect to the production, manufacture,
treatment, use, consumption, transport, storage, distribution,
supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or measures to be
taken in relation to any article(c) (including orders providing for
the fixing of maximum and minimum prices) where it appears
to him necessary or expedient to make any such order for the
purpose of encouraging or maintaining the food supply of the
country, and making such provisions as to entry, inspection, or
otherwise as appear to him necessary or expedient for the purpose
of his duties.
(2) The Food Controller may by order require all or any persons
owning or having power to sell or dispose of any article, or any
stocks thereof, to place at the disposal of the Controller the article,
or the whole or any part of the stocks thereof, as may be directed
by the Controller, on such terms as he may direct, and to deliver
to the Controller or to any person or persons named by him the
article or stocks in such quantities and at such times as the Con-
troller may require, where it appears to him necessary or
expedient to make any such order for the purpose of encouraging
or maintaining the food supply of the country.
Such compensation shall be paid for any article or stocks so
requisitioned as shall, in default of agreement, be determined by
the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed in manner pro-
vided by the order ; but in determining the amount of the compen-
sation the arbitrator shall have regard to the cost of production
of the article and to the allowance of a reasonable profit, without
necessarily taking into consideration the market price of the
article at the time.
[(3) of this Reg., which provided that Orders thereunder
might be general or special, was revoked by an amending Order
in Council; its place is now taken by Reg. 2s (3), p. 11, lohich
is to the like purport as the revoked provision, but of extended
scope.]
(a) OFFENCES AGAINST REGULATIONS. — 5fo Section YII of the Introduction
to this Manual.
(b) ORDEKS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER. — The Orders of the Food Controller
under Reg. 2F in force on April 30tb, 1918, are printed in Part II. of this
Manual, ^s to proof of Orders of the Food Controller, see Section IY 3 of
the Introduction to this Manual, and as to Relief from Liability under Con-
tracts affected by such Orders, see Section V thereof.
(c) " ARTICLE." — This expression includes animals alive or dead. See Ree.
2.T C4) p. 13.
Power of Food Controller to Require Returns.
(4) The Food Controller shall, as respects any article to which
his powers extend, have the same power as the Board of Trade
have of giving directions, pending the issue of a Proclamation
or the making of an Order of or in Council, with respect to the
export of the article. (a)
(5) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply
with any provision of any order made under this regulation, or
aids or abets any other person, whether or not such other person is
in the United Kingdom, in doing anything which, if done in the
United Kingdom, would be a contravention of any such pro-
vision, such person shall be guilty of a summary offence against
these regulations. (b)(c)
2G. — (1) The Food Controller may by order require persons Power of
engaged in the production, manufacture, purchase, sale, distribu- Food Con-
tion, transport, storage, or shipment, of any article(d) to which the t
powers of the Food Controller extend, to make returns giving such returns
particulars as to their businesses as may be specified by or on
behalf of the Food Controller and may require the returns to be
verified as he may direct. (e)
(2) For the purpose of testing the accuracy of any return made
to the Food Controller under this regulation, or of obtaining
information in case of a failure to make a return, any officer of the
Food Controller authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller
may enter any premises belonging to or in the occupation of the
person making or who has failed to make the return, or on which
he has reason to believe that any articles with respect to which
an order under this regulation has been made are kept stored,
manufactured, or produced, and may carry out such inspections
and examinations (including the inspection and examination of
books) as the officer may consider necessary for testing the
accuracy of the return or for obtaining any such information.
(a) ACTION IN ANTICIPATION OF RESTRICTION OP EXPORTS.— If the Food
Controller, in accordance with Reg. 2r (4), so directs, the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise have, pending the issue of such a Proclamation or Order,
the same power to take any action for preventing the export of any article as if
the Proclamation or Order were in force. See s. 3 (1) of the Customs (War
Powers) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 G. 5. c. 102).
(b) OFFENCES BY COMPANY DIRECTORS, &c.— Regulation 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations provides that every director and officer of a corporation
or company shall be guilty of an offence against the Regulations committed by
his corporation or company unless he proves that the act constituting the offence
took place without his knowledge or consent.
(c) INFORMATION AS TO CONTRAVENTION OF ORDERS.— Information regard-
ing Contravention of Orders should be given to the police or to an officer of the
local authority and not to the Ministry of Food. As to disclosing contraven-
tions, see also Regulation 49 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(d) " ARTICLE." — This expression includes animals alive or dead. See Reg.
2j (4), p. 13.
(e) ORDERS UNDER REG. 2e. — The Orders of the Food Controller under
Reg. 2o in force on April 30th, 1918 are printed in Part II. of this Manual.
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Powers of Food Controller as to taking Possession of Factories,
Power of
Food Con-
troller to take
possession of
factory or
premises in
which food
is manu-
factured or
adapted for
use
(3) If any person —
(a) refuses or without lawful excuse neglects to make a
return as required by this regulation to the best of his
knowledge and belief, or makes or causes to be made
a false return; or
(6) obstructs or impedes an officer of the Food Controller in
the exercise of any of his powers under this regula-
tion; or
(c) refuses to answer or gives a false answer to any question,
or refuses to produce any books or documents, required
for obtaining the information to be furnished in
pursuance of this regulation;
that person shall be guilty of a summary offence against these
regulations.
(4) No individual return or part of a return made under this
regulation, and no information as to any person or his business
obtained under this regulation, shall without lawful authority
be published or disclosed except for the purposes of a prosecution
under such of these regulations as relate to the powers and duties
of the Food Controller ; and if any person acts in contravention of
this provision he shall be guilty of a summary offence against
these regulations.
(5) If in any case the Food Controller is of opinion that it is
necessary or expedient to obtain information from any person in
connection with any article as to all or any of the matters with
respect to which returns may be required under sub-section (1) of
this regulation, the Food Controller shall have power, without
making an order for the purpose, to require that person to furnish
him with that information ; and any person who is so required to
furnish information shall furnish it accordingly.
In such a case, all the foregoing provisions of this regulation
shall apply to information so given and the giving of such
information as they apply to returns made and the making of
returns.
2GG.__(l) Where the Food Controller is of opinion that it ia
necessary or expedient to do so for the purpose of his powers and
duties, he may by order apply the provisions of this regulation
to factories and workshops and other premises in which any
article of food specified in the order is manufactured, stored or
produced or adapted for sale, or to any plant used in connection
therewith.
(2) Any factory, workshop or premises or plant to which this
regulation is so applied, shall by virtue of the order pass into the
possession of the Food Controller as from the date of the order or
from any later date mentioned in the order, and the occupier of
every such factory, workshop or premises or plant, and every
officer of such occupier, and where the occupier is a company,
every director of the company shall comply with the directions
Powers of Food Controller as to Inquiries. 11
of the Food Controller as to the management and user of the
factory, workshop or premises or plant, and if he fails to do so, he
shall be guilty of a summary offence against these regulations. (a)
(3) It is hereby declared that the possession by the Food
Controller under this regulation of any factory, workshop or
premises or plant shall not affect any liability of the actual
occupier thereof under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, (b)
or any Act amending the same.
(4) It shall^be lawful for the Food Controller—
(a) To require any work in any such factory or workshop or
other premises as aforesaid to be done in accordance
with his directions given with the object of making
the factory or workshop or other premises or the plant
or labour therein as useful as possible for the produc-
tion of food.
(6) To regulate or restrict the carrying on of any work in
any such factory workshop or other premises as afore-
said, or the engagement or employment of any work-
man, or all or any classes of workmen, therein, or to
remove the plant therefrom, with a view to maintain-
ing or increasing the production of food.
(5) The occupier and every officer and servant of the occupier
of any factory, workshop or other premises, or any other person
affected by any such directions, regulations, or restrictions, and •
where the occupier is a company, every director of the company,
shall obey the directions, regulations or restrictions of the Food
Controller, and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of a
summary offence against these regulations.
(6) Where under this regulation any directions regulating the
priority to be given to work at any factory, workshop, or other
premises, have been given and any person in any certificate or
document given or issued for the purpose of securing priority for
any work in pursuance of such directions, makes any false state-
ment or false representation, he shall be guilty of a summary
offence against these regulations.
2H. — (1) If the Food Controller in any special case is of opinion Powers of
that, before exercising any of his powers under these regulations Food c<>n-
in relation to any article, (c) it is expedient to hold an inquiry Froll?r. as *°
with respect to that article in any locality, the Food Controller mqm
may appoint such persons as he thinks fit to hold an inquiry as
respects that article and report to the Food Controller on such
points as the Food Controller may direct.
(2) Any persons so appointed shall have power to take evidence
on oath and to administer an oath for the purpose.
(a) ORDER UNDER REG. 2GG.— See " The Flour Mills Order, 1917 " (p. 79),
and " The Flour Mills Order, No. 2, 1917" (p. 85), taking possession of all the
flour mills in the United Kingdom.
(b) FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.— The Act of 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22) has
been amended by s. 5 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 39),
as to certain charitable institutions. The 1901 Act has also been otherwise
amended, but such amendments do not relate to the subject of Regulation 2GG (3).
(c) " ARTICLE," — This expression includes animals alive or dead. See Reg.
2j (4), p. 13.
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Supplemental Provisions as to Poivers of Food Controller.
Supple-g
mental
2J. — (1) The Food Controller may make arrangements with
any other Government Department for the exercise by that
lowers" of DePartment on benalf of the Food Controller of the powers of
Food3 •'-••• ^ne Fo0(i Controller under the Regulations numbered 2s, 2F, 2o,
Controller. 2n, and 7 with respect to any particular article, (a) and in such case
the Department and the officers thereof shall, as respects that
article, have and exercise the same powers as are by those regula-
tions conferred on the Food Controller and the officers of the Food
Controller, (b) and the Local Government Board (or as respects
Scotland the Secretary for Scotland, and as respects Ireland the
Local Government Board for Ireland) may, by arrangement with
the Food Controller, confer and impose on any local authorities
and their officers any powers and duties in connection with the
enforcement of the said Regulations, (o) and any powers and
duties necessary to provide for the due discharge of any functions
assigned to local authorities by any order made by the Food
Controller under the said Regulations, and the Food Controller
may by order provide for the exercise and performance by local
bodies constituted by or under any such order of such powers and
duties as may be conferred or imposed on them by the order. (d)
(a) " ARTICLE.'' — This expression includes animals alive or dead. See
2J (4), p. 13.
(b) INTERDEPARTMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS. — The Sea Fishing (England and
Wales) Order, 1917 (p. 192), and the Freshwater Fish (England and Wales)
Order, 1918 (p. 202), confer certain powers on the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries ; the Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917 (p. 201), confers certain
powers on the Fishery Board for Scotland ; and the Freshwater Fish (Ireland)
Order, 1917 (p. 189), the Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1917 (p. 194), and the Sea
Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917 (p. 196), confer certain powers on the Department
of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland.
The Board of Trade by arrangement with the Food Controller administers
the Horses (Rationing) .Order 1918, p. 149.
(c) POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER FOOD CON-
TROLLER'S ORDERS. — " The Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2),
1917," and " The Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) Order (No. 2),
1917," made by the Local Government Board and the Secretary for Scotland,
and both dated August 22, 1917, respectively, confer on Local Authorities in
England, Wales, and Scotland the powers and duties necessary to carry out the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. Two further Orders,
" The Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 3), 1917," and " The Local
Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) Order (No. 3), 1917," both issued in
November, 1917, confer on Local Authorities in England, Wales, and Scotland
the powers necessary to carry out of their functions in connection with the
system established in the same month of enforcement of the Food Controller's
Orders by Food Control. Committees. All these Orders are printed in Part III
of this Manual.
Orders have also been made by the Local Government Board and Secretary
for Scotland as to National Kitchens, and are printed in Group 1 IA (" National
Kitchens "). An Order by the Local Government Board as to Milk for Mothers
and Children is printed in Group 11 (Milk, &c.).
(d) LOCAL BODIES CONSTITUTED BY ORDER OP THE FOOD CONTROLLER.—
The bodies so constituted comprise Local Food Control Committees throughout
England and Scotland and the Food Control Committee for Ireland. The
Orders constituting these bodies and regulating their proceedings and accounts
are printed in Part III. of this Manual.
The Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917 (p. 107) constitutes a
Port Feeding Stuffs Committee for each of the 4 divisions into which England
and Wales are divided for that purpose and another one for Scotland, and also
a Provincial Feeding Stuffs Committee for each of the 28 English and Welsh
Areas, and for each of the 7 Scottish ones formed by grouping Counties for this
purpose.
Powers of Food Controller, fyc., to Requisition Output of I 3
Factories Manufacturing Food.
(2) Nothing in the regulations numbered 2o and 2n shall pre-
vent the exercise by the Food Controller of any of his powers in
relation to any article under these regulations or otherwise, with-
out having obtained or endeavoured to obtain returns under
Regulation 2a or having hjeld an inquiry under Regulation 2n.
(3) Any order of the Food Controller under these regulations
may be revoked or varied as occasion requires, and 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,
dealer or person, or to any class or description of factories work-
shops premises or plant, or to any special factory workshop
premises or plant; and any such order may direct that all
contracts, or any class of contracts, or any special contract,
affected by the order shall be abrogated, or shall remain in force
notwithstanding anything in the order but subject to any excep-
tions or modifications for which provision may be made by the
order. (a)
(4) It is hereby declared that in the regulations numbered 2F,
2o, 2n and 2j, the expression " article " includes animals, live
or dead; but this provision shall not be construed so as to limit
the general interpretation of that expression.
(5) Where the Food Controller considers it desirable to do so
for the purpose of maintaining the supply of hops, he may, after
consultation with the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries,
exercise, with respect to hops, any of the powers conferred on
him by Regulations 2r to 2ii.(b)
7, The Food Controller may by order require the occupier of Power to
any factory or workshop in which any article to which the powers J^™^11
of the Food Controller under Regulations 2r to 2j extend is or factories
may be manufactured, produced or adapted for sale, to place manu-
at his disposal the whole or any part of the output of the food
factory or workshop as may be specified in the order, and to
deliver to him, or to any person or persons named by him, the
output or such part thereof as aforesaid in such quantities and
at such times as may be specified in the order ; and the price to
.be paid for the output so requisitioned shall, in default of agree-
ment, be determined by the arbitration of a judge of the High
Court selected by the Lord Chief Justice of England in England,
(a) RELIEF FROM LIABILITY UNDER CONTRACTS AFFECTED BY DEPART-
MENTS' REQUIREMENTS OR RESTRICTIONS. — As to the enactments on this subject
nflf. section V. of the Introduction to this Volume.
(b) HOPS.— The Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917 (p. 161), restricts dealings in
hops, and Regulation 2NN (printed p. 628 of Addenda to the " Food (Supply
and Production) Manual ") provides for the reduction of the acreage under hops
in Kngland and Wales.
14 Authorisation by Food Controller of use of Registered Desiyn.
of a judge of the Court of Session selected by the Lord President
of the Court of Session in Scotland, or of a judge of the High
Court of Ireland selected by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in
Ireland.
In determining such price regard need not be had to the market
price, but shall be had to the cost of production of the output so
requisitioned and to the rate of profit usually earned in respect
of the output of such factory or workshop before the war, and
to whether such rate of profit was unreasonable or excessive, and
to any other circumstances of the case.
If the occupier of the factory or workshop fails to comply with
the order, or without the leave of the Food Controller delivers to
any other person any part of the output of the factory or work-
shop to which the order relates, he shall be guilty of an offence
against these regulations.
For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of the output of
any factory or workshop or any plant therein and the cost of
production of such output, and the rate of profit usually earned
in respect of the output* of such factory or workshop before the
war, the Food Controller may require the occupier of any such
factory or workshop, or any officer or servant of the occupier, or
where the occupier is a company any director of the company, to
furnish to the Food Controller such particulars as to such output,
cost, and rate of profits as he^ may direct, and may require any
such particulars to be verified in such manner as he may direct,
and if any such person fails to comply with any such require-
ment he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
The Food Controller may by order direct that any action in
contravention of, or failure to comply with, this regulation, or
any order or requirement thereunder, shall, instead of being an
offence, be. a summary offence against these regulations, (a) and
this regulation shall have effect accordingly.
Power to 8C. It shall be lawful for the Food Controller to authorise or
authorise require any contractor holding a contract with the Food Con-
tered design, troller, or any sub-contractor, to use any registered design for the
purposes of such contract, and thereupon the contractor
or sub-contractor shall be entitled for the purposes afore-
said to use the registered design and to apply the same to
any article in any class of goods in which the design is registered
without the consent of the registered proprietor, and the con-
sideration to be paid for the use of the registered design shall, in
default of agreement between the proprietor of the design and
(a) OFFENCES AGAINST REGULATIONS. — See Section VII of the Introduction
to this Manual.
Power of Food Controller to require particulars of Invention 15
or Process.
the Food Controller, be determined, at the option of the Treasury,
either in the manner in which other claims for compensation
under these regulations are determined, («•!) or in the manner
in which the consideration for the use of a patent is determined
under section twenty-nine of the Patents and Designs Act,
1907. (b)
8CC. It shall be lawful for the Food Controller, with a view Power to
to the more efficient or increased production of any article to ^3^^r"
which his powers under Regulations 2F to 2j extend, to require invention or
any person to communicate to a person nominated for that Process-
purpose by the Food Controller all such particulars as may
be in his possession of any invention, or process or method
of manufacture, or of any article manufactured or pro-
posed to be manufactured, and to furnish drawings,
models, or plans thereof, and to explain and demonstrate the
same to such person, in all or any of its uses and workings;
and if any person fails or neglects to comply with any such
requirement he shall be guilty of an offence against these
regulations; and if the requirement is addressed to a company,
every director, manager, or officer of the company who fails or
neglects to comply with such requirement shall also be guilty
of an offence against these regulations.
If any person, except as authorised by the Food Controller,
discloses or makes use of any information obtained in consequence
of any requirement made under this regulation or communicated
to him by the person by whom it was so obtained, he shall be
guilty of an offence against these regulations.
The Food Controller may by order direct that any action in
contravention of, or failure to comply with, this regulation, or
any order or requirement thereunder, shall, instead of being an
offence, be a summary offence against these regulations, (c) and
this regulation shall have effect accordingly.
No communication of an invention made in consequence of
any requirement under this regulation, or the use thereof by
any person authorised under this regulation to use it, shall
prejudice any right of the inventor or owner thereof subsequently
to apply for or obtain a patent for the indention.
(a) CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER REGULATIONS.— See footnote (a)
to Regulation 2B, p. 6.
(b") CONSIDERATION FOR USE OF PATENT. — S. 29 of the Act of 1907
(7 Edw. 7. c. 29) makes the following provision : — " Provided that any Govern-
ment department may, by themselves, their agents, contractors, or others, at any
time after the application, use the invention for the services of the Crown on
such terms as may, either before or after the use thereof, be agreed on, with the
approval of the Treasury, between the department and the patentee, or, in
default of agreement, as may be settled by the Treasury after hearing all parties
interested."
(c) OFFENCES AGAINST REGULATIONS. — See Section VII of the Introduction
to this Manual.
W tPowers of Food Controller as to Safety Rules for Factories, fyc.,
against Risk of Fire.
Safety rules 35A. The Food Controller, after consultation with a Secretary
for factories, of State, may as respects any premises to which his powers under
risk of^re Regulation 2GG extend, make rules for the purpose of securing
the safety—
(a) of any factory, store; magazine, wharf, or other premises,
or any vessel, vehicle, receptacle, or place which in
his opinion %it is necessary in the interests of the
public safety and the defence of the Realm specially
to safeguard against the risk of fire and other dangers
on account of the nature of the materials manu-
factured, treated, produced, handled, carried, stored
or deposited therein or in the vicinity thereof ; and
(6) of any person in or in the vicinty of any such premises,
vessel, vehicle, receptacle, or place;
and in particular rules prohibiting, except as may be otherwise
provided under or in pursuance of the rules, any person whilst in
or in the vicinity of such premises, vessel, vehicle, receptacle, or
place from smoking, or having in his possession any match or
apparatus of any kind for producing a light, or any tobacco,
cigar, cigarette, pipe, or contrivance for smoking. (»)
Any person who fails to comply with any such rule shall be
guilty of a summary offence against these regulations.
(a)» PROHIBITION OF SMOKING.— See the Flour Mills (Prohibition of Smok-
ing) Order, 1918 (p. 140) made by the Food Controller under this Regulation.
17
[Attention is directed to the Introductory Note at p. Hi ivhich states
the scope and arrangement of this Manual.]
PART II.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ALL THE
ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER
UNDER DEFENCE OF THE REALM
REGULATIONS SHEWING WHICH
ARE REVOKED, SUPERSEDED, OR
SPENT, AND WHICH ARE AMENDED.
[Under the Food Supply provisions of the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions issued in November, 1916, the Board of Trade(a) made 10
Orders, all of which have now been revoked or have expired. Under
the substituted Regulations of January, 1917, which conferred powers
on the Food Controller, that Minister has made 361 Orders of which
266 are (April 30th, 1918) in force, or are coming into force, and are
printed in this Manual, and 95 have been revoked or are spent and
are therefore omitted from the text (b).
This Table shews which of these Orders have been revoked or
amended and by what subsequent Orders, and which Orders have
now expired and when they expired. The number following the
Title of each Order in force is that under which it has been put on
sale as a " Statutory Rule and Order "(c) ; the Title of each Order
which has wholly* expired, or been wholly revoked, is printed in
italics. This table does not include the ancillary Orders, &c.,
made by the Treasury, Local Government Board, Secretary for
Scotland, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fishery Board for
Scotland, and Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc-
tion for Ireland, which are printed or noted in connection with the
Food Controller's Orders to which they relate, but is confined to
Orders made, or having effect as if made, by the Controller.
The Controller's Orders relating to Food Control Committees and to
enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions are included in this Table,
but the text of them will be found not in this Part (II.) but inji
separate Part III (pp. 536-564) which also includes the Orders ma'de
by the Local Government Board and the Secretary for Scotland
relating to the functions cf Local Authorities as to Food Control
Committees. — ALEXANDER PULLING.]
(a) BOARD OF TRADE ORDERS. — The Orders made in 1916 by the Board of
Trade (all of which have now been revoked or have expired) had effect a«s
though made by the Food Controller. See Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions 2jj (2) printed at p. 9 of the May, 1917, Edit, of the "Food Supply
Manual " but omitted from the present Edition as being now spent.
(b) LICENCES OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER.— In this statement General Licences
which have been put on sale as Statutory Rules and Orders are counted with
the Orders. References to other Licences are given in the footnotes to the
Orders.
(c) STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.— Any Order referred to may be obtained
from a bookseller at the price of Id., or direct from H.M. Stationery Office,
Kingsway, W.C. 2, post free, l\d
18
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ALL FOOD CONTROL ORDERS,
Date.
1916.
Nov. 20
Nov. 21
Nov. 25
Nov. 26
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Dec. 14
Dec. 18
1917.
Jan. 11
Short Title.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1916 (Virt. rev. by
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1917, which
was virt. rev. by Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order
(No. 2}, 1917, p. 68).
Potatoes (Growers' Returns') Order, 1916 (Spent; related to
returns to be made by Dec. 7, 1916).
Waste of Wheat Order, 1916 (Rev. by Art. 7 of Wheat, Rye
and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 78).
Price of Milk Order, 1916 (Rev. by Art. 6 of Price of Milk
Order, 1917 (p. 60 of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual)
which was rev. by Milk Order, 1917, p. 183 of January,
1918, Edit, of this Manual.)
Regulation of Meals Order, 1916 (Rev. by Public Meals
Order, 1917, p. 158 of Food (Supply and Production)
Manual).
Manufacture of Flour and Bread No. 2 Order, 1916 (Virt.
rev. by Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1917,
which was virt. rev. by Manufacture of Flour and Bread
Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 68).
Price of Milk No. 2 Order, 1916 (Rev. by Art. 6 of Price
of Milk Order, 1917, (p. 60 of May, 1917, Edit, of this
Manual) which was rev. by Milk Order, 1917, p. 183 of
January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual).
Seed Potatoes Order, 1916. (Printed p. 62 of May, 1917,
Edit, of this Manual. Continued until Jun# 1st, 1917, by
Art. 10 of Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 72 of
May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual), Seed Potatoes (Prices)
Order (No. 2), 191 7 (ibi,p. 77), and Seed Potatoes (Prices)
Order (No. 3), 1917 (ibi, p. 78) and then expired).
Potatoes (Ireland) Order, 1916. (Printed p. 65 of May,
1917, Edit, of this Manual. Arts. 1, 2, 7 continued until
June 30th, 1917, by the Oats and Potatoes (Ireland)
Order, 1917 (ibi., p. 31 of 1st Edit, of this Manual) and
then expired; Arts. 3, 4, 5, and 6 continued until June 1st,
1917, by Seed Potatoes (Prices) Orders, 1917, Nos. 2 and
3, ibi., pp. 77, 78, and then expired).
Regulation of Meals (No. 2) Order, 1916. (Expired : the
Order related only to Christmas, 1916).
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order, 1917. (Virt. rev.
by Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917,
1».68). *
Oats (Export from Ireland) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 24 of
May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Continued until
August 31st, 1917, by Oats (Export from Ireland) Order,
No. 2, 1917, (1917, No. 613) and then expired.)
Milk (Use in Chocolate) Order , 1917. (Spent. Supers, by
Milk ( Use in Chocolate) No. 2 Order, 1917, p. 351.)
Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 65.)
(Art. 3 rev. by Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 479.)
Feeding of Game Order, 1917. (1917, No. 66)
Wheat (Restriction) Order, 1917. (Rev. by Art. 7 of Wheat,
Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 78.)
475
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller s Orders.
19
Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
Jan. 19
Jan. 26
Feb. 1
Feb. 3
Feb. 8
Feb. 20
Feb. 24
Feb. 26
March 10
March 21
March 28
Seed Potatoes (Growers' Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed
p. 68 of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. except as
to Ireland by Art. 11 of the Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order,
1917, ibi., p. 72. Rev. aft to Ireland from June 1st by Seed
Potatoes (Prices) Order (No. 2), 1917, ibi., p. 77, and
Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order (No. 3), 1917, ibi., p. 78.)
Barley and Malt (Returns) Order, 1917. (Spent; related to
returns to be made by Feb. 17, 1917.)
Price of Milk Order, 1917. (Printed p. 58 of May, 1917,
Edit, of this Manual. Am. by Price of Milk Order
(No. 2) 1917, ibi., p. 61. Both Orders rev. by Milk
Order, 1917, p. 183 of January, 1918, Edit, of this
Manual.)
Potatoes, 1916 Main Crop (Prices) Order, 1917. (Rev. by
Art. 13 »f Potatoes, 1916 Main Crop (Prices) Order,
No. 2, 1917 (p. 76 of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual},
which was rev. by Art. 54 of Potatoes Order, 1917,
p. 415.)
Brewers (Malt Purchases) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 96 of
January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Malt
(Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 167.)
Brewers Sugar Order, 1917. (1917, No. 90)
Brewers Sugar (Returns) Order, 1917. (Spent ; related to
returns to be made by Feb. 22, 1917.)
Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 131).
Malt (Restriction) Order, 191 7. (Printed p. 97 of January,
191*, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Malt (Restriction)
Order, 1918, p. 167.)
Price of Milk Order (No. 2), 1917. (Printed p. 61 of
May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Milk Order,
1917, p. 183 of January, 1918, Edit, of ttiis Manual.)
Potatoes, .1916 Main Crop (Prices') Order (No. 2) 1917.
(Printed p. 74 of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual.
Rev. by Art. 54 of Potatoes Order, 1917, p. 415.)
Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 70 of
May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Continued until
June 1st, 1917, by Seed Potatoes (Price*) Orders 1917,
Nos. 2 and 3, ibi. pp. 77, 78. These 3 Orders expired
June 1st, 1917.)
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917.
(1917, No. 187.) (Art. 3 (a) varied by Manufacture of
Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917, p. 73.)
Bread Order, 1917. (1917, No. 189)
Freshwater Fish Order, 1 91 7. (Printed p. 45 of May, 191 7,
Edit, of this Manual. Expired, June 15, 1917 )
Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 252, amended
by No. 458.) (Printed as amended by the Sugar
(Restriction) Order, No. 3, 1917.)
Malt (Restriction on Shipping) Order, 1917. (1917, No.
259.)
Swedes (Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 260)
Food (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 261)
Oats and Potatoes (Ireland) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 31
of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Expired June 30th,
1917.)
477
478
68
71
479
153
401
182
20
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
Date.
Short Title.
T9177
March 29 Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delive/y) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 270.) (Printed as am. by Intoxicating Liquor
(Output and Delivery} Order (No. 4), 1917. The Order
is also urn. by Order (No. 5), 1917, printed p. 16^, and by
the 1918 Order, p. 171.)
March 30J Sugar (Restriction) Order, No. 2, 1917. (Superseded as
from June 1st by Sugar Restriction Order No. 3
(No. 458) which substituted in the Sugar (Restriction)
Order, 1917, which as so amended is printed, p. 479, a new
table for that inserted by No. 2 Order.)
April 3 Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order (No. 2), 1917. (Printed p. 77
of May, 1917, Edit, of this Manual. Am. by Seed
Potatoes (Prices) Order (No. 3), 1917, ibi., p. 78. Both
these Orders expired June 1st, 1917.)
April 4 Public Meals Order, 1917. (Printed p. 158 of Food (Supply
and Production) Manual. Rev. by Public Meals Order,
1918, p. 441.)
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917.
(1917, No. 315.)
April 5 Food Hoarding Order, 1917. (1917, No. 317)
Tea (Nett Weight) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 318)
April 12 i Malt (Restriction) No. 2 Order, 19 J 7. (Printed p. 98 of
January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Malt
(Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 167.)
Wheat, Barley and Oats (Prices) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 363.)
Barley (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 364.)
(Planted as am. by Appointment of Arbitrators Order,
1918. (1918, No. 294.))
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917. • (1917, No. 372)
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 376.)
Flour Mills Order, 1917. (1917, No. 377) (Provisions
extended to all flour mills by Flour Mills Order, No. 2,
1917, p. 85.)
Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 387.)
(This Order is printed as am. by the Freshwater Fish (I)
Order, 1917, Amendment Order, 1918.)
| Seed Potatoes (Prices) Order (No. 3), 1917. (Printed p. 78
of May, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Expired June 1st,
1917.)
Order requisitioning certain Burmah Peas and Beans.
Provision is made for the application of this Order to the
original consignees of such peas and beans by the Defence
of the Realm (Beans, Peas and Pulse Orders) I ill
(H.C.B. 1918, 15), which when this Manual went to presn
was in Committee of the House of Commons.
Maize, Barley and Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1°17,
No. 404.) (Rev. so far as relates to barley, by Barley
(Restriction} Order, 1917 (p. 89).)
Order authorising Local Authorities in England and Wales
to prosecute 6/ences bejore Courts of Summary Juris-
diction. (Printed p. 192 of Food (Supply and Produc-
tion) Manual. Rev. by Enforcement (England and
Wales) Order, 1917, p. 551.)
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 429.) (Am. by Oat and Maize Products
(Retail Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 84, <-nd supers, as
to oats products by Oats Products (Retail Prices} Order,
1918, p. 137.)
Page.
April 16
7)
April 18
April 20
»
April 25
April 30
May 1
May 2
May 8
May 9
154
73
219
518
73
•74
75
78
79
189
62
80
81
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
21
Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
May 11
May 14
n
May 16
May 18
May 23
»
May 29
May 31
June 11
June 29
July 3
July 4
July 6
July 7
July 10
»
July 13
July 27
July 28
Horses (Rationing} Order, 1917. (Printed p. 41 of May,
1917, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Horses (Rationing}
Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 56 of January, 1918, Edit, of the
same.}
Dealings in Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No.
444.)
Public Meals Order (No. 2}, 1917. (Printed p. 158 of
Food (Supply and Production} Manual. Rev. by Public
Meals Order, 1918, p. 441.)
Beans, Peas, and Pulse (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 457.) (Provision is made for the application of tni*
Order to the original consignees of such beans, peas and
pulse by the Defence of the Realm (Beans, Peas and Pulse
Orders} Bill (H.C.B. 1918, 15}, which when this Manual
went to press ivas in Committee in the House of Commons.
Sugar (Restriction) Order, No. 3, 1917. (1917, No. 458.)
(This Order substitutes a new table for that in the Sugar
(Restriction} Order, 1917, which as so amended is printed
p. 479.)
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order (No. 2),
1917. (1917, No. 482.) (Supers, as to oats products by
Oats Products (Retail Prices} Order, 1918, p. 137.)
General Licence under the Bread Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 483.)
Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 510.)
(Printed as am. by Appoint/neat of Arbitration Order,
1918. (1918, No. 294.}.}
Beans, Peas, and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 511.)
Meat (Sales) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 520.)
Sugar (Domestic Preserving} Order, 1917. (Printed p. 29 i
of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Sugar
(Domestic Preserving} Order, 1918, p. 513.)
Order conferring certain powers on Inspectors of Weights
and Measures and authorizing them to prosecute offences
before Courts of Summary Jurisdiction in England and
Ireland. (1917, No. 538.)
Oats (Export from Ireland} Order, No. 2, 1917. (Expired :
Aug. 31st, 1917.}
Public Meals Order (No. 3}, 1917. (Printed p. 158 of
Food (Supply and Production} Manual. Rev. by Public
Meals Order, 1918, p. 441.)
General Licence under the Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail
Prices) Order, 1917. (Expired : Aug. 15th, 1917}.
Stone Fruit (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 694.)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery} Order, No. 2,
1917. (Spent. Related to the quarter terminating Sept.
30th, 1917}
Raspberries (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 702.)
Raspberries (Scotland) (Delivery) Order, 1917. (1917,
No 703.)
The 1917 Crop (Restriction} Order, 1917. (Rev. except as
reqards potatoes, by Grain (Prices} Order, 1917, p. 86 ;
and as to potatoes by Potatoes Order, 1917, p. 405.}
Winter Beans Order, 1917. (Printed p. 28 of Food (Supply
and Production} Manual. Rev. by St. R. & 0., 1917, No.
1103, whic.h in itself is spent.}
Cattle and Meat (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 767)
83
63
84
84
322
64
253
550
222
224
225
257
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
July 30
July 31
Aug. 14
Aug. 15
5)
Aug. 20
Aug. 21
Aug. 22
Aug. 23
Aug. 28
Aug. 29
Aug. 30
Aug. 31
Sept. 3
Sept. 5
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 8
Sept. 11
Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917. (1917,
No 768.)
Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 769)
Pickled Herrings (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 770)
Flour Mills Order No. 2, 1917. (1917, No. 774)
Milk (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 776)
Grain (Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No .820). (Printed as
am. by amending Order* of Jan. 31 and April 5, 1918.}
Winter Oats and Rye (Restriction') Order, 1917. (Printed
p. 54 of Food (Supply and Production} Manual. Rev. by
St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1106, which in itself is spent.}
General Licence under the Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail
Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 823.)
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 821)
Jam (Prices} Order, 1917. (Printed p. 107 of Food (Supply
and Production) Manual. Rev. by Jam (Prices} Order,
1918, p. 228.)
Tea (Returns} Order, 1917. (Spent. Related to Returns to
be made by Sept. 10th, 1917.}
Apricot Pulp and Bitter Oranges Order, 1917. (1917, No.
868.)
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 869.)
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order, 1917. (1917, No.
885.)
General Licence under 1917 Crop (Restriction} Order, 19.17
(1917, No. 896.) (Spent on rev. of said Order by P«ta-
toes Order, 1917, p. 405.)
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 903.)
(Printed as amended by Meat (Maximum Prices) Order
(No. 2), 1917, awl amending Order of March 28, 1918.)
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917,
(Printed p. 21 of Food (Supply and Production) Manual.
Rev. by Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices)
Order, 1917, p. 43.)
Cheese (Marimum Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 126
of Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Rev. by
British Cheese Order, 1917, p. 333.)
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 913.)
(Am. by Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 2), 1917,
p. 327 ; (No. 3), p. 327 ; (No. 4), p. 332 ; (No. 5), p. 342 ;
and Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amdt.) Order, 191 7, ^.339.
Rev. as to Ireland by Butter (Maximum Prices) (I.),
Order, 1918, p. 384.)
Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 914) (Printed
as amended by Hops (Restriction) Order No. 2, 1917.)
Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 915)
Hops (Restriction) Order, No. 2, 1917. (1917, No. 925).
(This Order amends Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917,
which as so amended is printed at p. 161.)
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 935.)
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 937)
(Printed as am. by Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1918.)
Milk Order, 1917, (Printed p. 183 of January, 1918, Edit.
of this Manual. Rev. by Milk (Summer Prices} Order,
1918, p. 370.)
Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 940)
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 2), 1917. (This Order
amends Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, which as so
amended is printed p. 257.)
192
194
195
85
323
86
65
89
226
537
480
257
323
161
196
402
90
183
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
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Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917. r
Sept. 13 |
Sept. 20
Sept. 21
Sept. 26
Sept. 27
S«pt. 29
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 5
Oct. 8
Oct. 10
Oct." 12
Oct. 13
Oet. 15
Oot. 16
Potatoes Order, 1917. (1917, No. 949.) (Printed as
amended by Potatoes (Postponement of Date) Order,
1917, Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, and Potatoes
(Amendment) Order, 1918.)
Pickled Herrings Order, 1917. (1917, No. 964)
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 2), 1917. (1917, No.
965.) (This Order varied the Sch. to Butter (Maximum
Prices) Order, 1917, which is printed, p. 323. That Sch.
was again further varied by Butter (Maximum Prices)
Order, No. 3, p. 327 ; No. 4, p. 332, and No. 5, p. 342.)
General Licence as to Bacon under Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 23 of
Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Rev. by Bacon,
Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 43.)
Horses (Rationing) Order (No. 2), 1917. (Printed p. 56 of
January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Horses
(Rationing) Order, 1918, p. 149.)
Potatoes (Postponement of Date) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 998.) (This Order amends Potatoe$ Order, 1017,
which as so amended is printed p. 405.)
Lard (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1002) (Spent.
Related to returns to be made by Oct. 3rd, 1917.)
Cheete (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917. (Printed
p. 137 of Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Virt.
rev. by British Cheese Order, 1917, p. 333.)
Wheat (Channel Islands and Isle of Man Export) Order,
1917. (1917, No. 1006.)
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 3, 1917. (1917,
No. 1009) (I hit Order varied the Sch. to Butter (Maxi-
mum Prices) Order, 1917, printed p. 323. That Sch. was
againfurther varied by Orders No. 4, p. 332, and No. 5, p. 342.)
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 60 of
January., 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by -Bread
(Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918, p. 144.)
General Licence under Milk Order, 1917. (Printed p. 190
of January Edit, of this Manual. Superseded by Milk
(Summer Prices) Order, 1918, p. 370.)
General Licence under Public Meals Order, 1917. (Printed
p. 162 of Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Virt.
rev. by Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 441.)
General Licence under Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order,
1917. (1917, No. 1032.)
Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1033) ...
General Licence under Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 191 7.
(Printed p. 67 of Food (Supply and Production) Manual.
Rev. by General Licence of January 9, 1918, p. 114.)
Sugar Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1049) ...
Potato Bugs (Returns) Order, 1917. Printed p. 156 of
Food (Supply and Production) Manual. Expired Oct.
22nd, 1917.)
Currants and Sultanas (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1053.) (Printed as am. by Appointment of Arbitrators
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 2P4.))
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1917. (Printed p.
106 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, p. 168.)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order No. 3,
1917. (Printed p. 78 of Food (Supply and Production)
Manual. Supers, by Intoxicating Liquor (Output and
Delivery) Order, No. 5, 1917, printed p. 162.)
General Licence under the Jam (Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1065.)
405
199
327
97
327
184
201
482
184
227
24
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders,
Date.
1917.
Oct. 17
Oct. 20
Oct. 24
Oct. 26
Oct. 27
Oct. 30
Oct. "31
Nov. 1
Nov. 3
Nov. 6
Nov. 7
Nov. 8
)5
Nov. 9
Nov. It)
Nov. 12
Short Title.
General Licence as to Lard under the Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Maximum Prices} Order, 1917. (Printed p. 24 of Food
(Supply'and Production} Manual. Rev. by Bacon, Ham
and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 43.)
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 1^17. (1917, No. 1063.)
(Rev, as to national control teas by Tea (Prices) Order,
1018, p. 525.)
Sugar (Sales for Ireland Returns) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1072.)
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1081.)
(Printed as am. by Appointment of Arbitrators Order,
1918. (1918, No. 294.).)
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 4), 1917. (1917,
No. 1093.) (This Order varied the tick, to Butter (Maxi-
mum Prices} Order, 191 7, p. 323. That Sch. was again
further varied by Order No. 5, p. 342.)
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (Ireland) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1094.)
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917. (Supersrded
by General Licence of Nov. 23rd, 1917, p. 429.)
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1101.)
British Cheese Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1105.) (Printed as
am. by amending Order of March 28, 1918. The Order was
also am. by Du'ch Cheese (Prices) Order printed p. 349.)
Order revoking Winter Beans Order, 1917 (printed p. 28 of
Food (Supply and Production) Manual) and Winter Oats
and Rye (Restriction) Order, 1917 (ibi,p. 54.) (Spent.)
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1110.) (Rev. as to Ireland by Butter (Man-
mum Prices) (I.) Order, 1918, p. 384.)
Cattle Feeding Cake and Meal and Millers' Offals (Maxi-
mumPrices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 61 of January, 1918,
Edit.^ of this Manual. Rev. by Cattle feeding Stuffs
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, printed p. 128.)
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 5), 1917. (1917,
No. 1122.)
General Licence under Bacon, Ham and Lard (Maximum
Prices) Order, 1917. (Rev. by Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 43.)
Pigs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 157 of
January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual.) (Rev. by Pigs
(Prices) Order, 1918 printed p. 299.)
Fond Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution)
Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1160.)
General Licence under Sugar Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1140.)
General Licence under / otatoes Order, 1917. (Superseded
by General Licence of Nov. 23rd, 1917, r>. 429.)
Enforcement (England and Wales) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1130.)
Oil Splitting Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1134)
General Licence under Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1135.)
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1138.)
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917. (Printed p. ?4
of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Oats
Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1P1S, p. 137.)
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1155.)
(Printed as am. by Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) (Prices)
Order, 1918.)
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1156)
Page.
519
489
329
332
491
418
333
339
342
561
492
551
391
493
563
419
465
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Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
Nov. 14
Nov. 17
Nov. 19
Nov. 19
Nov. 20
Nov. 23
Nov. 24
Nov. 27
M
Nov. 28
Nov. 29
Dec. 1
Dec. 4
Dec. 5
Dec. 8
Butter (Distribution) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1163) ...
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1173)
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1174.)
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1180.) (Am. by Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, Amendment Order,
1918, p. 59.)
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1181.)
Dredge Corn Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1182.)
Sugar (Brewers' Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No.
1185.) (Printed as am. by Sugar \Brewers* Restriction)
Order (No. 2) 1917.)
Food Control Committees (Milk Requisition) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1186.) (Printed as am. by Appointment of
Arbitrators Order, 1918 (1918, No. 294), and by amending
Order of March 25, 1918.)
Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917. (1917, No. 1188.)
Food Control Committees (Scotland) Powers Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1189.)
Cream Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1192.) (Continued by
Order of April 27, 1918.)
Authorisation under Pigs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917.
(Printed p. 158 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual.
Rev. by Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 299.')
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917. (1917, No.
1199.)
Oats Products (Postponement of Date) Order, 1917. (Print-
ed p. 64 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by
Oats Products (Retail Prices} Order, 1918, p. 137.)
Bacon, Hams and Lard (Distribution) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1201.)
Meai (Control) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1203)
Direction under the Manufacture of Flour and Bread
(No. 2) Order, 1917.- (1917, No. 1219.)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, No. 4,
1917. (Printed p. 99 of January, 1918, Edit, of this
Manual. Spent.)
General Licence under Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order,
1917. (1917, No. 1220.) ,
Oils, Oil Cakes and Meals (Requisition) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1224.)
Hardened Fat (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917, No.
1225.)
Milk (Ireland) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 209 of January,
1918, Edit, of this Manual. Expired on April 30, 1918.)
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1226.) (Printed as am. by Appointment of Arbitra-
tors Order, 1918. (1918, No. 294.).)
Coffee (Retail Prices) Order, 1917 (1917, No. 1228) ...
General Licence under the Bread Order, 1917. ($pent.
Related to sale of new bread at Christmas and the Xew
Year.)
Ships' Stores Order, 1 9 1 7. (1917, No. 1233)
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, No. 2, 1917. (1917,
No. 1246.)
Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1247) ...
345
97
101
43
427
104
493
346
427
558
348
429
54
262
105
185
392
392
393
520
473
106
349
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Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
Dec. 10
Dec. 11
Dec. 13
Deo. 14
Dec. 18
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
Dec. 22
General Licence under Pigs (Maximum Prices') Order, 1917.
(Printed p. 163 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual.
Rev. by Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 299*.)
Sugar Order, No. 2, 1917. (Rev. by Sugar (Rationing)
Order, 1918, p. 502.)
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1257 )
Ment (Restriction of Retail Sales) Order, 1911. (Spent.
Related to temporary restriction during period December
17th, 1917, to January 13th, 1918.)
Authorisation under Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1292.)
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917. (1917,
No. 1295.) (Rev. as to national control tea by Tea
(Prices) Order, 1918, p. 525.)
Milk (Use in Chocolate), No. 2, Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1296.)
Condensed Milk (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1297.)
Food Control Committees (Audit of Accounts) Ord«r,
1917. (1917, No. 1298.)
Live Stock ( Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1917. ( Printed
p. 163 of January 1918, Edit of this Manual. Rev. by
Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918, p. 290.)
Raw ^Coffee (Returns) Order, -1917. (Spent. Related to
returns to be made by Jan. 14th, 1918.)
Food Control Committees (Margarine Requisition) Order,
1917. (Printed p. 215 of January, 1918, Edit, of this
Manual. Rev. by Food Control Committees (Requisitioning)
Order, 1918, printed p. 237.)
Oils and Fats (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1311.)
(Printed as am. by Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 294.)
Sugar (Brewers' Restriction) Order, 1917, No. 2. (1917,
No. 1312.) (This Order amends Sugar (Brewers' Restric-
tion) Order, 1917, which, as so amended, is printed p. 493.)
Bacon and Ham Curers (Returns) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1313.)
Refined Vegetable Oils (Requisition) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1314.)
Margarine (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1315.)
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1316.)
Milk (Amendment) Order, 1917. (Printed p. 219 of the
January 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Milk (Sum-
mer Prices) Order, 1918, p. 370.)
Directions under British Cheese Order, 1917. (Spent.
Related to returns of stock as on Dec. 31st, 1917.)
Meat (Maximum Prices) Onler, No. 3, 1917. (Printed, as
amending the Principal Order, at p. 153 of the January,
1918, Edit, of this Manual. Supers, by amending Order of
March 28, 1918, printed with the principal Order at p. 257.)
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 1325.) (Am. by F»od Control ( Committees (Local
Distribution) Amendment Order, 1918, p. 240, and explained
by Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation)
Order, 1918, p. 250.)
Mangels and Swedes (Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1326.)
430
55
522
351
352
543
394
56
396
353
107
235
430
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
27
Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1917.
Dec. 24
Dec. 29
Dec. 31
1918.
Jan. 2
Jan. 3
Jan. 4
Jan. 5
Jan. 8
Jan. 9
Jan. 10
Jan.' 12
Jan. 14
n
Jan. 16
General Directions under Potatoes Order, 1917. (1917,
No. 1327.)
Oats Product* (Retail Prices} Order No. 2, 191 7. (Printed
p. 64 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 137.)
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917. (1917, No. 1330)
British Onions Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1331)
Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1336)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order No. 5,
1917. (1917, No. 1337.)
General Licence under Meat (Maximum Prices) Order,
1917. (Printed p. 167 of January, 1918, Edit, of this
Manual. Rev. by amending Order of March 28, 1918,
printed p. 257.)
Ice Cream (Restriction) Order, 1917. (1917, No. 1350.)
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918. (1917, No. 1352)
Notice under Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918. (1917,
No. 1353.)
General Licence under Ice Cream (Restriction} Order,
1917. (Printed p. 222 of January, 1918, Edit, of this
Manual. Spent. Related to salesbef ore February, 8, 1918.}
Committees (Disqualification for Membership) Order,
1918. (1918, No. 2.)
Butter (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 5)
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 7.)
General Licence under Sugar Order, 1917. (1918, No. 8.)
Rabbits (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 9)
Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 12 )
General Notice under Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1917.
(Printed p. 82 of January, 1918, Edit, of this Manual.
Virt. rev. by Breud(Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918, p. 144.
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 24
General Licence under Flour and Bread (Prices) Order,
1*17. (1918, No. 20.)
Wheat Seed Order, 1918. (Printed p. 83 of January, 1918,
Edit, of this Manual. Rev. as from May 1, I'.tlS, by
Order of April 24, 1918, which in itself is spent.}
Deer (Restriction of Feeding) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 22)
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 29 )
Meat (Retailers' Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 30)
Authorisation under Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter)
Order, 1917. (Printed p. 174 ot January, 1918, Edit, of
this Manual. Virt. rev. by Live Stock (Restriction of
Slaughter} Order, 1918, p. 290.)
General Licence under Meat (Maximum, Prices) Order, 19 17.
(Printed p. 176 of January, 1918, Edit of this Manual.
Rev. by amending Order of March 28, 1918, p. 257.)
Notice under Dutch Cheese' (Prices) Order, 1917. (1918,
No. 33.)
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 37)
General Licence under Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order,
1917. (1918, No. 190.)
Fish (Prices) Order, 1918. (Printed p. 130 of January,
1918, Edit, of this Manual. Rev. by Fish (Prices') Order.
No. 2, 1918, p. 208.)
431
495
432
266
162
35G
502
510
544
357
113
512
268
165
357
114
115
270
274
361
275
115
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Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1918.
Jan. 17
Jan? 19
Jan. 21
Jan.' 23
Jan. 24
Jan. 28
H
Jan. 29
Jan. 31
Feb. 2
»?
Feb. 4
»
Feb. 5
Feb. 7
Feb. 8
Feb.' 11
Rum and Gin (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 48.)
Margarine (Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 49) ...
Raw Cocoa (Returns) Order, 1918. (Printed p. 329 of
January, 1918 Edition. Related to returns to be made
before February 2, 1918. Spent)
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 58.)
Public Meals Order, 1918. (1918, No. 59)
Potato Bags Order, 1918. (1918, No. 63)
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 68)
Potatoes (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 93.)
Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 94) ...
General Licence under Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter)
Order, 1917. (Printed p. 176 of January, 1918, Edit, of
this Manual. Virt. rev. by Live Stock (Restriction of
Slaughter) Order, 1918, p. 290.)
Oats (Scotland and Ireland Restriction) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 92.)
Rice (Retail Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 101)
General Licence under Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order,
1917. (1918, No. 116.)
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 102.)
General Licence under Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail
Prices) Order, 1917. (1918, No, 113.)
Order amending Grain (Prices) Order, 1917. (1918,
No. 114.) (The Grain (Prices) Order, 1917, is printed
p. 86, as thus amended.}
Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 115.) (Explained by Powers of Food Control
Committees (Interpretation) Order, 1918, p. 250.)
General Notice under Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) Order, 1917 (1918, No. 124.)
Local Distribution (Misuse of Documents) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 129.)
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Prices Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 138.) This Order, ivhich amends the 1917 Order, is
incorporated with it at p. 419.)
General Licence under Milk (Registration of Dealers)
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 156.)
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 155.)
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Postponement Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 161.) (This Order amends Milk (Registra-
tion of Dealers') Order, f918, ivhich as so am. is printed
p. 357.)
General Licence under Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order,
191 7. ( Virt. rev. by Oats Products (Retail Prices') Order,
1918, p. 137.)
Oatmeal (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 166) ...
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 173.)
Condensed Milk (Distribution) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 174.)
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 189.)
Barley (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 182.)
Food Hoarding (Amnesty] Order, 1918. (Expired, Feb.
25th, 1918.) '
166
361
116
441
434
228
435
436
118
119
126
120
66
237
56
239
363
277
126
128
363
364
136
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
29
Date.
1918.
Feb. 11
Feb. 12
Feb. 13
Feb. 14
Feb.' 15
»
Feb. 18
Feb. 19
Feb. 20
Feb. 21
Feb. 23
Short Title.
Page.
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917. (1918,
No. 188.)
Meat (Licensing of Wholesale Dealers) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 196.)
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 192.)
Tea (Distribution) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 193)
Tea (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 194)
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 200)
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amend-
ment Order, 1918. (1918, No. 197.)
General Licence under Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917.
(1918, No. 202.)
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 210.)
Notice under Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 204.)
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 207.)
Potatoes (Protection) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 211)
Waste of Foodstuffs Order, 1918. (1918, No. 212)
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order,
1918. (1918, No. 216.)
General Licence under Public Meals Order, 1918, and
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order,
1918. (The London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order is rev. as to meat by Meat Rationing
Order, 1918, p. 301.)
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 218.) (Rev. so far as
regards Meat by Meat Rationing Order, 1918, p. 301.)
Directions to retailers of butter and margarine under
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order,
1918. (1918, No. 219.)
Directions to butchers under London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 220.*)
j Directions to retailers of meat other than butcher's meat
(including pork) under London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 221.)
Directions to self-suppliers under London and Home
Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 222. (Rev. so far as regards meat by Meat Rationing
Order, 1918, p. 301.)
Feb. 25 | National Kitchens Order, 1918. (1918, No. 223.)
Feb. 26 Barley (Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 224)
„ Malt (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 225)
i Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917, Amendment Order,
1918. (1918, No. 226.) (The Freshwater Ftsh (Ireland)
Order, 1917, is printed ax so am. by this Order, p. 189.)
Mar. 2 Dessicated Cocoanufc (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 243.)
Order amending Me it (Macimum Prices) Order, 1917.
(Supers, by amending Order of March 28th, 1918, printed
with the principal Order at p. 257.)
Mar. 6 Direction under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918. (Rev. by Meat Rationing Order,
1918, p. 301, and Directions thereunder.)
Mar. 7 \ London Central Markets Order, 1918. (1918, No. 279.) ...
437
278
279
&24
525
282
240
512
137
437
283
438
534
449
447
457
458
459
461
462
385
138
167
471
289
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Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1918.
Mar. 8
Mar. 11
Mar. 12
Mar. 13
Mar. 14
Mar. 14
Mar."l5
M
Mar. 19
Mar. 20
Mar."21
Mar. 25
General Licences under Milk (Registration of Dealers)
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 281.)
General Licence under Tea (Provisional Prices) Order,
No. 2, 1917. (1918, No. 282.)
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order, 1918.
(Rev. by Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order,
No. 2, 1918, printed p. 293.)
Notice under Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices)
Order, 1917. (1918, No. 292.)
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1 918. (1918, No. 293.)
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 296)
Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918. (1918, No. 294.)
(This Order, which substitutes an amended cl'mse providing
for the appointment of an arbitrator i» certain of the e'irlie>-
Orders is not printed separately in this Manual. In
accordance with the Order each of the Orders it amends is
printed herein as so amended.)
Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order,
1918. (1918, No. 299.)
General Licence under Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order,
1917. (Revoked as to Great Britain by Margarine
(Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 379, and as to Ireland by
General Licence of April 10, 1918, p 383.)
Flour Mills (Prohibition of Smoking) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 298.)
Freshwater Fish (England and Wales) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 316)
Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 322).
Fish (Prices) Order No. 2, 1918. (1918, No. 3>3)
Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918. (1918, No. 321)...
Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 325.)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1918.
(1918, No. 339.)
Cocoa Butter (Provisional Prices) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 340.)
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918. (1918, No. 341)
Raw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 342;
Beer (Prices and Descriptions) Order, 1918. (1918, No.
343.)
Pig and Pig Products (Prohibition of Export) (Ireland)
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 344.)
Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 363.)
Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 350.)
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 351.) (Am. by Food Control
Committees (Local Distribution} Scheme Order No. 2,
1918, p. 250.)
Dried Fruits (Distribution) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 355.)
Persian Dates (Retail Prices) Order, 1918. (1 918, No. 35H.)
Oils and Fats (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 357.)
Dutch Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 358)
Margarine (Retail Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 359.)
Margarine (Distribution) Order, 1918. (19I«, No. 360.)
Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 361.)
Ord*»r amending Food Control Committees (Milk Requisi-
tion) Order, 1917. (1918, No. 370.) (Printed with the
principal Order, p. 346.)
370
527
57
217
370
375
140
202
205-
208
180
290
171
377
527
531
168
292
140
215
242
186
187
H98
378
379
381
382:
Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
31
Date.
Short Title.
Page.
1918.
Mar. 27
Mar. 27
Mar. 28
April 5
April 6
April 10
April 1 1
April 12
April 16
April 17
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 371) ...
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order, 1918, No.
2. (1918, No. 372.)
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order, 1918. (1918, No.
373.) (Printed as am. by amending Order of April 24,
1918.)
Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 375)
Notice in Shops (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 400)...
Order amending Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917.
(1918, No. 374.) (Printed with the principal Order at
p. 257.)
Order amending British Cheese Order, 1917. (1918, No.
386.) (Incorporated with the -principal Order as printed
at p. 333.)
Sugar (Domestic Preserving) Order, 1918. (1918, No.
387.)
Authorisation under Food Hoarding Order, 1917. (1918,
No. 399.)
Order amending Grain (Prices) Order, 1917. (1918, No.
401.) (Printed with the principal Order at p. 86.)
Growing Grain Crops Order, 1918. (1918, No. 402)
Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation)
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 403.)
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme
Order, No. 2, 1918. (1918, No. 405.)
Meat Rationing Order, 1918. (1918, No. 417)
Direction, relating to the Amount of the Ration, and Use
of Cards and Coupons, under Meat Rationing Order,
1918. (1918. No. 404.)
Directions to Pork Butchers under Meat Rationing Order,
1918. (1918, No. 412.)
Directions to General Butchers under Meat Rationing
Order, 1918. (1918, No. 413.)
Directions to Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's Meat
or Pork. (1918, No. 414.)
General Licence applicable to Ireland under Margarine
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (1918, No. 408.)
Bacon (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1918. (1918, No.
409.)
Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 410)
Potato (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 411)
(Retail Prices) Order, 1918.
Order, 1918. (1918,
Notice under Margarine
(1918, No. 418.)
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction)
No. 418.)
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 440.)
(This Order which amends the 1917 Order, is printed ir/ih
it at p. 90.)
Potatoes (Amendment) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 445.)
(This Order is printed with the Potatoes Order, 1917,
which it amends, at p. 405.)
Oil and Fat Compound (Licensing of Manufacturers and
Requisition) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 446.)
General Licence under Cocoa Powder Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 447.)
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917,
Amendment Order, 1918. (1918, No. 448.)
144
293
145
299
390
513
220
148
250
250
301
310
314
315
317
383
58
149
439
383
515
399
533
59
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Chronological Table of All the Food Controller's Orders.
Date.
Short Title.
1918.
April 19
April 22
Apr. 22
Apr. 24
Apr. 27
Potatoes (Growers Returns) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 453.)
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918. (1918,
No. 454.)
Freshwater Fish Order, 1918. (1918, No. 455)
Order amending Flour and Bread (Registration) Order,
1918. (1918, No. 460.) (Incorporated in the principal
Order as printed p. 145.)
Spirits (Prices and Descriptions) Order, 1918. (1918,
No 470.)
Order revoking the Wheat (Seed) Order, 1918. (Spent.}
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 478.)
Order continuing temporarily the Cream Order, 1917.
(1917, No. 480.) (Printed ivitli the principal Order at
p. 348.)
Cold Storage (Restriction) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 483.)
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918. (1918, No. 484.)
Direction under Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917.
(1918, No. 485.)
Page.
440
384
216
173
221
181
464
319
33
ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER
UNDER DEFENCE OF THE REALM
REGULATIONS AS TO MAINTENANCE
OF FOOD SUPPLY NOW,
APRIL 3Oth; 1918,
IN FORCE, OR COMING INTO FORCE,
AND ORDERS OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ANCILLARY THERETO.
EXPLANATION OF CLASSIFICATION AND ARBANGEMENT.
. For the purposes of this Part of this Manual the Orders therein
printed have, as in the previous (the January) Edition hereof,
been divided into groups according to the class of articles, or
matter, with which the Orders deal.
It has been considered convenient to retain the numbering of
the 18 groups which appeared in the said previous Edition, and,
accordingly, the 9 new groups which have been called for by
the Orders of the last three months have been given intermediate
numbers, denoted by a letter following a figure as in the List
of the Groups and of the Orders falling within each of them
which is printed below.
Where an Order falls under more than one group its text is
printed in that group to which it seems more principally to
belong, the heading being repeated by way of cross-reference
under the other group, or groups, to which it in part belongs.
Thus, "The Damaged Grain, Seeds, and Pulse Order/' which
relates to wheat and other cereals, is printed in group 3, " Bread
Flour and Cereals, " but as it also relates to pulse and to seeds, it
is cross-referred to under groups 2, " Beans, Peas, and Puke,"
and 15 " Seeds. "
In the Classified List the Orders of each group are enumerated
in the alphabetical sequence- of their short titles, but in the text
the sequence of the Orders of each group is that of their date of
issue.
The Orders of the Food Controller as to the Constitution, Pro-
cedure and Accounts of Food Control Committees and the
Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions are not included in this
Part of this Manual nor in the grouping above referred to. Such
Orders, with the Orders of the Local Government Board and the
Secretary for Scotland ancillary thereto, form a separate Part
of this Manual— Part III.
ALEXANDER PULLING.
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34 Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force.
1. Bacon, Ham and Lard (pp. 43-61).
Bacon (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1918, p. 58.
Bacon and Ham Curers (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 56.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, pA3.
Authorisation thereunder (Secondary Wholesalers in Ireland),
p. 55.
Notice thereunder (Imported U.S.A. or Canadian Lard), p. 56.
Notice thereunder (Imported Lard),/». 57.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917,
Amendment Order, 1918, p. 59.
Bacon, Hams and Lard (Distribution) Order, 1917, p. 54.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing^
Scheme) Order, 1918, (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat),/?. 57.
Lirections under Meat Rationing Order, 1918 (Amount of Ration
and Use of Cards and Coupons), p. 58.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918 (Retailers of Meat
other than Butcher's Meat), p. 58.
Pig and Pig Products (Prohibition of Export) (Ireland)
Order, 1918, p. 58.
2. Beans, Peas and Pulse (p)>. 62-06).
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 63.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 64.
General Licence thereunder (Peas in Packages),/*. 65.
General Licence thereunder (Seed Beans and Peas), p. 66.
Burmah Peas and Beans, Order requisitioning, p. 62.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917. p. 66.
Feeding of Game Order, 1917, p. 63.
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917, p. 66.
Horses (Rationing) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 66. .
Testing of Seeds Order, p. 66.
3. Bread, Flour and Cereals (pp. 67-152).
Barley (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 136.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,/?. 74.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 191*, p. 138.
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 89.
Bread Order, 1917, p. 71.
General Licence thereunder (Shape of Loaves ; Rolls between
1 & 2oz.),/>. 84.
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 106.
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918, p. 144.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917, p. 75.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917, p. 107.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, p. 120.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, />. 128.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) Order, 1918, p. 113.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 116.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 101.
Dealings in Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 83.
Deer (Restriction of Feeding) Order, 1918, p. 115.
Dredge Corn Order, 1917, p. 104.
Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force. 3-5
3. Bread, Flour, and Cereals— continued.
Feeding of Game Order, 1917, p. fiS.
Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 140.
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended, /;. 90.
General Licence thereunder (Charge for Flour Bags), p. 1 14.
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order, 1918, as amended, p. 145.
Flour Mills Order, 1917, p. 79.
Flour Mills Order No. 2, 1917, p. 85.
Flour Mills (Prohibition of Smoking) Order, 1918, p. 140.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order,' 1918, p. 139.
Grain ( Prices) Order, 1917 (Grain of 1917), as amended, p. 86.
Growing Grain Crops Order, 1918, p. 148.
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917, p. 97.
General Licence thereunder (Constituents of Mixtures), p. 115.
General Licence thereunder (Bags for Poultry Mixtures),
p. 126.
Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918, p. 149.
Maize, Barley and Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 80.
Manufacture 'of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 68.
Directions thereunder (Sale and Use of Imported Flour), p. 105.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917, p. 73.
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 81.
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917,
p. 84,
Oatmeal (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 126.
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 137.
Oats (Scotland and Ireland Restriction) Order, 1918, />. 118.
Public Meals Order, 1918,;?. 117.
Rice (Retail Prices) Order, 1918,;;. 119.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 97.
Wheat, Barley and Oats (Prices) Order, 1917 (Grain of 1916),
p. 73.
Wheat (Channel Islands and Isle of Man Export) Order,
1917,;;. 97.
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 78.
4. Brewing, Malting- and Intoxicating: Liquors (/>;>. 1 53-179).
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, p. 168.
Brewer's Sugar Order, 1917, ;>. 153.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918 p. 168.
Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 161.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, as
amended, p. 154.
Treasury Rules under Part II. or of that Order, p. 159.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, No. 5, 1917,
p. 162.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery ). Order, 1918, p. 171.
Malt (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 167.
Malt (Restriction on .Shipping) Order, 1917, p. 153.
Rum and Gin (Restriction of Sales) Order, 1918, />. 166.
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, />. 173.
Sugar (Brewer's Restriction) Order, 1917, />. 161.
Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) Order, 19 1 8, p. 165.
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Classified List of Food Controllers Orders in Force.
4A. Bribery (p. 180).
Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918, p. 180.
4B. Cold Storage (/>. 181).
Cold Storage (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 181.
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918, .p. 181.
5. Conditions on Sale of Food (/;. 182).
Food (Conditions of Sale) Order, 1917, p. 182.
6. Dried Frurs (»p. 18:5-188).
Currants and Sultanas (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 184.
Dried Fruits (Distribution) Order, IMS,/?. 186.
Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order, ll'!7, p. 183.
General Licence thereunder (Tunis and Egyptian Dates), p. 184.
General Licence thereunder (French Plums) p. 185.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 188.
Persian Dates (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 187.
7. Fish (/>/>. 1*9-216).
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918, p. 208.
Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, p. 205.
Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 194.
Fre.-hvxa.ter Fish Order, 1918, />. 216,
Freshwater Fish (England and Wales) Order. 1918, p. 202.
Freshwater Fish Order ]SIo. I,/?. 203.
Freshwater Fish Order No. 2, p. 203.
Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 189.
Table of Local Orders thereunder, p. 190.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 216.
Pickled Herring (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 195.
Pickled Herrings Order, 1917, p. 199.
Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 215.
Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917, p. 192.
Sea Fishing Order fto. 3, p. 193.
Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917, p. 201.
Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917,^. 196.
Order thereunder, p. 198.
7 A. Foreign Holdings of Food (p. 217).
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 217.
8. Hoarding- of Food (pp. 219,220).
Food Hoarding Order, 1917, p. 219.
Authorisation thereunder (Preserved Eggs), p. 220.
SA. Importers' Returns (p. 221).
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 221.
9. Jam and Fresh Fruit (pp. 222-234).
Apricot Pulp and Bitter Oranges Order, 1917, p. 226.
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 228.
General Licence having effect thereunder (Sales for Orkneys
and Shetlands), p. 227.
Raspberries (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917, p. 224.
Raspberries (Scotland) Delivery Order, 1917, p. 225.
Stune Fruit (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917,
p. 222.
Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force,
9A Local Distribution and Requisitioning* (pp. 235-251).
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order. 1917,
p. 235.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment
Order, 1918, p. 240.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918, p. 242.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
No. 2. 1918,/?. 250.
Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order, 1918, ^.237.
Local Distribution (Misuse of Documents) Order, 1918, p. 239.
Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation) Order,
191*. p. 250.
10. Meat and Cattle and Eggs (pp. 252-319.)
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 279.
Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917, p. 266.
Cattle and Meat (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 257.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Butchers), jo. 289.
Directions under London* and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat (including Pork) ), p. 289.
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 270.
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 282.
Eggs, Licence under Food Hoarding Order, 1917, as to pre-
served eggs, p. 301.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 19 i 8, p. 290.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918. p. 318.
Irish Pigs (Control) Order, 1918, p. 283.
Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918, p. 290.
London Central Markets Order,' 1918, p. 289.
Meat (Control) Order, 1917, p. 262.
Meat (Licensing of Wholesale Dealers) Order, 1918, p. 278.
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended,/?. 257.
Direction thereunder (Pig Meat in Ireland), p. 319.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918, p. 301.
Directions thereunder (Amount of Ration and Use of Cards and
Coupons), p. 310.
Directions thereunder (Pork Butchers),/?. 314.
Directions thereunder (General Butchers), p. 315.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat or Pork), p. 317.
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918,
p. 293.
Meat (Retailers' Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 274.
Meat (Sales) Order, 1917, p. 253.
Pig and Pig Products (Prohibition of Export) (Ireland) Order,
1918, p. 21)2.
Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 299.
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38 Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force.
10. Meat, Cattle, and Egg's— continued,
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918, p. 277.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 276.
Eabbits (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 268.
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918, />. 27,3.
11. Milk, Butter and Cheese Gy;. 320-384).
British Cheese Order, 1917, as amended, p. 33:5.
Butter (Distribution) Order, 1917, p. 345.
Butter (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 357.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order,; 1917, p. 323.
Batter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 327.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 3, 1917, p. 327.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 4, 1917, p. 332.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 339,
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 5. 1917, p. 342.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 384.
Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 382.
Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 322.
Cocoa-Butter (Provisional Prices) Order, 1918, p. 377.
Condensed Milk (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 363.
Condensed Milk (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 352.
Cream Order, 1917, p. 348.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Weekly Ration of Butter and Margarine),
p. 369.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Supply of Butter and Margarine on
Coupons), p. 369.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Self Suppliers of Butter), p. 369.
Direct-ions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Registration for Butter and Margarine),.
p. 384.
Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 349.
Notice thereunder (First-hand Prices), p. 361.
Dutch Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 378.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918, p. 378.
Food Control Committees (Milk Requisition) Order, 1917,
as amended, p. 346.
Ice Cream (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 350.
Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918,
p. 375.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 384.
Margarine (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 381.
Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, p. 344.
General Licence thereunder (Wholesale Price in Ireland), p. 383.
Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force. 39
11. Milk, Butter and Cheese— continued.
Margarine (Registration oi' Dealers), Order, 1917, p. 353.
Margarine (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 361.
Margarine (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 379.
Notice thereunder (Date of Operation in Scotland), />. 383.
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 329.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 19 i 8, p. 364.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918
(Powers of Local Authorities under the Order), p. 366.
Circular to Local Authorities, p. 367.
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, as amended,
p. ;>.">7.
General Licences thereunder (Exemption of Small Retailers),
p. 363.
General Licences thereunder (Sales by Wholesale and Accommo-
dation Sales), p. 370.
Milk (-Returns) 1917, p. 323.
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918 p. 370.
Milk (Use in Chocolate) No. 2 Order, 1917, p. 351.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 362.
11 A National Kitchens (pp. 383-389).
National Kitchens Order, 1918,;^. 385.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1918
(Powers of English Local Authorities under Order) p> 387.
Local Authorities (National Kitchens) (Scotland) Order,
1918 (Powers of Scottish Local Authorities under Order), p. 388.
11B- Notices by Retailer of Prices (p. 390).
Notice in Shops (Ireland) Order, 1918, jo. 390.
12. Oils and Fats (pp. 391-400).
Cattle Feedin«: Stuffs (Committee.-*) Order, 1917. p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. yv397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs ( Priority Supply) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918,^. 397.
Hardened Fat (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 392.
Oil Splitting Order, 1917, p. 391.
Oil and Fat Compound (Licensing of Manufacturers and
Requisition) Order, 1918, j>. 399.
Oils and Fats (inquisition) Order, 1917, as amended, jo. 394.
Oils and Fats (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 398.
Oils, Oil Cakes and Meals (Requisition) Order. 1917, p. 392.
Public Meals Order. 1918, />. 397.
Refined Vegetable Oils (Requisition) Order, 1917,/>. S96.
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 19 17, as amended,
p. 393.
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Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force,
13. Potatoes and other Vegetables and Roots (pp. 401-440).
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918, p. 438.
British Onions Order, 1917, p. 432.
Mangels and Swedes (Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 430.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended, p. 405.
General Licence thereunder (Sale by Growers at Prices below
Minimum) p. 427.
General Licence thereunder (Sale in United Kingdom of
Varieties specified in Cl. 10), p. 429.
General Licence thereunder (Non-Returnable Bags -outside
(Ireland), p. 430.
General Direction thereunder (Invoice by Wholesale Dealers),
p. 431.
General Licence thereunder (Sale in Midlands of Varieties
specified in Cl. 10), p. 437.
Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 427.
Potato Bags Order, 1918, p. 434.
Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 436.
Notice thereunder (Application to south-west England), p. 437.
Potatoes (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 435.
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1917, p. 418.
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1918, /;. 440.
Potatoes (Protection) Order, 1918, p. 438.
Potatoes (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 439.
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 402.
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 419.
Swedes (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 401.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 427.
14. Public Meals (pp. 441-447).
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 441.
General Licence thereunder (Meat meals of members of H.M.V
forces), p. 447.
14A. Rationing Schemes (pp. 448-164).
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917,
p. 448.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment
Order, 1918, />. 449.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918, p. 463.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
No. 2, 1918, p. 464.
Local Distribution (Misuse of Documents) Order, 1918, p. 449.
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918,
/J.-449.
Directions thereunder (Supply of Butter and Margarine on Coupons),
p. 457.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Butter and Margarine), p. 458.
Directions thereunder (Butchers), p. 459.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat (including Pork)), p. 461.
Directions thereunder (Self-Suppliers of Butter), p. 462.
Directions thereunder (Consumers of Butter and Margarine),
p. 464.
Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force. 41
14A. Rationing Schemes— continued.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918, p. 463.
Directions thereunder (Amount of Ration and Use of Cards and
Coupons), p. 463.
Directions thereunder (Pork Butchers), p. 463.
Directions thereunder (General Butchers), p. 463.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat or Pork), p. 464.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 448.
Sugar Rationing Order, 1918. p. 448.
15. Seeds and Nuts (pp. 465-472).
Beans and Peas, General Licence as to Seeds, p. 471.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 470.
Desiccated Coconut (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 471.
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 470.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 465.
16. Ships' Stores (p. 473).
Ships' Stores Order. 1917,;;. 473.
17. Sugar (pp. 475-517.)
Bread Order, 1917, jo. 478.
Brewers Sugar Order, 1917, p. 477.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917,;?. 480.
Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 478.
Ice Cream (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 501.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 512.
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 515.
Sugar Order, 1917, p. 482.
General Licence thereunder (Excess Delivery against Voucher),
p. 492.
General Licence thereunder (Period of Delivery against
Voucher), p. 512.
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917. p. 495.
General Licence thereunder (Excess Delivery against Voucher),
p. 513.
Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 493.
Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917, p. 475.
General Licence thereunder (Retail of Crystallized and Glao^
Fruits), p. 493,
General Licence thereunder (Weight of Wrappers), p. 512.
Sugar (Domestic Preserving) Order, 1918, p. 513.
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 19 I 8, p. 502.
Notice thereunder (Weekly Ration), p. 510.
Order of Local Government Board thereunder (Requisition
for copy of certificate of birth), p. 511.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order, 1917, p. 480.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (Ireland) Order, 1917,
p. 491.
Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 479.
Sugar (Sales for Ireland Returns) Order, 1917, p. 489.
Classified List of Food Controller's Orders in Force,
18. Tea, Coffee and Cocoa (pp. 518-533.)
Cocoa-Butter (Provisional Prices) Order, 1918, /;. 530.
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918, p. 527.
General Licence thereunder (Sales before June 1, 1918), p. 533.
Coffee (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 520.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918, p. 532.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918,;;. 527.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 533.
Raw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1!U8, p. 531.
Tea (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 524.
Tea (Nett Weight) Order, 1917, p. 518.
Tea (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 525.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 519.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 52*.
General Licence thereunder (Green Teas in Bond), p. 527.
18A. Waste of Foodstuffs (pp. 534, 535.)
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 534.
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 534.
Waste of Foodstuffs Order, 1918, p. 534.
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 534.
EDITORIAL NOTE.
This Part of this Manual comprises all the Food Controller's
Orders and the Orders of a general character of other Depart-
ments ancillary thereto (except Orders as to the Constitution,
Procedure and Accounts of Food Control Committees and as to
the Enforcement of and Prosecutions under the Controller's
Orders which form a separate Part — Part III.) which were not on
April 30th, 1918, wholly revoked or spent. In each case the full
text of the Order is printed, save that where an amending Order
provides for the principal Order being reprinted with the
substitutions effected by such amending Order incorporated,
the principal Order is reproduced as so amended and the amend-
ing Order itself is omitted. In all other cases footnotes to a
subsequently amended Order give direct reference to the subse-
quent amending Orders. Where only a portion of an Order is-
revoked or spent, that portion is printed in italics.
Alexander Pulling,
Bacon, Hani and Lard (Promsional^Pficei) Order, 1917
1. Bacon, Ham and Lard.
Bacon (Prohibition of Ivxport) Order, 1JHS. /,. 58i
Bacon and Ham Curers (Returns) Order, 15)17, /». .'>(>.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 43.
Authorisation thereunder (Secondary Wholesalers in hvlmd), p. 55.
Notice thereunder (Imported US. A. or Canadian Lard), />. 56.
Notice thereunder (Imported Lard), p. 57.
Bacon, Ham and Lard <v Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, Amend-
ment Order, 1918, p. 59.
Bacon, Hams and Lard (Distribution) ()i\lor, 1917 ••/>> ,">4.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme)
Order, 1918 (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's Meat), p. 57.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918 (Amount of Ration
and Use of Cards and Coupons), p. 58.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order. 1918 (Retailers of Meat
other than Butcher's Meat), />• 58.
PIG: and Pig Products ( Prohibition of Export) (Ireland) Order,
1918, p. 58.
THE BACON, HAM AND LAUD ( PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
1917. No. 1180.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon liim by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all pesoiis concerned : —
1. (a) On a sale of any bacon or ham by or 011 behalf of the Firgt h
importer, curer or manufacturer thereof, or oil a sale of lard by prices,
the importer, manufacturer or refiner thereof (not being in any
case a sale by retail) the maximum price shall, be the price for
the time being prescribed by the Food Controller as the maximum
first hand price for the article sold.
(6) Until further notice the maximum first hand price for the
bacon and hams specified in the First Schedule shall be the prices
therein mentioned and for lard of the descriptions mentioned in
the third Schedule shall be the prices therein mentioned.
(c) A' maximum first hand price for the time being in force
under this Clause is hereinafter referred to as a " maximum first
hand price " ; a sale to which the maximum first hand price
applies is hereinafter referred to as a " first hand sale " ; and
the actual price at which any bacon, ham or lard is sold on the
occasion of a first hand sale (being a price not greater than the
maximum first hand price) is hereinafter referred to as the
" actual first hand price."
(d) Where on a fjrst hand sale the bacon, ham or lard is
rallied by the importer, curer, manufacturer or refiner in his
own cart or van for or In the course of delivery to the purchaser,
the importer, curer, manufacturer or refiner may charge for
i Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
such carriage at a rate not exceeding 6d. per cwt. if the distance
in a straight line is less than 10 miles, or Is. per cwt. if such
distance equals or exceeds that limit.
(e) Where any imported bacon or ham is prepared by the
importer thereo'f by any process mentioned in the second Schedule
a sum calculated according to the provisions of the second
Schedule may be added to the maximum first hand price.
Wholesaler's 2. (i) On a sale of bacon, horn or lard (other than a first
prices. hand sale or a sale by retail and except as provided by Clauses
3 an3 4 of this Order) the maximum price shall be the actual
first hand price with the addition of the following charges or
such of them as may be applicable : —
A. — PROCESS CHARGES.
Where the bacon or ham has been prepared in the BritisK
Islands by any person other than the curer, manufacturer or
importer by any process mentioned in the Second Schedule, a
sum calculated according to the provisions of the Second Schedule
may be added.
B. — TRANSPORT CHARGES.
The amount, if any, properly paid or payable in respect of
carriage or transport of the bacon, ham or lard and not included
in the actual first hand price may be added.
Where the bacon, ham or lard has been or is either on the
purchase or on the sale thereof carried by the seller in his own
cart or van, the seller may charge for such carriage at a rate not
exceeding 6d. per cwt. if the distance in a straight line is less
than 10 miles, or Is. per cwt. if such distance equals or exceed*
that limit.
C. — WHOLESALERS' GROSS PROFIT.
There may be added in respect of wholesalers' gross profit : —
(a) a sum at the rate of 7* per cwt. on the sale of any bacon
or ham which has, by some person other than the
importer, curer or manufacturer thereof, been washed
and drained, or prepared by some process mentioned in
the Second Schedule;
(6) a sum at the rate of 4s. per cwt. on the sale of any other
bacon or ham or any lard : Provided that there
may also be added a further sum at the rate of 2s.
per cwt. as respects such part of the quantity
included in any sale as does not amount to a complete
original box or package, but this further sum may
not be added on more than one sale made by any
one seller to the same buyer in any week or more
than once in respect of the same bacon, ham or lard.
(ii) The total sum added in respect of transport and the sum
added in respert of procevss charges shall be separately stated in
the invmVp r^nti-no- fo pmv s'llp. hnt ihp flpfnils of the charges
need not be stated unless required by the buyer.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917. 45
3. Where a dealer who has purchased any bacon, ham or lard Sales'to
direct from the importer, curer manufacturer or refiner thereof secondary
is selling- the same to a secondary wholesaler, the sum of 7s. per wholesalers,
cwt. or 4*. per cwt. whicL may be added in respect of wholesalers'
gross profit shall as the case may require be reduced to 4s. per
cwt. or 3s. per cwt.
4. Where a secondary wholesaler is selling otherwise than by Sales by
way of retail sale, any bacon, ham or lard purchased by him at
a price which included a sum in respect of wholesaler's gross
profit, he may, upon such re-sale, add to the price in respect of
wholesalers' gross profit: —
(a) A further sum at the rate of 9s. per cwt. on the sale of
any bacon or ham which has been washed and drained
or prepared as mentioned in Clause 2.
(b) A further sum at the rate of 45. per cwt. on the sale of any
other bacon or ham, or any lard.
5. No person shall sell or buy except on the occasion of a retail Limitation
eale, any bacon or ham in any cut not mentioned in the first on cuts-
Schedule and no person shall for the purpose of sale prepare any
bacon 01 ham by any process not mentioned in the second
Schedule, or sell or buy except on the occasion of a retail sale,
any bacon or ham so prepared.
6. (a) For the purpose of ascertaining the maximum price at Sale by
which bacon or ham may be sold by retail, the retailer shall Retai1-
ascertain the cost per Ib. by reference to the actual cost of the
side or other cut in question and the invoice weight thereof.
(&) On a sale by retail of a side or cut not divided into separate
portions, the price per Ib. sold shall not exceed the cost per Ib.
so ascertained by more than %d.
(c) On a sale by retail of a side or cut divided into separate
portions, the prices charged shall be such that the rate per Ib. on
the whole side or cut does not exceed the cost per Ib. so ascertained
by more than 3/7., the retailer being at liberty to distribute his
prices within this limit as he may think fit.
(d) On a sale of lard by retail the maximum price shall be the
actual cost of the lard sold with an addition thereto at the rate
of 2d. per Ib.
(e) No charge may be made for giving credit or making
delivery.
7. (a) For the purpose of the preceding clause the actual cost Actual cos*
of bacon, ham or lard, not being bacon or ham imported manu- to
factured or cured by the retailer, or lard imported, manufactured
or refined by the retailer, shall be taken at the price paid or
payable by him therefor (not exceeding the maximum price
authorised by this Order) together with the amount,
if, any, paid or payable or deemed to have been paid by
him in respect of transport and not included in such price, and
the actual cost of bacon or ham imported, manufactured or cured
by the retailer or lard imported, manufactured or refined by the
retailer elm 11 be the maximum first hand price of such bacon,
ham or. lard together with the amount if any paid or deemed
to have been paid by him in respect of transport.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
(6) If the retailer has prepared the bacon or hain by any
process mentioned in the second Schedule, a sum calculated ac-
cording to the provisions of that Schedule shall be added for the
purpose of ascertaining the actual cost, and where any bacon or
ham is washed and drained by the retailer, but has not been
prepared by any such process, a sum at the rate of 3s. per cwt.
may be added for such purpose.
(c) Where the price paid by a retail dealer for bacon, ham or
lard does not include delivery to his own retail premises and the
bacon, ham or lard is carried to his retail premises in his own
cart or van, he shall be deemed to have made a payment for such
carriage at the rate of 6d. per cwt. if the distance in a straight
line is less than ten miles, or at the rate of Is. per cwt. if such
distance equals or exceeds that limit.
8. (a) The terms of payment and credit on the occasion of any
sale other than a retail sale shall be, at the seller's option, either
(i) payment before delivery with discount for 2 months and
7 days at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum ;
(ii) payment within 7 days of invoice with discount for 2
months at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum ;
(iii) payment within one month with discount for one month
at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum.
(6) When discounts are allowed on a sale, the price upon such
sale shall for the purpose of the Order be reckoned at the full
price before deducting the discount.
9. The maximum prices prescribed by this Order include in
each case charges for suitable wrappings or packages.
10. Where the maximum price at which bacon, ham or lard
may be sold by any person depends upon the amount of any
sum or sums paid or charged or payable or chargeable in relation
thereto by any former seller, such person shall be entitled to
rely upon any written statement as to the amounts of the sum or
sums so paid or payable, charged or chargeable, that may have
been made to him by the person from whom he bought the bacon
or ham, unless he has reason to suspect the truth of such state-
ment. •
11. The invoice relating to any sale other than a sale by retail
of bacon or ham, shall state whether the bacon or ham is imported
or home produced.
12. Every retailer of bacon ham or lard shall so long as he
shall have any bacon ham or lard on sale, display prominently
at the shop or other place of sale a dated statement or dated
statements showing the prices at which he is selling bacon ham
or lard at such shop or place and when he is selling different
varieties or cuts of bacon or ham at different prices the state-
ment or statements shall be in such form or so displayed as to
•liow which is the price of each variety and cut and shall on
reasonable demand give to any person authorised by the Food
Controller or a Food Committee all such information as may bf
necessary for showing which of the documents and records
mentioned in this clause relate to the bacon ham and lard which
he has for the time being on sale. ,
Baron, Hun; timl Lard (Provisional J'riccs) Order, 1917. 47
No retailer shall sell any cut of bacon or ham or any lard
at a price per Ib. higher than that shown on any such statement.
Every retailer shall by ticket or label specify which of the
cuts of bacon or ham for the time being exposed for sale are
imported or home prod need.
13. Every person dealing in bacon ham or lard shall keep Records,
accurate records containing such particulars as are necessary
to show whether or not he is complying with the provisions of
this Order, so far as they relate to him or to his trade and shall
make such returns as to his trade in bacon ham and lard as may
from time to time be required by the Food Controller or a Food
Committee. All such records and relevant documents including
invoices and dated statements of price shall be open to the
inspection of any person authorised by the Food Controller or
the Committee.
14. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy Offers and
or offer to buy any bacon ham or lard at prices exceeding the
maximum prices provided by or under this Order or in connec-
tion with any sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition
of bacon, ham or lard enter or offer to enter into any artificial
or fictitious transaction or make or demand any unreasonable
charge.
15. The expression " Food Committee " shall mean as respects Interpreta-
Great Britain a Committee appointed in pursuance of the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 19.17, (a) or as respects
Ireland, the Food Control Committee appointed for Ireland by
the Food Controller. (b)
The expression "importer" shall mean: —
(a) In the case of bacon ham and lard imported otherwise
than by or on behalf of the Food Controller the person
sighting the shipper's draft, but this provision shall
not be construed so as to limit the general interpreta-
tion of that expression :
(6) In the case of bacon ham and lard, imported by or on
behalf of the Food Controller, the person to whom
such bacon nam or lard is assigned by the Food
Controller for the purposes of distribution.
The expression " secondary wholesaler " shall mean: —
(a) any person who is licensed as a secondary wholesaler by
the Food Controller or by any person authorised by
him in that behalf, (c)
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1S17.— That Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND.— See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
(c) LICENCE FOR SECONDARY WHOLESALERS. — See Authorisation to Food
Control Committee for Ireland, dated Dec. 13, 1918, printed p. 55.
48
Bacon, Harn and Lard (Provisional Prices] Order, 1917.
(6) a trader who in the ordinary course of his business buys
bacon ham or lard from a wholesaler and resells the
same to retailers in quantities not exceeding in the
case of bacon and ham 3 cwt., and in the case of lard
\ cwt. in any one week to any one purchaser.
If any question shall arise whether a person is or is not a
secondary wholesaler under this provision such question shall be
determined by the Food Controller.
The expression " bacon " shall include shoulders and picnics.
The expression lard shall not include neutral lard or compound.
Exceptions. 16. This Order shall not apply to
(i) Sales by a caterer of bacon or ham for immediate con-
sumption in the ordinary course of his catering
business.
(ii) Sales by retail of cooked bacon or ham by a person who
at the time of such sale is ready and willing to sell
uncooked bacon or ham at the prices permitted by
this Order or by a person who did not prior to the
date of this Order sell uncooked bacon or ham in the
ordinary way of his trade.
17. Infringements of this Order and summary offences against
the Defence of the' Realm Regulations.
18. The Bacon, Ham and Lard (Maximum Prices) Order,
1917, (a) and all licences issued thereunder are hereby revoked as
at the 19th November, 1917, but without prejudice to any proceed-
ings in respect of any contravention thereof.
19. This Order shall come into force : —
(a) So far as the same affects a first hand sale, on the 19th
November, 1917.
(6) So far as the same affects a sale not being a first hand
sale, or a sale by retail, on the 23rd November, 1917;
and
(c) So far as the same affects a sale by retail, on the 26th
November, 1917.
Title. 20. This Order may be cited as the Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th November, 1917.
Penalties.
Revocation.
Date of
Commence-
ment of
'Order.
(a) BACON, HAM AND LARD (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 21 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices} Order, 1917. 49
The First Schedule.
Maximum Prices to be charged on a sale of Bacon or Ham by
the Importer or Curer.
PART I. (SALES BY IMPOETEE).
Rate per Cwt.
Canadian or Canadian Cured American. —
Wiltshire Cut Side ... ' 172*.
Long Rib 172*.
Cumberland Cut Side 172*.
Long Clear 180*.
Long Cut Hams ... ... ... ... ... 165*.
A. C. Hams 162*.
Rib in Backs 179*.
American (U.S.A.). —
Wiltshire Cut Side 172*.
Cumberland Cut Side 172*.
Bellies 180*.
Long Clear ... 180*.
S. C. Backs 177*.
Short Rib 177*.
Short Clear 180*.
Rib in Backs ... 179*.
Long Rib 172*.
Dublin Cut 172*.
Yorkshire Cut 172*.
Staffordshire Cut 180*.
Rolling Middles 180*.
Square Shoulders ... ... ... ... ... 152*.
New York Shoulders 146*.
Picnics ... ... ... ... ... ... 125*.
Long Cut Hams ... ... ... ... ... 165*.
A. C. Hams ... 162*.
Manchester Cut Hams ... ... ... ... 165*.
Scotch Cut Hams 165*.
Berwick Cut Hams 172*
Skinned Hams ... ... ... ... ... 170*.
Fatless Hams 172*.
Danish. —
Wiltshire Cut Side ... ... 172*.
Dutch.—
Wiltshire Cut Side 172*.
'Argentine. —
Bacon Hams and Shoulders (including picnics)
same prices as American U.S.A.
{)ther Kinds. —
Bacon Hams and Shoulders (including picnics)
imported from any other Country 6*. nnder
American prices.
Note (i). — All prices are ex port.
Note (ii). — Weights to be averaged reweights.
50 Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices] Order, 1917.
PART II. — SALES BY CURER OR MANUFACTURER, (a)
(A) BACON CURED OR MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND.
Prices per Cwt.
1. Wiltshire Cut Sides.
Green 176*.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 192s.
2. Country Cut Sides.
Green 176*.
Pale Dried or smoked ... . .. ... ... 192*.
3. Cumberland Cut Sides.
Green 176$.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 192s.
4. Staffordshire Sides.
Green ex-salt ... ... ... ... ... 184s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 201s.
5. Country Cured Middles.
Green ex-salt ... ... ... ... ... 180s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 197s.
6. Home Cured Clear Bellies (Drafts).
Green ex-salt .. ... ... ... ... 190s.
Pale Dried or .smoked ... ... ... ... 207s.
7. Home Cured Bellies Rib in.
Green 186s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 203s,
8. Shoulder Bellies.
Green 186s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 203s.
9. Special Sides Birmingham Style.
Green 186s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 203s.
10. Long Cut Hams.
Green 180s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 203s.
11. Short Cut Hams.
Green 180s.
Pale Dried or smoked 203s.
•
12. York or Cumberland Style Hains.
Dried and Matured ... ... ... ... 214s.
13. Boned and Rolled Hams.
Green ... , 196s.
Pale Dried or smoked ... 211s.
(a) VARIATION OP PRICES. — See the Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) Order, 1917, Amendment Order, 1918, p. 59.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917. 51
Note. — (1) All prices are ex-factory and include packages.
Note.— (2) A Wiltshire Cut Side or a Cumberland Cut Side
may be divided as follows : —
1. Three-quarter i'ide (foreless).
2. Gammonless Side.
3. Gammon.
4. Fore.
5. Middle.
The total price charged for the above resulting cuts shall not
exceed by more than a sum at the rate of 2s. per cwt. the maxi-
mum price for the whole side.
(B) BACON CURED OR MANUFACTURED IN SCOTLAND.
Price per Cwt.
Ayrshire Boiled Bacon Skin off 208*.
Irish Boiled Bacon Skin off (Scottish cure) ... 190*.
Irish Boiled Bacon Skin off (Scottish cure) ... 202*.
Irish Boneless Smoked Hams (Scottish cure) ... 206s.
Note. — All prices are ex-factory and include Packages.
(C) BACON CURED OR MANUFACTURED IN IRELAND.
1. Wiltshire Cut Sides. Prices per cwt.
Green , ^72*.
Pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 1875.
2. Gammon.
Ex-salt ... 178*.
Pale dried or smoked ... .... ... ... 194s.
3. Limerick Middles.
Green 184*.
Pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 201*.
4. Irish Gams.
Green 155,.
Pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 171*.
5. Long Clear Middles.
Ex-salt ... 190,.
Pale dried or smoked 202*.
6. Long Clear Backs.
Ex-salt 190,.
Pale dried or smoked 202*.
1, Long Clear Bellies.
Ex-salt 190,.
Pale dried or smoked ... 90S.?
8. Short Clear Bellies.
Ex-salt 194,
Pale dried or smoked 210*.
9. Dried Irish Bolls .„ ...
10. Long Cut Hams.
Ex-salt ...
Dried off the hooks .
Trimmed pale or smoked ... 203*
"" I. Short Cut Hams.
Trimmed pale or smoked 203 s.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
NOTE (1) All prices are ex-factory and include packages.
NOTE (2) A Wiltshire cut side may be divided as follows: —
1. Three-quarter side (foreiess).
2. Gram moil less side.
Ganiinon.
Fore.
Middle.
The total price charg-ed for the above resulting cuts shall not
exceed by more than a sum at the rate of 2*. per cwt.
maximum price for the whole side.
3.
4.
6.
The Second Schedule.
PROCESS CHARGES.
Description of Bacon or
Hams operated on.
Result of Operations.
Permitted
Per-
centage.
New York Shoulders ...
Shankle?s, boneless, rolled - g^66]? ^
21
33
New York Shoulders
Shank bone in, rolled
Green
Smoked
13
25
New York*fehoulders
Boneless, rolled
Green 16
Smoked ! 28
Square Shoulders
Shank bone in, rolled
Green 11
Smoked 21
Square Shoulders
Shankless, boneless, rolled -
Green 16
Smoked 25
Cumberland Cut Side
Boneless, rolled
Green 13
Smoked i 22
Cumberland Cut Side
Rolled, skinless ... Green 22
_ ( Hroon 7
Long Clear ...
KnnalAaa mil Art 1
3SS' r "• (Smoked 15
Long Clear
Boneless, rolled, skinless Green
13
A.C. Ham
Boneless, rolled, skinless Green 21
A.C. Ham or skinless
Boneless, rolled
Green t 1 4
Smoked 22
A.C. Ham or skinless
Shank bone in, rolled
Green 11
Smoked 20
f J-rppn 1 1
Long Cut Ham
Shank bone in, rolled
\jrrtJou 1 1
Smoked ! 20
Gammonless Side
Boneless, rolled ... j Smoked
12
20
Wiltshire Cut Side
Boneless, rolled ... j SmS;1 d
12
20
Wiltshire Cut Side
Boneless, rolled, skinless Green 26
Picnics
Stove dried or smoked 14
A/C., M/C or Scotch Hams...
Stove dried or smoked
11
Long Cut Hams
Stove dried or smoked ... ... 10
New York Shoulders
Stove dried or smoked ... ... 12
Square Shoulders ...
Stove dried or smoked 10
Rib in Backs
Stove dried or smoked 10
Bellies
Stove dried or smoked 10
Wiltshire Cut Sides
Stove dried or smoked ... ... ' 10
Cumberland Cut Sides
Stove dried or smoked ... ... 10
Long Ribs
Stove dried or smoked 10
Dublin Cut
Stove dried or smoked
to
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917. 53
In each, case the sum to be added in respect of a process charge
is to be ascertained by applying the relevant percentage to the
total of
(i) The actual price paid for the side or cut operated on ;
(ii) The transport charges to the factory of such side or cut
not included in such price.
When the process is carried out by the Importer the maximum
first hand price shall be substituted for the price paid.
In calculating percentages, if it is found thai the result con-
tains a sum in pence greater than 6d., this shall be charged as
1*.; if less than 6^. it shall be ignored. A level 6d. will stand
good.
A Wiltshire Cut Side or Cumberland Cut Side may be divided
as follows : —
Middle 1
Gammon
Fore
Three-quarter Side (without Fore End) ... !
Spencer (without Gammon) ... ... f
Streak
Rib in Back ...
Gam
The total price charged for the above resulting cuts shall not
exceed by more than a sum at the rate of 2s. per cwt. the maxi-
mum price for the whole side.
Third Schedule.(*)
Maximum prices to be charged on a sale of lard by an importer
of imported lard, by a manufacturer of English, Scottish or
Irish lard, and by a refiner of raw or unrefined lard which haa
been refined by him in the United Kingdom.
PART I.
SALE BY AN IMPORTER OF IMPORTED LARD.
U.S.A., Canadian, or Argentine Lard.
Per cwt. ex Port.
s. d.
Pails (refined) 136 3
Boxes (refined) 135 0
Tierces or other packages (refined) 135 0
Tierces or other packages (raw or unrefined) . . . 135 0
Other Imported Lard.
Pails (refined) , 133 3
Boxes (refined) 132 0
Tierces or other paekngres (refined) ... ... 132 0
Tierces or other packages (raw or unrefined) ... Io2 0
(a) VARIATION IN PKICKS OP LARD. — See Notices of February 2 and
March 8, 1918, printed pp. 56, 57.
54
Bacon, Hams and Lard (Distribution) Order, 1917.
Forms of
application
may be
prescribed.
PART II.
SALE BY A MANUFACTURER or ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH
English and Scottish Lard.
LARD.
Per cwt. ex Factory.
s. d.
152 0
In J-lb., 1-lb. or 2-lb. packets, or in bladders ...
In tierces, half -barrels, kiels, 56-lb. blocks or
other packages ... ... ... . . 150 0
Irish Lard.
In J-lb., 1-lb. or 2-lb. packets, or in bladders ... 150 0
In tierces, half-barrels, kiels, 56-lb. blocks or
other packages ... ... ... ... 148 0
PART III.
Sales by a Refiner of Imported raw or un-refined lard, which has
been refined by him in the United Kingdom.
Lard imported as raw or unrefined lard from U.S.A., Canada
or Argentine and refined in the United Kingdom.
Per cwt. ex factory
In i Ib., 1 Ib. or 2 Ib. packets, or in bladders 145s.
In tierces, half barrels, 56 Ib. blocks or
other packages ... ... ... ... 143*.
Lard imported as raw or unrefined lard from other countries
and refined in the United Kingdom.
Per cwt. ex factory.
In J Ib., 1 Ib. or 2 Ib. packets, or in bladders 142*.
In tierces, half barrels, kiels or other
packages ... ... ... ... ... 140*.
All prices to include packages.
THE BACON, HAMS AND LARD (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1917.
1917. 1201.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe
forms of application and other documents to be used for the pur-
pose of obtaining, or for any other purpose connected with, bacon
hams or lard proposed to be distributed or for the time being in
the course of distribution by or under the authority of the Food
Controller. Any such form or document may contain instruc-
tions to be observed as to the completion of the form or any other
matter.
(b) The Food Controller may from time to time issue direc-
tions relating to the distribution, disposal and use of any such
bacon, hams or lard.
Authorisation under />acon, flam </>/<} I.<n<! (Provisional Prices) 55
, 1917.
2. All persons concerned shall in the completion of any such Completion
form or document and in the distribution, disposal or use of any of forms of
ffuch bacon, hams or lard comply with the instructions and Application.
directiona relative thereto for the time being- in force.
3. A person shall not : - 1'alse sfcate-
(n) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false or mente-
misleading- statement in any application or other
document prescribed pursuant to this Order or used
for the purpose of obtaining, or for any otner purpose
connected with, any such bacon, hams or lard.
(6) Forge, alter or tamper with any such application or
other document.
(c) Personate, or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom any such application or other document applies.
(d) Obtain any such bacon, hams or lard where any state-
ment made on the relative application is false in any
material particular, or deliver the same under any
such application where lie has reason to believe that
any statement in such application is false in a
material particular.
4. Any form of application or other document purporting- to be Prescribed
prescribed pursuant to this Order, or headed " Distribution of forms.
Imported Bacon, Hams and Lard " shall, unless the contrary be
proved be deemed to be prescribed pursuant to this Order.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Bacon, Hams and Lard (Dis- Title
tribution) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge.
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th November, 191T.
AUTHORISATION, DATED DECEMBER 13, 1917, UNDER THE BACON,
HAM AND LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917, TO THE
FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND.
1917. Xo. 1292.
The Food Controller hereby authorises the Food Control
Committee appointed by him for Ireland to license persons in
Ireland as secondary wholesalers for the purposes of the Bacon,
Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917 (Clause 15)(a).
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
18th December, 1917.
(a) BACON, HAM AND LAUD (PROVISTONAI, PRICKS) OIIMKI;, 1917.— Clause 15
of that Order is printed p. 47.
56
Returns of
bacon and
ham cured
during the
year 1917.
Prescribed
forms.
Exceptions.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
Bacon and Ham Curers (Returns) Order, 1917; Notice under
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917.
THE BACON AND HAM CURERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 21, 1917.
1917. No. 1313.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
In that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
Tinder the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Every person who during the calendar year 1917 cured any
bacon or hams, shall on or before the 10th January, 1918, furnish
to the Food Controller a return giving particulars of the bacon
and hams cured by him during such year, and shall thereafter
furnish such information concerning bacon and ham cured by
him as may from time to time be required by the Food Controller.
2. The return shall be made on forms prescribed by the Food
Controller to be obtained from and when completed to be returned
to the Secretary, Ministry of Food (Statistical Branch), Palace
Chambers, London, S.W.I.
3. No returns shall be required from
(a) any person in relation to bacon or ham cured by him for
his own domestic consumption ; or
(bj any person who during the calendar year 1917 has not
cured more than 20 cwts. of bacon and hams.
4. Failure to make a return in accordance with this Order or
the making of a false return is a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Bacon and Ham Curers
(Returns) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st December, 1917.
NOTICE, DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1918, UNDER THE BACON, HAM AND
LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
1918, No. 124.
Pursuant to Clause (1) of the Bacon, Ham and Lard (Pro-
visional Prices) Order, 1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby pre-
scribes that on and after the 2nd February, 1918, until further
(a) BACON, HAM AND LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed p. 43.
Notice under Bacon, Ha?n and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 57
1917.
notice, the maximum first hand prices for lard of the descrip-
tions mentioned in the Schedule shall be prices at the rates
specified in the Schedule.
The maximum first hand prices for all other lard are unaltered.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the -Ministry of Food.
2nd February, 1918.
The Schedule.
SALE BY AN IMPORTER OF IMPORTED LARD.
Rate per cwt.
U.S.A. or Canadian Lard. ex Port.
Pails (Refined) ... 152s.
Boxes (Eefined) 152*.
Tierces or other Packages (Refined) ... 152s.
Tierces or other Packages (Raw or Un-
refined) 149*. Qd.
All prices to include packages.
DIRECTIONS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE LONDON AND
HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918, TO
RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER'S MEAT
(INCLUDING PORK).
[These Directions are printed in Group 14A, " Ration-
ing Schemes/' p. 461.]
NOTICE, DATED MARCH 8, 1918, UNDER THE BACON, HAM AND.
LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
1918, No. 292.
Pursuant to Clause (1) of the Bacon, Ham and Lard (Pro-
visional Prices) Order, 1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby gives
notice that on and after the 8th March, 1918, until further notice,
the maximum first hand prices prescribed for lard of the descrip-
tions mentioned in the Schedule to this Notice shall be prices at
the rates specified in such Schedule.
The maximum first hand prices for all other lard are unaltered.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. II. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th March, 1918.
(a) BACON, HAM AND LAKH (PROVISIONAL PRICES) OK n F.I:, !'.»17.— That
Order is printed p. 43.
58 Bacon (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1918.
The Schedule.
SALES BY A REFINER OF IMPORTED EAW OR UNREFINED LARD
WHICH HAS BEEN REFINED BY HIM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Lard Imported as Raw or Unrefined from U.S.A., Argentine or
Canada, and Refined in the United Kingdom.
Per cwt. ex factory.
On the occasion of a sale direct to a retailer of lard 156,?.
On the occasion of any other sale ... ... ... 152.?.
The above prices apply to sales in any kind of package whatever
and include packages.
THE PIG AND PIG PRODUCTS (PROHIBITION OF EXPORT) (IRELAND)
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 20, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 10 (" Moat, Cattle and
Eggs ") (p. 292), prohibits the export from Ireland of any bacon,
ham or lard.]
DIRECTIONS, DATED APRIL 6, .19.18, UNDER THE MEAT RATIONING
ORDER, 1918, RELATING TO THE AMOUNT OF THE RATION AND
USE OF CARDS AND COUPONS.
[These Directions, which are printed in Group 10 (" Meat,
Cattle and Eggs ") (p. 310), relate to bacon and ham, and pre-
scribe a Table of Equivalent Weights.]
DIRECTIONS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE MEAT RATIONING
ORDER, 1918, TO RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER'S
- MEAT OR PORK.
[These Directions, which are printed in Group 10 (" Meat,
Cattle and Eggs ") (p. 317), apply to bacon and ham.]
THE BACON (PROHIBITION OF EXPORT) ORDER, 1918. DATED
APRIL 10, 1918.
1918, No. 409.
in exercise of the poweis conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
granted by 01 under the authority of the Food Controller, a
/fat-on. Tin in and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, 69
Amendment Order, 1918.
person shall not until further notice send, ship or consign any
carcase or part of a carcase of a pig or any bacon, ham, lard or
other pig product from any part of Great Britain to any
destination in Ireland.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Bacon (Prohibition of
Export) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th April, 1918.
THE BACON, HAM AND LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917,
AMENDMENT ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 17, 1918.
1918, No. 448.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Pursuant to Clause 1 of the Bacon, Hani and Lard (Pro- S. R. & 0.,
visional Prices) Order, 1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby pre- No- 118° of
scribes that on and after the 17th April, 1918, until further
notice, the maximum first hand prices for bacon, ham and lard
of the descriptions mentioned in the first schedule hereto shall
be prices at the rates specified in the first schedule and the
maximum first hand prices for bacon and ham of the description
mentioned in the second schedule hereto shall be prices at the
rates specified in the second schedule.
2. (a) A person shall not after the 20th April, 1918, prepare
for sale or after the llth May, 1918, sell or buy except on the
occasion of a retail sale any bacon or ham cured or manufactured
in the United Kingdom in any cut not mentioned in the first
schedule to this Order.
(6) This clause shall not prevent the completion of the
preparation for sale of any bacon or ham in course of preparation
on the 20th April, 1918. .
a) BACON, *HAM AND LARD (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That
' er IB printed p. 43.
60 Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices] Order, 1917, Amend-
ment Order, 1918.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Bacon, Ham and Lard
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, Amendment Order, 19J3.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th April, 1918.
The First Schedule.
Sales by curer or manufacturer of Bacon or Ham (cured or
manufactured in any part of the United Kingdom).
per owi.
Wiltshire cut sides:
green ex salt ... ... ... ... ... 1885.
pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 198s.
A Wiltshire Cut Side may ^be divided and sold by manufac-
turers or Curers as follows : —
per cwt.
Fore-end, cut to include one rib bone :
green ex salt ... ... ... ... ... 166s.
pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 176s.
Gammon :
green ex salt ... ... ... ... .... 196s.
pale dried or smoked ... ... ... .., 206s.
Middle, or Middle and Gammon, the fore-end
being cut off to include one rib bone :
green ex salt ... ... ... ... ... 196s.
pale dried or smoked ... 206s.
Country Cut Sides:
green ex salt 183s.
pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 193s.
Special sides, Birmingham Style:
green ex salt 213s.
pale dried or smoked ... ... 221s.
Ayrshire Rolled Bacon :
skin off ... 221s.
.Long Clear Middles and Dried Iri^li Rolls: »
pale dried or smoked ... ... ... ... 2105.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, Amend- 61
ment Order, 1918.
per cwt.
Hams, manufactured or cured in Great Britain.
Long or short cut :
green ex salt ... ... ... ... 1865.
pale dried or smoked ... . ... ... 193$.
Hams manufactured or cured in Ireland. Long cut
dried. Knobs off:
Trimmed pale' or smoked ... ... ... 2115.
Sale by a Manufacturer of English, Scottish, Irish
and Welsh Lard :
In any kind of package ... ... ... 1625.
Note. — All prices are ex factory and include packages.
The Second Schedule.
Sales by curer or manufacturer of Bacon or Ham (cured or
manufactured in any part of the United Kingdom).
per cwt.
., ( green ex salt ... ... 188$.
Cumberland Cut sides j pale dried Qr smoked.. 198,.
Staffordshire sides
Country Cured Middles
green ex salt ... ... 213*.
pale dried or smoked.. 221$.
Home Cured clear Bellies
(drafts)
Home Cured Bellies — rib in ...
Shoulder Bellies
T- • i n/r-jji f green ex salt 196$.
Limerick Middles ... j pale dried or 8moked.. 206$.
f green ex salt ... ... 166$.
-\paledriedorsmoked.. 176$.
Long Clear Backs ... ... 1
Long Clear Bellies ... ... > pale dried 01 smoked.. 210$.
Short Clear Bellies )
NOTE. — All pricee are ex factory and include packages.
Order requisitioning Burmah Peas and Beans.
2. Beans, Peas and Pulse.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 63.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 64.
General Licence thereunder (Peas in Packages), p. 65.
General Licence thereunder (Seed Beans and Peas), p. 66.
Burmah Peas and Beans, Order requisitioning, p. 62.
Damaged Grain, Seeds, and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917,
p. 66.
Feeding of Game Order, 1917, p. 62.
Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918, p. 66.
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917, p. 66.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 66.
THE FEEDING OF GAME ORDER, 1917. DATED JANUARY 11, 1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals ") (p. 68), prohibits the feeding of pulse, &c., to game
birds.]
ORDER OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER, DATED MAY 1, 1917, REQUI-
SITIONING CERTAIN BURMAH PEAS AND BEANS. (a)
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
(1) The original consigness of all Burmah peas and beans for
which tonnage has been or may be engaged or allo-
cated, and which have not arrived at the date of this
Order and which shall arrive in the United Kingdom,
shall place and hold such peas and beans at the dis-
posal of the Food Controller :
(2) The peas and beans are taken over by the Food Con-
troller from the original consignees, at the price, for
Rangoon hand-picked white beans, of £37 per ton
nett delivered weight in bags c.i.f. to the United
Kingdom, including war risk with customary trade
conditions as set out in the Burmah bean contract of
the London Rice Brokers' Association. All other
varieties of beans and the peas are taken over at
corresponding prices but otherwise on the same terms :
(3) Except as otherwise determined by the Food Controller
in any particular case, all contracts for sale of any
such peas or beans made by the original consignees
or any persons claiming under them are cancelled,
and sellers and /or buyers are to stand released from
all liability as to brokerage :
(a) APPLICATION OF ORDER TO ORIGINAL CONSIGNEES. — This is provided
for by the Defence of the Realm (Beans, Peas and Pulse Orders) Bill (H.C.B.
1918. 15) which was when this Manual went to press in Committee in the House
of Commons.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Requisition) Order, 1917. i33
(4) The original consignees are required to furnish the Food
Controller on or before the 7th May, 1917, with full
particulars of tonnage engaged or allocated for
Burimih peas or beans and such other particulars as
may from time to time be required:
(5) The expression " original consignees " shall mean the
shipper or the person to whom the peas or beans have
been or may be originally consigned.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
1st May, 1917.
THE BEANS, PEAS AND PULSE (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.
DATED MAY 16, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 457.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows: —
1. All persons owning or having power to sell or dispose of any
beans, peas or pulse suitable for human food which have arrived
in the United Kingdom or which shall hereafter arrive (except
beans, peas and pulse arrived which have been vsold by the
original consignees and paid for by the purchasers) shall place
and hold such beans, rjeas and pulse at the disposal of the Food
Controller.
2. The beans, peas and pulse are taken over by the Food Con-
troller from the original consignees and the Food Controller will
subsequently communicate to them the prices which he will be
prepared to pay for the same.
3. Except as otherwise determined by the Food Controller in
any particular case all contracts made by the original consignees
or any persons claiming under them for the sale of any beans,
peas and pulse taken over under this Order are cancelled, and
sellers and /or buyers are to stand released from all liability as
to brokerage.
4. The arbitrator to determine in default of Agreement the
compensation to be paid for stocks requisitioned under this Order
shall be appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England.
5. The original consignees shall on or before the 21st May,
1917, furnish to the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies,
Trafalgar House, Waterloo Place, S.W.I, full particulars of all
beans, peas and pulse taken over under this Order.
(a) APPLICATION OF OKDKK TO OKKMNAL CONSIGNEES. — This is pro-
vided for by the Defence of the Realm (Beans, Peas and Pulse Orders) Bill
(H.C.B. 1918. ,15), which was when this Manual went to press in Committee in
the House of Commons.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
6. This Order shall apply to all peas, beans and pulse imported
or to be imported into the United Kingdom except as mentioned
above and except Burmah peas and beans taken over by the Food
Controller under an Order in that behalf dated 1st May, 19 17. (a)
7. This Order may be cited as the Beans, Peas and Pulse
(Requisition) Order, 1917.
16th May, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
THE BEANS, PEAS AND PULSE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED MAY 29, 1917.
1917. No. 511.
Maximum
prices for
beans, peas
and pulse.
Packages.
Method of
sale and use.
Fictitious
transactions.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2v
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows: —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person
shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy by retail any beans, peas
or pulse of the descriptions mentioned in the Schedule at prices
exceeding the prices applicable as therein specified. (b)
2. The maximum price shall include all charges for bags and
other packages and no additional charge may be made therefor.
3. All such peas, beans and pulse shall be sold by weight only
and shall be used only for human consumption.
4. No person shall in connection with a sale or proposed sale
of any article to which this Order applies enter or offer to enter
into any fictitious or unreasonable transaction or make or propose
to make any unreasonable charge.
5. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a com-
pany every director and officer of the company is also guilty of
a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves that
the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent.
6. This Order may be cited as the Beans, Peas and Pulse
(Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
(a) ORDER AS TO BURMAH PEAS AND BEANS. — That Order is printed
p. 64.
(b) SALE OF BEANS AND PEAS AT PRICES EXCEEDING MAXIMA. — By the
Controller's General Licence of August 14, 1917 (p. 65) the sale by retail in
packages of peas to which the May Order applies at prices exceeding those
permitted by that Order was authorised, and by General Licence- of January 31,
1918 (p. 66), the sale of seed beans and peas at prices exceeding those per-
mitted by the Order was authorised.
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
General Licence nnder Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices)
Order, 1917.
Schedule.
Until June
30th, 1917.
During
July, 1917.
On and after
August, 1917
per Ib.
per Ib.
per Ib.
Large Butter Beans
lOrf.
w.
Sd.
White Haricot Beans
Sd.
Id.
Qd.
Coloured Haricot Beans
1\d.
6{<l.
6i&
Blue and Green Peas (Whole and
&*.
&/,
9d.
Split).
Large Manufactured Lentils
3d.
Sd.
W.
Small Manufactured Lentils
Id.
Id.
Id.
Yellow Split Peas
6rf.
&d.
Qd.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED AUGUST 14, 1917, UNDER THE BEANS,
PEAS AND PULSE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917, No. 823.
The Food Controller hereby authorises, until further notice, the
sale and purchase by retail in packages of peas to which the above
Order applies, subject to the following conditions: —
1. The f package may contain only peas and a bag of cooking
requisites, and no packets shall be sold except packets of the
approximate gross weight of 1 Ib., f Ib., or J Ib.
2. There shall be plainly printed on the outside of the package
the name of the person by or for whom it was packed, the month in
which it was packed, the gross weight of the packet and the
net weight of the peas.
3. A 1 Ib. (gross weight) packet may be sold at a price not
exceeding 9<^., provided that the net weight of the peas is not less
than 14 ozs.
4. A | Ib. (gross weight) packet may be sold at a price not
exceeding 6Jd., provided that the net weight of the peas is not
less than lOf ozs.
5. A \ Ib. (gross weight) packet may be sold at a price ^not
exceeding 4$d., provided that the net weight of the peas is not
less than 6| ozs.
August 14th, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
(a) BEANS, PEAS AND PULSE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 64.
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General Licence under Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices)
Order, 1917.
THE TESTING OF SEEDS ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 15 (" Seeds and Nuts ") (p. 465),
relates, inter alia, to pea and bean seeds.]
THE HORSE AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917. DATED
NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and Cereals ")
(p. 97), relates, inter alia, to beans and pulse.]
THE DAMAGED GRAIN, SEEDS AND PULSE (PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and Cereals ")
(p. 101),, applies also to damaged pulse.]
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JANUARY 31, 1918, UNDER THB BEANS,
PEAS AND PULSE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1918. No. 113.
The Food Controller hereby authorises until further notice,
the sale and purchase specifically for seed purposes of Beans and
Peas whether Home Grown 01 Imported at prices in excess of
the prices permitted by the above Order but subject to compliance
with the provisions of the Testing of Seeds Order, 1917. (b)
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st January, 1918.
THE HORSES (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 10, 1918.
[This Order, printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and Cereals ")
(p. 149), restricts the feeding of beans to horses.]
(a) BEANS, PEAS AND PULSE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 64.
(b) TESTING OF SEEDS ORDER, 191?.- -That Order is printed in Group 15
("Seeds and Nuts "X
List of " Bread, Flour and Cereals " Orders. 67
3. Bread, Flour and Cereals.(a)O)
Barley (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 1 i6.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 74.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 1918, p 138.
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917,;?. 89.
Bread Order, 1917,/>. 71.
General Licence thereunder (Hhape of Loaves ; Rolls between
1 and 2 oz.), p* 84.
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 106.
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, !S18,j9. 144.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917, ;?. 75.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917, p. 107.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918,^. 120.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 128.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) Order, 1918, p. 113.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 116.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, UH7, p. 101.
Dealings in Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 83. *
Deer (Restriction of Feeding) Order, 1918,p. 115.
Dredge Corn Order, 1917, p. 104.
Feeding of Game Order, 1917, p. 68.
Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 140.
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended, p. flO.
General Licence thereunder (Charge for Flour Bags), p. 114.
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order, 1918, as amended, p. 145.
Flour Mills Order, 1917, p. 79.
Flour Mills Order No. 2, 1917, p. 85.
Flour Mills (Prohibition of Smoking) Order, 1918, p. 140.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 139.
Grain (Prices) Order, 1917 (Grain of 1917), as amended, p. 86.
Growing Grain Crops Order, 1918, p. 148.
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917, p. 97.
General Licence thereunder (Constituents of Mixtures), p. 115.
General Licence thereunder (Bags for Poultry Mixtures), p. 126.
Horses (Rationing) Order 1918, p. 149.
Maize, Barley and Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 80.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 68.
Directions thereunder (Sale and use of Imported Flour), p. 105.'
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917, p. 73.
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 81.
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917,
p. 84.
Oatmeal (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 126.
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, />. 137.
[See next page
(a) ORDERS AS TO MALT AND MALTING. — These Orders are printed in
group 4, (" Brewing, Malting and Intoxicating Liquors,") pp 153-179.
(b) USE OF GRAIN OR RICE FOR MANUFACTURE OF SPIRITS.— Regula-
tion 30D of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, printed in Part VIII of
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual," p. 408, prohibits the use of Grain
or Rice in the Manufacture of Whiskey, &c., without a permit from the Minister
of Munitions. Further restrictions on the use of Grain and Rice are imposed by
he Food Controller's Orders, printed in this Group 3-
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68
No grain to
be fed to
game birds.
Penalty.
Interpreta-
tion.
Short Title
and Com-
mencement
of Order.
All wheaten
flour to be
straight run
flour.
Percentage
of flour to
be obtained
from wheat.
Feeding of Game Order, 1917 ; Manufacture of Flour and Bread
Order (No. 2), 1917.
Oats (Scotland and Ireland Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 118.
Public Meals Order, 1918,;?. 117.
Kice (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 119.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 97.
Wheat, Barley and Oats (Prices) Order, 1917 (Grain of 1916),
p. 73.
Wheat (Channel Islands and Isle of Man Export) Order, 1917,
p. 97.
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order. 1917, p. 78.
THE FEEDING OF GAME ORDER, 1917. DATED JANUARY 11, 1917.
1917. No. 66.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulation 1914,
and of all«other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food
Controller orders as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller, no
person shall feed any game birds with any wheat, pulse or other
grain or foodstuffs.
2. Any person acting in contravention of this Order is guilty
of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations.
3. For the purposes of this Order, the expression "game birds"
shall include pheasants, partridges, quail, and wild duck.
4. — (1) This Order may be cited as the Feeding of Game
Order, 1917.
(2) This Order shall come into force on the 15th day of
January, 1917.
Devonport,
llth January, 1917. Food Controller.
THF MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR AND BREAD ORDER (No. 2), 1917.
DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 187.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no
person shall manufacture any wheaten flour other than a straight
run flour.
2. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no
person shall after 12th March, 1917, mill any wheat so that
the percentage of the extract of flour obtained from the cleaned
wheat ground in his mill during any month or other period is
(a) SAMPLES OF FLOUR. — As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures, to take samples of auy flour in the possession of any miller or baker
or seller of bread or flour, and as to prosecutions by such Inspectors under
Clause 5 of this Order, see Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917.
69
less than the percentage (hereinafter called the prescribed per-
centage) ascertained on the basis of the percentages set forth
in the Schedule hereto, or such other percentages as the Food
Controller may from time to time prescribe.
Provided always that the following adjustments shall be made
in ascertaining the prescribed percentage : —
(i) The percentage applicable to any Argentine wheat shall
be increased by J per cent, in respect of each £ Ib. by
which the actual bushel weight of the Argentine wheat
milled shall exceed the bushel weight specified as
applicable thereto and shall be decreased by J per
cent, in respect of each \ Ib. by which the actual
bushel weight shall be less than the bushel weight
so specified.
(ii) In any case where the total product of the mill in
question is obtained exclusively from English, Scotch
and Irish wheat or any of them the percentage shall
be less by one than the percentage otherwise
applicable.
3. — (a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller Mixtures,
there shall, after the 12th March, 1917 ,(*) be mixed with the
wheaten flour not more than 15(*) per cent, and not less than
J(a) per cent, of flour obtained from rice, barley, maize, maize
semolina, oats, rye or beans or any other cereal for the time
being authorised by the Food Controller.
(6) The mixture shall be made either by addition to the
wheaten flour after it has been milled, or by milling the per-
mitted cereals with wheat, or partly in one way and partly in
the other way. In any case rice shall be milled to a 95 per cent,
extraction, maize semolina to a 70 per cent, extraction, and
inaize and barley to a 60 per cent, extraction.
(c) The mixture shall be made by the miller before selling
or otherwise disposing of his flour.
4. Imported flour shall be dealt with only in manner pre-
scribed by the Food Controller from time to time.(b)
5. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person
shall after the 26th March, 1917, sell or offer for sale or manu-
facture bread or any other article of food for which wheaten
flour is used unless the wheaten flour used therein is flour which
has been manufactured and otherwise dealt with as required by
this Order. (c)
6. For the purpose of any statute, wheaten flour which has
been mixed with flour obtained from rice, barley, maize, maize
semolina, oats, rye, beans, in manner provided by this Order
or has been otherwise mixed in manner authorised by the Food
Controller, and does not contain any other ingredient, shall be
deemed to be exclusively composed of wheaten flour. (c)
(a) MIXTURES.— After April 10th, 1917, the mixture with the wheaten flour
is to be not more than 25 and not less than 10 per cent. See The Manufacture
of Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917, printed p. 73.
(b) SALE AND USE OF IMPORTED FLOUR. — See Directions, dated Nov. 27,
11)17, of the Controller, printed p. 105.
(c) WHEATEN FLOUR. — The Bread Acts which are referred to in footnote
(d), p. 71, to Clause 2 of the Bread Order, 1917, prohibited the admixture with
wheaten flour of any ingredients, and the Sale of Food and Drug Acts impose
penalties on the adulteration of flour.
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Imported
flour.
Manufacture
of bread.
Provision as
to statutes.
70 Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917.
Penalty. 7. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or
or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent.^)
Title and 3. This Order may be cited as the Manufacture of Flour and
commence- Bread Order (No. 2), 1917.
ment of ^
Order. Devonport,
24th February, 1917. Food Controller.
Schedule.
Description of Wheat. Percentage.
Choice Bombay
Australian
Blue Stem 81J
Walla Walla (White and Red) 80£
Chilian 80
New Zealand 81
English 81
Scotch 80
Irish 81
No. 2 Club Calcutta 80
Choice White Kurrachee ... ... ... 80
Soft Red Kurrachee 80
Rosafe 62 Ibs 78
Baril 61J Ibs 78
Barletta Russo 61£ Ibs 78
No. 1 Hard Manitoba ... 81
No . 1 Northern Manitoba 80
No. 2 ditto 78
No. 3 ditto 76
No. 4 ditto. Commercial Grade ... 75
No. 5 ditto. ditto. ... 72
No. 6 ditto. ditto. ... 67
No. 4 ditto. Special Commercial Grade 70
No. 5 ditto. ditto. ... 63
No. 6 ditto. ditto. ... 53
No. 1 Hard and Montana Winter (1916) ... 82
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — Keg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4. " Miscellaneous Proyisions as-
to Offences," p. 433 of the " Food (Snpply and Production) Manual "), which
was added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
Bread Order, 1917.
71
Description of Wheat. Percentage.
No. 2 Hard Winter (Chicago or Atlantic)
Grading (1916) 81
No 2 Hard Winter (Gulf Inspection) (1916) 80
No. 2 Red Winter (Western) (1916) 81
No. 2 ditto. (Seaboard Inspection) (1916) 80
Steamer Grade Winters (1916) 79
Red Winters. All other Grades (1916) ... 81
Canadian Winters, Red or White 80
No. 2 Chicago Spring (1915)
Durum 77
Japanese... ... ... ... ... ... 79
Feed Wheat, Manitoba (1916) 43
THE BREAD ORDER, 1917. DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1917. (»)
1917. No. 189.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2v
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that the following provisions shall, except under the authority
of the Food Controller, be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No bread which has not been made at least 12 hours shall No new
be sold or offered or exposed for sale.(b) bread to be
sold.
2. No loaf of bread shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale shape
except in the shape either of a one piece oven bottom loaf or a of loaves,
tin loaf.(o)(d)
3. No currant bread, sultana bread or milk bread shall be Currant
sold or offered or exposed for sale. bread, &c.
(a) SAMPLES OF FLOUR. — As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker
or seller of bread or flour, and as to prosecutions by Inspectors under this Order,
*ee Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) NEW BREAD.— By the Controller's General Licence of Dec. 4, 1917
(St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1237), since spent and therefore not reprinted in this
Manual, the sale of new bread was authorised at Christmastime in England and
the New Year in Scotland.
(c) SHAPE OF LOAVES.— By the Controller's General Licence of May 23,
1917 (p. 84), the sale of loaves in the shape of Pan Coburg loaves and twin-
sister brick loaves was authorised.
(d) SHAPE, SIZE. AND WEIGHT OF BREAD UNDER BREAD ACTS. — The special
provisions of the Statute Book as to bread are comprised in three Acts passed
nearly a century ago. Of these the London Bread Act of 1 822 (3 Geo. 4. c. cvi. ;
local) applies to the area within 10 miles of the Royal Exchange, the Bread Act,
1 836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 37) to the rest of England and to Scotland, and the Bread
(Ireland) Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Viet. c. 28) to Ireland. These Acts are to a great
extent in identical terms : s. 3 of each of them permitted bakers to make and
sell bread of any weight or size.
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Bread Order, 1917.
Sugar. 4. No sugar(a) shall be used in the making of bread.
Exchange of 5. No baker or seller of bread shall exchange any bread for
other bread which he has sold.
6. All bread shall be sold by weight and not otherwise, (b)
except bread sold for consumption on the premises of the seller.
7. No loaf of bread shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale
unless its weight be one pound or an even number of pounds. (c)
8. No roll of bread shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale
except a roll weighing two ounces. (d)
9. Any person authorised by the Food Controller or any
Inspector of Weights and Measures(e) may require any person
offering or exposing any bread for sale to weigh such bread in
his presence and may also require any person in the course of
delivering any bread to permit him to weigh such bread.
10. For the purpose of this Order bread may be weighed at any
time within 30 hours of the completion of the baking thereof
but not later.
11. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or
aids or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention
of this Order that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent, (f)
12.— (a) This Order may be cited as the Bread Order, 1917.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 12th March, 1917.
bread.
Sales to be
by weight.
Weight of
a loaf.
Weight of
rolls.
Power to
weigh bread.
When weight
to be tested.
Penalty.
Title and
Commence-
ment of
Order.
26th February, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
(a) USE OF SUGAR. — For other restrictions on use of sugar, see Orders
printed in Group 17 (" Sugar ").
(b) SALE BY WEIGHT.— S. 4 of each of the Bread Acts referred to in
footnote (c) above, prohibited the sale of bread throughout the U.K. except by
weight, but this provision did not extend to the sale of bread " usually sold as
French or fancy bread " when those Acts came into force. See the proviso to
s. 4 in each Act and Aerated Bread Co., v. Gregg. (1873) L.R. 8 Q.B., 355 ;
the test of whether bread is " fancy bread " is a question of shape and size
rather than of quality. V.V. Bread Co. v. Stubbs (1896) 74 L.T. 704 ; Bailey v.
Barsby (1909) 2 K.B 610.
(c) SHAPE, SIZE, AND WEIGHT OF BREAD UNDER BREAD ACTS.— See footnote
(d) on p. 71 to Clause 2 of this Order.
(d) WEIGHT OF ROLLS. — By the Controller's General Licence of May 23, 1917
(p. 84), the sale of rolls weighing not less than 1 oz. or more than 2 oz. was
authorised.
(e) INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — These are officers of, and
appointed by, the local authorities, viz. in the City, the Court of Aldermen, in
certain English municipal boroughs of over 10,000 population, the Town Council,
in Scottish burghs the Magistrates, in Dublin the Commissioners of Police, in
Irish boroughs the Town Council, and elsewhere throughout the U.K. the
County Councils. See s. 50 and sch. 4 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1878
(41 & 42 Viet. c. 49) as amended by the Local Government Acts.
(f) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY.— -See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 3), 1917; Wheat, 73
Barley and Oats (Prices) Order, 1917.
THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR AND BREAD ORDER (No. 3), 1917.
DATED APRIL 4, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 315.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2p and 2j of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby orders that the Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order
(No. 2) 1917 (hereinafter called the principal order)(b) shall be
varied as follows: —
1. In lieu of the mixtures mentioned in Article 3 (a) of
the principal order, there shall after the 10th April
1917 be mixed with the wheaten flour therein
referred to, not more than 25 per cent, and not less
than 10 per cent, of flour obtained from the cereals
mentioned in such article, and the principal Order
shall stand varied accordingly.
2. This Order may be cited as the Manufacture of Flour
and Bread Order (No. 3.) 1917.
Devonport,
4th April, 1917. Food Controller.
THE WHEAT, BARLEY AND OATS (PRICES) ORDER, 1917, DATED
APRIL 16, 1917, RELATING TO GRAIN HARVESTED IN
1916. (c)(d)
1917. No. 363.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no wheat, Maximum
barley (other than kiln dried barley) or oats harvested in the prices.
United Kingdom in the year 1916 may be sold at prices exceeding
prices at the following rates : —
Wheat— 78s. per quarter of 480 Ibs.
Barley — 65s. per quarter of 400 Ibs.
Oats — 55s. per quarter of 312 Ibs.
(a) SAMPLES OF FLOUR. — As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker
or seller of bread or flour, see Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III
of this Manual.
(b) MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR AND BREAD ORDER (No. 2), 1917 — That
Order is printed p. 68.
(c) APPLICATION OF ORDER. — On April 19th it was announced that the
Order would not apply prior to 26th May to bond fide sales of grain (for seed
purposes) to growers.
On April 30th a general permit was issued entitling wholesale dealers to add a
commission of Is. per quarter to the prices in the Order and retail dealers to add
a further 2s. per quarter, the price with all commissions added in no event to
exceed by more than 3s. the prices in the Order. This general permit also took
the opportunity of stating the terms upon which the prices in the Order were
understood to be based. The Order refers only to home grown wheat, barley
and oats of the 1916 crop and excludes kiln dried barley.
With the exception of kiln dried barley now held by the Royal Commission
on Wheat Supplies, very little of the 1916 grain crop remains in existence.
(d) MAXIMUM PRICES FOR GRAIN HARVESTED IN 1917.— -See Grain (Prices)
Order, 1917, p. 86.
74
Delivery.
Contracts.
Offers and
conditions.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 19.17, as amended.
2. The buyer shall be entitled to require the grain to be placed
on rail or (at the option of the seller) to be delivered to the
buyer's premises, and no additional charge may be made in
respect thereof.
3. Except in so far as the Food Controller may in any par-
ticular case otherwise determine, the following provision shall
have effect in the case of any contract subsisting at the date of
this Order for the sale of any of the grains mentioned where the
contract price exceeds the permitted maximum price : —
The contract shall stand so far as concerns any such grain
which has been paid for or has been delivered or which under
the contract is to be delivered within one month from the date of
such contract, but otherwise shall be avoided.
4. No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any of the
grain mentioned at a price exceeding the permitted maximum
price or in connection with a sale or proposed sale of any such
grain enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial transac-
tion or make any unreasonable charge.
5. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of this
Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a com-
pany every director and officer of the company is also guilty of a
summary offence against those regulations unless he proves that
the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. (*•)
6. This Order may be cited as the Wheat, Barley and Oats
(Prices) Order, 1917.
16th April, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
THE BARLEY (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917, DATED APRIL 16, 1917,
AS AMENDED BY APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER,
1918(b), DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 364, as amended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2r and 2o of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby orders as follows : —
1. All persons owning or having power to sell or dispose of
any barley (other than home grown barley which has not been
kiln dried) shall place such barley at the disposal of the Food
Controller and shall deliver the same to him or such persons as
may be named by him in such quantities and at such time as the
Food Controller may from time to time require.
2. Pending any direction no person shall remove or otherwise
dispose of any such barley (whether in pursuance of a contract
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OP COMPANY. — See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
(b) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918.— That Order substituted
a new clause for Clause 5 of the present Order.
Cake and Pastry Order t 1917. 75
existing at the date of this Order or not) and all persons concerned
shall take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to maintain
the same in good condition.
3. All persons owning or having power to sell or dispose of such
barley shall on or before the 30 th April, 1917, furnish to the Food
Controller, Grosvenor House, Upper (irosvenor Street, London,
W.I, a statement on forms to be obtained from the Food Con-
troller, giving particulars of all such barley in their possession or
under their control at th^ date of this Order2 and of all their
existing contracts if any for the sale of such barley.
4. The Food Controller will subsequently communicate to the
owners of barley taken over by him the prices which he will be
prepared to pay for the same.
5. The Arbitrator to determine in default of agreement the
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session in
Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland, (a)
6. This Order shall not apply
(a) to persons who do not own more than 25 qrs. (448 IDS. per
quarter) of barley at the date of the Order ;
(b) to barley in the hands of or held to the order of Hour
millers at the date of this Order;
(c) to barley agreed to be sold to the Royal Commission on
the Wheat Supply.
7. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent, (b)
8. This Order may be cited as the Barley (Requisition) Order,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
16th April, 1917.
THE CAKE AND PASTRY ORDEB, 1917. DATED APRIL 18, 1917. (c)
1917. No. 372.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Ren 1m Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 5. — This clause was inserted in its present form
by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 294).
(b) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., 01 COMPANY.— -See footnote (a) to Manu
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
(c) SAMPLES OF FLOUR. — As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker or
seller of bread or flour, and as to prosecutions by such Inspectors under this
Order, nee Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
76
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917.
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller, the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : - —
Making and 1- No person shall after the 21st April, 1917, make or attempt
sale of cakes to make for sale, or after the 24th April, 1917, sell or offer to sell
and pastries. or nave in his possession for sale : —
(a) Any crumpet, muffin, tea cake or fancy bread, or any
light or fancy pastries, or any other like article.
(b) Any cake, bun, scone or biscuit, which does not conform
to the requirements of the two following provisions of
this Order.
Ad. led 2. In the making of any cake, bun, scone or biscuit, no edible
substances. substance shall be added to the exterior of the cake mixture or
dough after it has been mixed, or to the article during the pro-
cess of or after baking.
Flour and 3. Cake. — No cake shall contain more than 15 per cent, of
sugar. sugar or more than 30 per cent, of wheaten flour.
Bun. — No bun shall contain more than 10 per cent, of sugar or
more than 50 per cent, of wheaten flour.
Scone. ^- No scone shall contain any sugar or more than 60 per
cent, of wheaten flour.
Biscuit. — No biscuit shall contain more than 15 per cent, of
sugar.
The percentage shall be determined in every case by reference
to the weight of the baked article taken at any time. The per-
centage of sugar shall be ascertained by analysis of a sample
representing a fair average of the whole article, and all sugar
contained in the baked article shall be taken into account, in
whatsoever form it may have been introduced.
Exceptions. 4. The foregoing provisions of this Order shall not apply to any
cake or biscuit proved to have been made before the 23rd April,
1917.
Warranties. 5. The provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts relating
to warranties and invoices shall apply to any proceedings under
the foregoing provisions of this Order in the same way as they
apply to proceedings under those Acts. (a)
(a) PROVISIONS OF SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS AS TO WARRANTIES
AND INVOICES.— S. 25 of the 1875 Act (38 & 39 Viet. c. 63) provides that if
i/, defendant in any prosecution under that Act proves that he bought the article
in the same state as sold and with a warranty he shall be discharged. There
must be some writing connecting the particular consignment with the warranty.
A series of reported cases turn on the question as to whether an invoice amounts
to a warranty and it would seem that it does so amount if it contains a state-
ment guaranteeing the article, provided that it can be regarded as the actual
contract of sale.
S. 7 of the Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Viet., c. 52), makes provision
as to warranties, and s. 12 of that Act provides for proceedings thereunder
being the same as are prescribed by ss. 12 to 28 of the Sale of Food and
Drugs Act, 1875.
S. 20 of the 1899 Act (62 & 63 Viet. c. 51) provides that a warranty or invoice
shall not be available as a defence unless the defendant sends a copy thereof to
the purchaser within 7 days after service of the summons and makes further
provision as to warranties.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917.
77
6. Any person authorised by the Food Controller, and any In- Inspection.
spector of Weights and Measures(a) may enter upon any premises
where he has reason to suspect any article is being made or sold
or exposed for sale in contravention of this Order, and take
samples thereof.
7. This Order shall apply to articles made or supplied in Clubs Clubs.
in the same way as it applies to articles made or supplied for
sale.
8. — (a) The following provision shall apply to every public Rationing of
eating place as defined in the Public Meals Order 1917 which Tea
is excepted from that Order under clause 7 (b) thereof: — S&qp§.(b)
No individual customer shall be served at any meal what-
soever which begins between the hours of 3 p.m. and
6 p.m. with more than 2 ozs. in the whole of bread, cake,
bun, scone and biscuit.
(b) This clause shall not apply to any public eating place
where : —
(1) No customer is ever charged more than Qd. in respect
of a meal (including the charge for beverages) begun
between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. which does not include
meat, fish or eggs; and
(2) There is exhibited on every tariff card and also in a
conspicuous position in every room where meals are
usually served a notice to the effect that no customer
will be so charged.
(c) This clause shall not come into force until the 23rd April,
1917.
9. For the purpose of this Order the expression " Wheaten interpre-
Flour " shall mean any flour for the time being authorised to tation.
be used in the manufacture of wheat-en bread, and the expression
" sugar " shall include glucose.
10. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids Penalty.
and abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a com-
pany every director and officer of the company is also guilty of a
summary offence against those regulations unless he proves that
the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. (c)
11. This Order may be cited as the Cake and Pastry Order, Title
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
18th April, 1917.
(a) INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — See footnote (e) to Clause 9
of Bread Order, 1917, p. 72.
(b) RATIONING OF TEA SHOPS. — Clause 8 is superseded by the Public
Meals Order, 1918, printed in Group 14 (" Public Meals"), p. 441.
(c) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY.— See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
78
Wheat, Rye, and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917.
THE WHEAT, RYE AND RICE (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
APRIL 20, 1917.
1917, No. 376.
Iii exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller, the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : —
Wheat and
rye to be
used only
for seed or
flour.
Use of
wheaten
flour, etc.
Damaging
wheat, etc.
1. — (a) No person shall use any wheat or rye except for the
purpose of seed or except in the process of manufacturing flour.
(b) This clause shall not apply to tailings or screenings or to
wheat or rye which has been so damaged as to be unsaleable for
milling.
2. — (a) No person shall after the 28th April, 1917, use any
wheaten flour, rye flour, rice or rice flour, except in the manufac-
ture of articles suitable for human food, or use any article
containing any wheaten flour, rye flour, rice or rice flour except ae
human food.
(6) This clause shall not apply to wheaten flour, rye flour,
rice or rice flour which on the 28th April, 1917, had been so
treated as to be unfit for the purposes of human food, or to any
article which on the 28th April, 1917, is unfit for such purposes.
3. No person shall damage or permit to be damaged or after
the 28th April, 1917, treat or permit to be treated any wheat,
wheaten flour, rye, rye flour, rice or rice flour, or any article con-
taining wheaten flour, rye flour, rice or rice flour so as to render
the same less fit for the purposes for which under this Order it is
reserved.
Waste.
Samples.
4. No person shall waste or permit to be wasted any flour or other
article referred to in the last preceding clause.
5. Any person authorised by the Food Controller may take
samples of any wheat, wheaten flour, rye, rye flour, rice or rice
flour or other article which he has reason to suspect is being used,
treated or damaged or is intended to be used, treated or damaged
in contravention of this Order.
Interpreta-
tion.
6. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Wheaten
Flour" shall include any flour of which flour obtained from wheat
forms part.
Flour Mills Order, 1917.
79
7. The Waste of Wheat Order 1916, and the Wheat (Restric- Revocation,
tion) Order 1917 are hereby revoked(a) without prejudice to any
proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof.
$. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or Penalty,
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention oi this
Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a com-
pany every director and officer of the company is also guilty of a
summary offence against those regulations unless he proves that
the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. (b)
9. This Order may be cited as the Wheat, Rye and Rice Title of
(Restriction) Order, 1917.
Order.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
20th April, 1917.
THE FLOUR MILLS ORDER, 1917. DATED APRIL 20, 1917. (o)
1917. No. 377.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regula-
tion 2aG of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, which is set
out at the foot of this Order, (d) and of all other powers enabling
him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as
follows : —
1. The provisions of Regulation 2oG of the Defence of the
K-ealm Regulations are hereby applied as from the 30th April,
£917, to all flour mills in the United Kingdom which at the date
of this Order use any wheat in the making of flour except mills
the output capacity of which is less than 5 sacks of flour per
hour.(e)
2. This Order may be cited as the Flour Mills Order, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller
20th April, 1917.
(a) REVOKED ORDERS.— The two revoked Orders are printed at pp. 210, 212
of the February, 1V>17, Edition of the " Defence of the Realm Manual."
(b) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (Xo. 2), 1917, p. 70.
(c) SAMPLES OF FLOUR.— As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker or
seller of bread or flour, nee Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
(d) REGULATION 2GG. — This Regulation is printed in Part I (p. 10) of
this Manual.
(e) EFFECT OF ORDER. — The effect of the Order is that the flour mills to
which it relates passed into the possession of the Food Controller. See also the
Flour Mills Order, No. 2, p. 85, taking possession of all other flour mills.
80
Maize, Barley and Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917.
Maize,
barley (b)
and oats to
be used only
for seed or
human or
animal con-
sumption.
THE MAIZE, Barley AND OATS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
MAY 2, 1917.
1917. No. 404.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller, the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : —
1. — (a) No person shall, after the 9th May, 1917, use or
treat any maize, barley, (a) or oats, or any product obtained from
maize, barley ,(a) or oats, or any article containing maize.
barley ,(a) or oats, or containing any such product except for the
purposes permitted by this clause.
(6) The permitted purposes are seed, human and animal food,
and the manufacture of articles of food, but do not include the
manufacture of glucose.
(c) This clause shall not apply to such products and articles
as on the 9th May, 1917 are unfit to be used in human or animal
food.
Tapioca, etc., 2. No person shall, after the 9th May, 1917, use or treat any
for human tapioca, sago, manioc, or arrowroot for any purpose except for
human food or in the manufacture of articles suitable for human
food.
food.
Samples. 3. Any person authorized by ths Food Controller may take
samples of any cereal or other article which he has reason to
suspect is being used or treated, or is intended to be used or
treated, in contravention of this Order.
Penalty. 4. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent. *>
(a) REVOCATION OF ORDER AS TO BARLEY. — This Order is revoked as
regards barley by Art. 7 of the Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 89.
(b) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917. 81
5. Tliis Order may be cited as the Maize, Barley and Oats Title of
(Restriction) Order, 1917. Order-
Devonport,
Food Controller.
2nd May, 1917.
THE Oat and MAIZE PRODUCTS (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED MAY 9, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 429.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person Maximum
shall on or after the 21st May, 1917, sell or buy of offer to sell prices for
or buy by retail, maize
oat meal, etc.
(a) any maize flour, maize flakes, maize semolina, hominy,
cerealine or maize meal at a price exceeding a price
at the rate of 4d.(b) per Ib. ;
(b) any oatmeal, rolled oats or flaked oats or other like pro-
ducts of oats at a price exceeding a price at the rate of
5Jd.(a) per Ib.
2. The maximum price shall include all charges for bags and Packages.
other packages and no additional charge may be made therefor.
3. No person shall in connection with a sale or proposed sale factitious
of any article to which this Order applies enter or offer to enter transactions.
into any fictitious or unreasonable transaction or make or propose
to make any unreasonable charge.
(a) REVOCATION OF ORDER AS TO OATS PRODUCTS.— This Order was revoked
so far as concerns oatmeal rolled oats or flaked oats and other like products of
oats as from December 31st, 1917, by the Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order,
1917, printed as amended p. 64 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Yolume,
which was superseded by tbe Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, printed
p. 137 hereof.
(b) MAXIMUM PRICES FOR MAIZE MEAL, &c.— From June 18, 1917, the
maximum price is decreased to 3id., see the Oat and Maize Products (Retail
Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 84.
8 '2 Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
Proprietary 4. Except in such cases as the Food Controller may otherwise
brands. determine, this Order shall apply to proprietary brands of the
articles mentioned. (a)
(a) LICENCES FOR SELLING PROPRIETARY BRANDS.— The Food Controller
has issued 5 licences under the Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order,
1917, as varied by the Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order (No. 2),
1917, as follows :—
[NOTICE OF AUGUST 20TH, 1917.]
(1) All persons concerned may sell " Quaker Oats" in Ib. packets (gross
weight) for 5d. and in 2 Ib. packets (gross weight) for 9 id
(2) The International Plasmon, Limited, 66a, Farringdon Street, E.G. 4,
may sell their " Plasmon Oats " packed in 1 Ib. (nett weight) packets
at a price not exceeding 9rf. per packet.
The following conditions are attached to this licence : —
(a) No variation must be made in percentage of constituents from
those submitted to the Ministry of Food.
(&) The authorised price must be advertised to the Public.
(c) The following label must be attached to each package : —
" This Package contains 1 Ib. (nett weight) and is licensed by
the Food Controller to be sold at a price not exceeding 9d."
(3) The Manbre Saccharine Company, Limited, Britannia Works, Hammer-
smith, W. 6, may sell " Melah " at a price not exceeding Qd. per 1 Ib.
(nett weight).
The following conditions are attached to this licence : —
(a) No variation must be made in percentage of constituents or
treatment from those submitted to the Ministry of Food,
(ft) The permit must be advertised on each package in the following
form : —
" Melah " is licensed by the Food Controller to be sold at a
price not exceeding 6d. per 1 Ib. (nett weight).
(4) J T. Saunders, 2, Orchard Road, Kingston-on-Thames, may sell
" Saunders' Scotch Porridge Meal " at a price not exceeding 8$d. per
Ib. (nett weight).
The following announcement must be made on each package* or by
advertisement : —
" Saunders' Scotch Porridge Meal is licensed .by the Food Controller
to be sold at a price not exceeding 82^. per 1 Ib. (nett weight)."
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
20th August, 1917.
[NOTICE OF SEPTEMBER 25'nr, 1917.]
(5) Messrs. J. & J. Colman, Ltd., 108, Cannon Street, E.C., are authorised
to sell by retail a preparation manufactured and sold by them as
" Robinson's Groats " at a price not exceeding ] s. per pound net
weight.
The following conditions are attached to this license : —
(a) It shall extend only to groats delivered from their mill prior to
1st January, 1918, and to a quantity of groats not exceeding
50 per centum of the quantity delivered from the mill during
the months of September, October, November and December,
1916.
(6) That every retail packet of groats packed by them after this
date or delivered by them after 'the 30th September, 1917,
whether packed before or after this date shall, when sold by
them, and at the time of the retail sale thereof bear a con-
spicuous slip or label as follows : —
" This packet is licensed by the Food Controller to be sold
at a retail price not exceeding Is. per pound net weight, and is
for the use of invalids and young children onJy."
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
25th September, 1917.
Dealings in Oats (Restriction) Order, 1917.
83
Prohibi tion
on dealings
in Oats
outside the
United
Kingdom
5. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or Penalty,
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of this
Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a com-
pany every director and officer of the company is also guilty of a
summary offence against those regulations unless he proves that
the contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. (a)
6. This Order may be cited as the Oat and Maize Products Title of
(Retail Prices) Order, 1917. Order.
Devonport,
9th May, 1917. Food Controller.
THE DEALINGS IN OATS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
MAY 14, 1917.
1917. No. 444.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller, no
person shall either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other
person : —
(a) buy, sell or deal in ; or
(6) offer, or invite an offer, or propose to buy, sell or
deal in ; or
(c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase or other
dealing in
-any Oats outside the United Kingdom, whether or not the sale,
purchase or dealing is, or is to be, effected in the United Kingdom :
provided that until further notice all persons are authorised
(a) to ship, dispose of, and deal in Oats already bought for
future shipment;
(6) to buy, sell or deal in Oats on passage to, or arrived at,
or already landed in the United Kingdom ;
(c) to fulfil any sales made prior to the date of this Order
whether on a c.i.f. basis or on any other basis.
2. All persons concerned shall before the 21st May, 1917, furnish
to the Secretary of the Oats Control Committee, Grosvenor House,
Upper Grosvenor Street, London, W.I, a statement showing —
(i) stocks of their oats afloat,
(ii) unshipped purchases of oats at the date of this Order,
(iii) quantity sold or unsold in each case.
3. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or
abets any other person, whether or not such other person is in the
United Kingdom, in doing anything which if done in the United
Kingdom would be a contravention of this Order, that person is
guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, and if such person is a company every director and
officer of the company is also guilty of a summary offence against
those regulations unless he proves that the contravention took
place without his knowledge or consent. (a)
Returns of
stocks of
Oats to
arrive.
Penalty.
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OP COMPANY.— See footnote (a) to Manu-
facture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 70.
84 Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917;
General Licence under the Bread Order, 1917.
Title and 4. — (o) This Order may be cited as the Dealings in Oats-
commence- (Restriction) Order, 1917.
Order sha11 COme into force on the 15th Ma 191T-
Devonport,
14th May, 1917. Food Controller.
THE Oat and MAIZE PRODUCTS (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, No. 2y
1917. DATED MAY 23, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 482.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2r and 2j of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby orders as follows : —
1. On and after the 18th June, 1917, the maximum price
mentioned in Clause 1 (a) of the Oat and Maize Pro-
ducts (Retail Prices) Order, 1917 (hereinafter called
the Principal Order(b) for maize flour, maize flakes,,
maize semolina, hominy, cerealine or maize meal shall
be 3-%d. per Ib. in the United Kingdom and the ma.ri-
mum price mentioned in clause 1 (6) of the Principal
Order for oatmeal, rolled oats, flaked oats or other
like products of oats shall be 4|-^. per Ib. in Scotland
and §d. per Ib. elsewhere in the United Kingdom,^}-
and the Principal Order shall take effect accordingly,
2. This Order may be cited as the Oat and Maize Products
(Retail Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917.
Devonport,
23rd May, 1917. Food Controller.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED MAY 23, 1917, UNDER THE BREAD ORDER,
1917.(c)
1917. No. 483.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons concerned to
sell and expose for sale —
(a) loaves of bread in the shape of Pan Coburg loaves and
twin sister brick loaves; and
(b) rolls of bread weighing not less than one ounce and not
more than two ounces,
provided that the provisions of the Bread Order, 1917, (c) are m
all other respects complied with.
Devonport,
23rd May, 1917. Food Controller.
(a) REVOCATION OF ORDER AS TO OATS PRODUCTS. — This Order was revoked
so far as concerns oatmeal, rolled oats, or flaked oats, and other like products of
oats, as from December 31, 1917, by the Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order,
1917, printed as amended, p. 64 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume,
which was superseded by the Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, printed
p. 137 hereof.
(b) OAT AND MAIZE PRODUCTS (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed p. 81.
(c) BREAD ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 71.
Flour Mills Order No. 2, 1917. 85
THE FLOUR MILLS ORDER No. 2, 1917. DATED JULY 31, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 774.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. The provisions of Regulation 2aa of the Defence of the Regulation
Realm Regulations are hereby applied as from the close of 2aa applied
business on the llth August, 1917:— to certain
(a) To every Flour Mill in the United Kingdom, which mills-
uses any wheat in the making of flour or meal, (here-
inafter referred to as a flour mill) except a mill to
which the Flour Mills Order, 1917, applies; and
(6) to every provender and grist mill connected with any
flour mill as part of the same establishment.
2. Every person having the management or control of a Flour particulars
Mill shall before the 7th August, 1917, forward to the Food to be given
Controller, Grosvenor House, London, W.I, particulars of the completed in
name or names of the proprietor or proprietors and postal address
of the mill and the hourly and weekly output capacity of the
mill for the production of flour.
3. From and after the llth August, 1917, no person shall Wheat to be
grind wheat except at a mill in respect of which the particulars ground only
required by the foregoing clause have been furnished. miUs^
4. — (i.) Every person having the control or management of a Records and
flour mill shall keep such records relating to grain received, held Returns.
and used, and relating to the operations of the mill as the Food
Controller may from time to time direct, and shall make such
returns relating to the operations of the mill as the Food
Controller may from time to time require.
(ii.) All records and documents kept in accordance with this
clause shall upon any request in that behalf be produced to and
open to the inspection of any person authorised by the Food
Controller.
5. If a person refuse or neglect to make a return or makes or infringe-
causes to be made a false return, or otherwise infringes the pro- ments.
visions of this Order, he is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Flour Mills Order No. 2, Title
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
31st July, 1917. Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
(a) SAMPLES OF FLOUR.— As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker or
seller of bread or flour, nee Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual,
Grain (Prices) Order, 191 7, as amended.
Maximum
price, (b)
Table of
maximum
prices.
THE GRAIN (PRICES) ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 14, 1917,
RELATING TO GRAIN HARVESTED IN 1917,(a) AS AMENDED BY
AMENDING ORDERS OF JANUARY 31 AND APRIL 5, 1918. (b)
1917 No. 820, as amended by 1918 Nos. 114, 401.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : —
1. No Wheat, Rye, Oats or Barley harvested in the United
Kingdom in the year 1917, may be sold at prices exceeding the
maximum prices(c) applicable according to the provisions of this
Order.
2. — (a) The maximum price applicable on any transaction
shall subject as hereinafter provided be a price at the rate speci-
fied in the following table : —
Agreed date of delivery of Grain
sold.
Wheat and
Rye Rate per
Quarter of
504 Ibs.
Oats Rate
per
Quarter of
336 Ibs.
Barley Rate
per Quarter of
448 Ibs.
Where delivery is to be made before
8. d.
s. d.
s. d.
the 1st December, 1917, the price
shall not exceed
73 6
44 3
62 9
Where delivery is to be made in the
month of December, 1917, or Janu-
ary, 1918, the price shall not exceed
74 6
45 3
62 9
Where delivery is to be made in the
month of February or March, 1918,
the price shall not exceed
75 6
46 3
62 9
Where delivery is to be made in the
month ot April' or May, 1918, the
price shall not exceed
76 9
47 3
62 9
Where delivery is to be made on or
after the 1st June, 1918, the price
shall not exceed
77 9
48 6
62 9
(b) The rate per quarter applicable for delivery during any
period according to the foregoing table is hereinafter called the
standard rate.
(a) MAXIMUM PRICES FOR GRAIN HARVESTED IN 1916. — See Wheat, Barley
and Oats (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 73.
(b) AMENDING ORDERS OF JANUARY 31 AND APRIL 5, 1918. — These Orders
revoked clause 3 (b) and substituted a new clause for clause 5.
(c) MINIMUM GROWERS' PRICES OF WHEAT AND OATS. — Part I. of the
Corn Production Act, 1917 (printed as Part 1Y, 1, of the " Food (Supply and
Production) Manual " p. 210) provides for payments to growers where average, price
of wheat or oats is less than the minimum prescribed by that Act. A Memorandum
of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland as to
Minimum Prices under the Act and Maximum Prices under the Order is printed
as Part IV. 4, of that Manual, p. 246.
Grain (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended. *7
3. — (0) Where Oats suitable for the manufacture of Oatmeal Maximum
rolled Oats or flaked Oats for human consumption are bought price for oats
by an Oatmeal Miller specifically for the purpose of such manu-
facture, or by a recognised dealer specifically buying for re-sale ^ariey
for such manufacture, the maximum price shall be ascertained to licensed
by adding 3*. per quarter to the standard rate. (a) buyers.
4. — (0) In the case of Wheat and E/ye so damaged as to be Maximum
unfit for milling, and Wheat and Eye tailings and dressings, prices for
the maximum price shall be ascertained by deducting 75. per damaged
quarter from the standard rate.
(6) In the case of Barley so damaged as to be unfit for milling
and Barley tailings and dressings, the maximum price shall be
ascertained by deducting 7s. 9d. per quarter from the standard
rate,
(c) In the case of Oats improperly cleaned or containing an
undue quantity of soil, and Oat tailings and dressings, the
maximum price shall be ascertained by deducting 5s. per quarter
from the standard rate.
(b)5. On the occasion of the -purchase of any of the grains men- Permis-
tioned from any person who is a recognised dealer in grain and sible
who is not the producer of the Grain sold, the following provisions addi*lons on
purchases &
shall have effect : — |rom recog_ •
(i) Where the purchase is made by a Flour Miller buying for nised dealers
the purpose of his Mill, or is a purchase of barley
made by any person, the maximum price shall be
ascertained by adding Is. per quarter to the price
otherwise applicable according to the foregoing pro-
visions of this Order.
(ii) Where a purchase is made otherwise than by a Flour
Miller buying for the purpose of his Mill, the maxi-
mum price shall be ascertained by adding 2s. per
quarter to the price otherwise applicable according to
the foregoing provisions of this Order, provided that
where the total quantity of a particular kind of Grain
purchased by one buyer from one seller does not in
any period of seven consecutive days including the
day of sale exceed 15 sacks, the maximum price in
reapect of each quarter so purchased shall be ascer-
tained by adding 4s. per quarter to the price otherwise
applicable according to the foregoing provision of this
Order, and where such total quantity does not in that
period amount to one sack the maximum price in
respect of each quarter so purchased shall be ascer-
tained by adding 8s. per quarter to the price otherwise
applicable according to the foregoing provisions of
this Order.
(a) REVOCATION OF CLAUSE 3 (6).— By Order of January 31, 1918
(St. R. & O., 1918, No. 114), which is incorporated in their reprint, this sub-
clause W.IR repealed as on March 1, 1918.
(b"i AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 5. — This Clause is here printed ns amended by
the Order of April 5th, 1918, which substituted as from April 11th, 1918, a new
form < f Clause 5 for the previous one. The variation, which is restricted to the
insertion of the words " or is a purchase of barley made by any person " in the
2nd line of paragraph (i), does not affect contracts made before April 1 1th 1918,
as to which the clause as printed p. 46 of the January, 1918, edition of this
Manual remains unaltered.
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Grain (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
Terms of
trading.
Treatment
of grain.
Offer and
conditions.
Seeds.
Sales to be
by weight.
Grain not to
be torrefied
or bleached.
Sales to flour
millers.
Interpreta-
tion.
6. — (a) The maximum prices under this Order are fixed on the
basis of the following terms and conditions being applicable to the
transaction : —
(i) Payment to be net cash within seven days of completion
of delivery and monies then unpaid thereafter to carry
interest not exceeding the rate of 5 per cent, per
annum or Bank Rate whichever be the higher,
(ii) Delivery of Grain by producer to be free on rail or barge
or to Mill or Store in accordance with the usual custom
of the District.
(iii) Freight, haulage, porterage and cartage from the point
where delivery has been or is to be made by the pro-
ducer to be for the Buyer's account.
(iv) All sack hire up to and including the time of delivery to
rail, barge, mill or store by producer to be for the pro-
ducer's account and all charges for sacks subsequent
thereto to be for buyer's account.
(b) Where the grain is sold on terms or conditions other than
the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing part of this
clause, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in the maximum
price, and for this purpose the cost of delivery for which the pro-
ducer is liable under the above terms shall be reckoned at the
rate of 6d. per ton per mile.
7. If the buyer of any Home Grown Grain sold should require
the Grain bought to be mechanically treated, the cost of such
treatment shall be the subject of a separate agreement and shall
not be made a condition of the sale.
8. No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any of
the Grain mentioned at a price exceeding the price applicable
under this Order or in connection with a sale or disposition or
proposed sale or disposition of any such Grain enter or offer to
enter into a fictitious or artificial transaction or make any un-
reasonable charge.
9. None of the foregoing provisions of this Order shall apply
to any grain which is suitable for seed and which is also sold
specifically for the purpose of seed, and no grain so sold shall be
used for any other purpose.
10. No person shall after the 31st August, 1917, sell any
Wheat, Rye, Oats or Barley whether imported or home -grown
otherwise than by weight.
11. No person shall after the 31st August, 1917, torrefy or
bleach any Wheat, Rye, Oats or Barley whether imported or
home grown.
12. Where any grain is sold to a Flour Miller such grain shall
be deemed to be sold to him for the purpose of his Mill until the
contrary be proved.
13. For the purpose of this Order:
"Quarter" shall mean in relation to Wheat and Rye a
weight of 504 Ibs., and in relation to Oats a weight of
336 Ibs., and in relation to Barley a weight of 448 Ibs.
" Sack " shall mean half a quarter.
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917.
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" Recognised dealer " shall mean a person who in the
ordinary way of his business deals in Grain for the
purpose of his livelihood.
14. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
15. From and after the date of this Order the 1917 Crop Revocation.
(Restriction) Order, 1917, shall cease to be in force except as
regards potatoes(a) but without prejudice to any proceedings in
respect of any contravention thereof.
16. This Order may be cited as the Grain (Prices) Order, 1917. Title.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th August, 1917.
THE BARLEY (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED AUGUST 15,
1917.
1917. No. 821.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the fol-
lowing regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. — (a) No person shall on or after the 1st September, 1917,
use any Barley except for the purpose of seed or except in the
process of manufacturing flour.
(b) This clause shall not apply to tailings or screenings or
Barley which has been so damaged as to be unfit for milling.
2. — (a) No person shall on or after the 1st September, 1917,
use any Barley Flour, except in the manufacture of articles suit-
able for human food or use any article containing any Barley
Flour except as human food.
(b) This clause shall not apply to Barley Flour which on the
1st September, 1917, had been so treated as to be unsuitable for
the purpose of human food, or to any Barley Flour or any article
containing Barley Flour which is or may become unfit for such
purpose.
3. No person shall damage or permit to be damaged on or after
1st September, 1917, treat or permit to be treated any Barley
or Barley Flour or any article containing Barley Flour so as to
render the same less fit for the purpose for which under this
Order it is reserved.
4. Any person authorised by the Food Controller and any Local
Authority empowered to enforce the provisions of this Order,
may take samples of any Barley or Barley Flour, or other article
which he has reason to suspect is being used, treated or damaged
in contravention of this Order.
(a) 1917 CROP (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917.— The remainder of that Order
was revoked by Clause 54 (&) of the Potatoes Order, 1917, printed in Group 13
(" Potatoes and other Vegetables and Roots "), p. 415..
Barley to be
used only for
seed or flour.
Use of
Barley Flour
and article*
containing
Barley
Flour.
Damaging
Barley.
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Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
Determina-
tion of
certain
question.
Infringe-
ments.
It ero cation.
Title.
5. If any question shall arise whether any Barley is so damaged
as to be unfit for milling or whether any Barley Flour or article
containing Barley Flour is unfit for the purpose of human food
such question may be referred to and determined by any person
authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller or in England
and Wales and Scotland by a Local Authority empowered to
enforce this Order as to Barley or Barley Flour or any such
article within the district of such Local Authority.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. After the 31st August, 1917, the Maize, Barley and Oat?
(Restriction) Order, 1917, (a) shall cease to be in force so far as
the same relates to Barley but without prejudice to any pro-
ceedings in respect of any previous contravention thereof.
8. This Order may be cited as the Barley (Restriction) Order,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
August 15th, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Sales not fco
be above
maximum
prices.
THE FLOUR AND BREAD (PRICES) ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER
6, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR
IRELAND (POWERS) ORDER, 1917, (b)(c) DATED NOVEMBER 9,
1917, AND BY THE FLOUR AND BREAD (PRICES) ORDER,
1918,(d) DATED APRIL 16, 1918.
1917 No. 937, as amended by 1917 No. 1138 and by 1918 No. 440.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Regulation
2r of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf the Food Controller hereby
orders that except under the authority of the Food Controller
the following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : —
1. On and after the 17th September, 1917, no flour or bread
may be sold at prices exceeding the maximum prices applicable
under the provisions of this Order or on terms involving the
payment of higher or other charges than those permitted under
this Order.
(a) MAIZE, BARLEY AND OATS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 39.
(b) AMENDMENT MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND
(POWERS) ORDER, 1917.— That Order, which is printed in Part III of this
Manual, added at the end of Clause 6 (/) a paragraph which is incorporated
in this reprint.
(c) SAMPLES OP FLOUR. — As to the power of Inspectors of Weights and
Measures to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller or baker or
seller of bread or flour, see Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
(d) FLOU* AND BREAD (PRICES) OEDER, 1918.— This Order amended
Clause 3. *
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, ax amended.
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2. — (a) On the occasion of a sale (other than a retail sale) of SaleB
home-milled flour the maximum price shall be at the rate of jj^
445. 3d. per 280 Ibs. subject to a discount of Qd. for settlement Britisn flour
within 7 days and of 3d. for settlement within 21 days : Provided not being
that where the flour is sold in sacks or packages as mentioned in self-raising
the first column of the following table the maximum price shall flour-
be as set forth in such table : —
Sack or Package
containing
Price.
Discount for settle-
ment within 7 days.
Discount for settle-
ment within 21 days.
240 Ibs.
38s.
6d.
3d.
224
35s. 6d.
Gd.
3d.
140
22s. Ud.
3d.
IK
120
19s.
3d.
w.
112
17s. 9d.
3d.
IK
98
,
15s. Qd.
2d.
Id.
70
,
11s. Id.
Hd.
Id.
56
,
8s. lOirf.
Id.
u
And provided also that where flour is sold divided into packets
ready for retail sale higher wholesale prices may be charged by
License of the Food Controller.
(6) Where credit is given a reasonable extra charge may be
made provided that the price for cash is quoted on the invoic.e.
(c) All delivery charges after loading into a vehicle or truck
standing or barge lying alongside the mill where the flour was
manufactured may be added to the price and shall be shown as
a separate item on the invoice relating to the sale.
(d) The permitted charges for sacks and outside packages shall
be added to the price and shown as a separate item on the invoice
relating to the sale. Except in the case of cotton bags, the
amount charged shall be repaid on the return of the sacks or
other outside packages in good condition.
(e) This clause shall not apply to any proprietary flour or self-
raising flour until the Food Controller shall otherwise determine.
(a)3. The permitted charges for sacks and outside packages Si>ck charges.
are : —
(a) Sacks or bags (other than cotton bags), whether thick or
thin, holding 56 Ibs. and upwards, 2^. 6^?. per sack
or bag ;
4b) Cotton bags holding more than 140 Ibs., 3s. Qd. per bag.
Cotton bags holding more than 120 Ibs. and up to
and including 140 Ibs., 2s. per bag. Cotton bags hold-
ing 98 Ibs. or more and up to and including 120 Ibs.,
Is. 6d. per bag. Cotton bags holding 56 Ibs. or more
and less than 98 Ibs., Is. per bag.
tc) Other outside packages enclosing small bags of flour, th»
reasonable customary charges.
(a) AMENDMENT OP CLAUSE 3.— Clause 3 is here printed as amended by the
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1918 (St. R. & O., 1918, No. 440), as from
April 29th, 1918 ; for the Clause as preriouslj operating, sec p. 50 of the
January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
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Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
Retail sale
of flour.
Bread.
Higher prices
in certain
4. — (a) On the occasion of a retail sale of flour other than pro-
prietary flour or self-raising flour where the quantity sold is
140 Ibs. or more the maximum price shall be at the rate of 25s.
per 140 Ihs. and where the quantity sold is less than 140 Ihs., but
is not less than 7 Ibs., the maximum price shall be at the rate
of 2s. 8d. per 14 Ibs., and where the quantity sold is less than
7 Ibs. the maximum price shall be, for every half -quartern oi
1} Ibs. included in the amount sold, 4Jd. and, for any quantity
not being a complete half quartern included in such amount, at
the rate of 2%d. per Ib.
On the occasion of a retail sale of proprietary flour the
maximum price shall, except where the Food Controller other-
wise determines, be the price applicable under the foregoing
provision.
On the occasion of a retail sale of self-raising flour, the
maximum price shall be at the rate of *&\d. per Ib.
(b) No charges maybe made for packages except that, where the
retail sale includes 56 Ibs. of flour or more, the permitted
charges for sacks and o^ 'side packages may, if shown as a
separate item in the invoice relating to the sale, be added to
the price. The amount so added shall except in the case of
cotton bags be repaid on the return of the sacks or outside packages
in good condition. (a)
(c) A reasonable additional charge may be made for giving
credit or for making delivery.
5. — (a) The maximum price for bread shall be at the rate of
2^d. per Ib. provided that
(i) A person may sell to a customer a loaf weighing 1 Ib.
at 2^d. and a roll or rolls of bread at any price if at
the time of such sale he is able and willing to sell
to the customer quartern or Half-quartern loaves or
other bread at the rate of 2^d. per Ib. to the extent of
the customer's requirements; and
(ii) a person may sell proprietary bread to a customer at or
under the price authorised by the Food Controller for
such proprietary bread if at the time of such sale he
is able and willing to sell to such customer other bread
at the rate of 2%d. a Ib.
(6) A reasonable additional charge may be made for giving
credit or for making delivery,
(c) This clause shall not apply to bread sold for consumption
on the premises of the seller.
6. — (a) Where the Food Controller or a Food Control Com-
mittee is satisfied that by reason of some exceptional circum-
stance flour or bread cannot be sold by retail at the maximum
prices provided by this Order so as to secure a reasonable profit
the Food Controller may issue a licence or such Committee may
issue a provisional licence authorising the sale of flour or bread
at prices higher than such maximum prices.
(a) CHARGE FOR COTTON FLOUR BAGS. — See General Licence of January 9th,
1918, printed p. 114.
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended 93
(b) The powers of the Committee may be exercised in respect
of the whole or part of their area or in respect of a particular
retailer or class of retailers.
(c) For the purpose of this clause the Committee may make
or hold such enquiries as they shall think fit.
(d) The powers of the Committee shall not be exercised by
reason of some exceptional ingredient being used in the making
of the flour or bread.
(e) The Committee shall forthwith send to the Food Controller
a copy of every licence issued by them under this Clause,
together with a statement of all the relevant circumstances and
shall cancel or modify such licence if so required by the Food
Controller.
(/) In Ireland the powers expressed to be conferred upon a
Food Control Committee by this clause shall be exercisable by
such Magistrates or other persons as the Chief Secretary for
Ireland may from time to time nominate for the purpose.
Such Magistrates or other persons shall forthwith send to the
Food Control Committee for Ireland a copy of every licence issued
by them under this clause together with a statement of all the
relevant circumstances and shall cancel or modify such licence if
so required by the Committee or the Food Controller. (a)
7. — (a) A person shall not on or after the 1st October, 1917, Registration
deal in home-milled flour except under and in accordance with of Flour
the terms of a licence for the time being in force granted to him Factors.
by the Food Controller. The holder of a licence, shall keep
accurate records of all his dealings in flour and such records
and all relevant documents shall at all times be open to the
inspection of any person acting under the authority of the Food
Controller.
(b) This clause shall not apply to a person who deals in home-
milled flour only by way of retail sale, or to a person who deals
only in flour milled by him.
8. On the occasion of a sale of imported flour the maximum Imported
price shall be the price (if any) for the time being prescribed by flour,
the Food Controller or the Royal Commission on Wheat
Supplies, (b)
9. Except in such cases or to such extent in any particular Contracts,
case as the Food Controller shall otherwise determine, the
following provisions shall have effect as to contracts for the sale
of flour or bread subsisting on the 15th September, 1917.
(a) Contracts for sale of any flour other than self-raising flour
or proprietary flour.
(i) The seller shall fulfil his contract so far as the same
relates to flour not delivered or in course of transit on
the 15th September, 1917, at the maximum price
applicable under this Order on the occasion of a like
(a) ADDITION OF THIS PARAGRAPH.— This paragraph was added by the
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part III
of this Manual.
(b) ROYAL COMMISSION ON WHEAT SUPPLIES.— The offices of the Commis-
sion are, Trafalgar House, Waterloo Place, S.W.I.
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Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
Flours for
particular
purposes.
sale, or in the case of imported flour at such price as
may be determined by the Food Controller or the Royal
Commission on Wheat Supplies.
(ii) Nothing in this provision shall except the seller from the
necessity of complying with the provisions of the
Clause 10 of this Order
(b) Contracts for sale of self-raising flour and proprietary flour.
All such contracts shall unless the parties otherwise agree be
cancelled as to any flour not delivered or in course of transit on the
15th September, 1917.
(c) Contracts for sale of bread (other than proprietary bread) .
The seller shall fulfil his contract so far as the same relates to
bread not delivered or in course of transit on the 16th September,
1917, at a price which shall in default of agreement be determined
by the Food Controller. Provisional payments on account of
such price shall be made at the rate of 2d. per Ib. of bread.
(d) Contracts for sale of proprietary bread.
All such contracts shall unless the parties otherwise agree be
cancelled as to any bread not delivered or in course of transit on
the 16th September, 1917.
10. — (a) Except under and in accordance with the terms of a
licence granted to him by or under the authority of the Food
Controller a person shall not after the 15th September, 1917 r
take delivery of any flour(a) —
(i) for the manufacture of biscuits intended for wholesale
sale, or
(ii) for any industrial purposes — or
(iii) for ship's stores, or
(iv) for export to any destination — or
(v) for any such other purpose as the Food Controller may
from time to time determine (hereinafter called " a
precluded purpose ").
(a) LICENCES FOR DELIVERY OF FLOUR. — The same conditions apply to the
manufacture of cake mixtures, baking powders, egg powders, blanc-mange
powders, custard powders, Italian pastes, soup squares or pastes, macaroni,
spaghetti, sweet manufacture, chocolate and cocoa powders, Infants' and
Invalids' foods, mustard, spices, condiments, and all such preparations.
Applications for licences must be made to the Ministry of Food (Flour and
Bread Section), Palace Chambers, Westminster, S.W.I.
No person may make delivery of flour if he believes it is required for any of
the above purposes unless a licence authorising such delivery has been handed
to him.
Licences granted on applications made on and after March 25, 1918, to take
delivery of any flour for a purpose prohibited by Clause 10 of the Order will
*ntil further notice be issued, if granted, on payment of the following sums : —
(1) Licences to take delivery of flour for ships' stores or for export to the
Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or any other destination 'on payment
of 18-5. per 280 Ibs.
(2) Licences to take delivery for any other prohibited purpose on payment
of 36*. per 280 Ibs.
J. F. Becfo.
March 21, 1918.
Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917, as amended. 9*5
(6) A person shall not use for the manufacture of biscuits
intended for wholesale sale or for any precluded purpose any flour
•except —
(i) flour which he has in stock on the 15th September, 1917,
or which is then in course of transit to him, and
(ii) flour of which he shall obtain delivery under and in
accordance with the terms of a licence granted under
the foregoing provision of this clause.
(c) A person shall not after the 15th September, 1917, make
•delivery of any flour if he believes or has reasonable grounds
for believing that the flour is or may be required for any of the
purposes mentioned in sub-clause (a) of this clause unless a
licence authorising such delivery has been handed to him, which
licence shall be returned by him to the Food Controller together
with such particulars in relation to the flour delivered pursuant
thereto as the Food Controller may direct.
(d) Every person requiring a licence for the delivery to him of
flour for the manufacture of biscuits intended for wholesale sale or
any industrial purpose or any precluded purpose shall keep
accurate records of the amount of flour used and the purposes foi
which the flour is used in all the trades or businesses carried on
by him.
(e) " Industrial purpose " shall mean any purpose other than
the manufacture of an article intended for human food.
(/) " Ships Stores " shall mean stores for a ship departing on
a voyage from the United Kingdom to parts beyond the seas.
11. In connection with this Order persons holding stocks of Compensa-
flour at the close of business on the 15th September, 1917, may tion.
make application on a form to be prescribed by the Food Con-
troller for compensation in respect of such stocks and compen-
sation will be granted in such cases in such manner and subject
to such conditions as the Food Controller thinks fit.
12. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence Shipment of
granted by the Food Controller a person shall not after the bread.
15th September, 1917, ship or consign any flour or bread from
any part of the United Kingdom to any destination in the Channel
Islands, or to the Isle of Man.
13. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or knowingly Offers and
buy or agree to buy any flour or bread at a price exceeding conditions,
the price applicable under this Order or in connection with a sale
or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any flour or
bread, enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial
transactions or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
14. All parties affected by this Order shall make all such Returns,
returns as to stocks, purchases, sales payments, prices dealings
in or consumption of flour or bread as shall from time to time be
required by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
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False state- 15. A person shall not
ments, &c. (a) knowingly make or connive at the making of any false
statement in any application for compensation in
respect of flour or in any application for a license
exempting him or any article from the provisions of
this Order or authorising delivery of flour or bread
or in any enquiry held for the purposes of this Order ;
(b) forge or alter any licence authority or other document
issued in connection with or for the purposes of this
Order; or
(c) personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom such a licence authority or other document has
been issued or applies.
16. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member
of or person employed by a Food Control Committee shall not
without lawful authority communicate to any person any in-
formation acquired by him from any application made or enquiry
held in connection with or for the purposes of this Order.
17. If any question arises whether flour is proprietary flour or
whether bread is proprietary bread such question shall be deter-
mined by the Food Controller.
18. For the purposes of this Order : —
" Food Control Committee" shall mean a Committee consti-
tuted in accordance with the provisions of the Food Control Com-
. mittees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
" Flour" shall mean any wheat meal or wheaten flour or any
flour containing flour milled from wheat.
"Home-milled flour" shall mean any flour manufactured in
the United Kingdom.
"Self-raising flour" shall mean flour containing such
ingredients that the flour when mixed with water forms a dough
which aerates itself.
Infringe- 19. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
ments, the Defence of the Eealm Eegulations.
Title. 20. This Order may be cited as the Flour and Bread (Prices)
Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
6th September, 1917.
Information
to be
confidential.
Proprietary
flour and
bread.
Interpreta-
tion.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE.— This expression now under Clause 2 of the
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part III
of this Manual, includes the Food Control Committee for Ireland. As to that
Committee, see the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution)
Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual, and as to the Food Control
Committees for Great Britain, see the Food Control Committees (Constitution)
Order, 1917, both also printed in the said Part III.
Wheat (Channel Islands and Isle of Man Export) Order, 1917 ; 97
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917.
THE WHEAT (CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN EXPORT) ORDER,
1917. DATED OCTOBER 1, 1917.
1917. No. 1006.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
granted by or with the authority of the Food Controller, a person
shall not after the 1st October, 1917, consign or ship any wheat
from any part of1 the United Kingdom to any destination in the
Channel Islands or to the Isle of Man except wheat already on
shipboard for transport on that day.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Wheat (Channel Islands and
Isle of Man Export) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
' 1st October, 1917. Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
THE TESTING OF SEEDS ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER
12, 1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 15 ("Seeds and Nuts"), p. 465),
regulates the sale and exposure for sale of inter alia wheat and
other cereal seeds.]
THE HORSE AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917. DATED
NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
1917. No. 1173. .
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) On and after the 22nd November, 1917, no Horse Constituents
Mixture or Poultry Mixture may be made and no Mixture may of horse
be sold as or for the purpose of a Horse Mixture or Poultry mixtures and
Mixture except Horse Mixtures and Poultry Mixtures complying {^tures (a)
with the following conditions : —
(i) No Mixture other than a Horse Chaff Mixture shall
contain any substance other than grain, seed, pulse,
Locust Beans and products thereof, and such other
(a) CONSTITUENTS OP MIXTURES. — By General Licence of Jan. 14, 1918,
printed p. 115, the Food Controller authorised the use of molassed foods, cocoa
shells and apple residues in the making of a Horse Mixture, and of dried meat
unfit for human food in the making of a Poultry Mixture.
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98 Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917.
substances as the Food Controller may from time to
time authorise, except Horse Chaff Mixtures which
may contain Chaff.
(ii) All Mixtures (except Horse Chaff Mixtures) shall not
contain less than three principal ingredients of which
all in the case of a Horse Mixture and not less than
one in the case of Poultry Mixture, shall have been
mechanically treated by bruising, kibbling or split-
ting.
(iii) No Horse Chaff Mixture shall contain any substance
other than grain, seed, pulse, Locust Beans and pro-
ducts thereof, and Chaff and such other substances as
the Food Controller may from time to time authorise
(iv) All Horse Chaff Mixtures shall contain not more than
two-thirds in weight of Chaff and all ingredients
other than Chaff shall have been mechanically treated
by bruising, kibbling or splitting.
{I)) A Mixture which contains any Chaff shall for the
purposes of this Order be deemed to be a Horse Chaff
Mixture.
(c) This Clause shall not before the 17th December, 1917,
apply to a sale of any Horse Mixture or Poultry
Mixture which shall be proved to have been mixed
before the 22nd November, 1917, in the condition in
which it is sold, or offered for sale.
{sales to be 2. No Horse Mixture or Poultry Mixture may be sold otherwise
by weight. than by weight.
Maker's 3. (a) On a sale on and after the 26th November, 1917, of
maximum a Horse Mixture or Poultry Mixture by or on behalf of a maker,
price. the maximum price (hereinafter called the maker's maximum
price) shall not, subject as hereinafter provided, exceed by more
than £1 10s. per ton the actual cost to the maker of the ingre-
dients used; provided that where at the date of this Order a
maker carries on a business as a retailer of the Mixtures made
by him he may on direct sales to consumers of quantities not
exceeding six cwts. of Poultry Mixtures or not exceeding one ton
of Horse Mixtures add to the maker's maximum price the sum
permitted according to the table contained in Clause 4 of this
Order.
(b] The actual cost to the maker of the ingredients used shall
be ascertained in accordance with the following provisions: —
(i) The cost of ingredients bought by the maker shall be
the actual cost thereof delivered to his factory.
(ii) The cost of ingredients grown by the maker shall be
deemed to be the current market value thereof
delivered to his factory.
(iii) Where any of the ingredients have been mechanically,
treated before being delivered to the maker's factory,
a sum fairly representing the cost of such treatment,
except the cost of re-conditioning, shall be deducted
in ascertaining the cost.
(iv) When Chaff is an ingredient, a sum fairly representing
the cost of cutting and mixing the chaff shall be
deducted in ascertaining the cos*
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917.
Maximum
other than
the maker.
(c) The actual price at which any Horse Mixture or Poultry
Mixture is sold by the Maker (being a price not greater than the
maximum price) is hereinafter called the maker's actual price.
4. The maximum price on a sale on and after the 26th
November, 1917, of Horse Mixture or Poultry Mixture by any price on sale
person other than the maker thereof shall subject as hereinafter bJ person
provided, be the actual cost to him of the mixture sold with
the addition of a sum at the rate applicable under the following
Table: —
Mixtures (other than Horse Chaff Mixtures).
Where the sale is of 6 cwt. or more ... Is. per cw',.
Where the sale is of not less than 3 cwt.,
and less than 6 cwt. ... ... ... 3s. ,, ,,
Where the sale is of not less than J cwt.,
and less than 3 cwt. ... ... ... 4s. ,, ,,
Where the sale is of less than J cwt. ... \d. per J.b.
Horse Chaff Mixtures.
Where the sale is of 1 ton or more
Where the sale is of not less than 5 cwt.
and less than 1 ton
Where the sale is of not less than J cwt.
and less than 5 cwt.
Where the sale is of less than cwt. ...
. per cwt.
2s.
3s. ,, ,,
Is. per stone oi
14 Ibs.
Provided that on a sale by a factor 01 other dealer of a mixture
of which he has not taken delivery into his own premises (herein-
after called a factor's sale) the SUKI to be added shall not exceed
a sum at the rate of 10s. per ton.
5. Subject to the provisions as to transport charges hereinafter Actual cost,
contained : —
(a) The actual cost of a mixture to a factor or dealer (on a
factor's sale) shall be taken to be the price paid or
payable by the factor or dealer for the mixture, if
less than the maker's maximum price, but otherwise
the maker's maximum price.
(6) The actual cost of a mixture on a sale (other than a
factor's sale) by a person other than the maker shall
be taken to be whichever shall be the less, namely,
(i) the price paid .or payable by him for the mixture ;
or (ii) if bought direct from the maker, the maker's
actual price or if not so bought, the maker's actual
price with the addition of such sum, if any, not
exceeding a sum at the rate of 10s. per ton as may
have been lawfully added on a factor's sale.
6. The maximum prices fixed by this Order are on the basis Transport,
that all transport charges after sale by the maker are for the
account of the ultimate buyer, and, accordingly, in ascertaining
the actual cost of any mixture there may on the occasion of ;my
sale be added to the maximum prices all transport charges after
delivery ex factory ; provided that the transport charges so added
D 2
100
Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917.
Sacks, (a)
Invoices.
Credit.
Purchaser
may rely on
vendor's
statement as
to transport
charges.
Records.
False
statements.
Fictitious
transactions.
Penalty.
Tide.
shall be limited to any reasonable amounts actually paid or pay-
able and any other reasonable amounts representing cost of trans-
port not exceeding the customary charges.
7. Sacks may be charged for at the usual price, but the amount
charged shall be repaid on the return of the sacks in like good
condition.
8. The amount charged or added in respect of transport and
sacks shall be shown as separate items on the invoice.
9. The maximum prices fixed by this Order are on the basis
of nett cash for sales over the counter, and otherwise for cash
within 14 days of the date of delivery. Interest may be charged
in respect of monies then unpaid at a rate not exceeding 5 per
cent, per annum.
10. Where the maximum price at which any Horse Mixture
or Poultry Mixture may be sold by any person depends upon the
amount of any sum paid or charged by any former seller, such
person shall be entitled to rely upon any written statement as
to the amount of such sums that may have been given to him
by the person from whom he bought the same unless he has
reason to suspect the truth of such statement.
11. Every person making or dealing in any Horse Mixture
or Poultry Mixture shall keep accurate records containing such
particulars as are necessary to show whether or not he is comply-
ing with the provisions of this Order so far as they relate
to him or his trade, and shall make such returns as may from
time to time be required by or under the authority of the Food
Controller. All such records and documents shall at all times
be open to the inspection of any person authorised by the Food
Controller.
12. A person shall not make any false statement on any
invoice or written statement given in connection with any sale
or disposition of any Horse Mixture or Poultry Mixture.
13. A person shall not sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any
Horse Mixture or Poultry Mixture at a price exceeding the
maximum price applicable under this Order, or in connection with
a sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any Horse
Mixture or Poultry Mixture, enter or offer to enter into any
artificial or fictitious transaction or make or demand any unreason-
able charge.
14. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
15. This Order may be cited as the Horse and Poultry
Mixtures Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W . H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th November, 1917.
(a) BAGS FOR POULTRY MIXTURES. — By General Licence of January 28, 1918
726), a special charge was authorised.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse
Order '
101
THE DAMAGED GRAIN, SEEDS AND PULSE (PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
1917. No. 1174.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation &F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the fol-
lowing regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. This Order shall apply only to Imported Feed Wheat, and Limits of
to such cereals as have been or may be imported into the British order.
Islands and are or may become damaged and to damaged seeds
and damaged pulse, and to such of these cereals, seeds and pulse
as may subsequently be mechanically treated.
2. (a) Subject as hereinafter provided, the maximum price on Maximum
any sale of any of the articles mentioned in the following table prices,
shall be the price applicable thereto according to such table : —
Imported Feed Wheat 72s. per qr. of 480 Ibs.
Damaged Imported Wheat ... \
Damaged Imported Rye ... > 65s. „ „ 480 „
Damaged Imported Maize ... J
Damaged Imported and Damaged \ *? 4™
Home Grown Seeds and Pulse
Damaged Imported Barley ... 55s.
Damaged Imported Oats ... 41s.
448
336
(6) On a sale of any such article which may have been
.mechanically treated by kilndrying, clipping, splitting, kibbling,
bruising, grinding or any other method, the maximum price shall
be the price applicable according to the foregoing table together
with the addition of a sum per quarter not exceeding the cus-
tomary reasonable charge for such mechanical treatment.
(c) On a sale of a mixture containing any of such articles the
maximum price for the mixture shall (save in so far as the Food
Controller shall have prescribed a maximum price by any Order
t'or the time being in force) be the maximum price of that one of
the component parts which under this Order has the lowest maxi-
mum price.
3. On the occasion of a purchase of any of the articles men- Permissible
tioned from any person who is a recognised dealer in such articles, addition on
and who is not in the case of a home grown article the producer purchases
thereof or in the case of an imported article the importer thereof, ^co^nised
the maximum price of the article shall be ascertained by adding dealers
2s. per quarter to the rate otherwise applicable; provided that
where the total quantity of a particular kind of article bought
by one buyer from one seller § does not in any period of seven
consecutive days, including the day of sale, exceed 7J quarters,
the maximum price in respect of each quarter so bought shall be
D 3
Damaged Grain, Seeds end Pulse (Prices] Order, 1917.
ascertained by adding 4s. per quarter to the rate otherwise applic-
able, and where such quantity does not in that period amount
to \ quarter, the maximum price in respect of each quarter
shall be ascertained by adding a sum at the rate of 85. per quarter
to the rate otherwise applicable. Any amounts which by reason
of a later sale in any such period have been overpaid or over-
charged on an earlier sale in such period shall be allowed as a
deduction on the later sale.
4. — (a) The maximum prices applicable under this Order are
fixed on the basis of the following terms and conditions being
applicable to the transaction : —
(i) Imported Articles. — Sales by importers to be ex quay,
store or granary and articles shipped in bags to be sold gross
weight including bags, no. charge being made for bags.
Other terms of sale (except as hereinafter specifically pro-
vided) to be in accordance with the usual custom of the
trade. All storage, transport and other charges incurred on
the articles after sale by the importer to be for account of
the ultimate buyer.
(ii) Home Grown Articles. — Delivery by Producers to be
free on rail or barge or to mill or store in accordance with the
usual custom of the district. Freight, haulage, porterage or
cartage from the point where delivery has been made or is to
be made by the producer to be for the account of the ultimate
buyer.
All sack hire up to and including the time of delivery to
rail, barge, mill or store by producer to be for the producer's
account and all charges for sacks subsequent thereto to be
for the account of the ultimate buyer.
(iii) All Articles. — On sales by importers of imported
articles, payments to be nett cash against Bill of Lading,
Warrant or approved Delivery Order. On all other sales,
payment to be nett cash within seven days of completion of
delivery and monies then unpaid thereafter to carry interest
not exceeding the rate of 5 per cent, per annum or bank rate
whichever shall be the higher.
(6) Where the article is sold on terms or conditions other
than the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing part of this
clause, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in the maximum
price, and for this purpose the cost of delivery of home growE.
articles for which the producer is liable under the above term.s
shall be reckoned at the rate of 6d. per ton per mile.
5. The amount added to the maximum price in respect of
charges permitted under Clause 4 of this Order shall be accurately
shown as separate items on the invoice relating to the sale and
shall not in any case exceed reasonable expenses actually paid or
incurred.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917.
103
6. Where the maximum price at which an article to which this Statement
Order applies may be sold by any person depends upon the amount by vendors,
of any sums paid or charged for transport or storage or any other
matter by any former seller such person shall be entitled to rely
upon any written statement as to the amount of such sums which
may have been given to him by the person from whom he bought
the article in question unless he has reason to suspect the truth
of such statement.
7. No person shall sell or buy, or offer to sell or buy any Offers and
article to which this Order refers at a price exceeding the conditions,
maximum price applicable under this Order, or in connection
with a sale or disposition of any such article, enter or offer to
enter into a fictitious or artificial transaction, or make or demand
any unreasonable charge.
8. Any person dealing in any article to which this Order applies Records,
shall keep accurate records containing such particulars as are
necessary to show whether or not he is complying with the provi-
sions of this Order so far as they relate to him or to his trade, and
shall make such returns as shall from time to time be required
by or under the authority of the Food Controller. All such
records and documents shall at all times be open to the inspection
of any person authorised by the Food Controller.
9. In the case of barley " quarter " shall mean 448 Ibs. weight, Definition of
and in the case of oats shall mean 336 Ibs. weight, and in the case <luarter-
of all other articles shall mean 480 Ibs. weight.
Interpreta-
tion.
10. In this Order the following expressions shall have the
following meanings : —
:' Seeds " shall mean Dari-seed, Millet-seed, and other Seeds
(excepting seeds commonly known as Oil seeds) which
are suitable for and ordinarily used for the purpose of
feeding Poultry or other animals.
" Damaged Oats ?> shall mean Oats so damaged as 1o be
unsuitable for feeding purposes without being le-con-
ditioned by kiln drying or other mechanical treatment.
" Damaged " shall mean, in relation to all articles tc yhich
this Order applies (other than Oats), such articles as are
in the ordinary course of trade classed a.s damaged.
*' Feed Wheat " shall mean Wheat officially graded as Feed
Wheat before importation into the British Islands.
'' Importer " shall mean the person sighting the shipper's
draft, but this shall not be construed so as to limit the
general interpretation of that expression.
" Recognised Dealer " shall mean a person who in the ordi-
nary way of his business deals in Grain for the purpose
of his livelihood.
11. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
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Title and
commence-
ment.
Dredge Corn Order, 1917.
12. (a) This Order may be cited as the Damaged Grain, Seeds
and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917.
(&) This Order shall come into force on the 17th December,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th November, 1917.
Use of dredge
corn, and
flour
obtained
therefrom.
Maximum
prices for
dredge corn.
Fictitious
transactions.
Penalty.
THE DREDGE CORN ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
1917. No. 1182.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2p
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the follow-
ing regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall, on or after the 21st November, 1917, use
any Dredge Corn, other than damaged Dredge Corn, except in
the process of manufacturing flour, or use any flour obtained
from any such Dredge Corn except for the purpose of human
food.
2. No person shall, on or after the 17th December, 1917, sell
or buy or offer to sell or buy any Dredge Corn at a price exceeding
the maximum price applicable according to the following
provisions : —
(a) The maximum price as respects damaged Dredge Corn
shall, where the Corn does not consist partly of Oats,
be the maximum price applicable under the Grain
(Prices) Order, 1917, on the occasion of a like sale of
damaged Barley, and where the Corn does consist
partly of Oats, the maximum price applicable under
such Order on the occasion of a like sale of Oats
improperly cleaned.
(6) The maximum price as respects Dredge Corn (other than
damaged Dredge Corn) shall, where the Corn does not
consist partly of Oats, be the maximum price applic-
able under the said Order on the occasion of a like
sale of Barley, and where the Corn does consist partly
of Oats, the maximum price applicable on the occasion
of a like sale of Oats.
3. No person shall, in connection with the sale or disposal or
proposed sale or disposal of any Dredge Corn, enter or offer to
enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction, or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Directions under Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order 105
(No. 2), 1917.
5. For the purposes of this Order, " Drudge Corn" shall mean interpreta-
a mixture of cereals, whether or not grown together, containing tion.
more than one cereal as a main constituent.
" Damaged Dredge Corn " shall mean Dredge Corn which Eas
been so damaged that the flour or meal which could be milled
therefrom would not be fit for use in human food.
6. This Order may be cited as the Dredge Corn Order, 1917. Title.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th November, 1917.
DIRECTIONS, DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1917, RELATING TO IMPORTED
FLOUR UNDER THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR AND BREAD ORDER
(No. 2), 1917.
.1917. No. 1219.
Pursuant to Clause 4 of the Manufacture of Flour and Bread
Order (No. 2), 1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby directs that
the following conditions shall be observed with respect to the sale
-and use of imported flour : —
1. Imported flour may not be sold by retail or used for nny
purpose except when mixed with flour milled and mixed in the
United Kingdom in accordance with the Orders and directions
of the Food Controller relating to milling and mixing of wheaten
flour.
2. The proportion of imported flour in the mixture shall not
-exceed 25 per cent, except
(a) when sold by retail in Scotland or
(6) when used in Scotland for some purpose other than the
manufacture of biscuits intended for wholesale sale, in
which cases the proportion shall not exceed 50 per
cent.
These conditions shall come into force on the 29th November,
1917, in substitution for the conditions hitherto applicable.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
27th November, 1917.
(a) MANUFACTURE OP FLOUR AND BREAD ORDER (No. 2).— That Order is
printed p. 68.
106
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, No. 2, 1917.
Use of pota-
toes supplied
by the Food
Controller or
a Food
Committee.
Returns and
Records.
False
statements.
Interpreta-
tion.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
THE BREAD (UsE OF POTATOES) ORDER, No. 2, 1917.
DECEMBER 8, 1917. («J)
1917. No. 1246.
DATED*
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Where any potatoes are sold or supplied by or through the
agency of the Food Controller or a Food Committee to a person
for use in the making of bread, such potatoes shall be used only
in the making of bread by the person or persons for whose use
and at the bakery in respect of which they are so sold or supplied.
2. Every person to whom any potatoes are so sold or supplied
shall keep or cause to be kept accurate records showing the
quantity of potatoes so sold or supplied, the quantity used by him
in the making of bread and the dates of such sale supply and use
and such other records relating to his trade or business as may
from time to time be prescribed by the Food Controller. All
such records shall, on demand, be produced to and' be open to
the inspection of any person authorised by the Food Controller
or a Food Committee.
3 A person shall not make or knowingly connive at the making
of any false or misleading statement in any application made or
other document used for the purposes of this Order.
4. In this Order: —
" Food Committee " shall mean as regards Great Britain a
Food Control Committee constituted in pursuance of the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917,(b) and
as regards Ireland the Food Control Committee appointed for
Ireland by the Food Controller. (c)
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
0. This Order may be cited as the Bread (Use of Potatoes)
Order, No. 2, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th December, 1917.
(a) BREAD (USE OF POTATOES) ORDERS. — The Bread (Use of Potatoes)
Order, 1917, of October 5, 1917 (printed p. 60 of the January, 1918, Edition of
this Volume) the first Order on this subject, was revoked by the Bread (Use of
Potatoes) Order, 1918, printed p. 144.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part )IC. of this.
Manual.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917. 107
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (COMMITTEES) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 21, 1917.
1917. No. 1316.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Kealm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
PART I. — PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEES.
1. There shall be constituted a Port Feeding Stuffs Committee
for each of the five divisions mentioned in the First Schedule to
this Order and bearing the name stated in such Schedule.
2. Each Port Committee shall except in such cases as the Foot!
Controller may otherwise determine consist of either four or
eight Trade Members, as the Food Controller shall from time to
time decide, representing equally the interests of importers of
cattle feeding stuffs, seed crushers, flour millers and distributing
dealers in cattle feeding stuffs and of such other perse is -as may
from time to time be appointed by the Food Controller as
additional members.
3. — (a) If any vacancy shall occur on a Port Committee by
death, resignation or otherwise, the Committee shall at their next
meeting, subject to the approval of the Food Controller, fill the
vacancy by appointing another member representing the interest
which was represented by the member whose membership shall
have ceased.
(6) The provisions of this Clause shall not apply to a person
appointed by the Food Controller to be an additional member of
a Port Committee.
4. A Port Committee, may, subject to the provisions of this
Order and to any directions which may from time to time be
given by the Food Controller, meet together for the dispatch of
business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their proceedings and
the rights of voting at their meetings as they may think fit.
The quorum necessary for the transaction of business may be
fixed by the Committee and unless so fixed shall be three.
5. A Port Committee may appoint as Secretary a person
approved by the Food Controller, who shall hold office during Ntie
pleasure of the Committee and whose remuneration shall be such
as may be determined by the Committee with the approval of
the Food Controller. The Committee may also, subject to the
approval of the Food Controller, provide such offices and
appoint such clerks and servants as may from time to time be
requisite to carry out the duties entrusted to them.
PART II. — PROVINCIAL FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEES.
6. There shall be constituted a Provincial Feeding Stuffs Com-
mittee for each of the areas described in the second column of
the Second Schedule to this Order, and bearing the name stated
in the first column of such Schedule
108- Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917.
7. — (a) Each Provincial Committee shall, except in such cases
as the Food Controller may otherwise determine, consist of six dis-
tributing dealer members, four farmer members, and an ex officib
member, and of such other persons as may from time to time
be appointed by the Food Controller as additional members.
(&) ITie ex officio member shall be either the Live Stock Com-
missioner within whose area the Provincial Committee is situate
or a person nominated by him with the approval of the Food
Controller.
8. — (a) If any vacancy shall occur on a Provincial Committee
by death, resignation, or otherwise among the distributing dealer
members of the Committee, the continuing distributing dealer
members of the Committee shall at the next meeting of the
Committee, subject to the approval of the Food Controller, fill
the vacancy by appointing another distributing dealer to be a
member of the Committee.
(6) If any vacancy shall occur on a Provincial Committee by
death, resignation or otherwise among the farmer members of
the Committee, the vacancy shall be filled by another farmer
farming in the area of the Committee, appointed by the Food
Controller, on the nomination of the Director-General of Food
Production in the case of England and Wales, and of the Area
Live Stock Advisory Committee in the case of Scotland.
9. A Provincial Committee shall hold meetings at least twice
in every month, and at such other times as occasion may require,
and all meetings of the Committee shall be held at their office, or
such other places as they may from time to time determine, and
^nbject as aforesaid at such dates and at such times as they may
think fit.
10. — (a) Subject to any directions given by the Food Controller
in the case of any Provincial Committee, the Committee shall at
their first meeting elect one of their members to be Chairman
until the first meeting of the Committee in November, 1918.
(6) At the first meeting of the Committee in November, 1918,
and in every subsequent November, the Committee shall elect a
Chairman for the ejisuing 12 months.
(c) Any casual vacancy occurring in the office of Chairman
shall be filled at the next meeting of the Committee, and the
person elected to fill the vacancy shall hold office until the time
when the person whose office he has filled would have gone out of
office.
11. If at any meeting of a Provincial Committee the Chairman
is absent, the members present shall choose one of their number
to act as Chairman at that meeting.
12. The quorum necessary for the transaction of business by a
Provincial Committee shall be such number, not being less than
three, as may be fixed by the Committee.
13. Every question at a meeting of a Provincial Committee
shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members
present and voting on that question, and in the case of an
equality of votes, the Chairman or acting Chairman shall have a
second or casting vote.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917. 109
14. A Provincial Committee may, subject to the provisions of
this Order and to any directions which may from time to time
be given by the Food Controller, meet together for the dispatch
of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their proceedings as
they may think fit.
15 — (a) A Provincial Committee may appoint as Secretary a
person approved by the Food Controller, who shall be a local
auctioneer, or a local solicitor having agricultural connections
or a like firm of auctioneers or solicitors or such other person as
the Food Controller may approve, but no distributing dealer
shall be eligible for the office of Secretary, except with the
unanimous approval ofc the Committee. The Secretary shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Committee, and his
remuneration shall be such as may be determined by the Com-
mittee with the approval of the Food Controller.
(b) The Committee may, subject to the approval of the Food
Controller, provide such offices and appoint such clerks and
servants as may from time to time be requisite for carrying out
the duties entrusted to them.
PART III. — GENERAL.
16. Except as otherwise specifically provided by this Order
every member of a Committee shall be appointed by the Food
Controller.
17. Any member of a Committee may resign therefrom by
sending to the Secretary of the Committee notice in writing of
his desire so to do, and the Secretary shall forthwith notify the
Food Controller of any resignation received by him.
18. (a) The Food Controller may at any time revoke the
appointment of any member of a Committee, and thereupon such
member shall cease to be a member of the Committee. (a)
(b) The Food Controller may also at any time revoke the
appointment of any officer, clerk or servant of a Committee, and
thereupon such officer, clerk or servant shall cease to bo
employed by the Committee.
19. The proceedings of a Committee shall not be invalidated
by any vacancy in their number or by any defect in the appoint-
ment of any member of the Committee, or by reason of any
member of the Committee not being properly qualified. If any
question arises as to the qualification of any person for member-
ship of a Committee in any capacity such question shall be
determined by the Food Controller.
(a) DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBKRSIIIP.— The Committees (Disqualification
for Membership) Order, 1918, printed in Part III. of this Manual, pro-
vides that a person who has been summarily convicted of contravening an Order
of the Food Controller shall be disqualified for appointment as a member of a
Port Feeding Stuffs Committee, or a Provincial Feeding Stuffs Committee, and,
if already a member, shall cease so to be.
110 Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917.
20. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of a
Committee shall be kept in a proper minute book, and shall be
signed by the Chairman of the next ensuing meeting, and when
so signed shall be primd facie evidence of the proceedings at
that meeting. Copies of all minutes shall, immediately after
the meeting to which they relate, be forwarded to the Food Con-
troller, and also, in the case of the Port Feeding Stuffs Com-
mittee for Scotland, to the Chief Live Stock Commissioner for
Scotland.
21. The powers and duties of a Committee shall be such as may
from time to time be assigned to them by the Food Controller,
and the Committee shall in the exercise of those powers and the
performance of those duties comply with such directions as may
from time to time be given by the Food Controller.
22. A Committee shall furnish such reports, returns, and infor-
mation as may from time to time be required by the Food
Controller.
23. Every Committee shall cause to be kept full and true
accounts of all moneys received and paid by them. The accounts
shall be open to inspection by any person authorized in that behalf
by the Food Controller, and shall be audited as he may direct.
24. Ail expenses incurred by a Committee shall be defrayed in
trach manner as the Food Controller may from time to time
determine, and the Food Controller may if he thinks fit prescribe
different methods for defraying the expenses of Port Committees
and Provincial Committees or of any different classes of such
expenses.
25. If any difficulties arise with respect to the constitution of
any Committee or otherwise in relation to the foregoing provisions
of this Order, the Food Controller may do anything which
appears to him necessary or desirable for the establishment of
such Committee or otherwise for ensuring the full operation of
this Order or of any subsequent Order relating to the constitution
powers and duties of a Committee.
26. The Food Controller may at any time if he thinks fit
discharge any Committee constituted by virtue of this Order and
appoint another Committee or body of persons or person to
exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties which
may have been entrusted to the Committee so discharged.
27. (a) This Order may be cited as the Cattle Feeding- Stuffs
(Committees) Order, 1917. .
(6) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
December, 1917.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917. Ill
First Schedule.
PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE.
Lendon Port Feeding Stuffs Committee.
Division of Committee.
London. Middlesex.
Surrey. Hertfordshire.
Sussex. Buckinghamshire.
Kent. Berkshire.
Essex. Oxfordshire.
Suffolk. Wiltshire.
Cambridgeshire. Hampshire.
Huntingdonshire. Isle of Wight.
Bedfordshire.
Bristol Channel and West of England Port Feeding Stuffs
Committee.
Division of Committee.
Worcestershire. Monmouthshire.
Warwickshire. Glamorgan.
Herefordshire. Carmarthenshire.
Gloucestershire. Pembrokeshire.
Somerset. Cardiganshire.
Dorsetshire. Radnorshire.
Devonshire. Brecknockshire.
Cornwall.
Liverpool Port Feeding Stuffs Committee.
Division of Committee.
Cumberland. Flintshire.
Westmorland. Denbighshire.
Lancashire. Carnarvonshire.
Cheshire. Anglesey.
Derbyshire. Merionethshire.
Nottinghamshire . Montgomeryshire.
Staffordshire. Shropshire.
Hull Port Feeding Stuffs Committee.
Division of Committee.
Northumberland. Norfolk.
Durham. Leicestershire.
Yorkshire. Rutland.
Lincolnshire. Northamptonshire,
Port Feeding Stuffs Committee for Scotland.
Division of Committee.
Scotland.
112
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917,
Second Schedule.
PROVINCIAL FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEES.
PART I. — ENGLAND AND WALES.
Name of
Committee.
Area of Committee.
JN ewcastle . .
Carlisle
York
Leeds
Lancashire . .
Cheshire
North Wales
South Wales
Birmingham
Shrewsbury ...
Derby
Market Harborough
Peterborough
Lincoln
Norfolk
Cambridge ...
Bedford ... ...
Ipswich
Chelmsford ...
London (N.)
Heading
Southampton
Gloucester ...
Yeovil
Devon
Cornwall
London (S.)
London (S..E.)
Northumberland and Durham.
Cumberland and Westmorland.
East and North Ridings of Yorkshire.
West Riding of Yorkshire.
Lancashire.
Cheshire.
Flintshire, Denbighshire, Carnarvon-
shire, Anglesey, Merionethshire, Mont-
gomeryshire.
Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthen-
shire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire,
Radnorshire, Brecknockshire.
Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Here-
fordshire.
Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northampton-
shire.
Soke of Peterborough, Holland and
Kesteven Divisions of Lincolnshire.
Lindsey Division of Lincolnshire.
Norfolk.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Bedfordshire.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Buckingham-
shire and London north of the Thames.
Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Gloucestershire .
Somerset and Dorsetshire.
Devonshire.
Cornwall.
Surrey, Sussex and the Metropolitan
Boroughs of Wandsworth, Battersea,
Lambeth and South wark.
Kent and the Metropolitan Boroughs of
Bermondsey, Deptford, Camberwell,
Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) Order, 1918.
PART II. — SCOTLAND.
113
Name and Headquarters of
Committee.
Area of Committee : The Counties or
Islands of
South-Western — Dumfries ...
South-Eastern — Edinburgh ...
Western — Glasgow
North-Eastern — Aberdeen
Central— Perth
Northern — Inverness ...
Ayrshire — Ayr
Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown.
Linlithgow, Midlothian, East Lothian,
Peebles, Roxburgh, Berwick, Selkirk.
Lanark, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Argyle,
Bute.
Elgin, Banff, Aberdeen, Kincardine,
Orkneys, Shetlands.
Perth, Fife, Forfar, Clackmannan,
Kinross, Stirling.
Sutherland, Caithness, Ross, Inverness,
Nairn.
Ayr.
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (PRIORITY SUPPLY) ORDER, 1918.
DATED JANUARY 4, 1918.
1918. No, 7.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him- in
that behalf, the Eood Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. The Food Controller or any person, authorised by him may
grant to any owner of dairy cattle in milk or such other
cattle as the Food Controller may from time to time determine
a priority certificate entitling such owner to a priority supply
of cattle feeding stuffs of such quantities and such varieties and
during such periods as may be stated in the certificate. The
Food Controller may revoke any certificate so granted.
2. A person shall in the disposition of any cattle feeding stuff
give preference to a person seeking to obtain the same under a
priority certificate issued under this Order, and shall not dispose
of any cattle feeding stuff, until all orders for the like cattle
feeding stuff properly demanded under any priority certificate
have been fulfilled by him.
3. On the occasion of a sale of any cattle feeding stuffs
under a priority certificate, the seller shall correctly enter or
endorse on the certificate in a durable form the quantity and
variety of feeding stuffs sold and the date of sale.
4. Every application for a priority certificate shall be made
in such manner or on such form as may be prescribed by or under
the authority of the Food Controller,
5. A person shall not: —
(a) make or connive at the making of any false statement
with a view to .obtaining a priority certificate for him-
eelf or any other person ; or
Priority
Certificates.
Priority
Supplies.
Endorsement
of
Certificate.
Application
for
Certificate.
False State-
ments, &c.
114
General Licence under Flour and Bread (Prices) Order, 1917.
Duty of
Owner of
Certificate.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalties.
Title and
Extent.
(b) make or connive at the mating of any false entry or
endorsement on a priority certificate ; or
(c) fail or neglect, or connive at any failure or neglect, to
make any entry or endorsement on or to complete any
priority certificate in manner directed thereon or
required by this Order; or
(d) assign or attempt to assign any priority certificate or any
cattle feeding stuff obtained thereunder ; or
(e) falsely represent himself to be a person to whom any such
certificate applies or has been issued.
6. No person having obtained cattle feeding stuff under a
priority certificate shall use any part of such feeding stuff for
any purpose other than feeding the dairy or other cattle in respect
of which the certificate was granted.
7. For the purpose of this Order : —
" Cattle Feeding Stuffs " includes cattle feeding cake and
cattle feeding meal of every variety, millers' offals, barley
offals, oat offals, malt culms, kiln dust, brewers' grains,
distillers' grains, and maize by-products, but does not include
any of such products which are suitable for human food.
8. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. (a) This Order may be cited as the Cattle Feeding Stuff*
(Priority Supply) Order^ 1918.
(b) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
4th January, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JANUARY 9, 1918, UNDER THE FLOUR
AND BREAD (PRICES) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1918. No. 20.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons selling flour
by retail in cotton bags to make the following extra charges for
the bag : —
Where the cotton bag holds not less than a half-quartern
of Flour (If Ibs.) and less than 28 Ibs. a charge per bag at
a rate not exceeding one farthing for every complete half-
quartern of flour contained therein ;
Where the cotton bag holds 28 Ibs. and less than 56 Ibs.,.
a charge not exceeding 4d. per bag.
The extra charge shall not, unless otherwise agreed, be repay-
able on the return of the bag.
(a) FLOUR AND BREAD (PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed p. 90.
Deer (Restriction of Feeding) Order, 1918 ; 115
General Licence under Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917.
The Licence dated the 12th October, 1917, (a) relating to the
charge for cotton bags, is hereby revoked.
By Order of fche Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
9th January, "1918. Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
THE DEER (RESTRICTION OF FEEDING) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 14, 1918.
1918. No. 22.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall after the 21st January, 1918, feed any deer Gensral pro-
or permit any deer to be fed with any cereals or other provided hioition
food except with acorns, chestnuts or salt or with hay grown against feed-
within the deer forest, park or other area in which the deer are mS of deer-
preserved.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against penaity
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Deer (Restriction of Feeding) Title
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th January, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JA-NUARY 14, 1918, UNDER THE HORSE
AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917. (b)
1918. No. 190.
Pursuant to the above Order the Food Controller hereby
authorises the use of molassed foods, cocoa shells and apple
residues in the making of a Horse Mixture, and of dried meat
unfit for human food in the making of a Poultry Mixture, and
the sale and purchase of such mixtures in accordance with the
provisions of the above Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
S(
14th January, 1918.
(a) GENERAL LICENCE OF OCTOBER 12, 1917. — That Licence was printed as
St. R. & O., 1917, No. 1048.
(b) HORSE AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 97.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
116.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918.
Existing
Stocks.
Future
Imports.
Manu-
factured
Compound
Cakes.
Returns.
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (REQUISITION) OEDER, 1918.
DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
1918. No. 58.
In exercise of tlie powers conferred upon him by* the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2s (a) of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller gives notice that he
hereby takes possession of all cattle feeding stuffs which are in
the United Kingdom on the 22nd January, 1918, and are not
already in his possession under or by reason of any previous
Order.
(b) This clause shall not apply to cattle feeding stuffs in the
hands of a person who at the close of business on the 21st
January, 1918, does not hold more than 50 tons of cattle feeding
stuffs, or in the hands of a person intending to use the same
solely for the feeding of cattle or other animals owned by him.
2. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2r(a) of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller requires all persons
owning or having power to sell or dispose of any cattle feeding
stuffs which may arrive in the United Kingdom after the 21st
January, 1918, to place the same at the disposal of the Food
Controller and deliver the same to him or to his Order.
(6) Any arbitrator to act for the purposes of this clause shall
be appointed by the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
3. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 7(a) of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller hereby orders that the
occupier of every factory or workshop in which any cattle feeding
stuffs are manufactured, produced or adapted for sale, shall place
at the disposal of the Food Controller the whole of the cattle
feeding stuffs which shall be made, produced or adapted for sale
by him after the 21st January, 1918, and shall deliver the same
to the Food Controller or to his Order.
(6) This clause shall not apply to any Oil Cakes or Meals
to which the Oils, Oil Cakes and Meals (Requisition) Order,
1917, (b) applies.
4. (a) Every person holding any cattle feeding stuffs to which
clause 1 of this order applies, shall on or before the 31st January,
1918, furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, London, S.W.I, a return showing: —
(i) The amounts and varieties of the cattle feeding stuffs held
by or in transit to him at the close of business on the
21st January, 1918, and
(ii) The quantity sold and unsold in each case.
(a) DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS 2e, 2r AND 7. — These Regula-
tions are printed pp. 5, 8, 13 of this Manual in the form which as conferring
powers on the Food Controller they assume.
(b) OILS, OIL CAKES AND MEALS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed iu Group 12 (" Oils and Fats"), p. 392.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918. 1
(b) Every person to whom clause 2 of this order applies, shall
on or before the 31st January, 1918, furnish to the Secretary,
Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, London, S.W.I, a return
showing : —
(i) The amounts and varieties of the cattle feeding stuffs
afloat and snipped to the United Kingdom to him or
to his order on the 21st January, 1918.
(ii) The amounts and varieties of cattle feeding stuffs
purchased for shipment to him or to his order, and
not shipped on the 21st January, 1918, and
(iii) The quantity sold and unsold in each case.
5. For the purposes of this Order: Interpre-
" Cattle Feeding Stuffs " includes cattle feeding cake and tation-
cattle feeding meal of every variety, millers' offals, barley
offals, oat offals, malt culms, kiln dust, brewers' grains,
and distillers' grains, but does not include any of such
products which are suitable for human food.
6. This Order shall not apply to a flour miller in relation to Exception,
millers' offals produced or to be produced at his mill, if such mill
is a mill to which the Flour Mills Order, 1917, or the Flour Mills
Order, Xo. 2, 1917, (a) applies.
7. Infringements of this Order are offences against the Defence Penalties,
of the Realm Regulations.
8. This Order may be cited as the Cattle Feeding Stuffs Title.
(Requisition) Order, 1918.
By Order .of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st January, 1918.
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, printed in Group 14 (" Public Meals,") (p. 441),
restricts as from February 3rd, 1918. the bread and flour to be
consumed at meals in public eating places. For restrictions
previously in force see the now revoked Public Meals Order, 1917,
printed pp. 158-161 of the "Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."]
(a) FLOUR MILLS ORDERS.— Those Orders are printed, pp. 79, 85.
118
Oats (Scotland and Ireland Restriction) Order, 1918.
Prohibition
on shipment
of Oats.
Licences.
Carriers.
Exception.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Title.
THE OATS (SCOTLAND AND IRELAND BESTEJCTION) ORDER, 1918.
DATED JANUARY 28, 1918.
1918. No. 92.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. On and after the 1st February, 1918, 110 person other than a
person licenced under this Order shall move, consign or ship any
oats :
(a) from Scotland to any destination outside Scotland; or
(6) from Ireland to any destination outside Ireland ;
and no person shall buy or agree to buy or take delivery of any
oats to be moved, consigned or shipped from Scotland to any
destination outside Scotland or from Ireland to any destina-
tion outside Ireland, except from a person so licenced.
2. Any licences granted under this Order will be granted in
duplicate and may be granted
(a) by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland as respects oats
consigned from Scotland to Ireland;
(6) by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries as respects oats
consigned from Scotland to any other destination ; and
(c) by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc-
tion for Ireland as respects oats consigned from Ireland
to any destination outside Ireland.
3. Where any oats are delivered to a railway company, shipping
company or other carrier for carriage from Scotland to any
destination outside Scotland or from Ireland to any
destination outside Ireland, such carrier shall before forward-
ing the oats require the duplicate of the necessary licence to be
lodged with him and shall retain such duplicate and otherwise
deal therewith as may be directed by the Department by whom
the same was issued.
4. This Order shall not apply to oats consigned or shipped to
the Order of any Government Department.
5. In this Order the expression " Oats " shall include all oats
whether mechanically treated or not, except Oatmeal, Oatnour,
Rolled Oats and Flaked Oats.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. This Order may be cited as the Oats (Scotland and Ireland
Restriction) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. B eve ridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th January, 1918.
Rice (Retail Prices) Order, .1918. 119
THE RICE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 28,
1918.
1918. No. 101.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other poweis enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) -N"o rice, ground rice, rice flour, flaked rice 01 any similar Maximum
rice product may be sold by retail at a price exceeding the rate prices,
of 4d. per Ib.
Provided that a person may sell any rice of the varieties
mentioned in the Schedule at a rate not exceeding Qd. per Ib. if
at the time of such sale there is exhibited in a conspicuous position
in the place of sale a notice to the effect that rice is on sale at
a lafe not exceeding 4d. per Ib. and if at the like time he is able
and willing to sell to any customer to the extent of his reasonable
requirements rice at a rate in accordance with such notice.
(6) No additional charge shall be made for bags or other
packages or for giving credit or making delivery.
2. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy ^^
A i j. • i i. • i J.T • r\ j T • Otters and
or agree to buy any article to which this Order applies at prices fictitious
exceeding' the prices fixed by this Order or in connection with transaction,
the sale or disposition of any such article enter or offer to enter
into any fictitious or artificial transaction or make or demand any
unreasonable charge!
3. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that the price pay- Contracts,
able under a contract subsisting on the 1st February, 1918, £or
the sale of any article to which this Order applies is such that the
article cannot be sold by retail at the prices permitted by this
Order he may, if he thinks fit, cancel such contract or may
modify the terms thereof in such manner as may appear to him
to be just.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against penaity.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. (a) This Order may be cited as the Rice (Retail Prices) Title and
Order, 1918. comments of
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 4th February, Order-
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th January, 1918.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918.
The Schedule.
Re Milled Java.
Re Milled White Bengal (Patna).
Re Milled Siam.
Garden Siam.
Spanish.
Carolina and other North American Rices.
Japan.
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (LICENSING) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 29, 1918.
1918. No. 102.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
Importers 1. A person shall not sell by wholesale cattle feeding stuffs
imported or made or produced by him: —
licensed. (a) After the 9th February, 1918, unless he has applied for
a license authorising him to sell cattle feeding stuffs
by wholesale as a first hand seller ; or
(6) After the 23rd February, 1918, unless he is the holder of
a license, for the time being in force, granted by or
under the authority of the Food Controller, authorising
him to sell cattle feeding stuffs by wholesale as a first
hand seller.
Wholesale 2. A person shall not sell by wholesale cattle feeding stuffs not
dealers to be imported or made or produced by him: —
(a) After the 9th February, 1918, unless he has applied for
a license authorising him to sell cattle feeding stuffs
by wholesale as a wholesale dealer; or
(b) After the 23rd February, 1918, unless he is the holder of
a license, for the time being in force, granted by or
under the authority of the Food Controller, authorising
him to sell cattle feeding stuffs by wholesale as a
wholesale dealer.
Distributing 3 A person shall not sell cattle feeding stuffs as a distributing
^a| irs to be Dealer for consumption or delivery within the area of any
Provincial Committee as set out in the Second Schedule to this
Order: —
(a) After the 9th February, 1918, unless he has applied for a
license authorising him to sell cattle feeding stuffs
as a distributing dealer in that area; or
(6) After the 23rd February, 1918, unless he is the holder of
a license for the time being in force, granted by or
under the authority of the Food Controller, authorising
him to sell cattle feeding stuffs as a distributing dealer
in that area.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918. 121
4. (a) Applications for a license under this Order as a first Application
hand seller may be made by an importer or maker, and applica- for licenses,
tions for a license under this Order as a wholesale dealer may be
made by any person desiring to be licensed as a wholesale dealer.
All such applications shall, except in the case of Flour Millers,
be made to the Port Committee within whose division, as set out in
the First Schedule to this Order, the applicant's principal or only
trade premises are situate, or to such other person as the Food
Controller may prescribe, and shall in the case of Flour Millers
be made in such manner as the Food Conti oiler may direct.
(&) Applications for a license under this Order as a dis-
tributing dealer may be made by any person desiring to be
licensed as a distributing dealer. All such applications shall,
except in the case of Flour Millers, be made to the Provincial
Committee within whose area the applicant desires to sell cattle
feeding stuffs for consumption or delivery, or to such other person
as the Food Controller may prescribe, and shall in the case of
Flour Millers be made in such manner as the Food Controller
may direct.
Where any person, .other than a Flour Miller, desires to sell
cattle feeding stuffs as a distributing dealer for consumption or
delivery within the area of more than one Provincial Committee,
a separate application for a license shall be made in respect of
each such area.
(c) A person who desires to deal in cattle feeding stuffs in
more than one capacity may make application for a license in
each of such capacities.
5. Every application for a license shall be made on a form Form of
prescribed by the Food Controller, and every applicant shall application,
furnish upon such form a true statement of the particulars
required for completing the form. Such statement shall be
signed by the applicant or his duly authorised agent.
6. (a) A Port Committee shall, unless otherwise directed by Issue of
the Food Controller, on receipt of an application for a first-hand licenses,
seller's license or a wholesale dealer's license made in accordance
with this Order from a person, who or whose predecessor in
business was on the 1st January, 1917, and who at the date of
the application, is carrying on a regular business in cattle feeding
stuffs of such a kind as would, had this Order been then in force,
have required him to hold a license to sell by wholesale as a first-
hand seller, or as a wholesale dealer, issue to such person a
license as a first-hand seller or as a wholesale dealer, as the case
may be, and shall also issue a first-hand seller's license or a
wholesale dealer's license to such other persons as the Food Con-
troller may from time to time direct.
(&) A Provincial Committee shall, unless otherwise directed
by the Food Controller, on receipt of an application for a
distributing dealer's license made in accordance with this Order
from a person, who or whose predecessor in business was on the
1st January, 1917, and who at the date of the application is
carrying on a regular business in cattle feeding stuffs for con-
sumption or delivery within the area of the Committee, of such
a kind as would, had this Order been then in force, have required
122
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918.
Revocation
of licenses.
Duties of
licensee.
Production
of licenses.
Transfer of
business.
Committees
to act under
direction of
Food
Controller.
False
statements.
him to hold a license to sell as a distributing dealer, issue to
such person a license to sell cattle feeding stuffs as a distributing
dealer in the area of the Committee, and shall also issue a distri-
buting dealer's license to such other persons as the Food Controller
may from time to time direct.
(c) Where any applicant is refiised any license, such refusal
and the grounds therefor shall forthwith be reported to the Food
Controller.
7. Any license issued under this Order may be made subject
to such conditions as the Food Controller may determine, and
may at any time be revoked by the Food Controller or with the
sanction of the Food Controller by the Committee who granted
the same.
8. The holder of a license shall keep or cause to be kept at
some convenient place accurate records relating to his trade or
business in cattle feeding stuffs showing the descriptions and
quantities sold, the prices paid or payable, the transport charges
(if any) and such other information as the Food Controller may
from time to time specify, together with all relevant forms,
documents, invoices, and accounts, and shall comply with any
directions given by or under the authority of the Food Controller
as to the form and contents of such records. The holder shall
also observe such directions as to his trade or business in cattle
feeding stuffs as may be given to him from time to time by or
under the authority of the Food Controller, and shall make such
returns and furnish such particulars as to such trade or business
as may from time to time be required by the Food Controller,
and shall permit any person authorised by the Food Controller
to inspect all relevant books, documents and accounts relating
thereto.
9. Any license granted under this Order shall be produced by
the holder on demand of any person authorised by the Food
Controller or the Committee by whom the license was issued.
10. In the event of the transfer of any business in connection
with which a license is held by any licensee, or in the
event of the death of a licensee, it shall be lawful for the
transferee or other person claiming under the licensee, on making
application for a license of the same description as the license
held by such licensee, to sell cattle feeding stuffs, from the date
of such application until receipt of intimation from the Com-
mittee to whom the application is made or from the Food
Controller whether or not the license applied for will be granted,
in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the
licensee was entitled to sell the same by virtue of the license held
by him.
11. Every Port Committee and every Provincial Committee
shall in the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties
conferred or imposed upon them by this Order comply with such
directions as may from time to time be given to them by the Food
Controller.
12. A person shall not: —
(a) Knowingly make or connive at the making of any false
statement in any application or return made in connec-
tion with or for any of the purposes of this Order ; or
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918.
123
(6) Forge or alter any license or other document issued under
or for any of the purposes of this Order ; or
(c) Personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom a license has been issued or applies.
13. In this Order, and in any license granted under this Order, Definitions
"Cattle Feeding Stuffs" means cattle feeding cake and
cattle feeding meal of every variety, millers' offals, barley
offals, oat offals, malt culms, kiln dust, brewers' grains, and
distillers' grains, but does not include any of such feeding
stuffs as are suitable for and sold as human food.
''' Maker " means and includes any seed crusher, com-
pound cake maker, miller, brewer, distiller, or other person
manufacturing or producing cattle feeding stuffs.
" To sell by wholesale as a first-hand seller " means to
sell cattle feeding stuffs imported, produced or made by the
person in question otherwise than to (a) a person buying for
the purpose of feeding his own animals, or (b) a person
entitled to sell cattle feeding stuffs without a license.
" To sell by wholesale as a wholesale dealer " means to sell
cattle feeding stuffs bought from an importer, producer or
maker by the person in question otherwise than to (a) a person
buying for the purpose of feeding his own animals, or (b) a
person entitled to sell cattle feeding stuffs without a license.
" To sell as a distributing dealer " means to sell cattle
feeding stuffs otherwise than as is mentioned in the two
preceding paragraphs of this clause.
" Port Committee " and " Provincial Committee " mean
a Port Feeding Stuffs Committee and a Provincial Feeding
Stuffs Committee constituted by the Cattle Feeding Stuffs
(Committees) Order, 1917. (a)
14. Nothing in this Order shall apply to;- Exemption
(a) A sale of cattle feeding stuffs by any person if the total of small
of the amount sold on the occasion of such sale and businesses,
of the amounts of cattle feeding stuffs previously sold
by such person during the calendar year in which the
sale takes place is not more than 50 tons ; or
(b) a sale by a person, licensed in that behalf by the Royal
Commission on Wheat Supplies, of cattle feeding stuffs
imported by the Commission or made or produced
solely from any article imported by the Commission.
15. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
16. (a) This Order may be cited as the Cattle Feeding Stuffs Title and
(Licensing) Order, 1918. extent.
(b) This Order shall not apply to a person who sells in
Ireland cattle feeding stuffs for delivery in Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
29th January. 1918.
(a) CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (COMMITTEES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 107.
124 Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918.
First Schedule.
PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEES.
LONDON PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE.
Division of Committee.
London. Middlesex.
Surrey. Hertfordshire.
Sussex. Buckinghamshire.
Kent. Berkshire.
Essex. Oxfordshire.
Suffolk. Wiltshire.
Cambridgeshire. Hampshire.
Huntingdonshire. Isle of Wight.
Bedfordshire.
BRISTOL CHANNEL AND WEST OF ENGLAND PORT FEEDING STUFFS
COMMITTEE.
Division of Committee.
Worcestershire. Monmouthshire.
Warwickshire. Glamorgan.
Herefordshire. Carmarthenshire.
Gloucestershire. Pembrokeshire.
Somerset. Cardiganshire.
Dorsetshire. Radnorshire.
Devonshire. Brecknockshire.
Cornwall.
LIVERPOOL PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE.
Division of Committee.
Cumberland. Flintshire.
Westmoreland. Denbighshire.
Lancashire. Carnarvonshire.
Cheshire. Anglesey.
Derbyshire. Merionethshire.
Nottinghamshire. Montgomeryshire.
Staffordshire. Shropshire.
HULL PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE.
Division of Committee.
Northumberland. Norfolk.
Durham. Leicestershire.
Yorkshire. Rutland.
Lincolnshire. Northamptonshire.
PORT FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE FOR SCOTLAND.
Division of Committee.
Scotland.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918.
Second Schedule.
125
PEG VINCI AL FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEE,
PART I. — ENGLAND AND WALES.
Name of Committee.
Area of Committee.
Newcastle . . ,
Carlisle
York
Leeds
Lancashire ..
Cheshire
North Wales
South Wales
Birmingham
Shrewsbury
Derby
Market Harborough
Peterborough
Lincoln
Norfolk
Cambridge
Bedford
Ipswich
Chelmsf ord
London (N.)
Reading
Southampton
Gloucester ...
Yeovil
Devon
Cornwall
London (S.)
London (S.E.)
Northumberland and Durham County.
Cumberland and Westmoreland.
East and North Ridings of Yorkshire.
West Riding of Yorkshire.
Lancashire.
Cheshire.
Flintshire, Denbighshire, Carnarvonshire,
Anglesey, Merionethshire, Montgomery-
shire.
Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthen-
shire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire,
Radnorshire, Brecknockshire.
Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and
Herefordshire.
Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northampton-
shire.
Soke of Peterborough, Holland and
Kesteven divisions of Lincolnshire.
Lindsey Division of Lincolnshire.
Norfolk.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Bedfordshire.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Buckingham-
shire and London North of the Thames.
Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Gloucestershire.
Somerset and Dorsetshire.
Devonshire.
Cornwall.
Surrey, Sussex, and the Metropolitan
Boroughs of Wandsworth, Battersea,
Lambeth and Southwark.
Kent, and the Metropolitan Boroughs of
Bermondsey, Deptford, Camberwell,
Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich.
126
General Licence under Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917;
Oatmeal (Restriction) Order, 1918.
PART II. — SCOTLAND.
Name of Committee.
South- Western
South-Eastern
Western
North-Eastern
Central
Northern
Ayrshire
Area of Committee : The Counties or Islands of —
Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown.
Linlithgow, Midlothian, East-Lothian,
Peebles, Eoxbuigh, Berwick, Selkirk.
Lanark, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Argyle,
Bute.
Elgin, Banff, Aberdeen, Kincardine,
Orkneys, Shetlands.
Perth, Fife, Forfar, Clackmannan, Kin-
ross, Stirling.
Sutherlandshire, Caithness, Ross, Inver-
ness, Nairn.
Ayr.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JANUARY 28, 1918, UNDER THE HORSE
AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917. (a)
1918. No. 116.
On a sale of a poultry mixture in cotton bags provided by the
maker of the mixture, a charge may be made for the bags at the
rate of 2s. per cwt. of the mixture subject to such charge being
shewn as a separate item on the invoice relating to the sale, and
the amount thereof being repayable on the return of the bags
in good condition. %
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th January, 1918.
Oatmeal
etc., to be
used only for
human food.
THE OATMEAL (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918.
1918.
1918. No. 166.
DATED FEBRUARY 7,
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Conti oiler, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall on or after the 10th day of February, 1918,
use any oatmeal, oat flour, groats, rolled oats or flaked oats except
(a) HORSE AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 97.
Oatmeal (Restriction) Order, 19.18.
127
as human food or in the manufacture of articles suitable for
human food or use any article containing 01 manufactured from
any oatmeal, oat flour, groats, rolled oats or flaked oats except
as human food.
2. This Order shall not apply to any oatmeal, oat flour, groats, Exception.
rolled oats or flaked oats which on the lUth February, 1918,
had been so treated as to be unfit for human food or to any
oatmeal, oat flour, groats, rolled oats or flaked oats or to any
articles containing or manufactured from them which are or may
become unfit for human food.
3. No person shall on or after the 10th day of February, 1918, Damaging
damage or permit to be damaged or treat or permit to be treated oatmeal, etc.
any oatmeal, oat flour, groats, rolled oats or flaked oats or any
article containing or manufactured from oatmeal, oat flour,
groats, rolled oats or flaked oats so as to render the same less fit
for the purpose for which under this Order they are reserved.
4. Any person authorised by the Food Controller or any Food Samples.
Committee may take samples of any article which he has reason
to suspect is being used contrary to the terms of this Order.
5. If any question shall arise whether any article mentioned Determina-
in this Order is unfit for the purpose of human food, such tion of
question may be referred for determination to any person questlons-
authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller or by a Food
Committee.
6. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Food Com- interpreta-
mittee " shall mean a Food Control Committee constituted in tion.
pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917, (a) and the Food Control Committee appointed for Ireland
by the Food Controller, (b)
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. This Order may be cited as the Oatmeal (Restriction) Order,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
7th February, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order
is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III.
of this Manual.
28 Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1918.
DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1918.
1918. No. 173.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders, that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned.
PART I. — MAXIMUM PRICES.
Maximum 1. Subject as hereinafter provided : —
Cattle (a) ^° ca^le feeding stuffs of any of the varieties specified
Feeding in the Schedule to this Order shall after the date
Stuffs. when this Order comes into force be sold at a price
exceeding the maximum price applicable thereto
according to such Schedule or such other maximum
price as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Food Controller.
(6) No meal produced by grinding a cake of a variety speci-
fied in the Schedule to this Order shall after the date
when this Order comes into force be sold at a price
exceeding the maximum pi ice applicable to such cake
according to such Schedule, by more than 155. per
ton, or such other sum as may, either generally or ID
any particular case or class of cases, from time to time
be prescribed by the Food Controller.
(c) No specially prepared calf meal, pig meal, or lamb food
or other specially prepared food for cattle not
being of a variety specified in the Schedule to this
Order shall after the date when this Order comes into
force, be sold at a price exceeding by more than 30s.
per ton, or such other amount as may from time to
time be prescribed by the Food Controller, the total
of the cost to the maker of the ingredients used a&
delivered at his factory and of the cost of manufacture.
Dealer's 2. On a sale in the cases hereinafter mentioned of any cattle
Commission, feeding stuffs for which a maximum price is prescribed by ^this
Order, a rebate shall be allowed to the buyer off the permitted
maximum price of the following amounts.
(i) In the case of a sale to a licensed wholesale dealer a
rebate of 7*. Qd. per ton.
(ii) In the case of a salo to a licensed distributing dealer or
to a maker buying for the purpose of making any
compound cake or compound meal of a variety speci-
fied in the Schedule to this Order a rebate of 5s. per
ton.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 129
(iii) In the case of a sale to a person, who is both a licensed
wholesale dealer and a licensed distributing dealer, a
rebate of 7*. 6d. per ton if such person shall declare
he is buying as a wholesale dealer, and otherwise a
rebate of 5s. per ton, but if on any sale he shall declare
that he is buying as a wholesale dealer he shall not
(unless he shall have refunded to his seller a sum at
the rate of* 2$. Qd. per ton) sell the cattle feeding
stuffs bought on such sale otherwise than to a licensed
distributing dealer.
3. Where the quantity of cattle feeding stuffs of any of the Small Sales,
following five classes, that is to say, (i) Cakes and meals, (ii)
Millers' Offals, (iii) Brewers' Grains, (iv) Distillers' Grains, and
(v) Malt Culms and Kiln Dust sold by any one seller at any one
time to one buyer is less than 2 tons of that class, the following
sums may be added to the maximum prices prescribed by this
Order, for the cattle feeding stuffs of such class, that is to say : — •
^i) Where such quantity is more than 5 cwt. but less than
2 tons and the cattle feeding stuffs are delivered ex
store, other than a maker's store or a first import store,
a sum at the rate of 5s. per ton.
(ii) Where such quantity is not more than 5 cwt. and is
either not less than 1 cwt. or is less than 1 cwt., but
the bulk is not broken, a sum at the rate of Is. 6d.
per cwt.
(iii) Where such quantity is less than 1 cwt. and the bulk
is broken a sum at the rate of \d. per Ib.
4. Where cake is kibbled before being sold a sum at the rate of Kibbling.
5s. per ton, or at such other rate as may either generally or in any
particular case or class of cases be prescribed by the Food Con-
troller, may be added to the maximum price prescribed by this
Order for such cake.
5. (a) The maximum prices prescribed by this Order are fixed Transport
on the basis that all transport charges after sale by the first Charges,
importer in the United Kingdom or by the maker are for the
account of the ultimate buyer, and accordingly there may be
added to the maximum price all transport charges after sale by
such importer ex quay, free on rail or ex importer's warehouse
in the case of imported cattle feeding stuffs, and all transport
charges after sale by the maker ex factory or mill in the case
of cattle feeding stuffs made or produced in the British Islands.
Provided that the transport charges so added shall be limited to
any reasonable amounts actually and properly paid or payable,
and any other reasonable sums representing transport costs
properly incurred, not exceeding the customary charges.
Provided also that in the case of a sale of millers' offals of a
quantity less than 1 cwt. and where bulk is broken, if the sum
permitted by paragraph (iii) of clause 3 of this Order is added
to the maximum price, that sum shall be deemed to cover costs
of transport and no transport charges shall be added under this
subclause to the maximum price payable on such sale.
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Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
(b) In the case of compound cakes and compound meals manu-
factured in Scotland or Ireland, there may be added to the per-
mitted maximum price (in addition to the transport charges
allowed by paragraph (a) of this clause) a charge on account of
the transport of the raw materials from any Port in England or
Wales to the mill, of such amount (if any) as may be allowed by
the Food Controller.
(c) Any amounts added in respect of transport charges shall be
shown as separate items on the invoice relating to the sale.
Sacks and 6. (a) Except as provided with reference to millers' offals in
Bags. paragraph (b) of this clause, all cattle feeding stuffs for which
a maximum price is prescribed by this Order, whether imported
or made or produced in the British Islands, shall if sold in sacks
or bags, be sold gross weight, sacks or bags included, and in the
case of cattle feeding stuffs made or produced in the British
Islands the following charges in respect of sacks or bags may be
added to the maximum prices prescribed by this Order, that is
to say : —
(i) On a sale of cake or meal a charge at the rate of 25s.
per ton if sold in twenty sacks or bags to the ton,
and so in proportion according to the number of sacks
or bags used per ton.
(ii) On a sale of millers' offals a charge at the rate of 35s.
per ton if sold in sacks or bags containing 1 cwt. or
less and 25s. per ton if sold in sacks or bags contain-
ing more than 1 cwt.
(iii) On a sale of any other cattle feeding stuffs a charge
at the rate of 35s. per ton if sold in twenty sacks or
bags to the ton and so in proportion according to the
number of sacks or bags used "per ton.
Provided that in any of the foregoing cases the buyer may by
arrangement with the seller send his own sacks or bags to be
filled, in which event the cattle feeding stuffs shall be sold net
weight, sacks or bags excluded, and in that event no charge shall
be added under this clause to the maximum price.
(b) On a sale of millers' offals produced in the British Islands,
and sold in sacks or bags bearing a miller's name or trade mark,
the seller may at his option notwithstanding anything in para-
graph (a) of this clause, sell net weight, sacks or bags excluded,
and make a charge at the rate of 2s. Qd. per sack or bag, in which
event the charge shall be shown as a separate item on the invoice
and be repaid on the return within three months of the date of
invoice of any sack or bag which bears the same name or trade
mark and is in good condition.
Credit. 7. (fl) In the case of any cattle feeding stuffs, other than
flour millers' offals, the maximum prices prescribed by this Order
are on the basis of net cash within fourteen days of date of
delivery, ex mill or store or on rail. Where credit is given to a
buyer a reasonable extra charge may be made, provided that a
discount for net cash within such fourteen days is quoted on the
invoice and is such as to bring such net cash price within the
maximum price so prescribed.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 131
(6) In the case of flour millers' offals the maximum prices
prescribed by this Order are on the basis of cash within one
month from the date of transfer or earlier delivery ex mill or
store or on rail, and a discount shall be allowed to the buyer
(whether a wholesale dealer, a distributing dealer, or a consumer)
off the price for the offals at the rate of 4d. in the £ for payment
within seven days from such date, and of 2d. in the £ for pay-
ment within twenty-one days from such date. Interest at a
reasonable rate may be charged in respect of any monies unpaid
at the due date.
8. (a) Where any contract made after the date of this Order, Contacts,
and subsisting on the date when this Order comes into force, for
the sale of any cattle feeding stuffs for which a maximum price
is prescribed by this Order provides for the payment of a price
in excess of such maximum price the contract shall stand so far
as concerns goods delivered before the coming into force of this
Order, but shall be avoided so far as concerns goods agreed to be
sold above such maximum price which have not been so delivered.
(6) Nothing in this Order shall affect any contract made on or
before the date of this Order.
9. Where the maximum price at which cattle feeding stuffs Purchaser
may be sold by any person (not being the importer or maker) may rely
depends upon the amount of any sums paid or charged for on Vendor's
transport or upon the cost of any ingredients or of the manufac-
ture of any such cattle feeding stuffs or upon the percentage of
oils or albuminoids contained in such cattle feeding stuffs, such
person shall be ,en titled to rely upon any written statement with
reference to such amount or cost or percentage which may have
been given to him by the person from whom he bought the cattle
feeding stuffs unless he has reason to disbelieve the truth of such
statement.
10. No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any Fictitious,
cattle feeding stuffs at a price exceeding the price applicable Trans-
thereto under this Order, or in connection with the sale or dis- actions,
position or proposed sale or disposition of any cattle feeding
stuffs enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial trans-
action or make or demand any charges exceeding or other than
those permitted by this Order.
PART II. — MISCELLANEOUS.
11. After the date when this Order comes into force no cattle Sales to be
feeding stuffs, other than wet brewers' and distillers' grains, shall, by weight,
except with the permission of the Food Controller, be sold other-
wise than by weight.
12. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a license shipment to
granted by the Food Controller no person shall after the dale Channel
when this Order comes into force ship or consign any cattle Islands and
feeding stuffs to any destination in the Channel Islands or the T
Isle of Man.
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Restrictions
as to Linseed
Cake.
Restriction
on use of
Seeds, etc.
Restrictions
as to Com-
pound Cakes
and Meals.
Restrictions
on New
Business.
Exceptions.
Definitions.
13. After the date when this Order comes into force no person
shall sell Linseed Cake made in the United Kingdom and con-
taining less than 8 per cent, of oil when determined in accordance
with the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Methods of Analysis)
Regulations, 1908, (ai) unless a maximum price shall have been
prescribed therefor by the Food Controller.
14. After the date when this Order comes into force no person
shall, except under a license granted by the Food Controller,
make or produce any cake or meal as food for cattle with two or
more varieties of oleaginous seeds, cereals, or other substances,
other than a cake or meal of a variety specified in the Schedule
to this Order, and no person shall sell any such cake or meal so
made or produced as aforesaid until a maximum price for such
cake or meal has been fixed by the Food Controller.
15. After the date when this Order comes into force, no person
shall except under a license granted by the Food Controller use
any cake or meal or millers' offals of any of the varieties specified
in the Schedule to this Order in the manufacture or production of
any cake or meal except a meal produced by grinding one variety
of cake.
16. Except with the consent of the Food Controller 110 person
shall after the date when this Order comes into force manufacture
any calf meal, pig meal, lamb food, or other specially prepared
food for cattle not being of a variety specified in the Schedule
to this Order which he did not manufacture in the ordinary
course of business during the year 1917.
17. Nothing in this Order shall apply to: —
(a) Any mixture to which the Horse and Poultry Mixtures
Order, 1917,(b) applies.
(b) A sale by any person, licensed in that behalf by the Royal
Commission on Wheat Supplies, of cattle feeding
stuffs imported by the Commission, or to the manu-
facture, production or sale by any such person of any
cattle feeding staffs made or produced solely from any
article imported by the Commission. (c)
18. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires: — .
" Cattle Feeding Stuffs " means any cakes, meals,
millers' offals, grains, culms, and kiln dust of the varieties
specified in the Schedule to this Order, and all specially
prepared calf meals, and lamb foods, and other specially
prepared foods for cattle, but does not include any of such
feeding stuffs as are suitable for and sold as human food.
" Cattle " includes bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves,
sheep, goats and swine.
(a) FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS (METHODS OF ANALYSIS) REGU-
LATIONS, 1908.— Those Regulations are printed Annual Volume of St. R. & O.,
1908, p. G.
(b) HORSE AND POULTRY MIXTURES ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 97.
(c) ROYAL COMMISSION ON WHEAT SUPPLIES. — The offices of the Com-
mission are Trafalgar House, Waterloo Place, S.W.I.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
" Maker " means and includes any seed crusher, com-
pound cake maker, miller, brewer, distiller, or other person
manufacturing or producing cattle feeding stuffs.
"Licensed wholesale dealer" means a person (other
than an importer or maker) licensed under the Cattle Feed-
ing Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, (a,) to sell cattle feeding
stuffs by wholesale.
"Licensed distributing dealer" means a person licensed
under the Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, (a)
to sell cattle feeding stuffs as a distributing dealer.
"Port Committee" and "Provincial Committee"
respectively mean a Port Feeding Stuffs Committee and a
Provincial Feeding Stuffs Committee constituted by the
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917 : (b)
19. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
20. (i) Part I. of this Order so far as it relates to cattle feeding Oommence-
atuffs of any of the varieties specified in the schedule to the Cattle ment and
Feeding Cake and Meal and Millers' Offals (Maximum Prices) RePeal-
Order, 191 7, (c) and clauses 11 and 12 of this Order, shall come g jj an(j Q
into force on the 9th February, 1918. No. 1107 of*'
(ii) Part I. of this Order so far as it relates to any other cattle 1917.
feeding stuffs and clauses 13, 14, 15 and 16 of this Order shall
come into force on the 20th February, 1918.
(iii) The Cattle Feeding Cake and Meal and Millers' Offals
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (c) is hereby revoked as from the
9th February, 1918, but without prejudice to any proceedings in
respect of any previous infringement thereof.
21. In construing the provisions of this Order during the Transitory
period between the date when this Order comes into force and the Provisions.
24th February, 1918, "a licensed wholesale dealer" shall mean
a person who has made application under and in accordance with'
the Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, («•) for a license ». R. and O.,
authorising him to sell cattle feeding stuffs by wholesale as a
wholesale dealer, and "a licensed distributing dealer" means a
person who has made application as aforesaid for a license
authorising him to sell cattle feeding stuffs as i, a distributing
dealer.
22. In the application of this Order to sales taking place in Ireland.
Ireland and to sales by persons in Great Britain to persons in
Ireland the following provisions shall have effect : —
The expression "licensed wholesale dealer" shall mean
(i) a person who in the ordinary course of his trade is
accustomed to buy cattle feeding stuffs from an importer or
maker and to sell the cattle feeding stuffs so bought to a
(a) CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (LICENSING) ORDER, 1918.— That Order is
printed p. 120.
(b) CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (COMMITTEES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 107.
(c) CATTLE FEEDING CAKE AND MEAL AND MILLERS' OFFALS (MAXIMUM
PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. .61 of the January, 1918,
Edition of this Volume.
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134 Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
person buying for resale, and (ii) such other person as the
Food Contiol Committee appointed for Ireland by the Food
Controller shall determine to be a licensed wholesale dealer
for the purpose of this Order.
The expression " licensed distributing dealer " shall mean
(i) a person who in the ordinary course of his trade is accus-
tomed either to buy cattle feeding stuffs from an importer or
maker and to sell the same to any person, other than a
person buying for resale, or to buy cattle feeding stuffs from
a person who is a licensed wholesale dealer as above defined,
and (ii) such other person as the said Food Control Committee
shall determine to be a licensed distributing dealer for the
purposes of this Order.
Title. 23. This Order may be cited as the Cattle Feeding Stuffs
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
7th February, 1918.
Schedule.
{Home Manufactured Cakes and Meals.
Maximum Prices
£ s. d.
Linseed Cake containing not less
than eight per cent, oil ... 19 0 0 per ton
Cotton Seed Cake 14 10 0 „
Undecorticated Ground Nut Cake 17 5 0 ,,
Semi-Decorticated Ground Nut
Cake 18 2 6 „
Decorticated Ground Nut Cake ... 19 0 0 ,,
Palm Kernel Cake 13 15 0 „
Rape Cake 14 0 0 „
Copra Cake 16 5 0 „
Sesame Cake 18 10 0 „
Soya Cake 19 0 0 „
Extracted Palm Kernel Meal ... 13 10 0 „
Extracted Eape Meal 14 0 0 ,,
Extracted Soya Meal 18 15 0 „
Imported Cakes and Meals.
North American Linseed Cake ... 19 5 0 ,t
Argentine Linseed Cake ... 19 15 0 ,,
Canadian Linseed Cake ... ... 19 10 0 ,,
Australian Linseed Cake 19 10 0
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 135
£ s. d.
Spanish and Portuguese Linseed
Cake .
19
10
0 per ton.
Egyptian Cotton Seed Cake
15
0
0 „
Decorticated Cotton Seed
Meal ...
19
15
0
Decorticated Cotton Seed
Cake ...
19
15
0
"
Repressed Cotton Cake .
• . ...
20
15
0
Semi-Decorticated Cotton
Cake ...
17
10
0
} J
Copra Cake
. . ...
17
10
0
Palm Kernel Cake
. . ...
15
0
0
J J
Rangoon Rice Meal
. .
16
10
0
J J
Italian Rice Meal
..
14
10
0
J »
Canadian Rice Meal
17
0
0
Egyptian Rice Meal
17
0
0
*'
Gluten Feed
..
17
5
0
3 j
Maize Meal Cake ...
. > ...
17
5
0
1 9
Compound Cakes and Meals (made
from two or more ingredients
when no oil is expressed in
the process of manufacture).
Cakes and Meals containing not
less than seven per cent. Oil and
not less than twenty per cent.
Albuminoids ... ... ... 17 5 0 ,,
Cakes and Meals containing not
less than six per cent. Oil
and not less than twenty per
cent. Albuminoids ... ... 17 0 0 ,,
Cakes and Meals containing not
less than six per cent. Oil and
not less than seventeen per
cent. Albuminoids 16 17 6 ,,
Millers1 Offals.
Flour Millers' Offals of all kinds 13 0 0 „
Fine Barley Dust 17 0 0
Coarse Barley Dust ... ... 800 ,,
Oat Dust 600 „
Oat Husks 300 „
Oat Husk Meal 500 ,,
Miscellaneous.
Malt Culms 13 5 0 „
Kiln Dust 11 0 0 „
Dried Distillers' Grains ... ... 15 5 0 .,
Dried Brewers' Ale Grains ... 14 5 0 ,,
Dried Brewers' Porter and Mixed
Grains 14 0 0 „
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136 Barley (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918.
£ s. d.
Wet Brewers' Ale and Distillers'
Grains for October-April
delivery ... ... 84 per usual trade*
quarter.
Wet Brewers' Porter and Mixed
Grains for October-April
delivery 7 10 ,,
Wet Brewers' Ale and Distillers'
Grains for May-September
delivery ... ... ... ... 74 „
Wet Brewers' Porter and Mixed
Grains for May-September
delivery ... ... ... ... 6 10
THE BARLEY (EXPORT FROM IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 11, 1918.
1918. No. 182.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
Prohibition 1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
of export of granted by or under the authority of the Food Controller, a
Barley from person snall not after the 18th February, 1918, consign or ship
any Barley from Ireland to any destination outside Ireland.
Infringe- 2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
ments. the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Barley (Export from
Ireland) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food
llth February, 1918.
Oats Products (Retail Prices) Order, 1918.
137
THE OATS PRODUCTS (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
1918. No. 210.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall on or after the 21st February, 1918, sell Maximum
or offer or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy by retail any Oat o^Flour
Flour, Oatmeal, Rolled Oats, Flaked Oats or other like products Oatmeal,&«
of Oats at prices exceeding the maximum prices applicable
thereto according to the following table : —
Place of Sale.
Oat Flour.
Oatmeal, Rolled Oats,
Flaked Oats or other like
products of Oats.
For every
7 Ibs. included
in the sale.
Rate per Ib. for
any quantity less
than 7 Ibs. in-
cluded in the sale.
For every
7 Ibs. included
in the sale.
Rate per Ib. for
any quantity less
than 7 Ibs. in-
cluded in the sale.
England and Wales. . .
s. d.
2 10
d.
5
s. d.
2 6}
d.
4*
Scotland and Ireland
2 6*
4i
2 3*
4
Provided that as respects sales taking place in any part of
Scotland other than the mainland, the Food Commissioner for
that division in which such sale takes place may authorise the
addition of such sum as he thinks reasonable not exceeding a
sum at the rate of \A. per lb.(a)
2. The maximum price shall include all charges for bags and
other packages, and no additional charge shall be made therefor.
No extra charge may be made for giving credit or for making
delivery.
3. Except in such cases as the Food Controller may otherwise
determine this Order shall apply to proprietary brands of the
articles mentioned.
4. In this Order " Oat Flour " means only such Oat Flour as
will pass through a silk or wire sieve having not less than 48
meshes to the inch.
5. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposal or
proposed sale or disposal of any Oat Flour, Oatmeal, Rolled Oats,
Flaked Oats or other like products of Oats, enter or offer to enter
into any fictitious or artificial transaction, or make or demand
any unreasonable charge.
Bags and
packages, &c.
Proprietary
Brands.
Meaning of
Oat Flour.
Fictitious
transactions.
(a) PRICE IN SCOTLAND.— A General Licence, dated Feb. 7, 1918 (St. R.
& O., 1918, No. 165), to the same effect as this paragraph, is omitted from this
Manual as superseded.
138
Barley (Requisition} Order, 1918.
Infringe-
ment.
Revocation
S. R. & O.,
Nos. 1157,
1200 and
1328 of 1917.
Title.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. The Oats Products (Retail Pr.ices) Order, 1917, as subse-
quently amended(a,) is hereby revoked, but without prejudice to
any proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof.
8. This Order may be cited as the Oats Products (Retail Prices)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th February, 1918.
THE BARLEY (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 26,
1918.
1918. No. 224.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2r and 2a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controllei
hereby orders as follows : —
General 1. All persons who on the 1st March, 1918, own or have power
requisition. to sen or dispose of any Barley whether home grown Barley in
its natural condition, or home grown Barley which has been
treated or kiln dried or Barley which has been imported, shall
place such Barley at ths disposal of the Food Controller, and
shall deliver the same to him or such persons as may be named
by him in such quantities and at such time as the Food Controller
may from time to time direct.
2. Pending any direction no person shall on or after the 1st
March, 1918, remove or otherwise dispose of any such Barley
(whether in pursuance of a contract existing at the date of the
Order or not) and all persons concerned shall take such steps as
may be reasonably necessary to maintain the same in good
condition.
Statements. 3. All persons who on the 1st March, 1918, own or have power
to sell or dispose of any such Barley shall on or before 7th
March, 1918, furnish to the Secretary (Home Cereals Section),
Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, Westminster, London,
S.W.I, a statement on forms to be obtained from the Food
Controller giving particulars of all such Barley in their possession
Interim
directions.
(a) OATS PRODUCTS (RETAIL PRICE?) ORDER, 1917. — This Order is printed
in its amended form at p. 64 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Yolume.
Barley (Requisition) Order, 1918. 13$
or under their control at the date of this Order and of all contracts
made by them before the 1st March, 1918, for the sale of such
Barley and of such other matters as are necessary to complete
the forms.
4. The Food Controller will subsequently communicate to the Price,
owners of Barley taken over by him the prices which he will be
prepared to pay for the same.
5. The compensation to be paid for Barley requisitioned under Arbitration
this Order shall, in default of agreement, be determined by the
arbitration of a judge of the High Court selected by the Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain in England, of a judge of the Court
of Session selected by the Lord President of the Court of Session
in Scotland or of a judge of the High Court of Ireland selected
by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland.
6. This Order shall not apply—- , Exceptions.
(a) to persons who do not own more than 25 quarters (448 Ibs.
per qr.) of Barley on the 1st March, 1918;
(6) to Barley owned by the grower on the 1st March, 1918;
(c) to Barley in the hands of or held to the Order of Flour
Millers on the 1st March, 1918 ;
(d) to Barley agreed to be sold to the Royal Commission on
Wheat Supplies ;
(e) to Barley which is both suitable for and has been bought
specifically for the purpose of seed.
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Infringe-
the Defence of the Realm Regulations. ments.
8. This Order may be cited as the Barley (Requisition) Order, Title
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry cf Food.
26th February, 1918.
THE FOREIGN HOLDINGS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 8, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 7A (" Foreign Holdings
of Food "), (p. 217), requires returns of cattle feeding stuffs held
to foreign account.]
140
Flour Mills (Prohibition of Smoking} Order, 1918;
Flour (Restriction} (Ireland} Order, 1918.
THE FLOUR MILLS (PROHIBITION OF SMOKING) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 13, 1918.
1918. No. 298.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation
35A of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (a*) and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders as follows : —
1. No person shall smoke in any Flour Mill or in any store or
warehouse used for the purposes of or in connection with a flour
mill except as permitted by the person having the management
of the Mill.
2. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " Flour
Mill " shall mean any premises to which Regulation 2ao of the
Defence of the Realm Regulations has been applied by the Flour
Mills Order, 1917, or the Flour Mills Order No. 2, 1917. (b)
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. (a) This Order may be cited as the Flour Mills (Prohibition
of Smoking) Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 30th March,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
13th March, 1918.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Purchases of
Flour by
consumers
limited to
the pre-
scribed
amount per
week.
THE FLOUR (RESTRICTION) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 20, 1918.
1918. No. 363.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) No person except in the manner and to the extent
mentioned in a Control Licence shall in any week directly or
indirectly purchase or otherwise acquire a greater total quantity
of flour than the prescribed amount : and no flour shall, except
in the manner and to the extent mentioned in a Control Licence,
be purchased or acquired whether by one person or by several for
(a) REGULATION 35A OF THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS.—
This Regulation is printed in Part I. (p. 16) of this Manual in the form in
which it applies to the FQod Controller.
(b) FLOUR MILLS ORDERS.— These Orders are printed pp. 79, 85.
Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918. 141
use and consumption in any household or establishment so that
the total quantity purchased or acquired in any week is in excess
of the prescribed amount.
(b) Sub-Clause (a) of this Clause shall not apply to :
(i) A catering business established on or before the 31st
December, 1917, or an Institution established on or
before the said 31st December, 1917, purchasing- or
acquiring flour from the usual suppliers of flour
during the year 1917 of such catering business or
institution.
(ii) A miller, factor, dealer in flour, baker or other manufac-
turer acquiring flour in the course of his business.
(c) No person except in the manner and to the extent
mentioned in a Control Licence shall knowingly sell directly or
indirectly or otherwise dispose of whether directly or indirectly
to any person, save to such persons as are mentioned in Sub-
Clause (b) of this Clause, in any week a greater total quantity of
flour than the prescribed amount and no person shall sell or
dispose of flour to another person where he has reason to suspect
that by such purchase sub-clause (a) of this clause .would be"
infringed.
2. Every applicant for a Control Licence shall furnish to the Forms of
Food Control Committee for Ireland (hereinafter called the Com- application
mittee) upon such form as may be from time to time prescribed
for the purpose by the Committee a true statement of the par-
ticulars required for completing such form which statement shall
be signed by the applicant.
3. A Control Licence shall be granted to such persons and Issue of Con-
subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Com- trol Licences,
mittee or a Local Executive Officer of the Committee.
4. (a) Every Control Licence shall be in such form and shall Form and
contain such particulars as the Committee may from time to time Non-trans-
direct, and all persons acting under such Control Licences shall ^ra|->iHty of
duly comply with the terms thereof. Licences.
(b) No Control Licence issued pursuant to this Order shall
be transferable.
(c) Any Control Licence issued pursuant to this Order may at
any time be varied or revoked by the Committee.
5. A person shall not:— False state
(a) Make or knowingly connive at the making of any false ments, etc.
or misleading statement in any application for a
Control Licence.
(b) Forge or alter any Control Licence.
(c) Fraudulently alter or attempt to alter or forge any entry
upon any Control Licence.
(d) Personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom a Control Licence has been issued or applies.
(e) Retain any Control Licence or any part of a Control
Licence when he has no right to retain it or fail to
comply with any directions issued by lawful authority
with regard to the return thereof.
142 Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
(/) Make or cause to be made or without lawful excuse have
in his custody or possession any card, paper or
document so made as to resemble or colourably to
imitate a Control Licence or any part of a Control
Licence either in blank or wholly or partially com-
pleted not being a Control Licence or part of a Control
Licence issued under this Order.
(g) Use or attempt to use for the purpose of obtaining flour
for himself or for any other person any forged or
altered Control Licence or part of a Control Licence or
any card or paper or document so made as to resemble
or colourably to imitate any Control Licence or part of
a Control Licence.
(h) Knowingly retain, make use of or deal with any Control
Licence or any part of a Control Licence issued upon
any application made under this Order containing a
statement false in any material particular or obtain
or attempt to obtain flour by means of a Control
Licence so issued.
Preservation 6. (a) A seller shall preserve all Control Licences and all parts
and produc- Qf Qontrol Licences received by him for the delivery of flour, and
Control shall produce the same to and deal therewith as directed by the
Licences and Committee or a Local Executive Officer of the Committee or any
Records. member of the Royal Irish Constabulary or Dublin Metropolitan
Police Forces authorised by a Local Executive Officer or any
person authorised by the Food Controller or by the Committee.
(b) In the case of any sale of flour to any person exceeding
the prescribed amount the seller shall keep accurate records of
the name and address of the person to whom any such flour was
supplied, the quantity supplied the date of such supply and the
price paid ; and such records shall at all times be open to the
inspection of the Committee a Local Executive Officer of the
Committee or any member of the Royal Irish Constabulary or
Dublin Metropolitan Police Forces duly authorised by a Local
Executive Officer or any person authorised by the Food Controller
or the Committee.
(c) Every person dealing in flour or using flour in the course
of his business shall make such returns as to his trade as may
from time to time be required by the Food Controller or the
Committee.
Interpreta-
tion.
7. For the purposes of this. Order —
" Prescribed Amount " shall mean such quantity as is
from time to time prescribed by the Committee and except
in so far as so prescribed, shall mean 28 Ibs.
" Control Licence " shall mean a certificate issued under
the authority of the Committee authorising the person named
in such certificate to purchase a quantity of flour in excess
of the prescribed amount.
"Week" shall mean the seven days ending on a
Saturday midnight.
Flour (Restriction) (Ireland) Order, 1918. 143
"Local Executive Officer " shall mean a District In-
spector of the Royal Irish Constabulary in charge of a
Constabulary District or a Superintendent of the Dublin
Metropolitan Police in charge of a Division.
"Flour'' shall mean any wheatmeal or wheaten flour or A
any flour containing flour milled from wheat.
" Catering Business " shall mean the business or under-
taking of an inn, hotel, restaurant, railway buffet, club
boarding house, refreshment contractor or canteen (other
than inns, hotels and boarding houses in which the number
of bedrooms let and available for letting does not exceed 5).
(a) "Institution" shall include public or private hos-
pitals, sanatoria, convalescent or nursing homes, work-
houses, infirmaries, asylums, corporations or companies not
established for the purpose of trading or profit, religious or
charitable communities, residential schools and colleges and
non-residential schools and colleges at which meals other
than teas are provided for the pupils or teachers and resi-
dential hostels of all kinds requiring flour for any of their
purposes.
(b) The catering or kitchen departments of businesses
where meals other than teas are provided for the staffs of
the business or their guests but not for other members of
the public, and other like establishments, and establish-
ments of public utility not carried on primarily for profit
and requiring flour for any of their purposes.
8. Nothing contained in this Order shall entitle a person to Flour
acquire any flour so that the quantity of flour in his possession Hoardmg-
or under his control at any one time exceeds the quantity which s; R- and O.,
under the Food Hoarding Order, 1917,(a) he is entitled to acquire. fy°{7817 °
9. Nothing contained in this Order shall entitle a person sub- Public meals,
ject to the provisions of the Public Meals Order, 1918, (b) to use
any flour in excess of the quantity prescribed in that Order.
10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
11. (a) This Order may be cited as the Flour (Restriction) Title, com-
(Ireland) Order, 1918. mencement
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 12th April, and extent
1918.
(c) This Order shall extend only to Ireland.
By order of the Food Controller,
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th March, 1918.
(a) FOOD HOARDING ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed in Group 8
(" Hoarding of Food"), p. 219.
(b) PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. — That Order is printed in Group 14
(" Public Meals "), p. 441.
144
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918.
THE BREAD (USE OF POTATOES) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 27,
1918.
1918. No. 371.
Optional ;use
of potatoes
in bread.
Compulsory
use of
potatoes*
Wheaten
flour.
Records.
Certificate of
analyst.
in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders, that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. It shall be lawful for any person in the manufactuie of
bread to add to and to mix with the ingredients thereof such
quantity of potatoes or potato products as the Food Controller
may by notice under this Order from time to time authorise.
Until further notice, the quantity authorised shall be such
quantity as the maker of the bread shall think fit.
2. (a) The Food Controller may by notice under this Order
direct that in the manufacture of any bread manufactured for
sale there shall be used such quantity of potatoes or potato
products as may be specified in the notice.
(6) Subject to the provisions of any such notice, a Food
Committee may by notice under this Order exercise the like power
as respects all, or any of the bread which is, within their district
or any part of their district, manufactured for sale, or sold, or
delivered pursuant to a contract of sale.
(c) All persons concerned shall comply with any direction
given under this Order.
3. Any potatoes or potato products used in the manufacture
of bread pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Order shall
be deemed for the purposes of any statute to be wheaten flour.
4. Where any direction has been given pursuant to Clause 2
of this Order, every person concerned shall keep or cause to be
kept accurate records showing the quantity of potatoes or potato
products used by him in the manufacture of bread, the date of
such use, and such other particulars as may be necessary to show
that the provisions of such direction have been or are being
complied with. Such records shall on demand be produced to
and be open to the inspection of any person authorised by the
Food Controller or any Food Committee concerned.
5. Where in any proceedings in respect of an infringement
of this Order any question arises as to the quantity of potato or
potato products contained in any bread, the production of the
certificate of the Principal Chemist of the Government Labora-
tories, or of an analyst appointed under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, (a) shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein
stated unless the Defendant require that the person who made the
analysis be called as a witness. The certificate of the principal
Chemist or of the analyst; shall so far as circumstances permit
be in the form required by the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
(a) SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.— An epitome of these Acts and of
the Orders thereunder is given in Appendix VI (16) ("Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts and Orders "), p. 506 of the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order, 1918, as amended. 145
6. In this Oiuer the expression " Food Committee " shall mean Interpreta-
as regards Great Britain a Food Control Committee appointed 6ion-
in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917, (a) and as regards Ireland the Food Control Committee
appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller, (b)
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. The Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1917,(c) is hereby Rev6cation.
revoked as on the date- of this Order but without prejudice to any 8. R- & 0.,
proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof. iq0]'?1025 °f
9. This Order may be cited as the Bread (Use of Potatoes) Titl
Order, 1918.
Rhondda.
Food Controller.
27th March, 1918.
THE FLOUR AND BREAD (REGISTRATION) ORDER, 1918, DATED
MARCH 27, 1918, AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED APRIL 22,
1918.
1918. No. 373 as amended by No. 460.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) A person shall not deal in flour by retail— Registration
(i) after the 1st May, 1918, except in, about or in con- of retailers
nection with premises in respect of which he has of flour-
applied for a certificate of registration as a retailer of
flour under this Order ; or
(ii) after the llth May, 1918, except in, about or in connec-
tion with premises in respect of which he is the holder
of a certificate of registration as a retailer of flour for
the time being in force granted by the Food Com-
mittee for the district in which the premises are
situate :
But this shall not prevent a retailer of flour who has duly applied
or is duly registered from selling from his cart in the ordinary
coarse of business.
Upon the refusal of a certificate of registration the applicant's
title, if any, shall cease.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
(c) BREAD (USE OF POTATOES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order was printed,
p. 60. of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
146
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order, 1918, as amended.
Registration
of other
risers of flour.
Form of ap-
plication for
a certificate
of registra-
tion.
Application
to be ad-
dressed to
Food Com-
mittees for
the appro-
priate
district.
Persons
entitled to
receive a
certificate of
registration.
Grounds for
refusing a
certificate of
registration.
(6) A retailer of flour may be registered as a hawker or
costermonger, and in such case shall sell only from his cart, stall,
.or barrow and at such other place, if any, as may be named in
the certificate.
2. A person shall not manufacture for sale any bread, flour
confectionery , (a) biscuits or cakes —
(a) after the 1st May, 1918, except in, about or in connec-
tion with premises in respect of which he has applied
for a certificate of registration as such a manufac-
turer under this Order; or
(6) After the llth May, 1918, except in, about or in con-
nection with premises in respect of which he is the
holder of a certificate of registration authorising him
in that behalf for the time being in force granted by
the Food Committee for the district in which the
premises are situate.
3. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made on forms to be prescribed by the Food Controller and
every applicant shall furnish on such forms a true statement of
the particulars required for completing the same, which state-
ment shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly authorised
agent.
4. Every application for a certificate of registration shall in
the case of an applicant other than a hawker or costermonger be
made to the Food Committee for the district in which the pre-
mises of the applicant, in respect of which a certificate of registra-
tion is sought, are situate, and when the same person is applying
for registration in respect of premises situate in more than one
district, separate application shall be made in each district in1
respect of the premises situated therein. In the case of an
applicant who is a hawker or costermonger, application shall be
made to the Food Committee for the district in which he resides
at the time of such application.
5. (a) A person who or whose predecessor in business was at
the date of this Order carrying on business as a retailer of flour or
manufacturer of any of the articles mentioned in Clause 2 of this
Order, shall, on making application before the 1st May, 1918, be
entitled to receive the appropriate certificate of registration in?
respect of the premises in, about or in connection with which
such business was being carried on.
(6) A person registered as a hawker or costermonger shall
be so described in his certificate.
6. A Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of regis-
tration duly applied for by a person entitled to receive the same
under the preceding clause of this Order, except with the consent
of the Food Controller and in circumstances, in which the Food
Committee might have revoked the certificate if it had already
been granted.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 2.— This in the Order as originally issued read
« . . bread, flour, confectionery, . . . " : the correction was made by
the Order of April 22, 1918.
Flour and Bread (Registration) Order,, 1918, as amended. 147
7. A Food Committee may, in any case in which in their Power to
opinion it is desirable to do so in the interests of the public Food Com-
within their district, with the consent of the Food Controller, mittee8 to
grant to any other person a certificate of registration under certificates
this Order in respect of any premises within their district.
8. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Food Controller and shall be granted and held certificate,
subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may determine.
9. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Con- Revocation
troller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them unde^ of
the provisions of this Order, if they are satisfied that any of the certificate.
provisions of this Order or any regulation or direction made or
given by or under the authority of the Food Controller relating
to the trade or business of the holder of such certificate has not
been observed by him or by any of his servants or agents ; and
shall revoke such certificate if required so to do by the Food
Controller.
10. A Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by the Register of
Food Controller a register of the persons to whom and the pre- holder of
mises in respect of which certificates of registration have been certificate-
granted under this Order.
11. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held or in the event oi a business,
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall be
lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate on making an application for a
certificate of registration to deal in flour by retail or to
manufacture for sale any such article as is referred to in
Clause 2 of this Order, from the date of such application until
the decision thereon is intimated by the Food Committee, and
in the same manner and subject ^to the same conditions as the
holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue thereof.
12. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or inspection
cause to be kept at the premises in respect of which he is regis- and informa-
tered such records as to flour, potatoes, yeast and all other articles' tion and
used in his manufacture as the Food Controller may from time duties-
to time prescribe, together with all relevant books, documents
and accounts, and shall comply with any directions given by or
under the authority of the Food Controller as to form and con-
tents of such records and shall permit any person authorised by
the Food Controller or a Food Committee to inspect his premises
and the records to be kept under this clause and all relevant books
documents and accounts. The holder shall also observe such
directions relating to his trade or business in flour or the other
articles mentioned in Clause 2 of this Order or relating to the
ingredients to be used therein and the manufacture thereof as
may be given to him from time to time by the Food Controller or
the Food Committee, and shall make such returns and furnish
such particulars relating thereto as the Food Controller or the
Committee may from time to time require.
148
Growing Grain Crops Order, 1918.
Custody and 13. Every certificate of registration shall be kept at the pre-
production mises or some other premises to which it relates and, in the case
of certificate. Oj? a nawker or costermonger shall be carried with him whenever
engaged in selling any article to which such certificate relates,
and every holder of a certificate of registration shall produce the
same for inspection upon the demand of any person authorised
by the Food Controller or a Food Committee.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Title and
extent of
Order.
14. For the purposes of this Order: —
" Food Committee " shall mean as regards Great Britain
a Food Control Committee appointed in pursuance of the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, (a} and
as regards Ireland the Food Control Committee for Ireland
appointed by the Food Controller, (b)
15. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
16. This Order may be cited as the Flour and Bread (Regis-
tration) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th March, 1918.
THE GROWING GRAIN CROPS ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 5, 1918.
1918. No. 402.
Feeding on
green crops.
Cutting
green crops.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not feed any cattle, or permit or suffer any
cattle to be fed with any growing Wheat, Oats, Barley (except
Winter sown Barley) or dredge Corn in such a way as to prevent
the crop coming to maturity or prejudicially to affect the growth
of such crop.
2. A person shall not cut or permit or suffer to be cut before
maturity any growing crop of Wheat, Oats, Barley (except Winter
sown Barley) or dredge Corn.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918. 149
3. For the purposes of this Order: — Definitions.
" Cattle " includes, in addition to cattle usually so called,
horses, sheep, goats, deer and swine.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Infringe-
the Defence of the Realm Regulations. ments-
5. This Order may be cited as the Growing Grain Crops Order, Title.
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food,
5th April, 1918.
THE HORSES (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 10, 1918.
1918. No. 410.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall feed any horse or permit any horse to be fed General pro-
with cereal foodstuffs except as provided in this Order, or under hibition
the authority of the Food Controller. against feed-
ing cereal
foodstuffs
to horses.
2. This Order shall not apply to horses falling within the classes Horses ex-
mentioned in the first Schedule. eluded from
the operation
of this Order
3. — (a) Horses falling within the classes mentioned in the Limited
second and third Schedules may not on any day be fed with more rations to
than the quantity of cereal foodstuffs prescribed for such horses. ?®r
(6) The maximum quantity of cereal foodstuffs which may be
fed on any one day is prescribed in the Schedules in terms of
oats, but maize, beans, peas, or bran may be used in lieu of
oats, and if so used they shall be deemed for the purpose of
this Order to be the equivalent of oats in the following pro-
portions : —
7£ Ibs. Maize =10 Ibs. oats.
9 Ibs. Beans ... ... ... ... =10 Ibs. oats
9 Ibs. Pe'as ... = 10 Ibs. oats.
12 Ibs. Dried brewer's grains ... =10 Ibs. oats.
13 Ibs. Bran =10 Ibs. oats.
No other cereal foodstuffs may be used.
4. Horses falling within the classes mentioned in the fourth Prohibition
Schedule may not be fed with any cereal foodstuffs. as regards
certain
horses.
150
Horses (Rationing} Order, 1918.
Hay, straw,
&c.
Records.
Interpret?
tion.
Penalty.
Title and
commence-
ment of
Order.
S. R. & 0.,
No. 954 of
1917.
5. No restriction is placed by this Order on the use of hay,
straw or roots for the feeding of any horse.
6. Any person or persons in possession of a horse or horses fall-
ing within the classes mentioned in the second and third Schedules
shall keep records of the number and classes of horses kept, in
sufficient detail to show (1) the total maximum rations authorised
by this Order, (2) the description and quantities of the foodstuffs
fed to such horses per week, and (3) the description and quantities
of all cereal foodstuffs purchased; and such records shall at all
reasonable times be open to the inspection of an officer of police or
any person authorised by the Food Controller.
7. For the purpose of this Order : —
" Horse " shall include mare, gelding, colt, filly, pony and
mule.
" Cereal foodstuffs " shall include all grains and beans and
peas and products thereof.
8. If any person owning a horse or horses, or having control or
management of a horse or horses, for the time being, acts in
contravention of this Order or aids or abets any other person in
doing anything in contravention of this Order, that person is
guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations.
9. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Horses (Rationing)
Order, 1918.
(&) This Order shall come into force on the 15th April, 1918,
and .the Horses (Rationing) Order, No. 2, 1917, (a) is hereby
revoked as from that day, without prejudice to any proceedings
in respect of any previous infringement thereof, and without pre-
judice to any exemptions granted thereunder.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th April, 1918.
Schedule I.
Horses excluded from the operation of this Order : —
(a) Horses in the possession of the Army Council or the
Admiralty, or exclusively used for the purposes of the
Army Council or the Admiralty.
(6) Horses maintained and used exclusively fer agricultural
purposes.
(c) Stallions used exclusively for Stud purposes.
(a) HORSES (RATIONING) ORDER, No. 2, 1917.— That Order was printed
p. 56 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918.
161
Schedule II.
Horses solely or mainly used for trade or business purposes to
be rationed : —
»
Class of horse.
Maximum Daily Ration in terms
of Oats.
When in hard
and
continuous Work.
When not in hard
and
continuous Work.
(a) Heavy dray and cart horses, and trotting
vanners.
(6) Light draught horses, and light trotting
vanners.
(c) Other light horses and cobs
14 Ibs.
12 „
9 „
10 Ibs.
8 „
6 „
(d) Ponies 14 hands and under
5 „
3 „
Note. — (1) The jobbing out of horses is not in itself a trade or business purpose
within the meaning of this Order.
(2) Pit horses and ponies working in the pits or at the pit mouth may be
given 4 Ibs. extra per day.
(3) Horses regularly engaged in work at a slow pace not involving
heavy loads and allowing of frequent intervals of standing shoidd
be regarded as not in hard and continuous work.
Schedule III.
Horses not used for trade or business purposes to be rationed : —
Maximum
daily ration
Class of horse. in terms of
oats.
(a) Brood Mares . 7 Ibs
(6) Weaned Foals 6 „
(c) Yearlings—
1st Jan. to 31st May ... ... 6 ,,
1st June to 31st Aug 3 .,
1st Sept. to 31st Dec. ... 6 ,,
(d) Racehorses registered with the Con-
troller of Horse Transport, 7, White-
hall Gardens, S.W.I, for the
purposes of the limited racing
scheme ... ... ... ... 13 Jbs.
152 Horses (Rationing) Order, 1918.
Schedule IV.
Horses not to receive any cereal foodstuffs : —
Horses not 'falling within any of the classes mentioned in
schedules I., II., and III., including: —
(a) Racehorses other than those specified in Schedule 3.
(b) Carriage horses, hunters, hacks, Char-a-banc horses, polo
ponies, including all horses let out on hire for these
purposes, and horses used in entertainments.
(c) Horses mainly used for other than business or trade pur-
poses including all horses let out on hire for other than
these purposes.
Note. — Correspondence with respect to this Order should be
addressed to : —
THE CONTROLLER OF HORSE TRANSPORT,
7, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.I.
Malt (Restriction on Shipping) Order, 1917.
4. Brewing, Malting and Intoxicating Liquors.(a)
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1918,;?. 168.
Brewers Sugar Order, 1917, p. 153.
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 168.
Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 161.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, as
amended, p. 1,54.
Treasury Rules under Part II. of that Order, p. 159.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order No. 5, 1917,
p. 162.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1918, p. 171.
Malt (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 167.
Malt (Restriction on Shipping) Order, 1917,^?. 153.
Rura and Gin (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918, p. 166.
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, p. 173.
Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order, 1917,;?. 161.
Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918, p. 165.
THE BREWERS SUGAR ORDER, 1917. DATED FEBRUARY 8
1917.
[This Order, printed in Group 17 ( " Sugar ") (p. 477) relates to
he warehousing of certain " brewers sugar " other than sugar used
or brewing, and to the sale by retail of "brewers sugar."]
THE MALT (RESTRICTION ON SHIPPING) ORDER, 1917. DATED
MARCH 21, 1917.
1917. No. 259.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no pronibition
person shall export, ship or consign any malt, Of shipping
(a) from Ireland to any destination in any part of of malt.
Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of
Man; or
(6) from any part of Great Britain to any destina-
tion in Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of
Man.
(a) USE OP GRAIN, SUGAR, &c., FOR MANUFACTURE OF SPIRITS.— Regula
tion 30D of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, printed in Part VIII of the
u Food (Supply and Production) Manual," p. 408, prohibits the use of Grain (Malted
or Unmalted), Rice, Sugar or Molasses in the Manufacture of Whiskey, &c., without
a permit from the Minister of Munitions. Further restrictions on the use of
Grain, Rice, Sugar, and Molasses are imposed by the Food Controller's Orders,
printed in Groups 3, (" Bread, Flour and Cereals,") and 17, ("Sugar,") of this
Manual.
154
JBOiR
Penalty.
Title and
commence-
ment of
Order.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917,
as amended.
2. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person, in doing anything in con-
travention of this Order, that person is guilty of a
summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, and if such person is a company every
director and officer of the company is also guilty of
a summary offence against those regulations unless
he proves that the contravention took place without
his knowledge or consent. (a)
3. (a) This Order may be cited as the Malt (Restriction on
Shipping) Order, 1917.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 26th March,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
21et March, 1917.
THE INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER, 1917,
DATED MARCH 29, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE INTOXICATING
LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER ]NTo. 4, 191 7. (b)
1917. No. 270 as amended by No. 1213.
Whereas the Food Controller is enpowered by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations to make orders regulat-
ing, or giving directions with respect to the production, manu-
facture, treatment, use, consumption, transport, storage, distri-
bution, supply, sale or purchase of, or other dealing in, or
measures to be taken in relation to, any article (including orders
as to maximum or minimum price) where it appears to him
necessary or expedient to make any such order for the purpose
of encouraging or maintaining the food supply of the country :
And whereas it appears to the Food Controller to be expedient,
for the purpose of encouraging and maintaining the food supply
of the country, to extend the existing restrictions on the output,
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY.— Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offences," p. 433 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") which was
added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and officers
shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
(b) OPERATION OF AMENDMENT.— The Amendment made by Order No. 4,
1917, which took effect as from November 28th, 1917, substituted what is herein
printed as Sub-clause 3 of Clause 4 for the former sub-clause. The Order is
so amended by the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order No 5.
917 (p. 162), and by the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order,
1918 (p. 171.)
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, 155
as amended.
delivery, and distribution of beer and other intoxicating liquor,
in manner appearing in this Order, (a)
Now, therefore, in pursuance of his powers under the said
regulations and all other powers enabling him in that behalf,
the Food Controller hereby orders, as follows: —
/.— Beer.
1. — (1) A brewer for sale shall not brew at his brewery in Restriction
any quarter more than the maximum barrelage for the quarter(b) on output
as determined under this Order. of b*er-
(2) The maximum barrelage shall be determined for the pur-
poses of this Order in the same manner as under the Output of
Beer (Tlestriction) Acts, 1916,(c) except that —
(a) in ascertaining the standard barrelage under subsection
(2) of Section two of the Output of Beer (Restriction)
Act, 1916, 66§ per cent, shall be substituted as the
amount of reduction where 15 per cent, is under that
provision the amount of reduction, and 72 per cent,
shall be substituted as the amount of reduction where
30 per cent, is under that provision the amount of
reduction; and
(6) ten million barrels shall be substituted for twenty-six
million barrels as the rate of the total output of
beer in the United Kingdom under the proviso to
subsection (2) of Section two of that Act; and
(c) in determining the maximum barrelage for the quarter
commencing on the first day of April, 1917, or any
subsequent quarter, any surplus barrelage accrued in
respect of any quarter previous to that commencing
on the first day of April, 1917, shall not be taken
into account.
(a) RELIEF IN RESPECT OF RESTRICTION OF BUSINESS CAUSED BY ORDER.—
As from March 31st, 1917, the holders of wholesale dealers' licences and of
retailers' on-licences and off-licences for spirits, beer or wine, and of (annual)
passenger vessel licences are entitled on the expiration of their licences to repay-
ment of TVth of the licence duty for every month or part of a month during the
currency of both the Order and the licence. This relief is in lieu of that con-
ferred by the Acts of 1914 and 1915 in cases where sale of liquor was curtailed.
See Finance Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 31), s. 7.
(b) MAXIMUM BARRELAGE FOR QUARTER COMMENCING JANUARY IST, 1918.—
For that quarter the maximum barrelage is increased by the Intoxicating
Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, No. 5, p. 162.
Similar increase in the maximum barrelage for the last two quarters of 1917
were made by previous Orders referred to in footnote (a) to the said No. 5
Order p. 162.
(c) OUTPUT OF BEER RESTRICTION ACTS. — Those Acts as amended by
the Food Controller (Transfer of Powers) Order, 1917, which transferred certain
powers conferred by those Acts from the Board of Trade to the Food Controller,
are reproduced in consolidated form as Appendix V to the " Food (Supply and
Production) Manual," p. 470.
156 Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917,
as amended.
(3) Where it appears to the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise (hereinafter referred to as the Commissioners) (a) that,
owing to the transfer of licensed premises from one brewery to
another or for the purpose of meeting any change in the amount of
beer required to meet the supply of any localities, it is expedient
to transfer barrelag6 from one brewer to another, the Commis-
sioners may by order make the necessary transfer, and the maxi-
mum barrelages of the respective brewers shall be increased or
decreased accordingly.
(4) The rights of brewers under subsection (3) of Section 2 of
the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, shall be suspended
while this Order is in force.
(5) If the Food Controller , at the request of the Array Council,
grants a special certificate to any brewer authorising him to
brew beer in excess of the limits prescribed by this Order, on
the ground that the addition is required for the use of military
canteens, (b) the amount of beer which that brewer is entitled to
brew shall thereupon be increased by the number of barrels stated
in the certificate; and this Order shall apply accordingly.
Distribution 2. — (1) The same provision shall be applicable in relation to
the effect of this Order on contracts as is applicable in relation
to the effect of the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, on
contracts under Section 4 of that Act.
(2) Licence holders, and persons having the same rights as
licence holders under Section 5 of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Act, 1916, as amended by any subsequent Act, shall have
the same rights, and brewers shall be under the same obligations,
in connection with the output of beer as limited by this Order
as under the said Section 5, except that the percentage of
reduction in the number of standard barrels which a licence
holder is entitled to obtain under that section and the reduction
from the amount stated in the certificate for the purpose of
ascertaining the reduction and transfer of maximum barrelage
shall be increased so as to be 66§ per cent, instead of 15 per cent.
(3) Any brewer who has not given to a licence holder any
particulars or certificate which the licence holder is entitled to
obtain from him under Section 5 of the Output of Beer (Restric-
tion) Act, 1916, shall give the particulars or certificate to the
licence holder within fourteen days after a request in writing
therefor is made by the licence holder.
(a) COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. — This Department was
formed ab from April 1, 1909, by the Excise Transfer Order, 1909 (St. R. & O.,
1909, No. 197) which transferred the excise powers of the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue to the new Board.
(b) FOOD CONTROLLER'S CERTIFICATES AUTHORISING BREWING FOR
CANTEENS.— These Certificates can be granted by the Food Controller under s. 6
of the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, which as amended by the Amend-
ment Act and by the Food Controller (Transfer of Powers) Order, 1917 (1917,
No. 287) which transferred to the Food Controller the powers of the Board of
Trade as to granting the special certificates referred to, is printed in Consolidated
Form in Appendix V to the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual," p. 470.
For further provisions as to these certificates, see Intoxicating Liquor (Output
and Delivery) Order, 1918, p. 171
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, 157
as amended.
(4) A brewer shall give to a licence holder a copy 01 any
certificate which has been obtained from him for the purpose of
Section 5 of the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, within
fourteen days after a request in writing for the copy is made to
him by the licence holder showing that the certificate originally
obtained is either lost or for some other reason not available for
use by the licence holder.
(5) Where beer has been supplied to a licence holder through
a person recognised by the brewer as his agent—
(a) the agent shall be under the same obligation to give
particulars and certificates of the beer as if he was the
brewer; and
(b) the beer shall be deemed to be beer supplied by the
brewer to the licence holder and not by the brewer to
the agent.
3. Expressions to which a special meaning is attached by the Interpreta-
Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, have (unless the context tion.
otherwise requires) the same meaning when used in this Part
of this Order. (a)
II. — Wine and Spirits.
4. — (1) No wine or spirits shall be delivered from ship's side Restrictions
or a warehouse (including a distiller's spirit store) for home on delivery
consumption on the payment of duty to any person — s irit^
(a) unless he is the holder of an authority for the time being
in force under this provision,
(b) in excess of the amount which is authorised to be
delivered to him under that authority; and
(c) unless particulars as to the warehouse or place from
which the wine or spirits are delivered, and of the
amount delivered and of the date of delivery are
entered on the authority for delivery.
(2) Authorities for the purposes of this provision shall be issued
by the Commissioners in such manner and subject to such con-
ditions as may be prescribed by rules made for the purpose by the
Treasury, (b) and the Commissioners shall attach to any authority
so issued such conditions as they think fit for ensuring the proper
distribution of the wine or spirits authorised to be delivered.
The rules made by the Treasury may provide for the appoint-
ment of a committee for the purpose of advising and assisting the
Commissioners in the performance of their duties, and the exercise
of their powers under this Part of this Order, (b)
(3) Authority shall (except in cases where special directions
are given by the Commissioners) be granted only to the persons to
whom or on whose behalf wine or spirits were delivered during
the year 1916, and so that the total amount of spirits delivered to
a person during the year beginning on the first of April shall
(a) MEANING OF EXPRESSIONS. — S. 7 of the 1916 Act defines " brewer "
and "quarter." See Appendix V to the "Food (Supply and Production)
Manual " in which the Act is printed, p. 474.
(b) TREASURY RULES. — These are printed p. 159.
158
Penalty.
Short title.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, as
amended.
not exceed the amount delivered to that person during the year
1916 reduced by 50 per cent.; and the total amount of wine
delivered to a person during the half year beginning on the first
clay of October, 1917, or in any subsequent half year shall not
exceed half the amount delivered to that person during the year
1916.
(4) This provision shall not prevent the delivery of spirits in
cases where the Commissioners are satisfied that the spirits are —
(a) spirits delivered to a manufacturing chemist, or to a
manufacturer of perfumes, for use in their manufac-
tures; or
(b) spirits delivered for scientific purposes; or
(c) spirits supplied for the purpose of making medicines, to-
registered medical practitioners, to hospitals, and to
persons, firms, and bodies corporate entitled to carry
on the business of a chemist and druggist;
but the Commissioners may attach conditions to the delivery of
any spirits for those purposes in order to ensure their use for the
purposes for which they are delivered.
(5) A person shall not procure, or attempt to procure,
the delivery of wine or spirits in contravention of this provision,
or make any entry on an authority which is false in any material
particular, or make any statement which is false in any material
particular, for the purpose of obtaining any authority under this
provision.
Every person shall comply with any conditions attached by
the Commissioners to an authority issued by them under this
provision, or to the delivery of spirits under this provision.
If it is shown to the Commissioners that any condition attached
by them to the issue of an authority under this provision has
not been complied with, the Commissioners may, if they think
fit, withdraw the authority ; but the power of the Commissioners
to withdraw the authority shall not prejudice the liability of the
holder of the authority to any penalty to which he may be liable
for not complying with the condition.
///. — General.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences subject
to penalties under the Defence of the Realm Eegulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor (Output
and Delivery) Order, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
29th March, 1917.
Authorities under Food Controller's Order for Delivery of Wine 159
or Spirits for Home Consumption.
RULES, DATED MARCH 29, 1917, MADE BY THE TREASURY UNDER
PART II. OF THE INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OeiTPUT AND
DELIVERY) ORDER, 1917, AS AMENDED BY RULE MADE IN
PURSUANCE OF THAT ORDER AS AMENDED.
•
1917. No. 375 as amended ly No. 1240.
(1) Authorities for the delivery of Wine and Spirits from ship's
side or warehouse (including a distiller's spirit store) for home
consumption on the payment of duty as prescribed hy section 4 (1)
of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, (a)
shall be issued only to a person who has made application to the
•Commissioners of Customs and Exrise(b) on the form provided for
the purpose supplied by the Commissioners, giving the particulars
required thereby.
(2) The authority shall be granted for a period not exceeding
six months - ending either 30th September, or 31st March; the
quantity of wine of which it shall authorise delivery shall not
exceed 50 per cent., and the quantity of spirits of which it shall ^
authorise delivery shall not exceed 25 per cent., of the total
quantity of wine and spirits, respectively, delivered to the same
person or on his behalf during the year 1916. In the case of
wine, where an authority for the half year ending 31st March,
1918, has been issued to any person for the delivery of 25 per
cent, a supplementary authority for the delivery of an additional
25 per cent, during such period is to be issued to the same person.
•
(3) Where special directions are given by the Commissioners
of Customs and Excise under section 4 (3) of the Order, Rules (1)
and (2) may be varied by order of the Commissioners to meet the
circumstances.
(4) The quantity of spirits to the delivery of which a rectifier
or compounder who deposits spirits in a warehouse on drawback
shall be entitled shall be determined in the following manner : —
The quantity of spirits so deposited in the period corresponding
to that for which an authority is granted shall be deducted from
the total quantity delivered to him or on his behalf in the same
period, and the authority shall be granted for the amount of the
difference reduced by 50 per cent. ; but such rectifier or com-
pounder shall be entitled to a special authority for delivery of a
quantity of spirits equal to the quantity deposited on drawback
in addition to the quantity expressed in his authority. The
special authority shall be granted on an application being made
to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise by the rectifier or
compounder who deposited the spirits, and on production to them
fa) INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER. 1917— That
Ordor is printed p. 154.
(b) COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.— See footnote (a), p. 156 to
Clause 1 (3) of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917.
160 Authorities under Food Controller's Order for Delivery of Wine
or Spirits for Home Consumption.
of a certificate of deposit signed by the Officer and the Surveyor
of Customs and Excise by whom the warehouse of deposit is
controlled.
(5) In any case where a person entitled to apply for an authority
is unable or unwilling to clear wine or spirits from warehouse with
which to supply a dealer or retailer who purchased wine or spirits
from him in 1916, that person shall on demand by the dealer or
retailer furnish him with a certificate of the quantity so supplied
and on production of that certificate to the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise, the Commissioners if satisfied as to the facts,
may grant a special authority to the dealer or retailer to obtain
delivery of an equivalent quantity less 50 per cent., the authority
of the person giving the certificate being decreased by the amount
he is unable or unwilling to supply. The special authority may at
the option of the dealer or retailer be transferred to a person who
is willing to supply the wine or spirits.
This rule shall also apply, with the necessary modifications,
where a person who has supplied wine or spirits from a warehouse
in 1916 to a dealer or retailer is able or willing to supply the dealer
or retailer with a portion only of the restricted quantity of wine
or spirits, based upon 1916 purchases, which the dealer or retailer
desires to obtain from him.
(6) A Committee, to be known as the Advisory Committee
(Customs and Excise), consisting of persons nominated by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, shall be appointed to advise and
assist the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in the perform-
ance of their duties and the exercise of their powers under Part
2 of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order 1917,
and any action of this Committee done under the authority of the
Commissioners shall have the same effect as though it were the
action of the Commissioners. (a)
Stanley Baldwin,
James F. Hope.
March 29th, 1917.
(a) ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE). — The Members of this
Committee are: — Mr. John Archer (Chairman of the Wine and Spirit
Association) (Chairman) ; Mr. R. William Byass (late Chairman of the
Wine and Spirit Association) ; Mr. Henry Tait Moore (of Brook's Wharf,
Upper Thames Street); and Mr. J. N. Stickland (late Superintending
Inspector of Customs arid Excise). The Secretary is Mr. Percy L. Aston>
and the address of the Committee is 110; Cannon Street, London, E.G. 4.
Hops (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended. 161
THE HOPS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 31, 1917,
AS AMENDED BY THE HOPS (RESTRICTION) ORDER No. 2, 1917,
DATED SEPTEMBERS, 1917. (a)
1917, No. 914 as amended by No. 925.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller after consultation with the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby orders as follows : —
1. No person shall without a permit issued under the authority Restriction
of the Food Controller either on his own behalf, or on the behalf on dealings
of any other person, buy or sell or agree or offer to buy or sell in H°P8-
any Hops whether imported or home grown. A person shall not
without a permit issued under the authority of the Food Con-
troller make delivery of any hops contracted to be sold by him
before the 4th September, 1917.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. (a) This Order may be cited as the Hops (Restriction) Title and
Order, 1917. Commence-
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 1st September, Order
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st August, 1917.
THE SUGAR (BREWERS RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
NOVEMBER 19, 1917.
is Order which restricts the kind and amount of sugar which
may be used by brewers is, as amended by the Sugar (Brewers
Restriction) Order, No 2, 1917, printed in Group 17 (" Sugar,")
(p. 493.)]
(d) POWERS AS TO HOPS. — This Order is made under Reg. 2j (5) of the
Defence of the Realm Regulations (p. 13). As to the reduction of acreage
under hops in England and Wales, see Regulation 2NN, as amended to Jan. 31,
1918 (p. 028 of Addenda to the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual.")
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THE INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER No. 5,
1917. DATED DECEMBER 24, 1917.
1917. No. 1337.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
Increase of i During the quarter commencing on the 1st January, 1918
barrelageTra) (nereinafter referred to as the current quarter) the maximum
barrelage which a brewer for sale is authorised to brew under the
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917 (herein-
after referred to as the principal Order )(l>) shall be increased.
(a) By twenty per cent, if he gives such notice and complies
with such conditions as are hereinafter mentioned and
such increase is, in this Order, referred to as the
twenty per cent, increase ; and
(6) By such further amount, if any, as in his case may be
authorised by licence of the Food Controller if he com-
plies with the conditions subject to which such a
licence is granted, and the increase authorised by such
licence is hereinafter called the licensed increase :
Provided that the aggregate amount of the licensed increases
shall not exceed such an amount as with the aggregate amount of
the twenty per cent, increases will increase the aggregate barrelage
to be brewed by all brewers for sale in the current quarter by
more than thirty- three and one-third per cent.
«
Accepting. 2. A brewer for sale shall be authorised to brew in the current
brewers. quarter the twenty per cent, increase if he gives notice to
the Commissioners of Customs and Excise (hereinafter referred
to as the Commissioners) (c) on or before the 26th January, 1918,
that ne accepts and will comply with the conditions subject to
which the twenty per cent, increase is authorised by this Order,
and such brewer is hereinafter referred to as an accepting brewer.
(a) INCREASE OF MAXIMUM BARRELAGE. — A precisely similar increase in
the maximum barrelage for the last quarter of 1917, i.e., that commencing
October 1st, 1917, was made by the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery)
Order No. 3 (St. R. & O., 1917, No. 1059), printed pp. 78-80 of the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual " which was in identical terms with the present
Order No. 5 except as to dates. A similar increase in the maximum barrelage
for the third quarter of 1917, i.e., that commencing July 1st, 1917, was made by
the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order No. 2 (St. R. & O., 1917,
No. 700), which was in identical terms with the present Order No. 5 and with
Order No. 3, except as to dates and except that the " original gravity " referred
to in Clauses 3 (a) and 6 (c) of Orders No. 5 and No. 3 was in the No. 2 Order
1036° instead of 1042°.
(b) FNTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER, 1917.— That
O'-dev is printed p. 153.
(c) COMMISSIONERS or CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. — See footnote (a), p. 156, to
Clause 1 (3) of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order "No. 5, 1917. 163
3. The conditions subject to which the twenty per cent, increase Conditions,
is authorised are the following: —
(a) One-half of the total amount of beer brewed by the
accepting brewer in the current quarter (exclusive of
the licensed increase) shall be brewed and delivered
out of his brewery at a gravity not exceeding an
original gravity of W42ar(^) :
(b) The remaining half of the beer brewed (exclusive of the
licensed increase) shall be brewed at an average
original gravity not exceeding the average original
gravity of the total beer brewed at his brewery during
the quarter commencing on the 1st January, 1917(a) :
(c) In the month of January not more than one-third and in
the months of January and February not more than
two-thirds of the total amount of beer which the
brewer is entitled to brew during the current quarter
(exclusive of the licensed increase) shall be delivered
out of his brewery :
And it shall be the duty of every accepting brewer to comply
with such conditions.
4. The additional barrelage authorised to be brewed by this Computation
Order and by licences under this Order shall not be taken into under
account in reckoning the ten million barrels referred to in sub- ^^se 2 *•*
section (2) of Clause 1 of the principal Order. principal
5. The same provision shall be applicable in relation to the Contracts
effect of this Order on contracts as is applicable in relation to
the effect of the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, on con-
tracts under Section 4 of that Act.(l>)
6. The following provisions shall apply with respect to certi- Supply of
ficates available for the current quarter granted or to be granted beer to free
to a licence holder : — licensed
(a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller a QOUses-
certificate granted by an accepting brewer shall not
during the current quarter be used to transfer bar-
relage to a person who is not an accepting brewer.
(b) The number of standard barrels which a licence holder
may obtain from an accepting brewer under a
certificate shall be increased by 20 per cent.
(cj An accepting brewer who has undertaken to supply the
licence holder with beer under a certificate shall not
supply more than one-half of such beer at a gravity
exceeding an original gravity of 1042°.
(d) This clause shall apply to persons having the same rights
as licence holders in the same way as it applies to
licence holders.
(a) GRAVITY OF BEER. — The Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery)
Order, 1918 (p. 171), provides that no beer shall be brewed at a gravity below
1010° or above an average of 1030° in Ireland and 1045° elsewhere in United
Kingdom.
(b) OUTPUT OF BEER (RESTRICTION) ACT, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 26).—
That Act as amended by the Amendment Act (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 57) and by the
Food Controller (Transfer of Powers) Order, 1917, is printed as Appendix V.
to the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual," p. 470.
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164]
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery} Order No. 5, 1917.
Gravity of
beer.
Records.
Surplus
barrelage.
Infringe-
ments.
Title and
construction.
7. If any question shall arise under this Order as to the average
original gravity of beer such question shall be determined by the
Commissioners.
8. Every accepting brewer shall keep such records as to gravity
and amount of beer brewed and delivered and other matters as
are requisite to determine whether or not the provisions of this
Order are being complied with, and all such records and docu-
ments connected therewith shall at all times be open to the
inspection of the Food Controller and of the Commissioners.
9. — (a) No account shall be taken of any surplus barrelage
accrued since the 1st April, 1917, for the purpose of computing
the increase permitted by Clause 1 of this Order.
(6) In the case of a brewer who was an accepting brewer within
the meaning of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery)
Order (No. 2), 1917 or the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and
Delivery) Order, No. 3, 1917, (a) such surplus barrelage may
except in such cases as the Food Controller otherwise directs, only
be brewed subject to the conditions applicable under conditions (a)
and (6) of clause 3 of this Order to the beer therein referred to.
10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
11. This Order may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor (Output
and Delivery) Order No. 3, 1917, and should be read as one with
the principal Order.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
15th October, 1917.
(a) " ACCEPTING BREWER WITHIN THE MEANING OP ORDERS (No. 2) or
(No. 3)/' i.e., a brewer for sale who gave notice to the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise on or before the 21st July, 1917, that he accepted and
would comply with the three following conditions : —
1. One- half of the total amount of beer brewed by the accepting brewer in
the quarter commencing on the 1st July, 1917 (exclusive of the
licensed increase) shall be brewed and delivered out of his brewery at.
a gravity not exceeding an original gravity of 1036° :
2. The remaining half of the beer brewed (exclusive of the licensed increase)
shall be brewed at an average original gravity not exceeding the
average original gravity of the total beer brewed at his brewery
during the quarter commencing on the 1st July, 1916 :
3. In the month of July not more than one-third and in the months of
July and August not more than two-thirds of the total amount of
beer which the brewer is entitled to brew during the quarter com-
mencing on the 1st July, 1917 (exclusive of the licensed increase)
shall be delivered out of his brewery :
[See Clauses 1, 2, 3 of Order (No. 2) printed as St. B. & O., 1917, No. 700
and Clause 9 (6) of Order (No. 3) printed p. 80 of the " Food (Supply and Produc-
tion) Manual," both of which orders are omitted from this Manual as being, save
jvs reproduced in this footnote, " spent."]
Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918. 165
THE WHISKEY (RESTRICTION ON SALES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
TAXLATIY 5, 1918.
1918. No. 12.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No Whiskey shall be sold by auction except at an auction Sales by
sale authorised to be held by the Food Controller. auction.
2. A person shall not either on his own behalf or on behalf of Restrictions
any other person— °.n ^holesale
/ \ i 11- dealing*.
(a) buy, sell or deal in ; or
(b) offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in ; or
(c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or
other dealing in ;
any Whiskey by way of wholesale sale, wholesale purchase or
wholesale dealing; unless
(i) he is the holder of an authority granted by the Food
Controller authorising such sale, purchase or dealing;
or
(ii) he was immediately prior to the 30th September, 1914,
a person holding a licence to deal in intoxicating
liquor by wholesale taken out in pursuance of the
Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910(a) ; or
(iii) he is the manufacturer of the Whiskey in question.
3. In this Order the expression " a wholesale sale " shall mean Interpreta-
a sale at any one time to one person of two gallons or more of tion.
Whiskey, and the expression " wholesale purchase " and
" wholesale dealing " shall have corresponding meanings.
4. Nothing in this Order shall prevent any person buying for Exception,
the purposes of retail sale or for the purposes of any club to which
Section 48 of the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910,(b) applies or a pur-
chase by a person who proves that he is not buying for re-sale.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Whiskey (Restriction on Title.
Sales) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
£•'. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
5th January, 1918.
(a) FINANCE (1909-10) ACT, 1910.— 10 Edw. 7, c. 8.
(b) CLUB WITHIN 10 EDW. 7, c. 8, s. 48.— i.e., a club for the time being
registered under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Goo. 5.
c. 24), or the Licensing (Scotland) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 25), or the Registra-
tion of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 9 )
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Sales by
auction.
Restrictions
on wholesale
dealings.
Interpreta-
tion.
Exception.
Penalty.
Title.
Rum and Gin (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918.
THE RUM AND GIN (RESTRICTION ON SALES) ORDER, 1918. DATED*
JANUARY 17, 1918.
1918. No. 48.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No ruin or gin shall be sold by auction except at an auction
sale authorised to be held by the Food Controller.
2. A person shall not either on his own behalf, or on behalf
of any other person —
(a) buy, sell or deal in ; or
(b) offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in ;
or
(c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or
other dealing in
any rum or gin by way of wholesale sale, wholesale purchase or
wholesale dealing, unless —
(i) he is the holder of an authority granted by the Food
Controller authorising such sale, purchase or dealing ;
or
(ii) he was immediately prior to the 30th September, 1914,
a person holding a licence to deal in intoxicating
liquor by wholesale taken out in pursuance of the"
Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910(a) ; or
(iii) he is the manufacturer of the rum or gin in question.
3. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " wholesale
sale " shall mean a sale at any one time to one person of two-
gallons or more of rum or gin, and the expressions " wholesale
purchase " and " wholesale dealing " shall have corresponding
meanings.
4. Nothing in this Order shall prevent any person buying for
the purposes of a retail sale or for the purposes of any club to
which Section 48 of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, (b) applies,
or a purchase by a person who proves that he is not buying for
resale.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Rum and Gin (Restriction
on Sales) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th January, 1918.
(a} FINANCE (1909-10) ACT, 1910.— 10 Edw. 7, c. 8.
(b) CLUB WITHIN 10 EDW. 7, c. 8, s. 48. — i <?., a club for the time being
registered under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5,
c. 24), or the Licensing (Scotland) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 25), or the Registra-
tion of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 9).
Malt (Restriction) Order, 1918. 167
THE MALT (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 26,
1918.
1918. No. 225.
in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
•of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence Prohibition
issued by the Food Controller no person shall on or after the of manufac-
1st March, 1918, manufacture any Malt or Malt Extract other ture
than Malt or Malt Extract in process of manufacture on the
28th February, 1918.
2. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence Prohibition
issued by the Food Controller no person shall on or after of use or
1st March, 1918, sell or buy or make or take delivery of or use ??li1very of
any Malt or Malt Extract for any purpose.
This Clause shall not apply to : —
(a) The use of Malt or Malt Extract by a Brewer for Sale
so far as is necessary to enable him to brew the
maximum barrelage permitted to him under the
Orders of the Food Controller for the time being in
force relating to the brewing of beer, and the further
barrelage, if any, permitted to him under any licence
granted by the Food Controller ; or
(b) the delivery to a brewer for sale under contracts existing
at the date of this Order of such quantities of Malt
or Malt Extract as together with his existing stocks,
are requisite to enable him in the ordinary course to
brew such maximum and further barrelage up to and
including 30th June, 1918; or
\e) the purchase of Malt or Malt Extract from a person
licenced by the Food Controller to sell Malt or Malt
Extract or the use of Malt or Malt Extract by a baker
for the purpose of making bread.
3. Where Malt is supplied to a Brewer for Sale by any person statements,
under Clause 2 of this Order, that person shall be entitled to rely
on a statement in writing signed by or on behalf of the brewer
for sale as to the lawfulness of the proposed supply.
4. For the mirposes of this Order: — Interpreta-
The expression " Malt, or Malt Extract," shall include all tion.
such Malt, Malt Extract or substitutes for Malt as are manu«
factured by the steeping, roasting or treatment of any cereal.
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168
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
Revocation 5. The Brewers (Malt Purchases) Order, 1917, (a) Ihe Malt
NOB 132 159 (Eestrictio11) Older, 1917,(b) and the Malt (Eestriction) No. 2
and 345 of Order 1917,(c) are revoked as jfrom the 1st March, 1918 but with-
out prejudice to any proceedings in respect of any infringement
thereof.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. This Order may be cited as the Malt (Restriction) Order,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food .
26th February, 1918.
1917.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
Sales of cer-
tain draught
beer in
licensed pre
mises having
a public bar.
Sales of
mixtures.
THE FOREIGN HOLDINGS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918.
MARCH 8, 1918.
DATED
[This Order, which is printed in Group 7A (" Foreign Holdings
of Food "), (p. 217), requires returns of alcoholic beverages of all
kinds held to foreign account.]
THE BEER (PRICES AND DESCRIPTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 19, 1918.
1918. No. 343.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not on or after the 1st April, 1918, sell
or offer to sell any beer of the gravities mentioned in Clause 3,
or any beverage containing any beer of such gravities, in any
part of any licensed premises having a public bar or public bars
unless —
(a) such beer at the time of such sale or offer for sale is
on sale by imperial measure in the public bar or
public bars of the licensed premises ; and also
(b) such beer when sold by imperial measure in the public
bar or public bars is sold at prices not exceeding the
maximum prices provided by this Order.
2. A person shall not on or after the 1st April, 1918, sell or
offer to sell any beverage containing any beer of the gravities
mentioned in Clause 3 in any public bar of any licensed premises
unless beer of such gravity is on sale in that public bar.
(a) BREWERS (MALT PURCHASES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 96 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
-That Order is printed p. 97 of
this Yolume.
(o) MALT (RESTRICTION) No. 2 ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 98
of the January, 1918, Edition of this Yolume.
(b) MALT (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917.
the January, 1918, Edition of
Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1918. • 169
3. Where beer is sold by imperial measure in a public bar, Amount of
the maximum price for beer of an original gravity less than maximum
1030° shall be at the rate of 4d. per imperial pint, and for beer
of an original gravity not exceeding 1034° and not less than
1030° shall be at the rate of 5d. per imperial pint.
4. (a) Where beer is delivered on or after the 1st April, 1918, Original
in a barrel or cask — gravity to bo
(i) the brewer or dealer disposing of such beer shall state
on the invoice, if such be the fact, that the original ^e diluted.
gravity of the beer exceeds 1034° and, in any other
case, the maximum price at which the beer in each
such barrel or cask may under this Order be sold in
the public bar of licensed premises; and
(ii) the brewer shall also before permitting delivery out of
his brewery plainly and durably mark on the head of
any barrel or cask containing beer of an original
gravity less than 1030° the mark " 4d. " and on any
barrel or cask containing beer of an original gravity
not exceeding 1034° and not less than 1030° the mark
" 5d.," the figures to be not less than two inches
long.
(6) No dealer in or retailer of oeer shall "alter or deface such
mark or permit such mark to be altered or defaced, or dilute
or permit to be diluted the beer in any barrel or cask.
5. A person authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller Samples for
or a Food Committee to procure for analysis samples of beer on aaaly818-
sale in any licensed premises shall have all the powers of pro-
curing samples conferred by the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, (a)
and a person selling beer by retail shall, on tender of the price
for the quantity which he shall reasonably require for the
purpose of analysis, sell the same to him accordingly.
6. In any proceedings in respect of an infringement of this Certificate
Order the production of the certificate of the principal chemist of analyst-
of the Government Laboratories or of an analyst appointed under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, (a) shall be sufficient evidence
of the facts therein stated unless the defendant require that the
person who made the analysis be called as a witness.
The certificate of the principal chemist or of the analyst shall,
so far as circumstances permit, be in the form required by the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. (a)
7. If in any proceedings against a retailer of beer in respect Defence.
of an infringement of this Order, it is proved that an offence
has been committed but the person charged with the offence
proves —
(a) that he purchased the beer, in respect of which the
offence was committed, from a person who sold the
beer as or for beer which might lawfully be sold in
a public bar at the price charged;
(a) SALE OF Foou AND DRUGS ACTS. — A Note as to the scope of these Acts
and of the Regulations thereunder is given in Appendix VI (16) ("Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts and Orders "), p. 506 of the " Food (Supply and Produc-
tion) Manual.'
170
Beer (Prices and Description} Order, 1918.
Contracts.
Use of -words
Government
Ale and
Government
Beer.
Notices.
Bottled
Beer.
Interpreta-
tion.
(6) that lie had no reason to believe at the time of sale that
the gravity of the beer was not such as permitted of
it being- sold at the price charged or that the pro-
visions of Clause 4 (£) of this Order had not been
duly observed; and
(c) that he has given due notice to the prosecutor that he
intended to rely on the provisions of this Clause;
such person shall be entitled to be discharged from th&
prosecution.
8. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that the price
payable under any contract subsisting at the date of this Order
for the sale of beer of a gravity not exceeding an original gravity
of 1034° is such that the beer cannot at the prices permitted
by this Order be sold or supplied by retail in a public bar at a
reasonable profit, he may, if he thinks fit, cancel such contract
or may modify the terms thereof in such manner as shall appear
to him to be just.
9. A person shall not, when selling any beer of an original
gravity less than 1030°, or in any advertisement, circular, or
placard relating to any such beer, describe the same as " Govern-
ment Ale" or "Government Beer" or use any other form of
words calculated to lead to the belief that such beer is brewed
under the authority, or pursuant to the directions of His
Majesty's Government, or any Government Department.
10. Where on or after the 1st April, 1918, Beer in respect of
which a maximum price is fixed by this Order, is on sale in any
part of the licensed premises other than a Public Bar the licensee
of such premises shall cause to be conspicuously exhibited in such
part of the piemises a notice to the effect that Beer is on pale
in the Public Bar or Public Bars at the prices permitted by this
Order.
11. Except in Clause
include Bottled Beer.
9 the expression " Beer " shall not
12. In this Order: —
" Food Committee" means in respect of any area in Great
Britain the Food Control Committee established for the area
pursuant to the Food Control Committee (Constitution)
Order, 1917, (a) and in respect of Ireland the Food Control
Committee appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller. (b)
" Beer " includes ale, porter, spruce beer, black beer and
any other description of beer.
" Public Bar " means —
(a) where there is only one bar on the licensed premises
such bar ;
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — The Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1918. 171
(6) where there is more than one bar on the licensed
premises, all such bars except that bar or those
bars, if any, where prior to the 1st October, 1917,
beer has customarily been sold at a higher rate
ihan the rate charged for the like beer in some
other bar on such premises; and
(c) any place where beer is sold under a retail oil-licence.
"Licensed Premises'* shall not include any registered
club, canteen, theatre, music-hall, passenger vessel, railway
restaurant car, or any buffet at a railway station, but subject
as aforesaid shall include any premises where the sale of
intoxicating liquor is carried on tinder a licence.
13. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Infringe-
the Defence of the Realm Regulations. ments.
14. The Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1917, (a) is hereby Revocation,
revoked as on the 1st April, 1918, but without prejudice to any S-B- and 0.,
proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof. 19°171058 °f
15. This Order may be cited as the Beer (Prices and Descrip- Title,
tion) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th March, 1918.
THE INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 19, 1918.
1918. No. 339.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. A Brewer for Sale shall not in any quarter brew any beer
at his brewery at an original gravity below 1010°.
2. (a) A Brewer for Sale shall not in any quarter brew beer
at his brewery except at such original gravities as secure that
the average original gravity of all the beer brewed by him at
that brewery during such quarter (other than beer brewed under
No beer to be
brewed below
gravity of
1010°.
Average
original
gravity of
beer.
(a) BEER (PRICES AND DESCRIPTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order was
printed p. 1C6 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
172
Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1918.
Contracts.
Certificate.
Determina-
tion of
gravity.
Infringe-
ments.
Title and
Commence-
ment
S.R. and 0.,
No. 270 of
1917.
any license granted by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller, specially stating the gravity at which the beer to be
brewed thereunder is to be brewed) does not exceed in the case
of a brewery situate in Ireland 1045°, or in the case of a brewery
situate elsewhere in the United Kingdom 1030°.
(b) Where provision has been made to the satisfaction of
the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the dilution with
water of beer after brewing, and the dilution is carried out
under conditions approved by the Commissioners, the diluted
beer shall for the purpose of the foregoing sub-clause be deemed
to have been brewed at such original gravity as the Com-
missioners may determine.
3. The same provision shall be applicable in relation to the
effect of this Order on contracts as is applicable in relation to the
effect of the Output of Beer (Restriction) Act, 1916, on contiacts
under Section 4 of that Act. (a)
4. Where the title of a Certificate under the Intoxicating
Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, (b) arises in respect of
Beer which was brewed in Great Britain, such Certificate shall
not on or after 1st April, 1918, be available for increasing the
Barrelage of a Brewer in respect of any Brewery situate in
Ireland ; and where the title to such a certificate arises in respect
of beer which was brewed in Ireland, such certificate shall not
after the same date be available for increasing the barrelage of a
brewer in respect of any brewery situate in Great Britain.
5. If any question shall arise under this Order as to the
average original gravity of beer, such question shall be deter-
mined by the Commissioners.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. (a) This Order may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor
(Output and Delivery) Order, 1918, and shall be read as one with
the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917. (b)
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 1st April, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th March, 1918.
(a) OUTPUT OP BEER (RESTRICTION) ACT, 1916, s. 4.— Printed in Appen-
dix V of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual," at p. 472.
(b) INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OUTPUT AND DELIVERY) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed p. 153.
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
173
THE SPIRITS (PRICES AND DESCRIPTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED
APRIL 22, 1918.
1918. No. 4TO.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. This Order shall apply only to spirits of the kinds men-
tioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order.
2. A person shall not sell or offer to sell in any part of any
licensed premises any spirit otherwise than by reputed quart
bottle or by imperial measure or by half or quarter or one-fifth
or one-sixth part of a gill, quartern or noggin.
3. — (a) A person shall not sell or offer to sell in any part of
any licensed premises having a public bar any spirit of a kind
mentioned in the first column of the first schedule to this Order
unless spirit of a kind and (where mentioned) of a strength set
opposite to such spirit in the second column of such schedule is
on sale by measure in the public bar of such premises.
(6) Nothing in this clause shall apply in England or
Wales to any sale in premises licensed only for sale for consump-
tion off the premises.
4. On the occasion of a sale by retail in any licensed premises
of any spirit, the maximum price shall -be: —
(a) For sales in a public bar, the price applicable according
to Part I. of the Second Schedule.
(6) For sales elsewhere than in a public bar, the price
applicable according to Part II. of the Second
Schedule.
5. On the occasion of a sale by wholesale to a licensed trader
of any spirit, the maximum price shall be at the price applicable
according to the Third Schedule.
6. — (a) On the occasion of any sale (other than a sale to which
either clause '4 or clause 5 applies) of any spirit, the maximum
price shall be the price applicable according to Part I. (a) and (6)
of the Second Schedule.
(6) The maximum price fixed by this clause shall include
the cost of delivery to the buyer's premises, and where the spirit
is not so delivered a corresponding adjustment representing the
cost of delivery shall be made in the maximum price.
7. On a sale (other than a sale in bond) of any spirit, the
following provisions shall on or after the 1st June, 1918, apply : —
(a) On a sale by bottle —
(i) the strength and category of such spirit; and
(ii) where such sale is in a public bar the maximum
price at which such spirit may be sold in a
public bar under this Order ;
Application
of Order.
Spirits to be
sold in
licensed
premises by
measure.
Restriction
on certain
sales in
licensed
premises.
Maximum
prices on
retail sales
in licensed
premises, j
Maximum
price on
wholesale
sales to a
licensed
trader.
Maximum
prices on
other sales.
Provisions
affect ing
sales.
174
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
Provisions
as to
categories
of spirits
sold in
bottle.
Samples for
analysis.
Certificate
of analyst.
shall be legibly marked on a label attached to the bottle ;
(6) On a sale otherwise than by bottle—
(i) where such sale is in a public bar, the receptacle
or tap from which the spirit is drawn shall
be situated in such a position as to be visible to
the purchaser and shall be legibly marked with
the strength of the spirit at the time rf sale
'and with the maximum price at which such
spirit may be sold in a public bar under this
Order; and
(ii) where such sale is elsewhere than in a public bar,
the strength of the spirit shall be legibly
marked on a label attached to the receptacle
in which such spirit is delivered or from which
such spirit is drawn.
8. The category to which any spirit sold in bottle belongs shall
be determined in accordance with the following provisions: —
(a) Any spirit other than a registered or proprietary
whiskey shall be deemed to belong to category A.
(6) A person who owns any registered or proprietary whiskey
may by registered letter addressed to the Secretary,
Brewing Section, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers,
Westminster, S.W.I, and despatched befoie the 8th
May, 1918, inform the Food Controller of the name of
such whiskey and the price at which such whiskey was
being sold on the 30th November, 1917.
(c) The category to which any registered or proprietary
whiskey belongs shall be determined by notice given
by or under the authority of the Food Controller,
and may in like manner be varied from time to time.
(d) Until otherwise determined by any such notice, regis-
tered or proprietary whiskey shall be deemed to
belong to category D.
9. A person authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller
or a Food Committee to procure for analysis samples of spirit on
sale shall have all the powers of procuring samples conferred by
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, (a) and a person selling spirits
by retail shall on tender of the price for the quantity which he
shall reasonably require for the purpose of analysis sell the same
to him accordingly.
10. In any proceedings in respect of an infringement of this
Order, the production of the certificate of the Principal Chemist
of the Government Laboratories or of an Analyst appointed under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts shall be sufficient evidence of
the facts therein stated unless the defendant require that the
person who made the analysis be called as a witness. The certifi-
cate of the Principal Chemist or of the Analyst shall, so far as
circumstances permit, be in the form required by the Sale of Food
and Drugs Act.
(a) SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. — A Note as to the scope of these Acts
and of the Regulations thereunder is given in Appendix Y (16) (" Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts and Orders,") p. 506 of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual/
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918. 175
11. If in any proceedings against a licensed trader for charging Defence.
a price in excess of any maximum price applicable under this
Order it is proved that an offence has been committed, but the
defendant proves :
(a) that he purchased the spirit in question from a person
who sold it as spirit of a kind or strength which '
justified the price charged by the defendant; and
(b) that he had no reason to believe at the time of sale that
the kind or strength of the spirit was not such as pre-
cluded its being sold at the price charged ; and
(c) that he has given due notice to the prosecutor of his
intention to rely on the provisions of this clause,
the defendant shall be entitled to be discharged from the
prosecution.
12. A person shall not sell or offer to sell any spirit at a price General
exceeding the maximum price applicable under this Order, or in prohibition,
connection with a sale or disposal or proposed sale or disposal of
spirit enter or offer to enter into any artificial transaction or make
or demand any unreasonable charge.
13. In this Order — Interprets -
The expression " Food Committee " means a Food Control
Committee established in pursuance of the Food Control
Committees (Constitution) Order, 19 17, (a) and the Food Com-
mittee appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller. (b)
The expression " Public Bar " means —
(a) where there is only one bar on the licensed premises
such bar, unless the bar is one in which draught
beer is not customarily sold and in which also
draught beer was not customarily sold prior to the
1st April, 1918; and
(b) Where there is more than one bar on the licensed
premises all such bars, except that bar or those
bars, if any, where prior to the 1st April, 1918,
spirit has customarily been sold at a higher price
than the rate charged for the like spirit in some
other bar on such premises ; and
(c) any place where spirit is sold under a retail Off
Licence.
The expression " Sold in bulk " means sold for delivery in
vat, cask or jar.
The expression " Bottle " means a reputed quart bottle.
The expression " Case " means twelve reputed quart
bottles.
The expression " Wholesale dealer " means a person hold-
ing a licence to deal in intoxicating liquors by wholesale.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
176
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
Exception.
Infringe-
ments.
Title and
extent and
commence-
ment of
Order.
The expression " Licensed trader " means any person
holding a licence to deal in intoxicating liquors, whether
by wholesale or by retail.
The expression " British Brandy " means any Brandy
other than imported Brandy derived exclusively from the
grape.
The expression " British Gin " means any Gin other than
imported Gin.
The expressions " Sale by wholesale," " Sale by retail "
in respect of the sale of spirits mean the sale of spirit in such
quantities as are declared to be sale by wholesale or sale by
retail, as the case may be, in any Acts relating to the sale of
intoxicating liquors.
The expresion " Licensed premises " has as respects
England and Wales the same meaning as in the Licensing
(Consolidation) Act, 1910, (a) but shall include clubs, naval
or military canteens and railway restaurant cars, as respects
Scotland the same meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland)
Acts, 1903 to 1913, (b) and as respects Ireland the same mean-
ing as in the Licensing (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1905. (c)
14. Nothing in this Order shall apply to the sale of spirits on
passenger vessels.
15. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
16. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Spirits (Prices and
Description) Order, 1918.
(b) The provisions of this Order relating to such con-
ditions of sale and price as are applicable on a sale of spirit by
retail in licensed premises shall not apply to Ireland.
(c) This Order shall, except where otherwise stated, come
into force on the 1st May, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
22nd April, 1918.
(a) LICENSING (CONSOLIDATION)
lidated the English Licensing Acts.
ACT, 1910.— i.e. 10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5
c. 24, which consolk
(b) LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACTS, 1903 To~1913.— i.ctihe Act of 1903 (3 Edw.
7. c. 25) which consolidated the Scottish Licensing Acts, and the Temperance
(Scotland) Act, 1913, the local option provisions of which are suspended until
June 1st, 1920.
(c) LICENSING (IRELAND) ACTS, 1883 TO 1905.— The Irish Acts have never
been consolidated, and comprise the 12 Acts of 1833 to 1886 as grouped in Sch. 2
of the Short Titles Act, 18y6, together with the Beer Retailers and Spirit Grocers
Retail Licences (Ireland) Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Viet. c. 30) and the Licensing
(Ireland) Act, 1905 (5 Edw. 7. c. 3.)
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
1st Schedule.
COLUMN I. COLUMN II.
Whiskey of categories B, C and Whiskey
D.
Whiskey (other than whiskey of Whiskey of a similar strength.
categories B, C and D).
British Gin. British Gin of a similar strength.
Rum. Rum of a similar strength.
British Brandy. British Brandy of a similar
strength.
177
2nd Schedule.
SALE OF SPIRITS OTHER THAN BY WHOLESALE.
PART I.
In a Public Bar of any Licensed Premises.
COLUMN II.
COLUMN I.
Kind and strength of
spirit.
C Spirit of category A
| Whiskey „ B
(a) sold J
Der bottle ' " ." ' *"
| The like whiskey or other
spirit weaker than 30
[ U.P.
/A\ 1/1 ( Spirit 30 U.P
(0) sold 1 Or. .. , ,,
in bulk i Spirit weaker than 30
(i) Whiskey of categories
B, C and D not weaker
than 35 U.P.
Whiskey of categories B,
C and D weaker than
(c) Sales 35 Q.P.
of less (ii) Spirit (other than
than a whiskey of categories
reputed B,C and D) not weaker
quart. than 35 U.P.
The like spirit weaker
than 35 U.P. but not
weaker than 40 U.P.
The like spirit weaker than
40 U.P.
Maximum Prices at the
rate of
185. per bottle.
8s. 6d. „
9s.
95. 6f „
A price reduced proportion-
ately to the reduced per-
centage of proof spirit.
475'. 6d. per gallon.
A price reduced proportion-
ately to the reduced per-
centage of proof spirit.
25. 6d. per gill, quartern or
noggin.
A price reduced proportion-
ately to the reduced per-
centage of proof spirit.
25. Id. per gill, quartern or
noggin.
15. W^d. per gill, quartern
or noggin.
15. Sd. per gill, quartern or
noggin.
178 Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
PART II.
In any Part of any Licensed Premises other than a Public Bar.
COLUMN I. COLUMN;!!.
Kind and strength of Maximum Price 'at the
spirit. rate of
Sales bv (SPirit 30 U'P 13*- Per bottle.
bottle i Spirit weaker than 30 A price reduced propor-
(. U.P. tionately to the reduced
ga}eg -\ percentage of proof spirit.
otherwise f ^P^r^ ^ U.P. ... ... 45. per gill, quartern or
than bv i noggin,
bottle \ ^P'r^ weaker than 30 A price reduced propor-
U.P. tionately to the reduced
percentage of proof spirit.
Third Schedule.
SALES OF SPIRITS BY WHOLESALE.
PART I.
Spirits sold in bulk.
COLUMN I. m COLUMN II.
Kind of spirit. Maximum price at the rate of
Any spirit ... If sold "in bond," 205. per re-
gauge proof gallon, less a dis-
count of a minimum of 15 per cent,
If sold "duty paid," 375. 6d.
per gallon, 32 U.P., less a dis-
count of a minimum of 45. 6d. per
bulk gallon, or (if of a different
strength) a price increased or
reduced proportionately accord-
ing to the percentage of proof
spirit.
The maximum price in Part I shall be subject to discount only
where the sale is to a person buying for re-sale to a licensed trader.
Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918.
179
PART II.
Spirits sold in bottle.
COLUMN I. COLUMN II.
Kind and strength of spirit.
Whiskey of categories B, C
and D. 30 U.P.
The like whiskey weaker than
30 U.P.
Spirit of category A 30 U.P.
The like spirit weaker than
30 U.P.
Maximum price at the rate of
A sum per case not exceeding by
more than 14s. the gross invoice
charge on a sale of such whiskey
.by the owner on 30th November,
1917, or if no such sale was made
on that date on the nearest pre-
vious date ascertainable, but the
price shall in no case exceed 83s.
per case duty paid.
A price reduced proportionately to
the reduced percentage of proof
spirit.
75s. per case duty paid.
A price reduced proportionately to
the percentage of proof spirit.
The maximum prices in Pa-rt II. are based on such terms and
conditions as regards discounts, allowances, charges for packing
and delivery as were customary between the parties on the
30th November, 1917, or if there were no dealings between the
same parties prior to 30th November, 1917, on such terms and
conditions as were customary in the trade at that date. Terms and
conditions not less favourable to the buyer are to be allowed on any
transaction to which the above prices apply.
180
Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918.
4A. Bribery.
THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ORDER, 1918.
15, 1918.
1918. No. 321.
DATED MARCH
Acceptance
and giving
of bribes.
Interpreta-
tion.
Exception.
Offences.
Title and
Commence-
ment.
in exercise of tlie powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that except
under the Authority of the Food Controller the following
regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. No person engaged in the sale or delivery or distribution
of any article of food shall accept or obtain or agree to accept
or endeavoTir to obtain from any other person for himself or for
any other person any gift or any consideration (other than the
monies properly payable by reason of such sale, delivery or dis-
tribution) as an inducement or reward for selling or delivering
or distributing any article of food to one purchaser or receiver
in priority or in preference to another purchaser or receiver;
and no person shall give or agree to give or offer any such gift
or consideration.
2. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Article
of Food " shall include every article which is used for food or
drink by man or which ordinarily enters into the composition or
preparation of human food and the expression " Consideration "
includes valuable consideration of any kind.
3. This Order shall not apply to any sale, delivery or dis
tribution of an article of food supplied for consumption on the
premises of the seller.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. (a) This Order may be cited as the Prevention of Corrup-
tion Order, 1918.
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 1st April, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
15th March, 1918.
Cold Storage (Restriction) Order, 1918. 181
4». Cold Storage.
Cold Storage (Kestriction) Order, 1918, p. 181.
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918, p. 181.
THE POULTRY AND GAME (COLD STORAGE) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 5, 1918.
[That Order, which is printed in Group 10 (" Meat, Cattle and
Eggs ") (p. 277), restricts the taking of poultry or game out of
cold storage.]
THE COLD STORAGE (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL
27, 1918.
1918. No. 483.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby ordeis that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. It shall be an implied term of every agi cement made on or
after the 1st May, 1918, for the storage in cold store of any
article that such article shall be taken out of cold store within
seven days after notice in that behalf given by the Food
Controller.
2. The Food Controller may at any time by notice under this
Order prohibit the deliveiy of any article or class of article into
cold store or require any article or class of article to be taken out
of cold store and all persons concerned shall comply with the
provisions of any such notice.
3. A person having possession or control of any cold store
whether public or private shall "observe all such directions with
reg'ard to the use thereof as may from time to time be given by
the Food Controller.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Cold Storage (Restriction)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W '. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th April, 1918.
Notice. — Correspondence with respect to this Order should be
addressed to : — The Secretary, Ministry of Food (Cold
Storage Section), County Hall, Westminster Bridge* Road,
S.E.I
182
Food (Conditions on Sale) Order, 1917.
5. Conditions on Sale of Food.
THE FOOD (CONDITIONS OF SALE) ORDER, 1917. DATED MARCH 21,
1917.
1917. No. 261.
Conditions
on sale of
f«od.
Definition.
Penalty.
Title and
commence-
ment of
Order.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows: —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no
person shall in connection with a sale or proposed
sale of any article of food impose or attempt to
impose any condition relating to the purchase of
any other article.
2. For the purposes of this Order, the expression article of
food includes any article used for food by man and
any article which ordinarily enters into the composi-
tion or preparation of human food.
3. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person, in doing anything in con-
travention of this Order, that person is guilty of a
summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, and if such person is a company every
director and officer of the company is also guilty of
a summary offence against those regulations unless
lie proves that the contravention took place without
his knowledge or consent.(&)
4. (a) This Order may be cited as the Food (Conditions of
Sale) Order, 1917.
(h) This Order shall come into force on the 23rd March,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
21st March, 1917.
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OP COMPANY.— Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offences," p. 433 of the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual"), which
was added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order , 1917.
183
6. Dried Fruits.
Currants and Sultanas (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 184.
Dried Fruits (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 186.
Dried Fruits (Eestriction) Order, 1917, p. 183.
General Licence thereunder (Tunis and Egyptian Dates),
p. 116,184.
General Licence thereunder (French Plums), p. 185.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918,;?. 221.
Persian Dates (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 187.
THE DRIED FRUITS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
SEPTEMBER 8, 1917.
1917. No. 940.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as
follows : —
1 . Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person
shall on or after the 8th September, 1917, either on his own
behalf or on behalf of any other person —
(a) Buy, sell or deal in; or
(b) Offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal in;
or
(c) Enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase or other
dealing in
any dried fruits of the varieties mentioned in the Schedule to this
Order outside the United Kingdom whether or not the sale or
purchase or dealing is or is to be effected in the United King-
dom.(a)
Provided that all persons are authorised to buy, sell and deal
in any of the Dried Fruits to which this Order applies on passage
to the United Kingdom at the date of this Order.
2. All persons concerned shall before the 15th September, 1917,
furnish to the Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Grosvenor
House, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.I., a statement showing the
quantities of the Dried Fruits mentioned in the Schedule to this
Order which were purchased but not shipped at the date of this
Order and the quantity thereof sold or unsold.
3. This Order shall not be construed as prohibiting the insur-
ance of any Dried Fruits.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Dried Fruits (Restriction)
Order, 19.1.7.
By Order of the Food Controller.
8th September, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Prohibition
on dealings
in Dried
Fruits
outside the
United
Kingdom.
Returns.
Insurance.
Penalty.
Title.
(a) GENERA.L LICENCES.— See Licence as to Tunis and Egyptian Dates
printed p. 184, and Licence as to French Plums, p. 185.
184 General Licence under Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order, 1917;
Currants and Sultanas (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended.
Schedule.
Yalencias, Muscatels, Sultanas, and all other varieties of
Raisins.
Dates.
Dried Currants.
,, Figs.
,, Prunes and Plums.
,, Peaches and Nectarines.
,, Apricots.
Pears.
Apples.
GENERAL LICENCE DATED OCTOBER 10, 1917, UNDER THE DRIED
FRUITS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917(a) AS TO DATES.
1917. No. 1032.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons until further
notice, to buy, sell and deal in Tunis and Egyptian Dates outside
the United Kingdom.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th October, 1917.
THE CURRANTS AND SULTANAS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917, DATED
OCTOBER 13, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE APPOINTMENT OF
ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918. (b) DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 1053 as amended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2r and 2a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby orders that except under the authority of the Food
Controller the following regulations shall be observed by all
persons concerned : —
1. All persons owning or having power to sell or dispose of any
currants or sultanas which at the date of this Order are afloat
and shipped to the United Kingdom shall place and hold such
currants and sultanas at the disposal of the Food Controller.
(a) DRIED FRUITS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 183.
(b) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS' ORDER, 1918.— This Order substituted
a new clause for Clause 3.
General Licence under Dried Fruits (Restriction) Order, 1917, 186
as to Plums.
2. The Food Controller will subsequently communicate to the
persons from whom the currants and sultanas are requisitioned
under this Order the prices which he will be prepared to pay for
the same.
3. The Arbitrator to determine in default of Agreement the
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session in
Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland. (a)
4. All persons concerned shall before the 20th October, 1917,
furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Grosvenor House,
W.I, a return showing: —
(i) Currants and Sultanas afloat;
(ii) Quantity sold and unsold in each case;
and shall also furnish such other particulars relating thereto as
may from time to time be required.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Curranta and Sultanas
(Requisition) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food .
13th October, 1917.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED NOVEMBER 28, 1917, UNDER THE DRIED
FRUITS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917, (b) AS TO FRENCH PLUMS.
1917. No. 1220.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons until further
notice, to buy, sell and deal in Plums grown in France and
packed in tins or bottles outside the United Kingdom.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th November, 1917.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 3. — This clause was inserted in its present form
by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 294).
(b) DRIED FRUITS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 183.
186
Dried Fruits (Distribution) Order, 1918.
THE DRIED FRUITS (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER,
MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. DATED
Interpreta-
tion.
Form of
application
may be
prescribed
Completion
of forms.
Records.
False
statements.
1918. No. 355.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : — "
1. For the purpose of this Order, Dried Fruits shall mean all
Dried Fruits which may be or may have been after the 23rd
March, 1918, sold by wholesale on account of the Food Controller
in whatever hands such Dried Fruits may be.
2. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe
forms of application and other documents to be used for the
purpose of obtaining or for any other purpose connected with
Dried Fruits. Any such form or document may contain direc-
tions to be observed as to the completion of the form or any
other matter.
(b) The Food Controller may from time to time issue direc-
tions relating to the distribution, treatment, sale, disposal or use
of any Dried Fruits, or as to the price and terms upon which
Dried Fruits may be sold or otherwise disposed of
3. All persons concerned shall in the completion of such form
or document and in the distribution, treatment, sale, disposal
and use of any Dried Fruits comply with the instructions and
directions relative thereto for the time being in force.
4. A person dealing in Dried Fruits shall keep or cause to
be kept at some convenient place such records as to the Dried
Fruits dealt in and such other matters as the Food Controller may
from time to time prescribe together with all relevant documents
and accounts and shall comply with any directions given by or
under the authority of the Food Controller as to the form and
contents of such records, and shall make such returns and furnish
such particulars relating to his dealings in Dried Fruits as the
Food Controller may from time to time require, and shall permit
any person authorised by the Food Controller to inspect the
records to be kept under this clause and all relevant books, docu-
ments and accounts.
5. A person shall not: —
(a) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false
or misleading statement in any application or other
document prescribed pursuant to this Order, or used
for the purpose of obtaining or for any other purpose
connected with Dried Fruits;
(&) forge, alter or tamper with any such application or
other document;
(c) personate or falsely represent himself to be a person
to whom any such application or other document
applies ;
Persian Dates (Retail Prices) Order, 1918. 1*7
(d) obtain Dried Fruits where any statement made on the
relative application is false in any material particular
or deliver Dried Fruits under any such application
where he has reason to believe that any statement in
such application is false in any material particular.
6. Any form of application or other document purporting to Prescribed
be prescribed or any direction purporting to be given pursuant form and
to this Order or headed Dried Fruits (Distribution) Order, 1918, documents,
shall unless the contrary be proved be deemed to be prescribed
or given pursuant to this Order.
7. Infringments of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. This Order may be cited as the Dried Fruits (Distribution) Title.
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
*
23rd March, 1918.
THE PERSIAN DATES (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. No. '356.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. The maximum price on the occasion of any retail sale of Retail Price.
Persian Dates shall be at the rate of 6d. per Ib.
2. Where the purchaser on the occasion of a retail sale requires Delivery,
Persian Dates to be delivered to his premises an additional charge packages and
may be made for such delivery not exceeding \d. per Ib. or any credit,
sum actually paid by the seller for carriage. No charge may be
made for packing or for packages or for giving credit.
3. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or know- Offers, &c
ingly buy or agree to buy any Persian Dates at a price exceeding
the price applicable under this Order, or in connection with the
sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any Persian
Dates enter or offer to enter into any artificial or fictitious trans-
action or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
188 Persian Dates (Retail Prices} Order, 1918.
Infringe- 4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
ments. tte Defence of the Eealm Eegulations.
Title. 5. This Order may be cited as the Persian Dates (Retail Prices)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
£3rd March, 1918.
THE IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 8A (" Importers'
Returns") (p. 221), requires returns to be made of imported
canned and dried fruits.]
Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917, as amended. 189
7. Fish (a).
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918, p. 208.
Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, p. 205.
Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1917,;?. 194.
Freshwater Fish Order, 1918, p. 216.
Freshwater Fish (England and Wales) Order, 1918, p. 202.
Freshwater Fish Order, No. 1, p. 203.
Freshwater Fish Order, No. 2, p. 203.
Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 189.
Table of Local Orders thereunder, p. 190.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 216.
Pickled Herring (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 195.
Pickled Herrings Order, 1917, p. 199.
Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 215.
Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917, p. 192.
Sea Fishing Order, No. 3, p. 193.
Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917, p. 201.
Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 196.
Order thereunder, p. 198.
THE FRESHWATER FISH (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, DATED APRIL 25,
1917, AS AMENDED BY THE FRESHWATER FlSH (IRELAND)
ORDER, 1917, AMENDMENT ORDER, 1918, (b) DATED FEBRUARY
26, 1918.
1917 No. 387 as amended by 1918 No. 226.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller orders as follows: —
1. The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction Taking of
for Ir eland (c) may by Order authorize — Freshwater
(a) the use of any methods or appliances for the purpose of j
taking freshwater fish the use of which would other-
wise be unlawful ;
(b) the use of any methods and appliances for the purpose
aforesaid at times and places and in circumstances at
and in which the use of such methods and appliances
would otherwise be unlawful ; and
(c) the possession sale and purchase of any freshwater fish
at times at which the possession sale and purchase
thereof would otherwise be unlawful ;
(a) COLD STORAGE AND CARRIAGE OP FROZEN FISH. — As to taking of
articles out of, and into, cold store, see the Cold Storage (Restriction) Order,
1918, p. 181. As to carriage of frozen fish, see Orders in Council referred to in
footnote (b), to list of Meat and Cattle Orders, p. 252.
(b) FRESHWATER FISH (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, AMENDMENT ORDER, 1918.
— This Order amended the definition of "freshwater fish" in Clause 3.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR
IRELAND. — As to the constitution of this Department, see Editorial Note at the
commencement of Part VII (" Powers and Orders of the Department of Agri-
culture and Technical Instruction for Ireland "), p. 379 of the " Food (Supply
.and Production) Manual."
190
Local Orders under Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917.
Revocation
and
variation.
Interpre-
tation.
Extent and
Title of
Order.
Any such Order may be made so as to apply to inland waters
generally or to any rivers or lakes, or parts thereof specified in
such Order or so as to apply generally to all persons or to any
particular person or class of persons named or described in the
Order, and may contain such qualifications conditions and
restrictions as appear to the Department to be necessary or
proper, (a)
2. Any Order of the Department may be revoked or varied as
occasion requires.
(b)3. For the purposes of this Order the expression " fresh-
water fish " shall mean fish, other than salmon or sea trout, which
live wholly or partly in fresh water.
4. — (a) This Order shall extend only to Ireland.
(&) This Order may be cited as the Freshwater Fish (Ireland)
Order 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
25th April, 1917.
TABLE OF LOCAL ORDERS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND UNDER THE
FRESHWATER FISH (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917, AND THE SEA
FISHING (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917.
District.
Subject of Order.
Date and No.
of Order.
Whether
expired.
No. 3
or Waterford
Netting fish (other than salmon, trout
and eels) in Barrow River.
July 17, 1917,
No. 18.
District.
»
Netting Jish (other than salmon, trout and
July 23, 1917,
Expired,
eels) in Black River.
No. 21.
Oct. 1, 1917.
Not specified
Netting of fish (other than salmon,
April 30, 1918,
trout and eels) in. part of Black River.
No. 34.
No. 4
Trapping eels in Mr. Oliver's Mill Pond
May 31, 1917,
or Lismore
Buttevant.
No. 8.
District.
.
>»
Netting brown trout, pike, perch, bream,
June 6, 1917,
dace, rudd, roach, mullet, bass and
No. 11. i
shad.
»
Use of nets, &c., for capture of eels at
July 31, 191 7,
eel-weirs.
No. 24.
No. 5
or Cork District
Netting grey mullet and shad in Bandon
River.
May 29, 1917,
No. 5.
Extended by
Order No. 25,
f Bandon Division)
which expired
Sept. 30,1917.
51
Netting grey mullet and shad in Bandon
July 31, 1917,
Expired,
River.
.No. 25.
Sept. 30, 1917..
>5
Netting grey mullet and shad in Ban-
April 9, 1918,
don River.
No. S. 6.
(a) ORDERS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT. — Under this power the Department
have (April 30, 1918) made 34 Orders, and under this power and that of the Sea^
Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917 (p. 196), 4 further Orders. A table showing
the subjects of these 38 Orders (all of which except No. 33— the last in the
Table — are confined to certain specified waters) and which of them are still in
force will be found at the end of this Order.
(b) AMENDMENTS OF CLAUSE 3.— The clause is here printed as amended by
the Amendment Order of February, 1918, which directed the omission of " pollen 'r
from the definition of " freshwater fish."
Local Orders under Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order, 1917.
191
District. Subject of Order.
Date and No.
of Order.
Whether
expired.
No. 6»
Netting mullet, bass or shad in tidal
June 28, 1917,
Expired,
••r Bantry District.
No. 8
or Limerick
portion of River Snave or Coomhala.
Cross-line Jishing in Lough Derg
No. 16.
May 5, 1917,
No.l.
Sept. 15, 1917.
Expired,
June 10, 1917.
Digtrict.
>?
Netting pike, perch, bream, and rudd
May 15, 1917,
in Lough Derg.
No. 2.
5>
Netting pike, perch, bream, rudd, or
May 21, 1917,
roach.in Lough Key.
No. 3.
»
Netting pike in River Maigue
May 23, 1917,
No. 4.
5)
Netting pike, perch, bream, rudd, or
roach in Lough Gara.
May 31, 1917,
No. 6.
>J
Netting pike, perch, bream, rudd, or
May 31, 1917,
roach in Loughs Owel and Enncl.
No. 9.
JJ
Netting and trapping pike, perch,
bream, rudd, and roach in Lough
June 6, 1917,
No. 12.
Derravaragh.
jj
Use of "Otter" and nets for taking
June 20, 1917,
fish (other than salinon, trout, char,
No. 14.
No. 9'
•or Galway District.
or pollen) on Knock Drin Estate.
Cross-line Jishing in Loughs Mask,
Carra, Nafooey, and Tributary
May 31, 1917,
No. 7.
Rev. by Order
No. 31,
Rivers.
Use of " Otters " on certain Lakes
June 5, 1917,
No. 10.
•j
Netting and trapping pike, perch,
June 9, 1917,
bream, rudd, and roach in Lough
No. 13.
Corrib.
»
Netting mullet, bass, or shad on the sea
July 20, 1917,
Rev. by Order
coast.
No. 20.
No. S. 3.
M
Netting mullet, bass, or shad on the sea
Oct. 18, 1917,
coast.
No. S. 3.
Netting mullet, bass, or shad on the sea
July 27, 1917,
Rev. by Order
coast.
No. 23.
No. S. 4.
1?
Netting mullet, bass, or shad on the sea
Oct. 18. 1917,
coast.
No. 8, 4.
?>
Capture of eels at eel-weirs, etc.
Aug. 20, 1917,
No. 27.
Am. by Order
No. 29.
»
Capture of eels at eel- weirs, etc.
Sept. 17, 1917.
No. 29.
No. 92
Netting mullet on sea coast in certain
June 28, 1917,
Ret?, by Order
or Connemara
areas.
No. 15.
No. S. 2.
District.
»
Netting mullet on sea coast in certain
Oct. 18, 1917,
areas.
No. S. 2.
?>
Capture of eels at eel-weirs
Aug. 9, 1917,
No 9fi
No. 101
or Ballynakill
Taking eels by fixed engine in outlet of
lake in demesne of Wesport House.
A O. - ' >.
July 20, 1917,
No. 19.
District.
No. 12
Netting pike, perch, bream, rudd or
Sept. 6, 1917,
•«r Sligo District.
roach in Loughs Gill, Corrigeencor
No. 28.
No. 171
and Belhavel and Templehuuse Lake.
Netting eels in Gap of Ballmacrad
July 27, 1917,
or Drogheda
Salmon Weir next to left bank of
No. 22.
District.
River Boyne.
No. 172
Netting pike, perch, bream, dace, rudd
June 30,1917,
or Dundalk
or roach in Quoile River.
No. 17.
District.
Not specified
Netting pike, perch, bream, roach or
rudd in limited area of Upper Lough
Erne and Lower Lough Erne.
Oct. 22, 1917,
No. 30.
Rev. by Order
No. 32.
'»
Netting of pike, perch, bream, roach or
rudd, pollen or char in Jimited area
Mar. 5, 1918,
No. 32.
of Upper Lough Erne and Lower
Lough Erne.
»5
Netting, &c., of pike, perch, bream, rudd
April 26 ? 19 18
or roach, carp, tench, char, and pollen
No. 33.
by persons authorised by Depart-
ment, under licence of Woods and
Forests or permission of fishery owner
192
bea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917.
Taking of
Fish within
Tidal and
Territorial
Waters of
England
and Wales.
THE SEA FISHING (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED JULY 30, 1917.(a)
1917. No. 768.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controler orders as follows: —
1. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries(b) may by Order
authorise: —
(a) the use in tidal or territorial waters, for the purpose of
taking sea fish, of any method or appliance the use of
which would otherwise be unlawful;
(6) the use in tidal or territorial waters for the purpose afore-
said of any method or appliance at times and places
and in circu instances at and in which the use of such
methods or appliance would otherwise be unlawful ; and
(c) the fishing for or removal of sea fish in tidal or territorial
waters, or the possession, sale, exposure or consign-
ment for sale or purchase of any sea fish, at times
otherwise unlawful.
Any such Order may be made so as to apply to tidal or to
territorial waters generally, or to the parts thereof specified in
such Order, or so as to apply generally 10 all persons or to any
particular person or class of persons named or described in the
Order, or to sea fish generally or to any particular kind of sea fish,
and may contain such qualifications, conditions and restrictions
as appear to the Board to be necessary and proper.
Provided that no such order shall authorise, without the consent
of the Board of Trade first being obtained, any fixed net, stake net
or other erection to be placed or used on tidal lands, or authorise
any such erection to be placed or used on the foreshore under the
control of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests(c) without
the consent of those Commissioners first being obtained. (d)
(a) CORRESPONDING ORDERS FOR SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. — The Sea Fishing
(Scotland) Order, 1917 (p. 201), makes similar provisions as to the waters adjoin-
ing Scotland, and the Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917 (p. 196), makes similar
provision as to the waters adjoining Ireland.
(b) BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. — As to the constitution of
this Board see Editorial Note at the commencement of Part V (" Powers and
Orders of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries "), p. 257, of the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
(c) COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS. — i.e., " The Commissioners of
H.M.'s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues" see, s. 12 (12) of Interp. Act, 1889
(52 & 53 Yict. c. 63). For the enactments relating to those Commissioners, see
the heading " Woods, Commissioners of " in the " Index to the Statutes in Force "
(1916 Edit.)
(d) ORDERS MADE BY THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. —
Under the Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917, the Board have (April 30,
1918) made three "Sea Fishing Orders" : of these No. 1, dated Oct. 24, 1917, relates
to fishing in Cardigan Bay, and No. 2, dated Oct. 30, 1917, to fishing in Start Bay
and being of a local character are omitted from this Manual. Order No. 3 which
is of a general character is printed at the end of this Order.
Order varying Close Season for Oysters.
193
2. In this Order the words and expressions hereinafter men-
tioned shall have respectively the meaning1 hereby assigned to
them, that is to say: —
" Sea Fish " means fish of all kinds(a) found in the sea, in-
cluding Crustacea and shell fish.
' Tidal Waters " means the sea and every creek, channel,
hay, estuary and river as far up the same as the tide
flows.
' Territorial Waters " means any part of the sea adjoining
the coast of England and Wales within which His
Majesty's subjects have by International Law the
exclusive right of fishing. (b)
3. Any Order of the Board may be revoked or varied, as Revocation
occasion requires. ?°d.
Variation.
4. (a) This Order shall, except as otherwise expressly stated. Extent and
extend only to England and Wales. Title of
(6) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (England and Order'
Wales) Order. 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
30th July, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
SEA FISHING ORDER No. 3, DATED APRIL 12, 1918, MADE BY THE
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES UNDER THE SEA
FISHING (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917, VARYING CLOSE
SEASON FOR OYSTERS.
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue of the power
conferred upon them by the Sea Fishing (England and Wales)
Order, 1917, (c) made b'y the Food Controller on the 30th July,
1917, under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, do hereby
Order as follows : —
(1) Any person entitled to fish for, take, or remove oysters
from any oyster bank or bed, in the tidal or territorial
waters of England and Wales, may fish for, take or
(a) SALMON, &c. — Salmon, sea trout, &c., are excluded from the corresponding
Scottish Order (p. 201). In Ireland they are provided for as regards. 1917 by the
Fisheries (Ireland) Order, p. 194, but are excluded from the Irish " Freshwater "
(p. 189) and Irish " Sea Fishing " (p. 196) Orders.
(b) EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF FISHING WITHIN TERRITORIAL WATERS.— Yarious
International Conventions make provision for the exclusive right of fishery
within 3 miles from low-water mark : e.g., Art. II. of the North Sea Fisheries
Convention of May 6th, 1882, which is scheduled to the Sea Fisheries Act, 1883
(46 & 47 Yicr. c. 22), and was brought into operation May 15, 1884 (sfe Board
of Trade Notice, dated March 26, 1884 St. R. & O., Revised (1904), vol. 8 " Mer-
chant Shipping," p. 133), and Art. II of the Regulations of May 24, 1843, as to
fishing in the seas lying between the coasts of England and France which are
scheduled to the Sea Fisheries Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Viet. c. 79). The Convention
between Great Britain and France of Nov. llth, 1867, which is scheduled to the
Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Viet. c. 45) has never (Jan. 31, 1918) been
brought into operation (see Board of Trade Notice, Feb. 6, 1869, St. R. & 0.
Revised (1904), vol. 8 "Merchant Shipping," p. 132, and s. 30 of the 1882 Act).
(c) SEA FISHING (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 192.
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194 Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1917.
remove oysters therefrom at any time not later than
the 13th day of June in any year while this Order is in
operation, at which the fishing, taking, or removal
would, but for this Order, be illegal.
(2) The sale, exposure for sale, consignment for sale or pur-
chase in England and Wales of oysters during the
period commencing on the 14th day of May and
terminating on the 14th day of June in any year while
this Order is in operation is hereby authorised.
(3) This Order shall not be deemed to authorise —
(a) the taking or removal of any oysters of such a
size or condition that the taking or removal
thereof is illegal, or
(6) fishing in any area in contravention of any
Order made by the Naval or Military Autho-
rities; or
(c) fishing by any person without a licence where a
licence is by law required.
Sealed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries this 12th day
of April, 1918.
Henry G. Maurice,
An Assistant "Secretary to the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Taking of
salmon and
sea trout in
Ireland.
THE FISHERIES (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917. DATED JULY 30, 1917.
1917. No. 769.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. — (a) The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc-
tion for Ireland(a) may by Order authorise the taking in Ireland
of salmon and sea trout by engines other than single rod and
line until such date in the year 1917 as the Department shall
think fit.
(b) Any such Order may be made so as to apply to tidal or
inland waters generally or to any rivers or lakes or districts or
parts of districts specified in such Order, and may contain such
qualifications, conditions and restrictions as appear to the
Department to be necessary or proper. (b)
(c) Any such Order may be revoked or varied as occasion
requires.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR
IRELAND. — As to the constitution of this Department see Editorial Note at the
commencement of Part VII (" Powers and Orders of the Department of Agri-
culture and Technical Instruction for Ireland"), p. 379 of the " Food (Supply
and Production) Manual."
(b) ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. — Under Clause 1 of this Order the
Department made 7 Orders extending the annual season for netting of salmon
and sea trout in certain waters. All these Orders had by September 30th, 1917,
expired.
Pickled Herring (Returns) Order, 1917.
195
2. — (a) From and after the date of this Order, Section 24 of Time.
the Act 26 and 27 Victoria, chapter 114, shall take effect in all
Fishery Districts in Ireland as if the words " the hours of
9.25 o'clock in the evening " were substituted for the words
" the hours of 8 o'clock in the evening " contained in such
section.
(b) This provision shall remain in force until and including
the last day on which in each Fishery District in the year 1917
it shall be lawful to take salmon by means of nets.(&>)
3. This Order may be cited as the Fisheries (Ireland) Order, Title.
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
30th July, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
THE PICKLED HERRING (EETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED JULY
31, 1917.
1917. No. 770.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation
2a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders as follows : —
1. Every person owning or having power to sell or dispose of
any pickled herrings of the kinds mentioned in the Schedules
which were cured on or after the 1st May, 1917, shall on or
before the 14th day of each month, beginning with the month
of August, 1917, furnish to the Food Controller a return
giving—
(a) particulars of all such herrings in his possession or under
his control on the last clay of the month immediately
preceding that in which the return falls to be made;
(b) particulars of all such herrings sold or disposed of by
him during that month; and
(c) such other particulars as may be required to complete
the prescribed form of return. (b)
2. The returns shall be made on forms prescribed by the Food
Controller and to be obtained from and when completed to be
returned to the Secretary, Cured Fish Committee, Grosvenor
House, London, W.I.
3. A person who does not own or have power to sell or dispose
of more than 25 barrels of such herrings at the end of any month
shall not be required to make a return in respect of that month.
required.
Forms.
Exceptions.
(a) EXPIRATION OF ARTICLE 2 OF ORDER. — The result of this piovision is
that Article 2 which is printed in italics expired on September 30th, 1917. See ,
now the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 215 hereof.
(b) DEALINGS IN PICKLED HERRINGS.— See the Pickled Herrings Order
p. 199), which prescribes maximum prices and regulates certain dealings.
5022 G 2
196
Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917.
Penalties.
Title,
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Pickled Herring (Returns)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st July, 1917.
Schedule.
CLASSES OF PICKLED HERRINGS,
Large Fulls
Fulls
Mat Fulls ..
Medium Fulls
Matties
Large Spents
Spents
Tornbellies
Gutted and Ungutted.
Gutted only.
Taking of
fish within
Tidal and
Territorial
Waters of
Ireland.
THE SEA FISHING (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917. DATED AUGUST 31,
1917.
1917. No. 915.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
for Ireland(a) may by Order authorise : —
(a) the use in tidal or territorial waters, for the purpose of
taking sea fish, of any method or appliance the use of
which would otherwise be unlawful;
(6) the use in tidal or territorial waters for the purpose afore-
said of any method 'or appliance at times and places
and in circumstances at and in which the use of such
methods or appliance would otherwise be unlawful;
and
(a) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR
IRELAND. — As to the constitution of this Department, see Editorial Note at
the commencement of Part VII (" Powers and Orders of the Department of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland "), p. 379 of the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917. 197
(c) the fishing for or removal of sea fish in tidal or territorial
waters, or the possession, sale, exposure or consign-
men for sale or purchase of any sea fish, at times other-
wise unlawful.
Any such Order may be made so as to apply to tidal or to
territorial waters generally, or to the parts thereof specified in
such Order, or so as to apply generally to all persons or to any
particular person or class of persons named or described in the
Order, or to sea fish generally or to any particular kind of sea
fish, and may contain such qualifications, conditions and restric-
tions as may appear to the Department to be necessary and proper.
Provided that no such Order shall authorise, without the consent
of the Board of Trade first being obtained, any fixed net stake net
or other erection to be placed or used on tidal lands, or authorise
any such erection to be placed or used on the foreshore under
the control of the Commissioner of His Majesty's Woods, Forests
and Land Revenues in charge of the Land Revenues and Here-
ditary possessions of the Crown in Ireland without the consent
of that Commissioner first being obtained. (a) (b) (c)
2. In this Order the words and expressions hereinafter men- Interpre-
tioned shall have respectively the meaning hereby assigned to tation.
them, that is to say : —
" Sea Fish " means fish of all kinds (except salmon and
sea trout) found in the sea, including Crustacea and
shell fish.
" Tidal Waters " means the sea and every creek, channel,
bay, estuary and river as far up the same as the tide
flows.
' Territorial Waters " means any part of the sea adjoining
the coast of Ireland within which His Majesty's subjects
have by International Law the exclusive right of
fishing, (d)
(a) ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. — The General Order of September 18,
1917, No. S. 1, made by the Department under the Sea Fishing (Ireland Order)
as to Drift Net Fishing for Herring, is printed at the end of this Order. The
Department under the powers of this Order made Oct. 25th, 1917, an Order (No.
S. 5) as to escallop fisheries off the coast of Galway which is now (April 30, 1918)
spent, and an Order (No. S. 6) authorising Mr. F. O. Stenning and his employees
to use drift nets for grey mullet, shad, and bass in the seaward part of the river
Bandon. The Department has also under the powers of this Order and of the
Freshwater Fish (Ireland) Order (p. 189) made (April 30, 1918) 3 further Orders
(Nos. S. 2, S. 3, and S. 4) purely of a local character which are specified in the
Table at the end of the last named Order, p. 190.
(b) COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS. See footnote (c) to Sea
Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917 (p. 192).
(c) CORRESPONDING ORDER FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND. —
The Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917 (p. 192), makes similar pro-
visions as to the territorial waters of England and Wales, and the Sea Fishing
(Scotland) Order, 1917 (p. 201), makes similar provision for Scottish waters.
(d) EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF FISHING WITHIN TERRITORIAL WATERS. —
Various International Conventions, of which instances are given in footnote (b)
to the Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order (p. 193), make provision for the
exclusive right of fishery within three miles from low water mark.
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Revocation
and
Variation.
Extent and
Title of
Order.
Order as to Drift Net Fishing for Herrings in Ireland.
3. Any Order of the Department may be revoked or varied, as
occasion requires.
4. — (a) This Order shall, except as otherwise expressly stated,
extend only to Ireland.
(6) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Ireland) Order,
1917.
Bv Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st August, 1917.
ORDER (No. S.I) DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1917, MADE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION
FOR IRELAND UNDER THE SEA FISHING (IRELAND) ORDER,
19 17, (a) AS TO DRIFT NET FISHING FOR HERRINGS.
1917. No. 999.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Sea
Fishing (Ireland) Order, 1917, (a) made by the Food Controller on
the 31st August, 1917, the Department of Agriculture and
Technical Instruction for Ireland do hereby suspend, during the
months of January, February, March, October, November and
December in each year, the operation of Section 7 of the Fisheries
(Ireland) Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Victoria, Chapter 106) in so far as
concerns the use between sunrise and sunset of drift nets for
the capture of herrings in tidal and territorial waters off the
coast of Ireland.
In Witness whereof the Department of Agriculture and
Technical Instruction for Ireland have hereunto set their
Official Seal this Eighteenth day of September, One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventeen.
(L.S.)
H. G. Smith,
On behalf of the Secretary.
(a) SEA FISHING (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed, p. 196.
As to other Orders made by the Department under the Food Controller's Order
see footnote (a) p. 197 to that Order.
Pickled Herrings Order, 1917. 199
THE PICKLED HERRINGS ORDER, 1917. DATED SEPTEMBER 20,
1917.(a)(b)
1917. No. 964.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person on any occasion to which this Order applies shall Maximum
directly or indirectly sell or offer for sale or buy or offer to buy P£ices *° be
any pickled herrings at prices exceeding the maximum price °
applicable under this Order.
2. — (a) On the occasion of a sale by or on behalf of a fish curer Price on
to a wholesale dealer the maximum price shall be in accordance sale bv
with the rates specified in the Schedule to this Order.
(b) On the occasion1 of any other sale except a sale by a retail Price on
fishmonger or other retail dealer selling in the usual course of his otner sales .
retail trade the maximum price shall be in accordance with the exoeP* r€
rates specified in the same Schedule with an addition thereto at
the rate of ten per cent.
(c) The maximum prices hereby prescribed include the cost of Basis of
the barrels or other containers and the cost of packing and price-
packages and the cost of delivery at the purchaser's option either
at the railway station or alongside ship at the place or port at
which the herrings are lying when sold. If any further cost of
transport is borne by the seller including the cost of marine
insurance (if any) such further cost may be added to the price.
3. No pickled herrings shall be packed or sold or offered for Authorised
sale by or on behalf of a fish curer or wholesale dealer in selections selections
other than those mentioned in the said Schedule. The selection
known as Large Matjes shall not be less than ten and a quarter
inches in length. The selection known as Medium Matjes shall be
not less than nine and a quarter inches in length and any other
selections for which a minimum length is for the time being
prescribed by the current regulations for the time being of the
Fishery Board for Scotland shall be not less than the length so
prescribed, (c)
(a) RETURNS OF PICKLED HERRINGS. — The Pickled Herrings Order was
preceded by the Pickled Herring (Returns) Order (p. 195) requiring monthly
Returns as to certain kinds of pickled herrings.
(b) CANNED FISH. — The Food Controller is not prepared, save in very
exceptional circumstances, to recommend the issue of licences for the exportation
of canned fish. Importers are, therefore, warned not to import grades of canned
fish that are unsuitable for home markets. (Notice appearing in the Press, Sept. 0,
1917.)
(c) REGULATIONS OF THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND. — This Board
was established by the Fishery Board (Scotland) Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Yict.,
c. 78), which transferred to that Board the powers and duties of the previous
Board of British White Herring Fishery. The Regulations, dated April 15,
1913, made by the Board as to construction and capacity of barrels and half-
barrels filled or intended to be filled with Cured White Herrings ; and quality,
cure, packing, &c., of White Herrings intended for the official crown brand are
printed as St. R. & 0., 1914, No. 683.
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200
Fielded Herrings Order, 1917.
Offen and
Conditions.
Export sale
excluded.
Definition.
Penalty.
Title.
4. No person shall in connection with a sale or proposed sale
of pickled herrings to which this Order applies enter or offer to
enter into a fictitious or artificial transaction or make or propose
any unreasonable charge.
5. This Order does not apply to sales for immediate export
where such export is authorised.
6. For the purpose of this Order: —
11 Fish Curer " shall mean the person who cured or pickled
the herrings the subject of the sale.
" Pickled Herrings " shall not include kippers or bloaters
taken out of pickle within three days.
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. This Order may be cited as the Pickled Herrings Order,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th September, 1917.
Schedule above referred to.
1. Gutted Herrings.
Large Fulls ...
Fulls
Mat Fulls
Medium Fulls...
Matties
Large Spents ...
Spents ...
Tornbellies
Large Matjes ...
Medium Matjes
505. per whole barrel and 26s. 6d. per half barrel
50s.
47*.
475.
445.
405.
405.
285.
505.
455.
265.
255. Od.
255. Qd.
23s. 6d.
21s. 6d.
21s. Qd.
155. U.
265. 6d.
245. Od.
2. Un gutted Herrings.
Hand packed, direct into barrels 42s. per barrel, 22s. Qd. per
half barrel.
Hand packed into barrels ex vats or tanks 42s. per barrel,
22s. Qd. per half barrel.
The above prices apply when the sale is a sale of barrels or half
barrels. When the goods are sold in packages containing less
than a half barrel the rate per package shall be in proportion
(according to contents) to the rate per whole barrel plus twenty
per cent.,
If the goods are packed otherwise than as above the price shall
be based upon and proportionate to the price per whole barrel.
Sea Fishing (Scotland) Order, 1917.
THE SEA FISHING (SCOTLAND) ORDER, 1917. DATED OCTOBER 10,
1917.
1917. No. 1033.
201
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller Orders as follows: —
1. The Fishery Board for Scotland(a) with the consent of the Taking of
Secretary for Scotland may by Order authorise : — fish within
(a) the use for the purpose of taking sea fish in the parts the parts of
of the sea adjoining Scotland whether within or **£ s.ea:
beyond the territorial waters of any method or appli- Scotland
ance the use of which would otherwise be unlawful ;
(b) the use in such parts of the sea for the purpose aforesaid
of any method or appliance at times and places and
in circumstances at and in which the use of such
methods or appliances would otherwise be unlawful ;
(c) the landing and sale in Scotland of any fish which it
would otherwise be unlawful to land or sell in Scot-
land ; and
(d) the fishing for or removal of sea fish in such parts of
the sea or the possession, sale, exposure or consign-
ment for sale or purchase of any sea fish, at times
otherwise unlawful.
Any such Order may be made so as to apply generally to all
parts of the sea adjoining Scotland or to any such parts specified
in such Order, or so as to apply generally to all persons or to
any particular person or class of persons named and described in
this Order, or to sea fish generally or to any particular kind of
sea fish, and may contain such qualifications, conditions and
restrictions as appear to the Board to be necessary and
proper. (b)(o)
2. In this Order the expression " sea fish " has the same
meaning as in the Sea Fisheries . Regulation (Scotland) Act,
1895. (d)
3. Any Order of the Board may be revoked or varied as Revocation
occasion requires. and
Variation.
(a) FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND.— As to the constitution of this Board
see footnote (c) to Pickled Herrings Order 1917, p. 199.
(b) ORDERS OF THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND.— The only Order which
has (April 30, 1918) been made by the Board under the Sea Fishing (Scotland)
Order, 1917, was Order No. 1, dated March 1, 1918, which applied only to a
limited stretch of coast and expired April 13th, 1918.
(c) CORRESPONDING ORDERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND IRELAND.—
The Sea Fishing (England and Wales) Order, 1917 (p. 192) makes similar
provisions as to the territorial waters of England and Wales, and the Sea
Fishing (Ireland) Order, l'.»17 (p. 196) makes similar provision for Irish waters.
(d) SEA FISHERIES REGULATION (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1895 (58 & 59 VICT.
c. 42).— See s. 28 of that Act, which provides that "sea fish" shall not include
salmon, sea trout or other migratory fish of the salmon kind.
202
Freshwater Fish (England and Wales} Order, 1918.
Order.
Extent and 4. (a) This Order shall, except as otherwise expressly stated,
Title oil extend only to Scotland.
' (b) This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Scotland)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
10th October, 1917. Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Taking of
freshwater
fish in
England and
Wales.
Revocation
and
variation.
Interpreta-
tion.
Extent and
Title of
Order.
THE FRESHWATER FISH (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 14, 1918.
1918. No. 316.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries may by Order
authorise
(a) the use of any methods or appliances for the purpose of
taking freshwater fish, the use of which would other-
wise be unlawful;
(b) the use of any methods and appliances for the purpose
aforesaid at times and places and in circumstances
at and in which the use of such methods and
appliances would otherwise be unlawful; and
(c) the possession sale and purchase of any freshwater fish
at times at which the possession sale and purchase
thereof would otherwise be unlawful.
Any such Order may be made so as to apply to inland waters
generally or to any rivers or lakes or parts thereof specified in
such Order or so as to apply generally to all persons or to any
particular person or class of persons named or described in the
Order, and may contain such qualifications, conditions and
restrictions as appear to the Board to be necessary or proper.
2. Any Order of the Board may be revoked or varied by the
Board as occasion requires. (a)
3. For the purposes of this Order the expression " freshwater
fish " shall mean fish, which live wholly or partly in fresh water.
4. (a) This Order shall extend only to England and Wales.
(b) This Order may be cited as the Freshwater Fish
(England and Wales) Order, 1918.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th March, 1918.
(a) ORDERS OF THE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. — The only two
Orders made (April 30, 1916) by the Board under these powers are printed at
the end of this Order.
Orders as to Close Season for Freshwater Fish, and as to fishing
for Pike, Eels and Kelts, in England and Wales.
FRESHWATER FISH ORDER, No. 1, DATED MARCH 14, 1918,
MADE BY THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES UNDER
THE FRESHWATER FISH (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1918,
AS TO CLOSE SEASON FOR FRESHWATER FISH.
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries by virtue of the power
conferred upon them by the Freshwater Fish (England and
Wales) Order, 1918,(a) made by the Food Controller on the 14th
March, 1918, under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, do
hereby Order as follows : —
1. Subject to the provisions of this Order any person entitled
to fish for, catch or kill any freshwater fish in any waters" may
fish for, catch or kill such fish therein during the period com-
mencing on the fifteenth day of March and terminating on the
fourteenth day of April in any year while this Order is in
operation and during such period any person may buy, sell, or
expose for sale or have in his possession for sale any freshwater
fish.
2. This Order shall apply to inland waters generally in
England and Wales and shall come into force on the 15th March,
1918, and continue in force until it is revoked or varied by Order
of the Board.
3. This Order shall not be deemed to authorize
(a) fishing in any area in contravention of any Order made
by the Naval or Military Authorities, or
(6) fishing by any person without such licence (if any) as is
by law required.
4. For the purposes of this Order the expression " freshwater
fish " shall mean fish (other than Salmon and Trout) which live
wholly or partly in fresh water.
Sealed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries this 14th
day of March, 1918.
Henry G. Maurice,
An Assistant Secretary to the
Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries.
FRESHWATER FISH ORDER, No. 2, DATED APRIL 12, 1918, MADE
BY THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES UNDER THE
FRESHWATER FISH (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1918, AS
TO PIKE, EELS AND KELTS.
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries by virtue of the power
conferred upon them by the Freshwater Fish (England and
Wales) Order, 1918,(a) made by the Food Controller on the 14th
March, 1918, under the Defence of the Realm Regulations do
hereby Order as follows : — .
1. Subject to the provisions of this Order:
(a) Any person entitled to fish for, catch or kill pike in
any waters, may fish for, catch or kill such fish
(a) FRESHWATER FISH (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1918.— That
Order is printed p. 202.
204 Order as to fishing for Pike, Eels and Kelts in England and
Wales.
therein during any part of the year while this Order
is in operation, and during such period any person
may buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in his posses-
sion for sale any such fish ;
Provided that no person shall use any method or appli-
ance other than rod and line for the taking of pike
in contravention of any regulation in force in the
fishery district in which the fish shall be taken with-
out the consent of the Board of Conservators of such
district, and
(6) Any pers-on may angle for eels during any part of the
year while this Order is in operation, in any waters
in which he is entitled so to take eels.
(c) Any person entitled to take and kill salmon in any
waters, may take and kill kelts therein during any
part of the year while this Order is in operation,
except during the annual close season or the weekly
close season in force in the fishery district, and any
person may buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in
his possession for sale any kelt taken under the autho-
rity of this provision ;
Provided that no person shall take any kelt by any
method or appliance otherwise than by rod and line
without the written authority of the Board of Con-
servators for the fishery district, or if and when the
Local Food Control Committee for the district in
which any kelt shall be taken shall have issued direc-
tions as to the terms and conditions on which and
the persons by and to whom kelts may be bought and
sold, buy, sell, or expose for sale any kelt except in
compliance with such directions.
2. This Order shall not be deemed to authorise
(a) fishing in any area in contravention of any Order made
by the Naval or Military Authorities, or
(b) fishing by any person without such licence, if any, as is
by law required.
3. This Order shall apply to England and Wales, and shall
come into force on the 13th day of April, 1918, and continue in
force until it is revoked or varied by Order of the Board.
Sealed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries this 12th
day of April, 1918.
Henry G. Maurice,
Assistant Secretary.
Fish (Registration of Dealers} Order, 1918.
205
THE FISH (REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1918.
MARCH 14, 1918.
DATED
Mode of
application
for a licence.
1918. So. 322.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I. — LICENSING OF WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH.
1. A person shall not deal in fish by wholesale either on his Licensing of
own account or on the account of any other person: — wholesale
(a) After the 10th April, 1918, unless he has applied for a dealers-
licence as a wholesale dealer in fish; or
(6) After the 1st May, 1918, unless he is the holder of a
licence for the time being in force granted by the
Food Controller authorising him to deal in fish by
wholesale.
2. Every application for a licence shall be made to the Secre-
tary (Fish Supplies Branch), Ministry of Food, 14, Upper
Grosvenor Street, W.I, on a form to be prescribed by the Food
Controller, and every applicant shall furnish on such form a
true statement of the particulars required for completing the
form, which statement shall be signed by the applicant or his
duly authorised agent.
3. A licence shall be granted under this part of this Order to
such persons and subject to such conditions as the Food Con-
troller may determine and any such licence may at any time be
revoked by the Food Controller.
4. The holder of any licence issued under this part of this Order
shall keep or cause to be kept at some convenient place accurate
records as to his dealings in fish together with all relevant books,
documents and accounts and shall comply with any directions
given by or under the authority of the Food Controller as to the
form and contents of such records and shall permit any person
authorised by the Food Controller or by a Food Committee to
inspect all such records, books, documents and accounts. The
holder shall also observe such directions as to his dealings in
fish as may be given to him from time to time by or under the
authority of the Food "Controller and shall make such returns and
furnish such particulars as to his dealings in fish as may from
time to time be required.
5. Every licence issued under this part of this Order shall be
produced by the holder upon the demand of any person authorised
by the Food Controller or by a Food Committee.
6. This part of this Order shall not apply to a producer who
deals in his own fish by wholesale, where such dealings are made
only at the port or other place of landing or the nearest town
containing a fish market.
Issue and
revocation of
licences.
Information
and
inspection-
Production
of licence..
Fish (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918,
Registration
of retail
dealers.
Form of
application.
Application
to be
addressed to
Food
Committee.
Persons
entitled to
receive
certificates.
Grounds for
refusal.
Power to
grant new
certificates.
Form of
certificate.
Revocation
of certificate.
PART II. — REGISTRATION OF RETAIL DEALERS IN FISH.
7. (a) Except as provided by sub-clause (6) of this clause a
person shall not at any time after the 1st May, 1918, deal in fish
by retail except in, about 'or in connection with premises in
respect of which he is the holder of a certificate of registration
as a retail dealer in fish for the time being in force granted by
the Food Committee for the area in which the premises are
situate, but this shall not prevent a retail dealer duly registered
from selling from his cart in the ordinary course of business in
the area in which such premises are situate.
(6) A retail dealer may be registered as a hawker or coster-
monger and in such case shall sell only from his cart, stall, or
barrow and at such other place, if any, as may be named in the
certificate.
8. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller and
every applicant shall furnish on such form a true statement
of the particulars required for completing the same, which state-
ment shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly authorised
agent.
9. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made to the Food Committee for the area in which the premises
of the applicant in respect of which a certificate of registration
is sought are situate, and in the case of a hawker or costermonger
to -the Food Committee for the area in which he resides at the
time of such application; and where the same person is applying
for registration in respect of premises situated in more than one
area, separate application shall be made in each area in respect
of the premises situated therein.
10. A person shall be entitled to receive a certificate of regis-
tration as a retail dealer in fish in respect of which he or his
predecessor was carrying on business as a retail dealer on
1st December, 1917.
11. A Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of regis-
tration duly applied for by a person entitled to receive the same
under the last preceding clause of this Order except with the
consent of the Food Controller and in circumstances in which
the Food Committee might have revoked the certificate if it had
already been granted.
12. A Food Committee may in any case in which, in their
opinion, it is desirable to do so in the interests of the public
within their area, with the consent of the Food Controller, grant
to any other person a certificate of registration as a retail dealer
in fish in respect of any premises within their area.
13. (a) Every certificate of registration shall be in the form
prescribed by the Food Controller and shall be granted and held
subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may from time
to time determine.
(6) A hawker or costermonger shall be so described in his
certificate.
14. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food
Controller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them
under the provisions of this part of this Order if they are satisfied
(Registration of Dealers) Order , 1918.
207
Register of
holders of
certificates.
Transfer of
business.
Inspection
and informa-
tion.
that any of tKe provisions of this Order or any regulation or
direction made or given under the authority of the Food Con-
troller relating to the trade or business of the holder of such
certificate has not been observed by him or by any of his servants
or agents; and shall revoke such certificate if required to do so
by the Food Controller.
15. A Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by the
Food Controller a register of the persons to whom and the
premises in respect of which certificates of registration have been
granted under this part of this Order.
16. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event of
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall
be lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate, on making an application for a certifi-
cate of registration to deal in fish by retail from the date of such
application until the decision thereon is intimated by the Food
Committee in the same manner and subject to the same condi-
tions as the holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue
thereof.
17. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or
cause to be kept at the premises in respect of which he is regis-
tered accurate records as to fish dealt in and such other matters
as the Food Controller may from time to time prescribe, together
with all relevant books, documents and accounts and shall comply
with any directions given by or under the authority of the Food
Controller as to the form and contents of such records, and shall
permit any person authorised by the Food Controller or a Food
Committee to inspect his premises and the records to be kept under
this clause and all relevant books, documents and accounts. The
holder shall also observe such directions as to his dealings in fish
as may be given to him from time to time by the Food Controller
or the Food Committee, and shall make such returns and furnish
such particulars relating thereto as the Food Controller or the
Food Committee may from time to time require.
18. Every certificate of registration shall be kept at the
premises or some one of the premises to which it relates, and, in
the case of a hawker or costermonger shall be carried with him
whenever engaged in selling fish ; and every holder of a certificate
of registration shall produce the same for inspection upon the
demand of any person authorised by the Food Controller or a
Food Committee.
19. This part of this Order shall net apply to a producer selling
his own fish by retail otherwise than at a shop.
PART III. — GENERAL.
20. A person may be licensed as a wholesale dealer in fish under Power to
Part I. of this Order and registered as a dealer in fish by retail nold both
under Part II. of this Order.
21. Nothing in this Order shall affect: — Exceptions.
(a) Sales by retail of cooked fish by a person in the ordinary
course of his trade ; or
(6) Sales of smoked, pickled, dried or preserved fish.
Custody and
production
of certificate.
208
Interpre-
tation.
Infringe-
ments.
Extent of
Order.
Title.
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918.
22. For the purposes of this Order: —
The expression "Food Committee" means a Food
Control Committee established in pursuance of the Food
Control Committee (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
The expression " the producer " means (i) the catcher or
his employer, and (ii) the owner or tenant of the fishery on
which the fish was caught.
The expression " his own fish " with reference to a producer
means fish caught by him or his employer or caught in the
fishery of which he is owner or tenant.
23. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
24. Nothing in this Order shall apply to a person who sells
in Ireland fish for delivery in Ireland.
25. This Order may. be cited as the Fish (Registration of
Dealers) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th March. 1918.
General
restrictions.
THE FISH (PRICES) ORDER, No. 2, 1918. DATED MARCH 14, 1918.
1918. No. 323.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) A person shall not on or after the 25th March, 1918, sell
or offer or expose for sale, or buy or offer to buy any fish at prices
exceeding the maximum prices for the time being applicable
under this Order.
(6) Until further notice the maximum price for the fish
specified in the first three schedules to this Order shall be at the
rates applicable according to such schedules, and the subsequent
provisions of this Order.
(c) The Food Controller may from time to time by notice
prescribe further or other prices for fish whether or not specified
in the first three schedules to this Order.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. —That Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918. 209
2. On a sale (other than a sale by retail) by or on behalf of the Wholesale
producer of his own fish of a kind specified in the first schedule, salevby
the maximum price
(a) shall where the fish are sold packed in boxes and upon
the terms that the price includes costs of packing and
all charges incidental thereto and incidental to
delivery to the buyer's nearest railway station, be at
the rates applicable under the provisions of clauses 3,
6 and 7 of this Order; and
(6) shall, in all other cases, be at the rates mentioned in
the first column of the first schedule.
3. On a sale (other than a sale by retail) by or on behalf of any other sales
person other than the producer of fish of a kind specified in the by wholesale,
first schedule the maximum prices shall, subject to the provisions
of clauses 4, 6 and 7 of this Order, be at the rates mentioned in
the second column of such schedule.
4. Where a dealer who has bought any fish of a kind specified First
in the first schedule direct from the producer is selling the same wholesaler's
to another dealer (not being a dealer in the same market) who Jj^11^ ?n(
declares that he is purchasing with a view to reselling to a retail secona
dealer or retail dealers, and, if required by the seller, undertakes wholesaler
to make the further payment prescribed by this clause in case he of fish
•otherwise deals with the same, then and in every such case the pentioned
maximum prices shall be reduced from the rates specified in the lnn ^s i
•second column of the first schedule by the following amounts : —
(i) Is. per stone in the case of fish for which the maximum
price, without any of the additions applicable under
clause 7, exceeds 20,?. per stone,
(ii) 9d. per stone in the case of fish for which such maximum
price exceeds 7$. Qd. per stone and does not exceed
20^. per stone.
(iii) 4:d. per stone in the case of fish for which such maxi-
mum price is 75. 6d. or less per stone ; but if the second
dealer, having made such declaration, deals with any
such fish otKerwise than by resale to a retail dealer or
retail dealers he shall within 14 days so inform the
first dealer in writing and shall pay to the first dealer
a further sum equal to the amount of the reduction.
5. On a sale (other than a sale by retail) of any fish of a kind Wholesale
•specified in the second and third schedules the maximum prices sales.°^fish
shall subject to the provisions of clauses 6 and 7 of this Order be jn secona
-at the rates mentioned in the first column of such schedules. and third
schedules.
6. The maximum price applicable under clause 3 or clause 5 Packing and
shall include all cost of packing and all charges incidental transport,
thereto and to delivery to the buyer's nearest railway station,
and if the fish is sold carriage forward the maximum price shall
be diminished by a sum equal to the cost of such carriage.
7. The following additions where applicable may be made to Permitted
the maximum price permitted by clauses 3 and 5 of this Order : additions.
(a) A sum not exceeding the cost of the boxes in which the
fish is packed, provided that such sum is repaid to
the purchaser on the return of the boxes ; and
210
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918,
Sales by
retail.
Powers of a
Food
Committee.
Rules as to
sales.
Priority of
purchases for
bait.
(6) Where a wholesale dealer in fish purchases or receives
for sale on commission fish from a wholesale dealer
and sells to a retail dealer, a sum equal to the cost
of carriage (if any) of the fish from his premises or
railway station to the retail dealer's nearest railway
station.
8. (a) On a sale by retail of any fish of a kind specified in
the first three schedules to this Order, the maximum price shall
be at the rate mentioned in the third column of the first schedule
and the second column of the second and third schedules.
(b) On such sale no additional charge may be made for
packing, packages, credit or delivery except that any monies
actually payable by the seller for transport from his premises
may be added.
9. A Food Committee may from time to time by resolution
vary the maximum retail prices for fish sold fixed for the "time
being by the Food Controller but
(a) Every such resolution shall be reported to the Food Con-
troller within seven days, and in the case of a resolu-
tion increasing the maximum price shall not take
effect until the same has been sanctioned by the Food
Controller; and
(6) Every resolution made by the Food Committee under
this clause shall be subject at anytime to review by
the Food Controller and shall be withdrawn or varied
as he shall direct.
10. (a) Except on a sale by retail no fish shall be sold in cuts.
(6) On sales by retail the following provisions shall have
effect :
(i) Where a maximum price is for the time being pre-
scribed for a cut, such price shall apply only to the
sale of a portion of the fish not exceeding one half of
the whole fish and not including any part of the head,
(ii) Where a maximum price is for the time being pre-
scribed for a headed fish, such price shall apply only
to the sale of a headed and gutted fish.
(iii) the maximum price for the time being prescribed for a
whole fish shall apply to all sales of the fish headed
or not, gutted or ungutted, or any part of the fish
except sales to which a maximum price for a cut or
for a headed fish applies.
(iv) In calculating the price on the sale of a fish or a portion
of a fish any broken halfpenny shall count as a half-
penny.
(c) In the case of any sale a person may sell fish otherwise
than by weight provided that the maximum price is not exceeded
and provided he weighs the fish if so required by the buyer.
11. (a) Where a person makes a declaration in writing to a
producer that he is desirous of buying any fish for the purposes
of bait, the producer shall, against payment in cash of the maxi-
mum price, fill any order placed with him by such person before
selling any such fish in favour of any other person.
(6) A person shall not make or knowingly connive at the
making of any false statement in any such declaration, or use any
fish supplied thereunder except as bait.
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918. 211
12. Every person selling fish by retail shall keep posted in a Notices,
conspicuous position so as to be visible to all customers through-
out the whole time during which fish are being sold or exposed
for 'sale, a notice showing in plain words and figures the maxi-
mum price for such fish for the time being in force under this
Order, and also the actual price at which fish are at such times
being sold by him.
(b) This clause shall not apply to a fisherman selling his
own fish to consumers otherwise than at a shop.
13. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that under any Contracts,
contract subsisting on the 25th March, 1918, fish cannot be sold
at a reasonable profit by reason of the maximum prices fixed by
this Order, the Food Controller may, if he thinks fit, cancel such
contract or modify the terms thereof in such manner as shall
appear to him to be just.
14. No person shall, in connection with the sale or proposed Fictitious
sale or disposition of fish, enter or offer to enter into any un- transactions,
reasonable or artificial transaction.
15. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Producer " Definitions,
means —
(i) The catcher or his employer ;
(ii) The owner or tenant of the fishery on which the fish was
caught.
The expression " his own fish," with reference to a producer,
means fish caught by him or his employer or caught in the
fishery of which he is the owner or tenant.
The expression " Food Committee " means a Food Control
Committee established in pursuance of the Food Control Com-
mittees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
16. This Order shall not apply to sales of cooked fish by a Exceptions,
person in the ordinary course of his trade.
17. The Fish (Prices) Order, 1918, (b) is hereby revoked as on Revocation
the 25th March, 1918, without prejudice to any proceedings in S. R. & 0.,
respect of any contravention thereof. ?1%39 of
I9io.
18. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
19. (a) This Order may be cited as the Fish (Prices) Order, Title and
No. 2, 1918. commence-
(b) Without prejudice to clause 17 of this Order nothing ment.
in this Order shall apply to a person who sells in Ireland fish for
delivery in Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th March, 1918.
rr(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) FISH (PRICES, 1918) ORDER, 1918.— That Order was printed p. 130 of
the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
212
Fish (Prices] Order, No. 2, 1918.
Schedule 1.
MAXIMUM PRICES.
FIKST SCHEDULE. — FRESH FISH.
Sales by
the Producer.
Sales by wholesale
by any person
other than the
Producer.
Sales by
Retail.
Whole
fish per
stone.
Headed
fish per
stone.
Whole
fish per
stone.
Headed
fish per
stone.
Whole
fish per
Ib.
Headed
per Ib.
Cuts
per Ib.
s. d.
s. d.
s. d.
s. d.
S. d.
s. d.
s. d.
1. Bass
14 0 —
17 0
—
1 6
—
2. Bream, fresh and salt-
8 6
—
11 3
—
1 0
—
—
water.
3. Brill
27 0
—
30 6
—
2 6
3 3
4. Carp
12 3
—
15 0
—
1 4
—
1 10
5. Cats
5 6
—
8 0
6. Cats, skinned and headed
11 3
—
14 0
—
3
—
1 6
7. Coal or Saithe
8 6
10 0
n 3
13 0
0
1 3
1 6
8 Cod
11 3
14 0
14 0
17 6
3
1 7
1 1ft
9. Char
20 0
23 6
0
J. JL v/
10. Chub
11 3
14 0
—
3
11. Dabs
11 3
—
14 0
—
3
12. Dace
7 6
—
9 6
—
0 10
13. Dogfish
4 0
—
7 0
—
14. Dogs, skinned and filleted
10 0
—
12 6
—
1 0
—
15. Jc hn Dory
11 3
—
14 0
—
1 3
16. Eels, freshwater
20 0
—
23 6
—
2 0
17. Eels, Conger
8 6
—
11 3
—
1 0
1 2
1 4
18. Flounders
11 3
—
14 0
—
1 3
19. Grayling ...
12 3
—
15 0
—
1 4
—
—
20. Gurnards and Latchets ...
8 6
—
11 8
—
1 0
21. Gurnards and Latchets
—
—
—
—
1 6
(skinned).
22. Haddocks
11 3
14 0
14 0
17 6
1 3
1 7
1 10
23. Hake
11 3
13 0
14 0
16 6
1 3
1 6
1 9
24. Halibut
27 0
—
30 6
—
2 6
3 3-
25. Herrings, fresh, sprinkled
5 6
—
7 6
—
0 8
—
or roused.
26. Ling
10 3
12 0
13 0
15 0
1 2
1 5
1 &
27. Mackerel
5 6
—
7 6
0 8
28. Megrim
14 0
—
17 0
—
1 6
29. Monk or Angler, headed
8 6
—
11 3
—
1 0
1 2
and skinned.
30. Mullet (Red)
30 0
—
35 0
—
3 0
—
—
31. Mullet (Grey)
14 0
—
17 0
—
1 6
—
—
32. Perch
8 6
—
11 3
—
1 0
33. Pike or Jack
12 3
—
15 0
—
1 4
1 10-
34. Pilchards
5 6
—
7 6
0 8
35. Plaice
19 0
—
22 0
—
1 10
—
2 4
36. Pollen, Powen or Yendace
12 3
—
15 0
—
1 4
'
37. Pollack or Lythe
8 6
10 0
11 3
13 0
1 0
1 3
1 6
38. Roach
6 6
—
8 6
—
0 9
39. Roker
' 7 0
—
9 6
40. Roker (Wings)
13 6
—
16 0
— 1 4
1 6
41. Salmon, including Grilse
35 0
—
37 6
—
3 0
4 0>
42. Skate
7 0
—
9 6
43. Skate (Wings)
13 6
—
16 0
—
1 4
—
1 6
44. Soles and Slips
38 6
—
43 0
3 6
45. Soles (Lemons)
22 0
—
25 0
—
2 0
—
—
46. Sprats
3 9
5 3
- 0 6
— —
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918.
213
Sales by wholesale
Sales by
by any person
Sales by
the Producer.
other than the
Retail.
Producer.
Whole
fish per
stone.
Headed
fish per
stone.
Whole
fish per
stone.
Headed
fish per
stone.
Whole
fish per
Ib.
Headed
per Ib.
Cuts
per Ib.
s. d.
S. d.
a. d.
8. d.
s. d.
s. d.
s. d.
47. Sturgeon
21 0
—
2'4 6
—
2 0
—
3 6
48. Shad
14 0
—
17 0
—
1 6
—
—
49. Tench
12 3
—
15 0
—
1 4
—
—
50. Trout, fresh and saltwater
35 0
—
37 6
—
3 0
—
4 0
51. Turbot
27 0
—
30 6
—
2 6
—
3 3
52. Whiting and Whiting Pout
11 3
14 0
14 0
17 6
1 3
1 6
—
53. Witches
22 0
—
25 0
—
2 0
—
—
54. All other fresh fish not
6 0
—
7 6
—
0 8
—
—
specified above or in the
Fourth Schedule.
Second Schedule.
SMOKED AND CURED FISH.
1.
Sales by
Wholesale.
Per stone.
2.
Sales by Retail.
Whole fish
per Ib.
Cut
per Ib.
s. d.
™_
s. d. s. d.
1. Smoked Cod
23 6
2 0
2. Smoked Haddock
23 6
2 0
3. Kippered Herrings
11 6
1 0 -
4. Bloatered Herrings
9 3
0 10 —
5. Herrings filleted (smoked or
11 6
1 0
—
pickled).
6. Pickled, cured or spiced Herrings
Fixed by
Pickled Her-
0 6
—
ring Order.
7, Red Herrings and smoked Her-
7 0
0 8
—
rings other than those already
—
mentioned.
8. Smoked Mackerel
7 0
0 8
9. Mackerel filleted (smoked or
11 6
1 0
—
pickled).
10. Pickled, cured or spiced Mackerel
5' 9
0 6
—
11. Smoked Pilchards
7 0
0 8
__
12. Pickled, cured or spiced Pilchards
5 9
0 6
—
13. Smoked Sprats
7 0
0 8
14. Pickled, cured or spiced Sprats...
5 9
0 6
—
15. Dry salted fish other than those 15 0
1 3
1 6
specified above.
16. Wet salted fish of all descriptions
11 3
0 11
1 1
17. Smoked fish fillets of all kinds
22 0
1 10
other than those specified
i
above.
18. All smoked fish not specified
18 6
1 6
above or in the fourth Schedule.
S. R. & 0.,
No. 964 of
1917, p. 199.
214
Fish (Prices) Order, No. 2, 1918.
Third Schedule,
FROZEN FISH.
1.
Sales by
Wholesale.
Per Stone.
2.
Sales
by Retail.
Whole Fish
per Ib.
per
Ib.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Halibut (Headed and Trimmed)
Salmon, including grilse ...
„ „ „ (Headed)
Trout
s. d.
21 0
25 6
28 0
25 6
28 0
s. d.
1 8
2 2
2 4
2 2
2 4
s.
2
2
2
2
2
d.
0
9
9
9
9
„ (Headed)
Fourth Schedule.
UNCONTROLLED.
Part I. — Fresh Fish.
1. Crustacea of all kinds.
2. Fresh fish roes.
3. Shell fish of all kinds.
4. Whitebait.
5. Smelts.
Part II. — Smoked and Cured Fish.
1. Smoked or pickled fish roes.
2. Smoked, kippered or pickled Salmon and Grilse.
3. Smoked, kippered or pickled Trout.
Part III.
1. Fish paste.
2. Preserved fish not mentioned in any of the foregoing
schedules.
Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Order, 1918. 215
SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 21, 1918.
1918. No. 350.
In exeicise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. (a) During such period of the year 1918 as may be the
prescribed period in Ireland for the purposes of the Summer
Time Act, 1916,(a) Section 24 of the Act 26 & 27 Victoria,
Chapter 114, shall take effect in all Fishery Districts in Ireland
as if the words " the hours of 9.25 o'clock in the evening" were
substituted for the words " the hours of 8 o'clock in the evening "
contained in such Section. (b)
(b) This provision shall remain in force until and including
the last day on which in each Fishery District in the year 1918
it shall be lawful to take salmon by means of nets.
2. This Order may be cited as the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st March, 1918.
(a) PRESCRIBED PERIOD FOR PURPOSES OF SUMMER TIME ACT, 1916. — The
prescribed period in Ireland under this Act (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 14) (as applied to
Ireland by the Time (Ireland) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 45), which assimilated
the time adopted for use in Ireland to -that so adopted for Great Britain) was
fixed for 1918 by Order in Council, Feb. 27, 1918 (St. R. & O., 1918, No. 274),
as the period from 2 o'clock in the morning, Greenwich Time, on Sunday,
March 24, to 2 o'clock in the morning, Greenwich Time, on Monday, Sept. 30,
1918.
(b) S. 24 OF SALMON FISHERY (I) ACT, 1863.— This section as thus amended
takes effect as follows : —
" 24. It shall not be lawful for any person to use any net except a landing
net, for the capture of salmon or trout in the fresh-water portion of any river,
as defined by the Commissioners under this Act, between the hours of 9.25
o'clock in the evening and 6 o'clock in the morning, except so far as the same
may have heretofore been used within the limits of a several fishery next above
the tidal flow, and held under grant or charter, or by immemorial usage ; and
every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be subject
to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and to the forfeiture of all boats, nets
and gear used in such illegal fishing."
216 Freshwater Fish Order, 1918.
THE FRESHWATER FISH ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 19, 1918.
1918. No. 455.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. Any person may until and inclusive of the 15th June, 1918,
buy, sell, expose for sale, or have in his possession for sale any
freshwater fish certified by the Fishmongers' Company to be
freshwater fish imported from abroad or from Scotland or Ireland.
2. For the purposes of this Order the expression " freshwater
fish" shall have the meaning assigned by the Freshwater
Fisheries Act, 1878. (a)
3. This Order may be cited as the Freshwater Fish Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th April, 1918.
THE IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
[This -Order, which is printed in Group 8A (" Importers'
Returns ") (p. 221), requires returns to be made of imported
canned fish.]
(a) FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT, 1878 (41 & 42 V. c. 39).— By s. 11 (1) of
this Act " freshwater fish " is defined as including " all kinds of fish (other than
pollan, trout, and char) which live in fresh water, except those kinds which
migrate to or from the open sea."
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918. 217
7A. Foreign Holdings of Food.
THE FOREIGN HOLDINGS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 8, 1918.
1918. No. 293.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Any person who at the date of this Order has in his Returns of
possession, custody or control within the United Kingdom any existing
article or any warehouse warrant or other document of title in
respect of any article mentioned in the Schedule to this Order
which to his knowledge is held on foreign account shall before the
16th March, 1918, furnish a return of the articles so held by him
or in respect of which he holds such documents of title and of
such other matters as are necessary to complete the prescribed
form of return.
2. Any person into whose possession, custody or control within Returns of
the United Kingdom any such articles or documents may come future
after the date of this Order, such articles or documents being to
his knowledge held on foreign account, shall within 10 days after
the date when such articles or documents so come into his custody,
possession or control furnish a return of such articles and of such
other matters as are necessary to complete the prescribed form of
return.
3. The returns shall be made on forms to be obtained from and Forms of
when completed to be returned to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, return-
(Statistical Branch), Palace Chambers, London, S.W.I.
4. This Order shall not apply to any article or document in Exceptions,
respect of which a return has been made to the Public Trustee s- R- & °-
pursuant to the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Jgjy1.2^^
Amendment Act, 1914, (a) or to the Ministry of Food under the 1311 of 191*7;
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917, (b) the Oils No. 1305 of '
and Fats (Requisition) Order, 1917,(c) the Raw Coffee (Returns) 1917 ; No. 55
Order, 1917,(d) or the Raw Cocoa (Returns) Order, 1918. (e)
5. Failure to make a return or the making of a false return Penalty,
is a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions
(a) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY AMENDMENT ACT, 1914. — 5 & 6 Geo 5
c. 12.
(b) SEEDS, NUTS AND KERNELS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 393.
(c) OILS AND FATS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 394.
(d) RAW COFFEE (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917.— That Order (which was
printed as St. R. & 0, 1917, No. 1305) relates to returns to be made by
January 14th, 1918, and is omitted from this Manual as " spent."
(e) RAW COCOA (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918.— That Order (which was printed
p. 329 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume) relates to returns to be
made by February 2nd, 1918, and is omitted from this Manual as " spent."
218 Foreign Holdings (Returns} Order, 1918.
Interpreta- 6. For the purposes of this Order, an article or document is
deemed to be held on foreign account : —
(i) If by the terms of any sale or agreement or otherwise the
article is to be delivered or is intended to be delivered
to any place outside the United Kingdom; or
(ii) if the article has been sold to, or has been agreed to be
sold to, or is held on account of any person or firm
resident or carrying on business outside the United
Kingdom ;
Provided always that articles destined for His Majesty's Forces
or the Forces of His Allies or for any recognised R»ed Cross
Society or individual members thereof or any article in respect of
which a licence for export has been granted by lawful authority
shall not be deemed to be held on foreign account.
Title- 7. This Order may be cited as the Foreign Holdings (Returns)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th March, 1913.
The Schedule.
1. Articles normally used for human food and the raw materials
from wl}.ich such articles are made.
2. Cattle Feeding Stuffs.
3. Live Stock.
4. Condiments normally used with human food, excluding salt.
5. Casein, Starch, Farina.
6. Alcoholic beverages of all kinds.
7. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Chocolate, Cocoa preparations, and
Syrups and Juices.
8. Sausage and other Casings.
9. Sacks, Bags (other than paper bags), Casks, Barrels, and
Baskets capable of being used for carrying any agricultural
produce or any of the above-mentioned articles.
Food Hoarding Order, 1917. 219
8. Hoarding- of Food.
Food Hoarding Order, 1917, p. 219.
Authorisation thereunder (Preserved Eggs), p. 220.
THE FOOD HOARDING ORDER, 1917. DATED APRIL 5, 1917.
1917. No. 317.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation SF
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. — (a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller Ordinary
no person shall after the 9th April, 1917, (a) acquire any article supplies only
of food so that the quantity of such article in his possession or to '
under his control at any one time exceeds the quantity required
for ordinary use and consumption in his household or estab-
lishment, (b)
(b) In any proceedings for breach of this clause, the burden
of showing what quantity of any article of food is so required
shall rest upon the person charged.
2. No person shall sell any article of food to a purchaser where Prohibition
he has reasonable grounds for believing (whether on account of on sellers.
the quantity of the article sold or any other circumstances) that
the quantity of such article which may lawfully be acquired by
the purchaser will by reason of such sale be exceeded.
3. Any person specially authorised in writing by the Food Power of
Controller may enter upon any premises in which he has reason entry.
to believe that any article of food is being kept in contravention
of this Order and carry out such inspection and examination of
the premises as he may think necessary.
4. This Order shall not apply to — Exceptions-.
(a) Any article of food acquired or held in the ordinary
course of business by any producer, dealer or manu-
' facturer.
(b) Any home-produced or home-made article of food in the
possession of the producer or maker or the materials
reasonably necessary in the ordinary course for such
production.
(a) FOOD HOARDING (AMNESTY) ORDER, 1918.— This Order (St. R. & O.r
1918, No. 183), omitted from this Volume as now "spent," provided for the
grant by Food Control Committees of certificates of amnesty on the surrender
before Feb. 25, 1918, of articles of food held contrary to the terms of the Prin-
cipal Order.
(b) EGGS FOR PRESERVING.— See Authorisation by Food Controller under
this Order as to eggs, p. 220.
220
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
S.R. & O.,
No. 317 of
1917.
Authorisation under Food Hoarding Order, 1917.
5. For the purpose of this Order, the expression article of
food shall include every article which is used for food by man,
or which ordinarily enters into the composition or preparation
of human food.
6. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person in doing anything in contravention
of this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Healm Regulations, and if such person is a
Company every director or officer of the Company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent. (&)
1. This Order may be cited as the Food Hoarding Order, 1917.
5th April, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
AUTHORISATION, DATED APRIL 5, 1918, UNDER THE FOOD HOARDING
ORDER, 1917, AS TO EGGS FOR PRESERVING.
1918. No. 399.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Food Hoarding Order,
1917, (b) the Food Controller hereby authorises any person to
acquire eggs for the purpose of preserving them for use in his own
household subject to compliance with the following conditions : —
(a) Notice of the number of eggs intended to be acquired
and preserved shall be sent to the Food Control
Committee for the district within which the person
usually resides ; and
(6) The number of eggs acquired shall not exceed the
number stated in such notice or, if objection is taken
by the Committee to the number stated, the number
permitted by the Committee.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretaiy to the Ministry of Food.
5th April, 1918.
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offences," p. 433, of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") which was
added to the Code since this Order was made provides that directors and officers
shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
(b) FOOD HOARDING ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed above.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918. 221
8A. Importers' Returns.
IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
1918. No. 478.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Pood Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
ions shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. The importer of any goods to which this Order for the time Importers
being- applies, shall from time to time make returns to the Food to make
Controller showing the amount of such goods bought, shipped returns-
or afloat for the United Kingdom or arrived in the United King-
dom, and such other matters as are necessary to complete the
prescribed form of return.
2. The return shall be made on the prescribed forms which Forms of
may be obtained from and when completed shall be returned to return-
the Secretary, Ministry of Food (Statistical Branch), Palace
Chambers, Westminster, S.W.I.
3. Until further notice the return shall be made weekly and Returns to
shall be posted or delivered on or before the Tuesday following be 1??>^e
the week to which the return relates.
4. This Order shall apply only to such goods as the Food Con- Goods to
troller by notice directs and until further notice shall apply to which Or
the goods mentioned in the schedule.
5. The expression " importer " shall mean the person to whom Interpreta
the goods were or are originally consigned and such other person tioD-
as may from time to time be designated by the Food Controller,
in respect of any goods or class of goods, as the importer.
6. Failure to make a return or the making of a false return Penalty,
is a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions.
7. This Order may be cited as the Importers (Returns) Order, Title.
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th April, 1918.
Schedule.
Canned Meat.
Canned Poultry, Game and Rabbits.
Canned Fish.
Canned Fruit.
Condensed MiJk.
Dried Milk.
Cheese.
Egps.
Dried Fruits.
Cocoa.
Coffee.
222
Stone Fruit (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917.
9. Jam and Fresh Fruit(a) 00
Apricot Pulp and Bitter Oranges Order, 1917, p. 226.
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 228.
General Licence having effect thereunder (Sales for Orkneys
and Shetlands), #.227.
Raspberries (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917, p. 224.
Raspberries (Scotland) Delivery Order, 1917, p. 225.
Stone Fruit (Jam Manufactures' Prices) Order, 1917, /?. 222.
THE STONE FRUIT (JAM MANUFACTURERS' PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED JULY 6, 1917.
1917. No. 694.
Maximum
price for
raspberries
bought by
jam manu-
facturers.
Picking and
packing.
Prices to be
f .o.r. or f .o.b,
prices.
Permitted
additional
charges,
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation
2F of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders that except under the authority of the Food Controller the
following provisions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person who for purposes of sale manufactures jam, or
bottles or otherwise in any form preserves fruit (hereinafter
called a jam manufacturer) shall not after the date of this
Order by himself or his agent buy or agree to buy for the pur-
poses of such manufacture or preserving any fruit of the varieties
mentioned in the Schedule at a price exceeding that specified as
applicable thereto or pay to the seller or his agent in respect of
such fruit any charges other than those permitted under this
Order.
2. The price specified shall in all cases include all charges for
picking and packing.
3. Where the fruit is bought to be placed on rail, ship or
barge at the grower's station, port or wharf, the specified price
in such case is the price, free on rail, ship or barge.
• 4. The additional charges permitted under this Order are: —
(a) Where the fruit is delivered by the seller to the pur-
chaser's premises, or for sale in a market, the cus-
tomary charges in respect of such delivery, not
exceeding in any case an amount equal to the
reasonable cost of transport from the grower's railway
station, port or wharf to the purchaser's premises or
the market where sold.
(a) COLD STORAGE AND CARRIAGE OF REFRIGERATED PRODUCE. — As t
taking of articles out of and into cold store, see the Cold Storage (Restriction
Order, 1918, p. 181. As to carriage of refrigerated fruit see Orders in Council
referred to in footnote (b) to list of Meat and Cattle Orders, p. 252.
(b) SUGAR FOR DOMESTIC PRESERVING — See Sugar (Domestic Preservin
Order, 1917, printed in Group 17 (Sugar).
Stone Fruit (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917. 223
(b) For the use of baskets or usual packages (other than
sacks) a charge not exceeding the rate of 25s. per ton
of fruit.
<c) All market tolls actually paid in respect of the fruit.
5. Where a jam manufacturer employs an agent in the pur- Agent's
chase of any fruit to which this Order applies, he shall not pay Commission,
to such agent a commission or other remuneration exceeding
125. Qd. per ton of such fruit bought through the agent.
6. Where any fruit to which this Order applies is bought by Burden of
or on behalf of a jam manufacturer, such fruit shall until the Proof,
contrary be proved be deemed to be bought for the purpose of
manufacturing jam or preserving fruit for sale.
7. A person shall not knowingly sell or offer to sell to a jam Offers,
manufacturer for the purpose of manufacturing jam or pre-
serving fruit for sale any fruit to which this Order applies at a
price or subject to a charge not permitted under this Order.
8. A person shall not in connection with a purchase or dispo- Fictitious
sition or proposed purchase or disposition of any fruit to which Trans-
this Order applies enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or actl
artificial transaction.
9. This Order shall not apply to any fruit grown outside the Exclusion
United Kingdom. from Order.
10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
11. This Order may be cited as the Stone Fruit (Jam Manufac- Title,
turer's Prices) Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
6th July, 1917.
The Schedule.
Variety of Fruit. Price at Rate per Ton.
£ s. d.
Egg Plums 10 10 0
Other Plums 12 10 0
Farleigh or Kent Damsons 12 0 0
Pin, or Prune or other Damsons 14 0 0
Greengages ...... 22 0 0
224
Raspberries (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917.
THE RASPBERRIES (JAM MANUFACTURERS' PRICES) ORDER, 1917
DATED JULY 10, 1917.
1917. No. 702.
Maximum
price for
stone fruit
bought by
jam manu-
facturers.
Picking and
Packing.
Prices to be
f .o.r. or f .o.b.
prices.
Permitted
additional
charges.
Agents'
Commission.
Burden of
proof.
Offers.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2p
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller the
following provisions shall be observed by all persons concerned : -
1. A person who for the purposes of sale manufactures jam or
essence from raspberries (hereinafter called a jam manufacture]}
shall not, after the date of this Order, by himself or his Agent
buy or agree to buy for the purposes of such manufacture any
raspberries at a price exceeding a rate of £35 per ton or pay to the
seller or his Agent in respect of such raspberries any charges other
than those permitted under this Order. (a)
2. The price specified shall include all charges for picking and
packing.
3. Where the raspberries are bought to be placed on rail, ship
or barge, at the grower's station, port or wharf, the specified price
in such case is the price, free on rail, ship or barge.
4. The additional charges permitted under this Order are: —
(a) Where the raspberries are delivered by the seller to the
purchaser's premises, or for sale in a market, the
customary charges in respect of such delivery, not
exceeding in any case an amount equal to the reason-
able cost of transport from the grower's railway
station, port or wharf to the purchaser's premises or
the market where sold.
(b) For the use of tubs, baskets, or usual packages, a charge
not exceeding the rate of 25s. per ton of raspberries.
(c) All market tolls actually paid in respect of the raspberries.
5. Where a jam manufacturer employs an agent in the purchase
of any raspberries, he shall not pay to such agent a commission or
other remuneration exceeding 20s. per ton of such raspberries
bought through the agent.
6. Where any raspberries are bought by or on b&half of a jam
manufacturer, such raspberries shall until the contrary be proved
be deemed to be bought for the purpose of manufacturing jam or
essence for sale.
7. A person shall not knowingly sell or offer to sell to a jam
manufacturer for the purpose of manufacturing jam or essence
for sale any raspberries at a price or subject to a charge not per-
mitted under this Order.
(a) SCOTTISH RASPBERRIES. — The Raspberries (Scotland) Delivery Order,
1917 (p. 225), provides that all raspberries grown in Scotland are to be delivered
to the Food Controller.
Raspberries (Scotland) Delivery Order, 1917. 225
g. — (a) Where any contract subsisting at the date of this Order Contracts.
for the purchase of raspberries bought for the purpose of manu-
facturing jam or essence for sale or bought with a view to the same .
being resold for such purpose provides for payments in excess of
those permitted under this Order the contract shall stand so far
.as concerns iiny raspberries delivered 011 or before the date of this
Order but otherwise shall be avoided.
(b) For the purpose of this clause raspberries bought in quanti-
ties of nve cwt. or more shall, until the contrary be proved, be
deemed to have been bought for the purpose or with the view
aforesaid.
(c) This clause shall not apply to any contract where the Food
Controller otherwise determines or where the amount of rasp-
berries agreed be delivered or, at the date of this Order remaining
to be delivered, is less than five cwt.
9. A person shall not in connection with a purchase or disposi- Fictitious
tion or proposed purchase or disposition of any raspberries enter transactions,
or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction.
10. This Order shall not apply to any raspberries grown out' Exclusion
side the United Kingdom.
11. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
12. This Order may be cited as the Raspberries (Jam Manu- Title,
facturers' Prices) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
£7. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th July, 1917.
THE RASPBERRIES (SCOTLAND) DELIVERY ORDER, 1917. DATED
JULY 10, 1917.
•
,,„ XT 703
19U, No.
S. 66
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Any contract to the contrary notwithstanding all rasp- Scotch
berries grown in Scotland shall, as picked, be delivered to the Raspberriei
Food Controller by the grower in accordance with the instruc- *° beddf" .,
tions of a person nominated for the purpose by the Food Con- ^ood
troller and such raspberries when so delivered shall become the Controller,
property of the Food Controller and will be paid for as to rasp-
berries in good condition at the maximum prices applicable to
5022 H
226
Apricot Pulp and Bitter Oranges Order, 1917.
raspberries under the Raspberries (Manufacturers' Prices)
Order(a) ; and no raspberries grown in Scotland shall be de-
* livered to any other person or on any other terms except under
and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted by the
Food Controller.
Exception. 2. This Order shall not apply to a grower of raspberries whose
total crop does not exceed 1 cwt.
Penalty. 3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Titlt. 4. This Order may be cited as the Raspberries (Scotland)
Delivery Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
Prohibition
on
in Apricot
Pulp and
Bitter
Oranges out-
side the
United
Kingdom.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food,
10th July, 1917.
THE APRICOT PULP AND BITTER ORANGES ORDER, 1917. DATED
AUGUST 21, 1917.
1917. No. 868.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
©f the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person
shall on or after the 28th August, 1917, either on his own behalf
or on behalf of any other person —
(a) Buy, sell, or deal in; or
(b) Oijer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell, or deal
in; or
(c) Enter into negotiations for the
other dealing in ;
sale or purchase or
any Apricot Pulp or Bitter or Sour Oranges or Pulp made from
such oranges outside the United Kingdom, whether or not the
sale or purchase or dealing is or is to be effected in the United
Kingdom.
Provided that all persons are authorised to buy, sell and deal
in Apricot Pulp and Bitter or Sour Oranges and Pulp made from
such Oranges on passage to the United Kingdom at the date of
this Order.
(a) RASPBERRIES (MANUFACTURERS' PRICES) ORDER.— The reference is to
the Raspberries (Jam Manufacturers' Prices) Order, 1917, printed p. 224.
General Licence under Jam, (Prices] Order, 1917. 227
2. All persons concerned shall before the 28th August, 1917, Returns,
furnish to the Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Grosvenor
House, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.I, a statement showing the
quantity of Apricot Pulp and Bitter or Sour Oranges and Pulp
made from such Oranges purchased but not shipped at the date
of this Order and the quantity thereof sold or unsold.
3. This Order shall not be construed as prohibiting the insur- Insurance,
ance of Apricot Pulp or Bitter or Sour Oranges or Pulp made
from such Oranges.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences againet Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Apricot Pulp and Bitter Title.
Oranges Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wmtour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st August, 1917.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED OCTOBER 16, 1917, UNDER THE JAM
(PRICES) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1065.
1. The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons selling
jam or jelly by wholesale fox delivery to any place in the Orkney
Islands or Shetland Islands and all persons selling jam or jelly
by retail within those Islands to charge a sum at the rate of $d.
per Ib. for jam so delivered or so sold in addition to the prices
authorised by that Order upon sales of the same jam or jelly by
wholesale and by retail respectively and the Food Controller
hereby authorises all persons concerned to pay such additional
sums accordingly.
2. In this Licence, expressions defined in the Jam (Prices)
Order, 1917, (a) shall have the meaning thereby assigned to them.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
16th October, 1917.
(a) JAM (PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order which is printed pp. 107-1 ID of
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual" is revoked by the Jam (Prices)
Order, 1918, printed below, and this General Licence has effect as if made under
the 1918 Order, see Article 18 thereof, p. 231.
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Jam (Prices) Order, 1918.
Maximum
prices.
THE JAM (PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 24, 1918.
1918. No. 68.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders, that except under
the authority of the Food Controller(a) the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1- No person shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any Jam or
Jelly of the descriptions set out in the schedules to this Order
at prices exceeding the maximum prices applicable thereto in
each case.
Sale of jam 2. The maximum prices of Jam of the descriptions set out in
by wholesale tjie schedules to this Order shall be as follow : —
and retail.
(a) On the occasion of a sale by wholesale the prices set out
in the first schedule:
(6) On the occasion of a sale by retail the prices set out in
the second schedule ; or in the cases to which the third
schedule applies, the prices set out in such schedule.
Charges on a
sale by
wholesale.
3. On the occasion of a sale by wholesale the following pro-
visions shall apply : —
(a) The buyer may require the jam sold to be delivered to his
premises and no additional charge may be made
therefor.
(6) No charge may be made for jars or other containers or
for packing or packages; except that the seller may
make an additional charge for the cost of the outside
package enclosing the jar or other containers : Pro-
vided that the buyer shall be entitled to recover from
the seller the amount so charged on returning to the
seller's railway station the outside package in good
condition.
(a) SALE OF JAMS AT PRICES EXCEEDING MAXIMA, OR OTHERWISE NOT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ORDER. — By the Controller's Licence of Oct. 16, 1917 (p. 227),
the sale by retail of jam or jelly, for delivery to, or in, the Orkney or Shetland
Islands at prices exceeding by %d. per Ib. those prescribed by this Order was
authorised.
In addition to this General Licence, licences have been issued to particular
firms to place certain jam on the wholesale and retail markets at prices other than
those fixed by or under conditions varying from those prescribed by this Order.
Each such Licence is subject to the condition that a label as set out therein to
the effect that the jam is sold under the authority of the Food Controller, and
stating the maximum prices at which it may be sold by retail, be affixed to each
container.
In a case of suspicion that the conditions are being contravened, a copy of the
Licence can be obtained from the Ministry of Food.
These licences which were issued under the Jam (Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 107 of
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") take effect as if granted under
the present Order see Art. 18 hereof, p. 231.
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918. 229
4. Oil the occasion of a sale by retail the maximum price Charge on a
shall include the price for jars or other containers and all charges sale by
for packing, packages, and delivery and no additional charge retail-
may be made therefor-
5. The maximum prices of jelly of the descriptions set out in Sales of jelly
the schedules to this Order on the occasion of a sale by wholesale
or a sale by retail shall be the same as are applicable under this
Order to jam of the corresponding description on the occasion
of a like sale together with any additions to such maximum prices
as are authorised by any article of this Order on the occasion of
a like sale of jam, and together with the addition of one half-
penny per pound: Provided that: —
(a) Nothing in this Order shall apply to Red currant Jelly
or to Black currant Jelly ; and
(b) This clause shall not apply to a retail sale of jelly of a
quantity less than one pound.
6. No jam or jelly of the descriptions set out in the schedules Constituents
to this Order shall be offered for sale unless such jam or jelly ?f Jam and
is made in accordance with the following provisions : —
(a) Not more than 10 per cent, of the jam or jelly measured
by weight shall consist of added fruit juice ;
(b) Where more than one fruit is mentioned in the descrip-
tion of any jam or jelly, the amount of such fruit
measured by weight shall not be less than 25 per cent,
of the total amount of fruit contained in the jam or
jelly;
(c) The dried weight of the ingredients of any jam or jelly
shall not be less than 65 per cent, of the total weight
of such jam or jelly.
7. (a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller no Marmalade,
person shall make for sale or sell or offer to sell orange jelly,
lemon jelly, jelly marmalade, or any other variety of fancy
marmalade.
"^ No article shall be sold or offered for sale under the
description of marmalade or under any description of which the
word " marmalade " forms part, unless only citrous fruits,
citrous fruit juices, sugar or other sweetening substances and
preservatives have been used in the making thereof :
(c) Nothing in the foregoing sub-clauses shall before the
1st March, 1918, affect the sale or offer for sale at the prices
applicable under the schedules to " jam of any other descrip-
tion " of any orange jelly, lemon jelly, jelly marmalade or any
other variety of fancy marmalade proved to have been made before
1st February, 1918.
8. The provisions of the Sale of Food and Drills Acts, relating Warranties
to warranties and invoices shall apply to any proceedings under and invoices.
Articles 6 or 7 of this Order in the same way as they apply to
proceedings under those Acts. (a)
(a) PROVISIONS OF SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS AS TO WARRANTIES
AND INVOICES.— Swf»»tnnte (b) to " Cake and Pastry Order, 1017," p. 76.
r.(»22 H 3
230
Jam (Price*) Order, 1918.
Defence on 9. If in any proceedings against a person selling by retail jam
short weight or jelly not made by him it is proved that an offence has been
y re ai er. committed, but the person charged with the offence proves: —
(a) that he sold the jam or jelly in the container in which he
received it ;
(ft) that he had no reason to believe that the jam or jelly was
not of the weight as at which it was sold;
(c) that the offence was occasioned only by reason of the
short weight of the jam or jelly sold ; and
(d) he has given due notice to the prosecutor that he intended
to rely on the provisions of this Clause ;
such persons shall be entitled to be discharged from the Prose-
cution.
Prices to be
displayed by
retailer.
•Delivery in
remote
districts.
Contracts.
Offers and
conditions.
Exceptions.
10. Every person selling jam or jelly by retail shall on and
after 1st February, 1918, keep posted on his premises in a con-
spicuous position so as to be clearly visible to all customers
throughout the whole time during which the jam or jelly is being
sold or exposed for sale, a notice stating in plain words and figures
the maximum price per pound applicable under this Order to the
jam or jelly fo.r the time being on sale.
11. (a) An addition to the maximum price at the rate of \d.
per Ib. may be made for jam or jelly delivered to any place in
the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, (a) Outer and Inner
Hebrides, or in the Counties of Ross and Crornarty, Sutherland-
shire, and Caithness.
(6) Where the Food Controller is of opinion on representa-
tions made by a Local Food Control Committee that an addition
to the maximum price should be made on account of the cost of
transport, there may be made such addition not exceeding a
sum at the rate of ^d. per Ib. as the Food Controller may
authorise.
12. Where any contract subsisting on the 1st February, 1918,
for sale of any Jam or Jelly provides for payment of a price in
excess of the permitted maximum price, the contract shall stand
so far as concerns jam or jelly delivered to the buyer's premises
before the 1st February, 1918, but shall be avoided so far as
concerns Jam or Jelly agreed to be sold above the permitted
maximum price which has not been so delivered.
13. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposition
or proposed sale or disposition of any jam or jelly to which this
Order applies enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or unreason-
able transaction or make or demand any unreasonable charge-
14. The provisions of this Order relating to prices shall not
apply to
(a) Jam or jelly sold for consumption on the premises of the
seller.
(a) ORKNEY AND SHETLAND ISLANDS. — See General Licence of Oct. 16, 1917,
p. 227, which has effect as if granted under this Order.
Jam (I'l-ice*) Order, 1918. 23
(b) Jam sold without a container in a quantity of less than
4 oz3. Provided that at the time of sale the seller is
able and willing if the customer so requires to sell
the customer a J Ib. of jam of the like description at
the price applicable under this Order.
15. For the purposes of this Order — Interpreta-
The expression "jam" shall include conserve and marina- tion*
lade;
The expression " sale by wholesale " shall mean and include
(a) a sale of any quantity to a person for the purposes
of re-sale ; and
(b) a sale for other purposes of a quantity of not less
than 144 Ibs. of jam and jelly or either of them.
The expression "sale by retail" shall mean any sale other
than a sale by wholesale.
16. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
17. The Jam (Prices) Order, 1917, (a) is hereby revoked as on Revocation,
the 1st February, 1918, without prejudice to any proceedings in
respect of any contravention thereof.
18. All licences granted under the Jam (Prices) Order, 1917, Saving of
shall take effect as if thev had been granted under this Order. (b) existing
licences.
19. (a) This Order may be cited as the Jam (Prices) Order, Title and
1918 commence-
(fe) This Order shall come into foice on the 1st February,
1918.
By Order of the Food Con-fcroller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th January. 1918.
(a) JAM (PuiCEs) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed pp. 107 -110 of the
" Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
(b) LICENCES UNDER 1917 ORDER.— See footnote (a) top 228.
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Jam (Prices) Order, 1918
Schedule 1.
SALE BY WHOLESALE.
Maximum prices for Jam.
Description of Jam
or Jelly.
Where Container holds : —
If sold in
larger Con-
tainers than
7 Ib.
Per Ib.
1 Ib.
21b.
3 Ib.
41b.
1 Ib.
«. d.
s. d.
*. d.
s. d.
s. d.
s. d.
Apricot ...
Black Currant
Cherry
Pineapple
Strawberry
-
0 104
1 74
2 44
3 2
5 64
0 9
Pineapple and Apricot j
Pparh
-L t/tlCIl ••• * . • • . .
Raspberry
Marmalade
;
0 10
1 6i
2 3
3 0
5 3
0 84
Raspberry and
0 94
1 54
2 14
2 10
4 114
0 8
Red Currant
Blackberry '
Greengage
Loganberry ...
Red Currant ...
Raspberry and
h
0 9
1 4*
2 0
2 8
4 8
0 74
Gooseberry
Strawberry and
Gooseberry
Gooseberry
1
1
Apricot and Apple ...
0s 84
1 3£ | 1 104
2 6
4 44
0 7
Raspberry and Plum...
I
Damson
Plum
1
0 8i
1 3
1 9f
2 5
4 2|
0 6*
Blackberry and Apple ~
Black Currant and
Apple
[
0 8
1 24
1 f
2 4
4 1
0 64
Raspberry and A pple
Strawberry and Apple
Any other description .
0 74
1 14
1 74
2 2
3 94
0 6
Note, — (1) If sold in a container holding a quantity not specified above, the
maximum price is to be at the rate per Ib. applicable to sales in a container
holding the next higher quantity specified.
(2) Where the jam or jelly is contained in a 7 Ib. or larger jar or in
a 7 Ib. or larger returnable container, the buyer shall be entitled to recover from
the seller the sum of Qd. for each such jar or container returned by him to the
seller in good condition.
(3) Where the jam or jelly is contained in a 7 Ib. or larger non-
returnable container, the maximum price shall be decreased by 3d. in respect of
each such container.
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918.
Schedule II.
SALE BY RETAIL.
Maximum prices for Jam.
Description of
Jam or Jelly.
Where container holds : —
If sold
without
1 Ib.
21b.
31b.
41b.
71b.
Container
Per Ib.
<. d.
s d.
s. d.
s. d.
X. (1.
s. d.
Apricot ... ..."I
Black currant ... |
Cherry 1
Pineapple j
1 0
1 10*
2 9
3 8
6 5
0 11
Strawberry ... ... j
Pineapple and Apricot J
Peach )
Raspberry )
0 114
1 94
2 74
3 6
6 14
0 104
Marmalade j
Raspberry and Red >
0 11
1 84
2 6
3 4
5 10
0 10
Currant ... ... j
Blackberry ... ... }
Greengage
Loganberry
Red currant !
Raspberry and [
0 104
1 7*
2 44
3 2
5 64
0 94
Gooseberry
Strawberry and
Gooseberry J
Gooseberry )
Apricot and Apple ... >
Raspberry and Plum I
0 10
1 64
2 3
3 0
5 3
0 9
Damson ... ...^
Plum
Blackberry and Apple
Black currant and }
0 94
1 54
2 14
2 10
4 11*
0 84
Apple
Raspberry and Apple
Strawberry and Apple J
Any other description
0 9
1 4£
2 0
2 8
4 8
0 8
NOTE. — (1) If sold in a container holding a quantity not specified above the
maximum price is to be at the rate per Ib. applicable to sales in a container hold-
ing the next higher quantity specified.
(2) Where the jam or jelly is contained in a 7 Ib. or larger jar or in a
7 Ib. or larger returnable container, the buyer shall be entitled to recover from
the seller the sum of 6'/. for each such jar or container returned by him to the
seller in good condition.
(3) Where the jam or jelly is contained in a71b. or larger non-return
able container the maximum price shall be decreased by 3f/. in respect of each
such container.
234
Jam (Prices) Order, 1918.
Schedule III.
SALE BY RETAIL IN QUANTITIES LESS THAN 1 LB. WITHOUT
A CONTAINER SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS MENTIONED BELOW.
Description of Jam or Jelly.
Maximum prices for Jam or Jelly.
fib.
Jib.
9. d.
Apricot ")
Black Currant |
Cherry I q
Pineapple [
Strawberry ... J
Pineapple and Apricot ... ...J
Peach )
Raspberry J
Marmalade ~)
Raspberry and Red Currant ...
Blackberry ... ... ... ... |
Greengage ... ... ^ Q g
Loganberry
Red Currant
Raspberry and Gooseberry
Strawberry and Gooseberry
Gooseberry ^
Apricot and Apple > 0
Raspberry and Plum J
Damson ... ... ... ... 1
Plum |
Blackberry and Apple I 7
Black Currant and Apple ... ... j
Raspberry and Apple j
Strawberry and Apple ... . . . J
Any other description ... ... 0 6$
. d.
0 6
0 6
0 5
0 5
0 3
0 3
0 3
0 2}
This schedule does not apply to —
(a) any sale of jam or jelly except jam or jelly sold without a container, or
(fe) any sale of loose jam or jelly unless the seller is able and willing if so
required to sell 1 lb. of the like jam or jelly (as the case may be) to
the customer at the price applicable under this Order.
Where the quantity sold is not an even i lb., £ lb., or f lb., the price is to be
at the rate provided on the sale of I lb.
Food Control Committee* (Local Distribution] Order, 19.17.
9A- L:cal Distribution and Requisitioning.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917,
p. 235.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment
Order, 1918,;;. 240.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918, p. 242.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
No. 2, 1918, p. 250.
Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order, 1918,
p. 237.
Local Distribution (Misuse of Documents) Order, 1918,
p. 239.
Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation) Order,
1918, p. 250.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER,
1917. DATED DECEMBER 22, 1917. (a)
1917. 1325.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
A the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Con-
troller by resolution adopt a scheme under this Order for con-
trolling within their area the distribution and consumption of
any article of food specified in the Resolution. (b)
2. Upon the adoption of a scheme under this Order, the follow-
ing provisions shall apply subject to any additions, modifications
or omissions set out in the scheme : —
(a) No person shall sell the specified article by retail at or
in connection with any premises within the area of
the Committee, unless he is licensed or registered as
a retailer in respect of those premises by the Food
Committee either under an Order of the Food Con-
troller or, failing such Order, in accordance with any
directions given by the Food Committee.
(a) AMENDMENT OF ORDER.— This Order was amended by Food Control
Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment Order, 1918, printed p. 240.
(b) ADOPTION OP SCHEME.— By Order of March 21, 1918, the Food Con-
troller approved the Scheme resolved upon by certain Food Control Committees.
See Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order, 1918, p. 242.
Certain other Committees were brought under the scheme by amending Order
of April 6, 1918, printed p. 250.
Food Gvntrol' Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917.
(6) No retailer may sell the specified article by retail at or
in connection with any premises within the area of
the Committee to or for the use of any person except
a customer registered with the retailer or in excess
of the quantity for the time being prescribed by the
Food Committees.
(c) No person may be registered at the same time in respect
of the same specified article with more than one
retailer whether in the area or elsewhere, and no
supply of the same specified article may be obtained
in any one week by or for the use of any person so
registered from more than one retailer registered
under any scheme adopted under this Order or in
excess of the quantity for the time being prescribed
by the Food Committee.
(d) Every retailer shall so far as practicable divide his
supplies of the specified article equitably among his
registered customers in proportion to the quantities
permitted to be supplied to each under any direction
of the Food Committee.
(e) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the sale of
food for consumption on the premises.
(/) The Food Committee, may require or direct any person
ivho sells the specified article by retail within their area
to hold at the disposal of the Committee such quan-
tities of the specified article held by him or consigned
to him as the Committee may from time to time deter-
mine and to deliver the same whether in bulk or not
to the Committee or to such person as they may name
or otherwise in such manner as the Committee may
from time to time detenu ni p.(a)
(g) The Food Committee may give directions as to —
(i) the number of customers who may be registered
with any particular retailer ;
(ii) the registration of any particular customer with
any particular retailer, and the transfer of
customers from one retailer to another ;
(iii) the manner and time of sale of the specified
article ;
(iv) the quantities .of the specified article that may be
sold to or bought by any person on behalf of
any Institution, Caterer or other special class of
consumer within the area of the Committee ;
(v) the manner of registration
and generally for the purpose of giving effect to the scheme
and for prescribing anything that under the order or the
scheme is to be prescribed. Provided that in prescribing
the quantities of the specified article that may be sold to or
(a) REVOCATION OF CLAUSE 2(/). — This sub-clause was revoked by Art. 6
of the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment Order, 1918,
p. 241.
Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order, 1918.
bought by or for the use of any person or class of consumer
the Food Committee shall not prescribe quantities exceeding
those specified in any direction of the Food Controller.
3. A Food Committee may combine with any other Food Com-
mittee in the exercise of .ill or ".ny of the powers hereby
conferred.
4. It shall be the duty of all persons to comply with the
provisions of any such scheme or directions given by the Food
Committee thereunder <md failure to comply therewith shall be
a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5 . A Food Committee may at any time with the consent of the
Food Controller vary or revoke any scheme adopted under this
Order and every such scheme shall bo subject to review by the
Food Controller and shall be revoked or varied as he may direct.
6. For the purpose of this Order " Food Committee " means
Food Control Committee constituted in pursuance of the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
7. (i) This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committees
(Local Distribution) Order, 1917.
(ii) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
22nd December, 1917.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (REQTJISITIOXING) ORDER, 1918.
DATED JANUARY 31, 1918.
1918. Xo. 115.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations 2f
and 2j of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders as follows : —
1. (a) A Food Committee may with a view to the proper distri- power to
bution of foodstuffs within their area require or direct any person direct pro-
dealing by retail within their area to hold at the disposal of the vision of
Committee any foodstuffs, which are for the time being held by food8tuffp-
him, or are consigned to him for the purposes of retail sale, or
which may within a time prescribed by the Committee be so
held or consigned, and to deliver the same whether in bulk or not
to the Committee or to such persons as they may name and other-
wise in such manner as the Committee may from time to time
determine.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— This
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
238
Directions.
Arbitrator.
Exceptions.
Penalty.
Revocation.
Interpreta-
tion.
Title.
Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) Order, 1918.
(b) Every person to whom any direction is given under the
power conferred by this clause shall duly comply with such
direction and shall give to the Committee such information as
the Committee may require for the purposes of this Order and no
person shall be relieved from the necessity of complying with any
such direction by reason of any contracts or arrangements made
by him as to the disposal of his foodstuffs.
(c) A Food Committee may dispose of foostuffs acquired by
them pursuant to this Order in such manner as they shall think
fit.
2. A Food Committee shall in exercise of the powers conferred
upon them by this Order comply with such directions as may
from time to time be given to them by the Food Controller.
3. The Arbitrator to act for the purposes of this Order shall in
default of agreement be in England and Wales the County Court
Judge for the district within which the area of the Committee
is situate or, where the Lord Chancellor so allows, a deputy
appointed by such Judge and approved by the Lord Chancellor,
and in Scotland a peraon appointed by the Sheriff having jurisdic-
tion in the like district.
4. This Order shall not apply to any foodstuffs held by or con-
signed to a person for sale for consumption on plemises where he
carries on a catering business.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. The Food Control Committees (Margarine Requisition)
Order, 1917, (a.) is hereby revoked as from the llth February,
1918, but without prejudice to any act done thereunder.
7. For the purposes of this Order " Food Committee " means
a Food Control Committee constituted in pursuance of the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (b)
8. (a) This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committee
(Requisitioning) Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st January, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (MARGARINE REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.
— That Order is printed p. 215 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Manual.
(b) £OOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
Local Distribution (Misuse of /Jocuincntx) Order . 1918. 239
THE LOCAL DisTttiMUTioN (MISUSE OF DOCUMENTS) ORPER, 1918.
DATED FEBRUARY 2, 19.18.
1918. Xo. 129.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence oi
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Where any Food Committee with the approval of the Food
Controller have made or propose to make arrangements for
regulating the distribution or consumption of any food within
their area, (whether by means of a scheme under the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917, (a) or other-
wise), and forms of application, cards, vouchers, authorisations
or other documents are issued under the authority of the Com-
mittee or the Food Controller for the purpose of those arrange-
ments, a person shall not
(a) knowingly make or cause to be made or connive at the
making of any statement which is false in any
material particular with a view to obtaining any food
under such arrangement or with a view to obtaining
any such form of application, card, voucher, authorisa-
tion or other document;
(b) forge or without lawful excuse alter any application
under any such arrangement or any such card,
voucher, authorisation, or other document;
(c) falsely represent himself to be a person to whom any such
application, card, voucher, authorisation or other
document applies;
(d) retain any application, card, voucher, authorisation or
other document when he has no right to retain it or
fail to comply with any directions issued by lawful
authority with regard thereto ; or
(e) make or knowingly have in his possession any form of
application, card, voucher, authorisation or other
document marked so as to resemble or colourably
imitate any such form of application, card, voucher,
authorisation or other document, either in blank or
wholly or partly completed, not being a form of appli-
cation, card, voucher, authorisation or other document
issued under lawful authority.
2. A member of or person employed by a Food Committee or information
any other person whose duty it is to deal with any application, to be
card, voucher, authorisation, or other document issued for the -'onfidential.
purposes aforesaid shall not without lawful authority communi-
cate to any person any information acquired by him from any
-noli application, card, voucher, authorisation, or other document.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917.—
That Order is printed, p. 235.
240 Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment
Order, 1918.
Interpreta- 3. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " Food
tion. Control Committee " shall mean a Committee appointed in
pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917.(a)
Penalty . 4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Title . 5. This Order may be cited as the Local Distribution (Misuse of
Documents) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W . H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
2nd February, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) AMEND-
MENT ORDER, ,1918. DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
1918. No. 197.
Schemes
under the
>rder
(S.R. & 0.
No. 1325 of
1917).
Regulation
of retail
sale.
Restriction
on con-
sumption
and
acquisition.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917(b) (here-
inafter called " the principal Order ") shall be amended as
follows : —
1. Where a Food Committee adopts a scheme(c) under the
principal Order for controlling within their area the distribution
and consumption of any article of food the scheme may, with the
consent of the Food Controller, include provisions relating to
or provisions empowering the Committee to give directions
relating to —
(a) the regulation of the sale by retail of the specified article
within the district of the Committee by any persons
or class of persons, whether such persons are or are
not registered under the scheme as retailers in respect
of any premises, or from or about any vehicle, stanci
or other place within the said district, not being
premises in respect of which any person is registered
as a retailer under the scheme ;
(6) the total quantities of the specified article which may
be consumed or obtained from all sources for con-
sumption by any person or class of persons or may be
obtained from all sources by any manufacturer,
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917.—
That Order is printed p. 235.
(c) ADOPTION OF SCHEME. — See footnote (b) to the principal Order, p. 235.
Food Control Committee* (Local Distriltutiim) Amendment 241
Order, 1918.
caterer, institution, residential establishment or other
establishment or class of establishments within the
district whether such person, class, manufacturer,
caterer, institution or establishment is or is not a
registered customer under the scheme ;
(c) the production of such information and the making of Information
such returns by any persons as may be required for and returns.
the purposes of the scheme
and generally may include such other provisions and empowei
the Committee to give such other directions as may be thought
requisite for the purpose of controlling within the district the
distribution and consumption of the specified article.
Where the scheme includes any such provisions, the Committee
may give all necessary directions for giving effect thereto.
2. (i) Where a Food Committee has with the consent of the Application
Food Controller adopted a scheme for controlling the distribution of scheme to
and consumption of any article of food, and the Food Controller £f f*5
has by a general or other authority issued for the purposes of
this clause authorised the application of schemes made under
the principal Order or this Order to any other article or articles
of food specified in the authority, the Food Committee may by
resolution apply the scheme to such other article or articles of
food subject to and in accordance with the terms of such
aiithority.
(ii) Where the Committee has passed any such resolution,
then, subject to any directions of the Food Controller contained
in such authority, such scheme shall apply to such other article
or articles in the same manner as it applies to the first-mentioned
article with necessary modifications.
(iii) The Food Committee shall within seven days from the
date of the resolution forward a copy of the same to the Food
Controller.
3. Where at the date of this Order a scheme has been adopted Confirrna-
by a Food Committee under the principal Order, such scheme tion of
shall be deemed to have been made under the principal Order schemes,
and this Order, and shall have effect accordingly.
4. A Food Committee shall comply with any directions or Compliance
instructions that may be given by the Food Controller in con- with
nection with or for any of the purposes of any scheme adopted directions,
under the principal Order and this Order or any directions under
any such scheme.
5. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any supply Supplies
of a specified article by virtue of any card, voucher, authoriza- under false
tion or other document issued for the purposes of any scheme documents,
where the application upon which such document was obtained etc-
was false in any material particular or where according to such
scheme, the right to obtain such article thereunder has ceased
or is otherwise not properly exerciseable by him.
6. Clause 2 (/) of the principal Order is hereby revoked but Revocation,
without prejudice to any act or thing done thereunder.
242 Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918. .
Title. 7. This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committees
(Local Distribution) Amendment Order, 1918, and shall be read
as one with the principal Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. B eve ridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
15th February, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 21, 1918.
1918. No. 351.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the Food Control
Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917, (a) and the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment Order,
1918, (b) the Food Controller hereby consents to the adoption of
the Scheme set out in the first schedule hereto by the several Food
Control Committees mentioned in the second schedule hereto, (c)
such Scheme to control within the respective districts of the said
Committees the distribution and consumption of the articles of
food specified respectively in the several resolutions of the said
Committees adopting the said Scheme.
And further in exercise of all the powers vested in him under
the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Food Controller
hereby orders that the Scheme, when so adopted by any Com-
mittee, shall have effect throughout the district of such Com-
mittee in accordance with the terms thereof and of the resolution
adopting the same, and that all persons concerned shall comply
with the provisions thereof.
By Order of the Food Controller.
S. G. Tallents,
Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st March, 1918.
First Schedule.
SCHEME to be adopted by a Food Control Committee under the
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order,
1917, (a) and the Food Control Committees (Local Distribu-
tion) Amendment Order, 1918. (b)
Date. 1. This Scheme shall come into operation on the date specified
in the resolution of a Food Control Committee adopting the same.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917. —
That Order is printed p. 235.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) AMENDMENT
ORDER, 1918.— That Order is printed p. 240.
(c) LIST OF COMMITTEES AUTHORISED TO ADOPT THE SCHEME.— This list
was added to by the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme
» Order, No. 2, 1918, p. 250
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order-
1918.
2. The Scheme shall apply to such one or more of the following Specified
articles of food as may be specified in the said resolution, or any articles,
subsequent resolution, that is to say: —
(a) Butter and margarine (which shall be deemed to be one
article) and
(6) Tea, and
(c) Any other article to which the Food Controller may by a
general or other authority issued for the purposes of
this clause authorise the application of the Scheme.
The Committee shall within seven days from the date of any
such resolution as is referred to in this or the preceding clause,
forward a copy of the same to the Food Controller.
3. The maximum quantity of a specified article which may be The appro-
obtained for consumption under this Scheme in any one week priate ration.
by or for the use of any one person within the district shall be
such quantity as the Food Controller may from time to time
prescribe for such person.
Until the Food Controller otherwise directs, the prescribed
quantity of butter and margarine shall be 4 ozs., and the pre-
scribed quantity of tea shall be 1J ozs.
The quantity prescribed for any person for any one week is
hereinafter called " the appropriate ration."
4. The Committee shall issue ration cards to persons residing Ration
in their district upon such application (if nny) as they may direct, cards,
and may require an applicant to furnish such information as
may be proper for the purpose of registration.
TTie Committee may at their discretion refuse any application
or withdraw any card, and generally do such acts and give such
directions as may be proper for the purpose of such issue, refusal
or withdrawal as aforesaid.
5. The Committee may at any time issue a ration card in any
case in which it is in their opinion proper that such card should
be issued.
6. (a) Subject to the provisions of Clause 2 (g) (ii) of the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 1917, (a) the
holder of a ration card issued by the Committee may be registered
as a customer with any retailer in the district of the Committee,
and may register with one retailer for one specified article and
with another retailer for another specified article. Where any
arrangement on that behalf has been made between the Com-
mittee and any other Food Committee, the holder of a ration card
issued by the Committee may register as a customer with any
retailer in the district of such other Committee, and the holder
of a ration card issued by such other Committee may register with
any retailer in the district of the Committee.
(b) A customer may not transfer from one retailer to another
without the consent of the Committee, but such consent shall not
be withheld without good reason.
(c) A customer shall on the occasion of each purchase of a
specified article produce his ration card to the retailer with whom
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIKUTION) ORDER, 1917. —
That Order is printed p. 235.
244
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918.
Registration
of retailers.
he is registered for such article unless he has previously deposited
the same with such retailer. Such retailer shall upon each such
occasion mark the card or detach the appropriate coupon, or other-
wise record such purchase in such manner as the Committee may
from time to time direct.
(d) Unless the Committee otherwise direct, no part of the
appropriate ration may be taken in advance, and no arrears of
the appropriate ration may be made up in any subsequent week.
7. Subject as hereinafter provided the Committee shall grant
a certificate of registration as a retailer of a specified article to
any applicant who makes an application to them on such form
of application (if any) as they may direct, and who or whose pre-
decessor in business was during the year 1917, dealing in the
specified article by retail in the ordinary way of business in their
district and who at the date of his application is so dealing in
such article, and may grant such certificate to any other applicant
in any case in which in their opinion it is necessary in the
interests of the public that such certificate be granted.
8. The Committee may refuse to grant a certificate of registra-
tion to an applicant in any case in which in their opinion it is
contrary to the interests of the public that such certificate should
be granted, but they shall forthwith report any such refusal to
the Food Controller.
The Committee may with the consent of the Food Controller at
any time withdraw a certificate of registration, and shall revoke
such certificate if required so to do by the Food Controller.
9. The Committee shall keep a record of the persons to whom,
and the premises in respect of which, certificates of registration
have been granted under this Scheme.
10. A farmer or other person, not being a farmer- or person
registered under the Scheme as a retailer in respect of any
premises, may sell by retail within the district of the Committee
any supplies of a specified article which are produced by him,
subject to such conditions as to the making of returns, the mark-
ing of ration cards or the detaching of coupons, and otherwise as
the Committee may direct, and every such farmer or other person
and every purchaser of any such supplies shall comply with any
such directions of the Committee.
Except as aforesaid, the Committee may regulate in such
manner as they think proper the sale by retail of a specified
article within the district of the Committee by any person or class
of persons not being persons registered under the Scheme as
retailers in respect of any premises, and may give such directions
and impose such conditions as may be proper for the purpose.
11. Any person residing outside the district of the Committee
residing out- who has been accustomed to obtain supplies of a specified article
side district. froin within the said district shall be entitled to a ration card in
respect of such article in the same manner and to the same extent
as if he were a person residing within the said district, and any
such person to whom a ration card is issued shall be subject to
the provisions of this Scheme in the same manner and to the same
extent as if he were a person so residing as aforesaid. Upon any
Persons
Food Control Committees (Local Distrilmtion) Scheme Order, 245
1918.
application under this clause, the Committee may direct that the
applicant shall forward his application through the Food Com-
mittee for the district in which he resides.
12. Subject to any directions that may be given by the Food
Controller the Committee may from time to time give directions
relating to the total quantities of a specified article which may be
consumed or obtained from all sources for consumption by any
person or class of persons within the district.
13. Subject to any directions that may be given by the Food
Controller, the Committee shall from time to time give directions
as to the total quantity of a specified article which may be obtained
from all sources by any manufacturer, caterer, institution,
residential establishment, or other establishment or class ol:
establishments within the district. The Committee may give all
proper directions for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions
of this clause.
14. The Committee may give directions as to the production
of such information and the making of such returns by any
persons as may be required for the purposes of this Scheme.
15. The Committee may at any time issue emergency cards Emergency
or permits in such form and on such conditions as the Food cards.
Controller or the Committee may direct, to officers and men of
the Naval and Military Forces of the Crown on leave, or to any
other persons temporarily resident within their district, and
may give all necessary directions for the purpose.
16. (a) If any ration card, registration certificate, or any other Lost cards,
like document be defaced, lost or destroyed; the Committee may removals, &c.
on such evidence and subject to such conditions as they think
fit renew the same.
(b) The Committee may give directions as to the surrender
of cards, registration certificates and other like documents on the
death or removal from the district of the holder, and in any other
case in which such surrender is, in the opinion of the Com-
mittee, proper.
17. Certificates of registration, ration cards and any other Documents,
documents issued under the Scheme shall be and remain the
property of the Committee.
18. Subject to any directions of the Food Controller any person
may with the consent of the Committee obtain for consumption
or consume such a supply of a specified article in excess of the
appropriate ration as a duly qualified medical practitioner may
certify to be required by such person in the interests of health.
19. The Committee shall comply with any direction of the Directions of
Food Controller which may be given for the purpose of this Food Con-
Scheme, and any directions of the Committee given under this troller-
Scheme shall have effect subject to any such directions of the
Food Controller.
20. All forms of application and other documents, instructions Confirming
and directions issued before the date when this Scheme shall previous
come into operation by or under the authority of the Food Con- transaction F.
troller or the Committee for the purpose of regulating the dis-
tribution and consumption of a specified article within their
246
Food Control Committees (Jjocal Distribution} Scheme Order,
1918.
district by means of a Scheme under the Food Control Com-
mittee (Local Distribution) Order, 1.917, (a) and all applications
made upon such forms and all acts pursuant to any such instruc-
tions and directions shall be deemed respectively to have been
made and done under and pursuant to this Scheme, and shall have
effect in the same manner and to the same extent as they would
have had effect if so made or done.
21. Clause 2 (/) of the Food Control Committees (Local Dis-
tribution) Order, 1917, (a) shall not apply to this Scheme. Except
as aforesaid and subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained,
the provisions of Clause 2 aforesaid shall apply to this Scheme.
22. This Scheme may be cited as the Food Control Committees
(Local Distribution) Scheme.
Second Schedule.
LIST or FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES AUTHORISED TO ADOPT THE
SCHEME, (b)
ENGLAND AND WALES.
County.
Newcastle Division. (N.)
Northumberland (with
Berwick-on-Tweed)
Durham
Nottingham Division. (N.M.)
Derby
Leicester
Lincoln
Northampton
Nottingham
Rutland
Cambridge Division. (E.}
Bedford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Norfolk
Suffolk
Reading Division. (S.M.)
Berks
Oxford
Hants
Wilts
1Rnck«?
Committee.
Any Committee.
Anv Committee
Any Committee.
Anv Committee.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917. —
That Order is printed p. 235. Clause 2 (/ ) thereof was revoked by Clause 6 of
the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment Order, 1918.
p. 240.
(b) AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE. — This Schedule was added to by the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order, No. 2, 1918, p. 250.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order, 247
1918.
Second Schedule — continued.
County. Committee.
Bristol Division. (S.W.)
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset \ Any Committee.
Gloucester
Somerset
Leeds Division. (N.E.)
York — Any Committee except : —
Great Driffield, Norton, Pock-
lington, Diiffield Rural, Nor-
" ton Rural, Pocklington Rural,
Kirklington-cum-TJpsland, Mai-
ton, Northallerton, Pickering,
Whitby, Aysgarth Rural, Bedale
Rural, Croft Rural, Kirkbymoor-
side Rural, Leyburn Ruial, Mai-
ton Rural, Northallerton Rural,
Pickering Rural, Reeth Rural,
Startforth Rural, Stokesley
Rural, Ihirsk Rural, Whitby
Rural, Flockton, Goole, Rish-
worth, Goole Rural.
Preston Division. (N.W.)
Lancaster — Any Committee except : —
Abram, Billiiige, Bispham with
Norbreck, Blackpool (C.B.),
Clitheroe (M.B.), Colne (M.B.),
Formby, Great Harwood, Hey-
sham, Hindley, Huyton-with-
Roby, Kirkham,' Lytham, More-
cambe (M.B.), Preesal, Prescot,
Radcliffe, Rainford, St. Annes-
• on-Sea, St. Helens (C.B.),
Swinton and Pendlebury, Thorn-
ton, Trawden, Burnley Rural,
Clitheroe Rural, Fyle Rural,
Whiston Rural.
Chester — Any Committee except: —
Compstall, Wilmslow.
Cumberland — Any Committee except: —
Carlisle (C.B.), Holme Cultram,
Penrith, Wigton, Alston with
Garrigill Rural, Brampton
Rural, Carlisle Rural, Longtown
Rural, Penrith Rural, Wipton
Rural.
248 Food Control Committee* (Local Distribution} Scheme Order,
1918.
Second Schedule — continued.
County. Committee.
Birmingham Division. (M.)
Salop — Any Committee except : —
.Bishops Castle (M.B.), Bridgnorth
(M.B.), Church Stretton, Elles-
mere, Market Dray ton, Newport.
Wem, Whitchurch, Atcham
Rural, Bridgnorth Rural, Bur-
ford Rural, Chirbury Rural,
Church Stretton Rural, Cleobury
Mortimer Rural, dun Rural,
Drayton Rural jointly with Blore
Heath, Ellesmere Rural. Newport
Rural, Teme Rural, Wem Rural,
Whitchurch Rural.
Stafford — Any Committee except : —
Gnosall Rural, Tutbury Rural.
Warwick — Any Committee except : —
Bulkington, Sutton Coldfield
(M.B.), Brailes Rural.
Worcester — Any Committee except : —
Droitwich (M.B.), Droitwich Rural,
Rock Rural, Shipston on Stour
Rural, Tenbury Rural.
Hereford — Any Committee except : —
Bromyard, Hereford (M.B.), King-
ston, Leominster (M.B.), Ross,
Bredwardine Rural, Bromyard
Rural, Dore Rural, Hereford
Rural, Kingston Rural, Leo-
minster Rural, Ross Rural,
Weobley Rural, Whitchurch
Rural, Wigmore Rural.
Carnarvon Division. (N. Wales.)
Anglesey — Any Committee except : —
Amlwch, Llangefni, Twrcelyn
Rural.
Carnarvon — Any Committee except : —
Bethesda, Carnarvon (M.B.), Cric-
cieth, Portmadoc, Pwllheli
(M.B.), Glaslyn Rural, Gwyrfai
Rural, Lleyn Rural.
Denbigh — Any Committee except: —
Llansilin Rural, St. Asaph Rural.
Uwchaled Rural.
Flint — Any Committee except: —
St. Asaph Rural.
Food Control Cowm-itte.es (Local /tixtriliut ion) Scheme Order, 249
1918.
Second Schedule — continued.
County. Committee.
Carnarvon Division. (N. Wales.) — cont.
Merioneth— -Any Committee except: —
bala, Mallwyd, Deudraetb. Rural,
Ecleyrnion Rural, Ponllyn Rural.
Montgomery — Any Committee except : —
Llanfyllin (M.B.), Machynlleth,
Montgomery (M.B.), Newtown
and Llanllwchairn, Forden Rural,
Llanfyllin Rural, Machynlleth
Rural, Newton and Llanidloes
Rural.
Cardiff Division. (S. Wales.)
Brecknock — Any Committee except : —
Builth Wells, Hay, Llanwrtyd,
Builth Rural.
Cardigan — Any Committee except : —
Aberayron, Lampeter (M.B.),
Aberayron Rural, Lampeter
Rural, Llandyssul Rural.
Carmarthen — Any Committee except : —
Kidwelly (M.B.), Llandilo, New-
castle Emlyn, Llandilofawr
Rural, Llanbyther Rural, New-
castle Emlyn Rural, Whitland
Rural.
Glamorgan — Any Committee except : —
Aberavon (M.B.), and Margam
U.D.
Monmouth — Any Committee except : —
Nantyglo and Blaina, Tredegar,
Blaenavon, Abergavenny Rural,
Monmouth Rural.
Pembroke — Any Committee except : —
Fishguard, Haverfordwest (M.B.),
Narberth, Neyland, Narberth
Rural.
Radnor — Any Committee except:—
Knighton, Llandrindod Wells,
Presteign, Colwyn Rural, Knigh-
ton Rural, Paincastle Rural,
Rhayader Rural.
SCOTLAND.
Any Committee in any County.
250 Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation} Order, 1918 ;
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution] Scheme Order
No. 2, 1918.
THE POWERS OF FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (INTERPRETATION)
ORDER. DATED APRIL 5, 1918.
1918. No. 403.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows :
S.R. & O., 1. The expressions " Article of Food " and " Foodstuffs " con-
No. 1325 of tained in the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order,
J,917' 1917,(a) the Food Control Committees (Local Distribution)
19°18and Amendment Order, 1918,(b) the Food Control Committees
No. 115 of (Requisitioning) Order, 1918, (c) shall for the purposes of those
1918. Orders mean every article which is used for food by man and
every article which ordinarily enters into or is used in the com-
position or preparation of human food and shall include tea,
coffee, and cocoa ; and the said Orders shall be read and take effect
as if they had originally contained the foregoing interpretation
of these expressions.
2. This Order may be cited as the Powers of Food Control
Committees (Interpretation) Order, 1918.
Bv Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
5th April, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME
ORDER No. 2, 1918. DATED APRIL 6, 1918.
1918. No. 405.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the Food Control
Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 19 17, (a) and the Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment Order,
1918, (b) the Food Controller hereby consents to the adoption of
the Scheme set out in the first schedule of the Food Control Com-
mittees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order, 1918, dated the 21st
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917.—
That Order is printed p. 235.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) AMENDMENT
ORDER, 1918.— That Order is printed p. 240.
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (REQUISITIONING) ORDER, 1918.— That
Order is printed p. 23"
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order
No. 2, 1918.
March, 1918 (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1918, No. 351),(a) by
the severral Food Control Committees mentioned in the schedule
hereto, such Scheme to control within the respective districts of
the said Committees the distribution and consumption of the
articles of food specified respectively in the several resolutions of
the said Committees adopting' the said Scheme.
And further in exercise of all the powers vested in him under
the Defence of the Realm Regulations the Food Controller
hereby orders that the Scheme, when so adopted by any Com-
mittee, shall have effect throughout the district of such
Committee in accordance with the terms thereof and of the reso-
lution adopting the same, and that all persons concerned shall
comply with the provisions thereof.
By Order of the Food Controller.
S. G. Tallents,
Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6th April, 1918.
251
Schedule.
List of Food Control Committees authorised to adopt the Scheme.
County.
Committee.
Birmingham Division (M) —
Salop
Warwick
Worcester
Hereford
Market Dray ton, Wem, Whit-
church, Atcham Rural, Drayton
and Blore Heath Rural, Wem
Rural, Whitchurch Rural.
Button Coldfield(M.H.).
Droitwich (M.B.).
Bromyard, City of Hereford,
Kington, Ross, Bredwardine
Rural, Bromyard Rural, Here-
ford Rural, Kington Rural,
Ross Rural, Weobley Rural,
Wigrnore Rural.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME ORDER,
1918. -That Order is printed p. 242.
252 List of li Meat and Cattle and Eygx " Orders.
10. Meat and Cattle and Egrgs.(a),(b)
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 279.
Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917, p. 266.
Cattle and Meat (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 257.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Butchers), p. 289.
[See next page.
(a) ARMY CATTLE PURCHASE.— The following Notice appeared in the Press
of September 1st, 1917 : — " The arrangements made for the purchase of cattle
in the United Kingdom for the feeding of the Army during the next few months
have been revised in the light of a reduction in the demands of the Army,
which were originally estimated at 250,000 head. The reduction in the weekly
purchases will be spread over the whole area, and a smaller number of stock will
be taken from England, Scotland, and Ireland. The purchases will be carried
out in England by traders nominated by the Auctioneers' Institute and in
Scotland by a Committee of auctioneers, but in Ireland the Army authorities
will buy cattle through their own agents, as the Army has for some time been
possessed of an organisation for the direct 'purchase of agricultural produce in
Ireland. The buyers have been instructed to purchase cattle in a condition to
yield good lean meat, beyond that of ' stores ' three quarters fat but not ' prime.'
The purchases will be effected at market rates, which are expected to rule below
the maxima fixed by the Food Controller."
(b) FROZEN AND OTHER IMPORTED MEAT. — In 1915 three Orders in Council
(all printed as Statutory Rules and Orders), of which the dates and scope are
specified below, requisitioned for the carriage of refrigerated produce the
insulated spaces in certain British steamships.
Date of Order
in Council.
St. R. & O.
number.
British Steamships insulated spaces in
which were requisitioned.
April 13, 1915
April 29, 1915
Oct. 14, 1915
1915-303
1915-385
1915-999
All steamships trading between the Common-
wealth of Australia or the Dominion of New
Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Steamships owned by certain Companies trading
between the Argentine or Uruguay Republics
and the United Kingdom or Europe.
i Certain steamships specified by name trading
between the Argentine or Uruguay Republics
and the United Kingdom.
Two further Orders in Council of Nov. 10, 1915 (1915, No. 1071), and Dec. 22,
1915 (1915, No. 1219), empowered the President of the Board of Trade to
requisition —
(i) any British ship registered in the United Kingdom for the carriage
of food-stuffs ;
(ii) the insulated spaces for the carriage of refrigerated produce in any
British steamship registered in the United Kingdom or hereafter
to be so registered and fitted or hereafter to be fitted with such
spaces and not liable to requisition under the three first-mentioned
Orders in Council.
All these five Orders in Council are printed pp. 400-409 of Yol. I of the
Annual Volume of St. R. & O. for 1915.
Regulation 39BBB (3) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations empowers
the Shipping Controller to requisition any ships or any cargo spaces in any ships
" in order that they may be used in the manner best suited for ?he needs of the
country."
The General Regulations for the sale of frozen meat from Australia and New
Zealand are printed in Appendix IY. to the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."
COLD STORAGE. — As to taking of articles out of and into cold storage,.
fee the Cold Storage (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 181.
Meat (Sales) Order, 1917. 253
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 19 18 (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's Meat
(Including Pork) ), p. 289.
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 270.
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 282.
Eggs, Authorisation under Food Hoarding Order, 1917, as to
preserved eggs, p. 30 1 .
Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 290.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 318.
Irish Pigs (Control) Order, 1918, p. 283.
Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918, p. 290.
London Central Markets Order, 1918, p. 289.
Meat (Control) Order, 1917,;?. 262.
Meat (Licensing of Wholesale Dealers) Order, 1918, p. 278.
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 257.
Direction thereunder (Pig Meat in Ireland), p. 319.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918, p. 301.
Directions thereunder (Amount of Ration and use of Cards and
Coupons),/?. 310.
Directions thereunder (Pork Butchers),;?. 314.
Directions thereunder (General Butchers), p- 315.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat or Pork),/?. 317.
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918,
p. 293.
Meat (Retailers' Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 274.
Meat (Sales) Order, 191 7, p. 253.
Pig and Pis: Products (Prohibition of Export) (Ireland) Order,
1918,^.292.
Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 299.
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918, p. 277.
Public'Meals Order, 1918,;?. 276.
Rabbits (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 268.
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918, p. 275.
THE MEAT (SALES) ORDER, 1917. DATED MAY 31, 1917.(a;
1917. No. 520
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation £F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
(a) SCOPE on1 ORDEK.— The Meat (Sales) Order was directed to two matters
(1) Sales of fat cattle, sheep, and swine for slaughter, and (2) Sales of dead meat.
As to (1) it is revoked except as to Ireland by the Meat (Control) Order, p.262.
Provision as to the sale in the market for slaughter of bulls, bullocks, cows and
heifers and of sheep is made by the Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917 (p. 266), and the
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918 (p. 275), and the slaughter of pregnant animals and of
calves is restricted by the Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918
(p. 290)— neither of which apply to Ireland.
254
Meat (Sales) Order, 1917.
Dealer to
sell only for
slaughter.
Written
undertaking.
Slaughter.
Powers and
duties of
Market
Authority.
False
statements.
Duties of
the Market
Authorities
in relation to
under-
takings.
Application
of this part.
Salesmen to
sell to retail
butchers.
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller, the
following provisions shall be observed by all persons concerned :
I. — SALES OF FAT CATTLE. (a)
1. A person who has bought any fat cattle (hereinafter called
the dealer) shall not resell the same except to a person (herein-
after called the permitted buyer) who gives a written undertaking
that he is buying such cattle for slaughter, and the permitted
buyer shall not sell the fat cattle bought but shall cause the same
to be slaughtered within 14 days of the date of his purchase.
2. When the resale was made to the permitted buyer in a
cattle market, the written undertaking shall be made and entered
by the permitted buyer in a book to be kept for the purpose by
the market authority for such market, and in any other case
shall be in the form set forth in the schedule and shall be sent
by the dealer to the market authority of the cattle market neareit
to the place where the sale was made.
3. The permitted buyer shall within seven days of the cattle
being slaughtered forward particulars of the place and time of
such slaughter to the market authority to whom the written
undertaking was given or sent.
4. Where any cattle are sold in the market, the determination
of the market authority whether such cattle are or are not fat
cattle shall be conclusive for all purposes, and the market
authority shall not permit any fat cattle to be moved from the
market until the necessary written undertaking has been given.
5. A person shall not make any false statement in the written
undertaking or particulars referred to in this part of this Order.
6. The market authority shall retain all written undertaking
and particulars received by them, and shall inform the Food
Controller, or, as he may direct, of any case where it appears
to them that the provisions of this part of this Order have not
been complied with.
II. — SALES OF DEAD MEAT.
7. This part of this Order shall apply on the occasion of any
sale of dead meat, by or on behalf of a person (hereinafter called
the salesman) who has bought such meat, or has received for sale
on commission meat previously bought as dead meat :
Provided that —
(a) Nothing in this part shall apply to meat imported by the
Board of Trade or to a retail sale of meat ; and that
(b) Clauses 8, 9 and 10 shall not apply on the occasion of ;
sale of imported meat by the first importer thereof.
8. The salesman shall not sell any part of such meat except
to a retail butcher buying for retail sale or to a person buying for
consumption.
(a) SALES OP FAT CATTLE.— Part I of this Order is revoked except as to
reland by the Meat (Control) Order, 1917, p. 262.
Meat (Sales) Order, 1917.
255
9. The salesman sliall not sell any carcase, side or quarter at Price for
a price more than 3d. a stone above the cost to him of the meat Carcases,
sold, or in the case of meat consigned to him for sale on com-
mission at more than 3d. per stone above the price at which the
meat was bought by the consignor, together with cost of trans-
port to the place of sale.
10. The salesman shall not sell a carcase, side or quarter cut price f01
into smaller joints at such prices as will in the aggregate make joints,
the total amount charged by him for the meat sold more than \d.
a stone above the price at which the like carcases, sides or
quarters are on the same day being sold or offered for sale.
11. No wholesale butcher or meat importer shall sell a carcase,
side or quarter cut in smaller joints at such prices as will in the
aggregate make the total amount charged by him for the meat
sold more than Id. per stone above the price at which the like
carcases, sides or quarters are on the same day being sold or
offered for sale.
Price for
joints by
wholesale
butchers
and meat
importers.
12. In any proceedings for a breach of the provisions of this Burden
part of this Order, the burden of proving the amount of the of proof,
price at which meat was bought and cost of transport shall be
upon the person charged.
13. Every person selling meat in a market shall furnish to the Statement
market authority, as and when required by the market authority, to be given
a statement showing classification and weight of meat sold by ^ Market
him in such market and prices realised.
III. — GENERAL.
14. A person shall not buy, sell or deal in or offer to buy, Offers, etc.
sell or deal in, any cattle or meat in contravention of any of the
provisions of this Order.
15. All persons concerned shall keep such records of cattle Records,
bought, sold and slaughtered, and meat bought and sold, prices
paid and charged and the names of sellers and buyers as are
necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the pro-
visions of this Order are being complied with, and such records
shall at nil times be open to the inspection of the Food Controller
or of any local authority(a) or market authority.
16. The market authority of a market shall cause copies of this Display of
Order to be kept affixed in some conspicuous place in such market. Order.
17. For the purpose of this Order: —
' Market " shall include a fair.
' Market authority " shall mean any person, company or
corporation having the control or management of any
market or in receipt of tolls in respect thereof.
(a) "LOCAL AUTHORITY.'— Clause 2 of the Food Control Committee for
Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917 (printed in Part III of this Manual, provides
that this expression includes the Food Control Committee for Ireland, as to
whom see the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order
1(,» 17, also printed in Part III.
Interpre-
tation.
256 Meot (Sales) Order, 1917.
"Cattle" shall include, in addition to cattle usually so-
called, ram, ewe, wether, lamb, and swine.
"Meat" shall mean any meat obtained from cattle as
defined.
"Sale" shall include barter.
** Stone " shall mean a stone of 8 Ibs.
Penalty. 18. If any person acts in contravention of this Order, or aids
or abets any other person, in doing anything in contravention
of this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place ivithout his knowledge or
consent, (a)
Title and 19. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Meat (Sales) Order,
commence- 1917.
Order. (&) Part I. of this Order shall come into force on the llth
June, 1917, and Part II. shall come into force on the 4th June,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
31st May, 1917.
Schedule.
I declare that the animal[s] described at the foot of this under-
taking was (were) bought by me for slaughter and will be
slaughtered within 14 days hereof.
It is intended that such animal shall be slaughtered at
Signature
Address..
Class of animal.
Name of
seller.
Address of seller.
Price.
(a) LIABILITY OP DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offences," p. 433 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") which was
added to the Code since this Order was printed provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
Cattle and Meat (Returns) Order, 1917 ; 257
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
THE CATTLE AND MEAT (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED JULY 2&s
1917.
1917. No. 767.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation
2a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
Orders as follows : —
1. All persons engaged in the production, purchase, sale,
distribution, transport, storage or shipment of any
cattle or any meat, shall furnish such particulars as
to their businesses as may from time to time be
specified by or on behalf of the Food Controller, and
shall verify the same in such manner as he may direct.
2. For the purpose of this Order, the expression " Cattle "
shall include in addition to cattle usually so called
Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Deer, Goats and Swine;
and the expression " Meat " shall mean any meat
obtained from cattle as denned.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. Tnis Order may be cited as the Cattle and Meat (Returns)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
28th July, 1917.
THE MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICKS) ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 29,
1917, AS AMENDED BY THE MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES)
ORDER, No. 2, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1917, AND THE
AMENDING ORDER OF MARCH 28, 1918. (a)
1917, No. 903, as amended by 1917, No. 943 and 1918, No. 374.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation
2F of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders that except under the authority of the Food Controller
the following regulations shall be observed by all persons
concerned : —
PART I. — MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES.
1. No person shall on or after the 3rd September, 1917:— Maximum
(a) Sell by way of wholesale sale any carcase of any of wholesale
the kinds of dead meat specified in the Schedule Pnces-
(a) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.— The No. 2 Order was confined to the addi-
tion of words at the end of Clause 6 (6) of the Principal Order, and the Order
of March 28, 1918, substituted a new Schedule of Prices.
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258 Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
or any hind quarter or fore quarter of imported beef
or veal at a price exceeding the maximum price
therein mentioned. Provided that —
(i) In the case of Kosher meat the maximum
wholesale price shall in each case be IJd.
per stone in excess of the price otherwise
applicable under the Schedule; and
(ii) Where the carcase is cut by the seller into
smaller portions a further charge not exceed-
ing a charge at the rate of Id. per stone
may be made for such cutting; or
(b) Sell by way of wholesale sale in any area any side,
quarter, joint, or cut of the kinds of dead meat so
specified at a price exceeding such maximum price
as the Food Controller may from time to time direct
for that area. (a)
Price to be 2. The maximum price applicable under the immediately pre-
^x market, ceding clause (hereinafter called the Maximum Wholesale
Price) shall in each case be
store, or other place of sale.
Price) shall in each case be the price ex market, warehouse,
Meat (Sales) 3._ Nothing contained in this Part of this Order shall exempt
Order, 1917. anv person from any of the obligations imposed by Part II. of
the Meat (Sales) Order, 1917. (b)
•
PART II. — MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES. (c)
Limitation 4. — (a) No person shall in the fortnight ending the 151 v
on aggregate September, 1917, or any succeeding fortnight sell meat by
re^a^ in about or from any premises except at such prices as
secure that the aggregate of the prices charged for meat so sold
during the fortnight in question does not exceed the actual cost
to him of such meat by more than the prescribed percentage
of such actual cost or by more than an amount representing
2%d. for every Ib. of meat so sold, whichever shall be the less.
(b) The prescribed percentage shall be 20 per cent, or such
other percentage as the Food Controller may from time to time
direct either generally or in any particular case or class of case.
Sale price. 5. In ascertaining the prices charged for the purpose of
clause 4 hereof there shall be excluded such sum (not exceeding
a sum at the rate of \d. per Ib.) as may be charged for delivery
and for giving credit.
(a) MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES FOR VARIOUS CUTS OF PIG MEAT IN
IRELAND.— These were fixed by Direction of April 27, 1918, p. 319.
(b) MEAT (SALES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 253.
(c) REVOCATION OF PART II. — This Part of the Order was revoked as
regards England and Wales by Meat Retail Prices (E. and W.) Order, 1918,
which in its turn was revoked by Meat Retail Prices (E. and W.) Order No. 2,
1918, printed p. 293.
Meat (Maximum Prices} Order, 1917, as amended. 259
6. In ascertaining the actual cost for the purpose of clause 4 Actual cost,
hereof, regard shall be had to the following rules: —
(a) Where meat sold has been bought as dead meat the actual
cost shall be the sum paid or payable for such meat
ex Market, warehouse, store, or other place where so
bought without any addition whatsoever.
(6) Where the meat sold is obtained from cattle bought alive
by the person in question and slaughtered within 14
day?, of his purchase, the actual cost shall be taken
to be the sum paid for such cattle less the value of
any part thereof not sold as meat or the maximum
wholesale price for the carcase as at the time of
slaughter whichever shall be the less.
(c) Where the person in question imports meat which is sold
by him at any premises the actual cost of such meat
shall be taken to be its value at the market price for
the time being fixed by or under arrangement with the
Food Controller.
(d) In all other cases the actual cost of any meat in respect
of which a maximum wholesale price is provided under
Part I. of this Order shall be taken to be the maximum
wholesale price for the time being applicable thereto
in the area in which the premises are situate, and the
actual cost of any side, quarter or other cut, in
respect of which there is for the time being no
such maximum price, shall be deemed to be such sum
as is fair and reasonable on the basis of such maxi-
mum wholesale price.
7. (a) — (a) A Food Contiol Committee may from time to time Powers of a
prescribe a scale or alternative scales of maximum prices ^°°
applicable to sales of meat by retail in about or from any Committee
premises situate within their area, and may from time to time
revoke or vary any scale so prescribed and where alternative
scales are prescribed may make such provisions as they shall
think fit as to the application of any such scale to any premises
or class of premises within their area. Any scale prescribed
under the powers conferred by this clause shall be in accordance
with any general directions which may from time to time be
given by the Food Controller.
(6) Where any scale has been so prescribed then (subject to
any limitations or exceptions prescribed by the Committee) no
meat shall be sold by retail in or about or from any premise?
situate within the area of the Committee at prices exceeding the
prices provided by the scale applicable to such premises.
(c) Where the Food Controller so directs a Food Control Com-
mittee shall in exercise of the powers and duties conferred by
this clause act in combination with any other Food Control Com-
mittee or Committees and in such case the scale or scale?
prescribed shall apply to the areas of all such Committees.
(a) POWERS AS TO OFFALS.— These powers of Committees were as from
January 21st, 1918, restricted as regards offals by Art. 10 of the Edible Offals
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 271.
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Onus of
proof.
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
(d) Compliance with the terms of a scale prescribed under the
provisions of this clause shall not relieve any person from the
necessity of complying with the foregoing provisions of this part
of this Order.
(e) This clause shall not apply to Ireland, (a)
8. In any proceedings for a breach of any of the provisions
of this part of this Order, the burden of proving the actual, cost
of the meat sold during any fortnight shall be upon the person
charged.
PART III. — GENERAL.
*
Notices. 9. On and after the 3rd September, 1917, every person selling
meat by retail in any shop shall keep posted in a conspicuous
position so as to be clearly visible to all customers throughout
the whole time during which the meat is being sold or exposed
for sale, a notice stating in plain words and figures the prices
for the time being of the usual cuts of meat on sale in about
or from such shop and a copy of every such notice shall within
48 hours of the same being posted be sent by him to the Food
Control Committee.
Offers and 10. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy
conditions. or offer to buy any meat at prices exceeding the maximum prices
provided by or under this Order, or in connection with any sale
or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of meat enter or offer
to enter into any artificial or fictitious transaction or make any
unreasonable charge.
Records. 11- Every person dealing in meat shall keep accurate records
containing such particulars as are necessary to show whether or
not he is complying with the provisions of this Order so far as
they relate to him or his trade, and shall make such returns as
to his trade and otherwise as may from time to time be required
by the Food Controller or a Food Control Committee. All such
records1 and relevant documents shall be open to the inspection
of any person authorised by the Food Controller or the Com-
mittee.
Contracts. 12. Where any contract subsisting at the date of this Order for
the sale of meat provides for the payment of a price in excess
of the maximum price fixed by this Order applicable on the
occasion of such a sale, the contract shall stand so far as concerns
meat delivered before the 17th September, 1917, but unless the
Food Controller otherwise determines, shall be avoided so far
as concerns meat which is to be delivered on or after that date.
Infringe- 13. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
ments. the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(a) APPLICATION TO IRELAND. — Clause 7 (e) was revoked by the Food Con-
trol Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part III
of this Manual.
Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, as amended.
261
14. For the purpose of this Order : —
" Food Control Committee " shall mean a Committee
appointed in pursuance of the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
:< Premises " shall include any van, stand, cart, or other
vehicle.
" Cattle " shall include in addition to cattle usually so
called, ram, ewe, wether, lamb and swine.
"Meat" shall except where otherwise stated mean any
meat (including- sausages and edible offal) obtained from
cattle as denned, other than bacon, ham, preserved and
potted meats, and cooked meats.
"Kosher Meat" shall mean meat obtained from cattle
slaughtered by butchers in accordance with the Jewish
practice of slaughter.
" Stone " shall mean a stone of 8 Ibs.
15. This Order may be cited as the Meat (Maximum Prices)
Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
29th August, 1917.
Food Controller.
of
Order.
Schedule of Maximum Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef and Veal,
price per stone.
Mutton and Lamb,
price per stone.
Pork,
price per stone.
Home
killed.
Imported.
Home killed
and Imported.
Home killed
and Imported.
Carcase.
s. d.
8 2
Hind Qtrs. Fore
8. d. S.
93 7
Qtrs.
d.
1
Carcase.
s. d.
8 8
Carcase.
s. d.
10 8
NOTE. — In ascertaining weight, the offals are to be excluded.
In the case of Pork other than imported Pork, the maximum
rate of 10s. Sd. per stone is applicable if the offals are not included
in the sale, and the maximum rate shall be Qd. higher if the offals
are included in the sale. In each case the weight of the offals
shall be excluded in ascertaining- the weight of the carcase.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE. — This expression now under Clause 2 of the
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part III
of this Manual, includes the Food Control Committee for Ireland, as to whom
see the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, also
printed in Part III. The Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917,
is likewise printed in Part III.
(b) SCHEDULE OF MAXIMUM PRICES.— The Schedule is here printed as it
had effect from March 28, 1918, as provided by Order of that date. For prices
as between March 4 and March 28, 1918, see Order of March 2, 1918 (St. R. & O.,
191«, No. 247), now superseded, and therefore omitted from this Manual, and
for prices as between January 1 and March 4, 1918, see the Schedule as printed
at p. 156 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
The General Licences issued Dec. 24, 1917, and Jan. 14, 1918, and printed
pp. 167 and 176 of that Edition are revoked by this amending Order.
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Meat (Control) Order, 1917.
THE MEAT (CONTROL) ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1917.
1917. No. 1203.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned.
Registration
of Retail .
Meat Dealers
and Keepers
of Slaughter-
houses.
Persons
entitled to
registration.
Grounds for
refusing
registration.
PART I. — REGISTRATION OF RETAIL MEAT DEALERS AND KEEPERS
OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
1. (a) A person shall not at any time after the 14th January,
1918, deal in dead meat by retail either on his own account
or for the account of any other person except in about or in con-
nection with premises in respect of which he is the holder of a
certificate of registration as a retail meat dealer for the time
being in force issued by the Food Committee for the area in
which the premises are situate ; but this Clause shall not prevent
a retail dealer duly registered from selling from his cart in the
ordinary course of business.
(5) A Retail dealer may be registered as a hawker or coster-
monger and in such case shall sell only from his cart, stall or
barrow and at such other place, if any, as may be named in the
certificate.
(c) A person shall not, at any time after the 31st December,
1917, keep or occupy any premises as a slaughterhouse for Cattle
except premises in respect of which he is the holder of a certificate
of" registration as the keeper or occupier of a Slaughterhouse
for the time being in force issued by the Food Committee for the
area in which the premises are situate.
2. (a) A person who was, at the date of this Order, carrying
on business as a retail dealer in dead meat or as a keeper or
occupier of a Slaughterhouse shall be entitled on making
application (in the case of a retail dealer in dead meat before
the 17th December, 1917, and in the case of a keeper or occupier
of a Slaughterhouse before the 3rd December, 1917) to receive
a certificate of registration in respect of the premises on which
such business was being carried on.
(b) A hawker or costermonger shall be so described in his
certificate.
3. A Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of registra-
tion applied for by a person entitled to receive the same under
the preceding Clause of this Order, except with the consent of
the Food Controller and in circumstances in which the Food
Committee might have revoked the certificate if it had been
already granted. Upon the refusal of a certificate the applicant's
title (if any) shall cease.
Meat (Control) Order, 1917. 263
4. A Food Committee may, in any case in which in their Power 10
opinion it is desirable to do so in the interest of the public within grant new
their area, with the consent of the Food Controller, grant to any eertlficates
other person a certificate of Registration, either as a retail dealer
or as the keeper or occupier of a Slaughterhouse in respect of
any premises within their area or as a oostermonger or a hawker
as the case may be; and unless they shall see any good reason
to the contrary, they shall, without any such consent, grant an
appropriate certificate to every applicant who has served in the
forces of the Crown during the present War and who before so
serving was carrying* on business as a retail dealer in dead meat
or as the keeper or occupier of a Slaughterhouse within the area of
the Committee.
5. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Mode of
made on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller, and application
every applicant shall furnish upon such form a true statement of
the particulars required for completing the form, which state-
ment shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly authorised
agent.
6. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Application
made to the Food Committee for the area in which the premises to be
of the applicant, in respect of which a certificate of registration addressed to
., -iTTi • i • £ Food Corn-
is sought, are situate. Where the same person is applying for mittees f or
registration in respect of premises situated in more than one theappropn-
area, separate application shall be made in each area in respect of ate areas,
the premises situated therein, and in the case of a hawker or
costermonger to the Food Committee for the area in which he
resides at the time of such application.
7. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form Form of
prescribed by the Food Controller. certificate.
8. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Con- Revocation
troller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them under of certifi-
the provisions of this Order if they are satisfied that any of the cates-
provisions of this Order or any regulation or direction made or
given by or under the authority of the Food Controller relating to
the trade or business of the holder of such certificate has not been
observed by him or by any of his servants or agents and shall
revoke such certificate if required so to do by the Food Con-
troller.
9. The Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by the Register of
Food Controller a register of the persons to whom and the holders of
premises in respect of which certificates of registration have certificates,
been granted under this Order.
10. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event of a business,
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall be
lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate, on making an application for a
certificate of registration,, to deal in dead r^eat by retail or to
5022 I •»
264
Meat (Control) Order, 1917.
Inspection
and In-
formation.
Custody of
certificates.
keep or occupy any premises as a Slaughterhouse from the date
of such application until the decision thereon is intimated by the
Food Committee, in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue
thereof.
11. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or
cause to be kept at the premises in respect of which he is registered
accurate records as to cattle slaughtered or meat dealt in and
such other matters as the Food Controller may from time to time
prescribe, together with all relevant books, documents and
accounts and shall comply with any directions given by or
under the authority of the Food Controller as to the form and
contents of such records. The holder shall also observe such
directions as to the trade or business in respecf of which he is
registered as may be given to him from time to time by the Food
Controller or the Food Committee, and shall make such returns
and furnish such particulars relating thereto as the Food Con-
troller or the Committee may from time to time require, and shall
permit any person authorised by the Food Controller or the
Committee to inspect his premises and the records to be kept
under this Clause and all relevant books, documents and accounts.
12. Every certificate of registration shall be kept at the
premises or some one of the premises to which it relates, and in
the case of a hawker or costermonger shall be carried with him
whenever engaged in selling meat ; and every holder of a certifi-
cate of registration shall produce the same for inspection upon
the demand of any person authorised by the Food Controller or a
Food Committee,
Licensing of
Live Stock
Auctioneers.
Licensing of
cattle
Dealers.
PART II. — LICENSING OF LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS AND
CATTLE DEALERS.
13. (a) A person shall not at any time after the 31st December,
1917, sell cattle by auction unless he is the holder of a licence
granted by the Food Controller authorising him to sell cattle by
auction.
(b) Applications for a licence under this Clause shall be
made before the 3rd December, 1917, to the Live Stock Com-
missioner for that area in which the applicant usually reside*,
or to such other person as the Food Controller may prescribe. •
14. (a) A person shall not at any time after the 31st December,
1917, deal in any cattle unless he is the holder of a licence granted
by the Food Controller authorising him to deal in cattle.
(b) Applications for a licence under this Clause shall be made
before the 3rd December, 1917, and in the case of an appli-
cant usually residing in Great Britain to the Live Stock Com-
missioner for that area in which the applicant usually resides, and
in any other case to the Live Stock Commissioner for the area of
the port at which the applicant usually lands cattle brought by
him into Great Britain for purposes of sale, or to such other
person as the Food Controller may prescribe.
Meat (Control) Order, 1917. 265
(c) For the purposes of this Clause a person shall be deemed
to deal in cattle if as a regular and substantial part of his business
he buys cattle for the purpose of re-sale and re-sells within 28 days
of his purchase, or if he buys or sells cattle by commission.
(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Clause a person
who is for the time being licensed under this Order to sell cattle
by auction shall be entitled to buy and sell cattle on commission.
15. Every application for a Licence shall be made on a form Mode of
to be prescribed by the Food Controller, and every applicant shall application
furnish upon such form a true statement of the particulars a llcence-
required for completing the form, which statement shall be signed
by the applicant or by his authorised agent.
16. Any licence issued under this Part of this Order may be Revocation
made subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may °f Licences,
determine and may at any time be revoked by the Food Con-
troller.
17. The holder of any licence issued under this Part, of this Information
Order, and his servants or agents shall keep or cause to be kept and inspec-
at some convenient place accurate records as to the trade or *
business in respect of which he is licensed under this Order
together with all relevant books, documents and accounts, and
shall comply with any directions given by or under the authority
of the Food Controller as to the form and contents of such record ;
and the bolder shall also observe such directions as to the trade
or business in respect of which he is licensed as may be given
to him from time to time by or under the authority of the Food
Controller, and shall make such returns and furnish such particu-
lars as to his trade or business as may from time to time be
required, and shall permit any person authorised by the Food
Controller to inspect all relevant books, documents and accounts.
18. Every licence issued under this Part of this Order shall be Custody of
carried with him by the holder whenever engaged in selling cattle Licence,
as Live Stock Auctioneer or as Cattle Dealer, as the case may be,
and every licence shall be produced by the holder upon the demand
of any person authorised by the Food Controller.
PART III. — GENERAL.
19. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
20. " Food Committee " shall mean a Food Control Committee Interpreta
constituted in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Con- tion.
stitution) Order, 1917. (a)
Live Stock Commissioner shall mean as respects any area, the
Live Stock Commissioner appointed for that area by the Food
Controller.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order
is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
266
Revocation.
Title and
extent of
Order.
Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917.
" Cattle " shall include in addition to cattle usually so called,
ram, ewe, wether, lamb, goat and swine.
"Meat" shall mean any meat including sausages and edible
offal obtained from cattle as defined other than Bacon, Ham,
preserved and potted meats, and cooked meats.
21. Part I. of the Meat (Sales) Order, 191T,(a) is hereby
revoked but without prejudice to any proceeding in respect of any
contravention thereof.
22. (a) This Order may be cited as the Meat (Control) Order,
1917.
(6) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th November, 1917.
Sales of
beasts to be
made in
market.
Restrictions
on sales in
markets.
THE CATTLE (SALES) ORDER, 1917. DATED DECEMBER 24, 1917.
1917. No. 1336.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all powers enabling him in that
behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under the
authority of the Food Controller the following Regulations shall
be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) No person shall on or after the 27th December, 1917,
sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any beast for slaughter unless
the beast is at the time of such sale or offer in a market.
(b) A beast shall be deemed to be bought for slaughter if it
be slaughtered within 28 days of the purchase.
2. No beast fit for slaughter shall on or after the 27th
December, 1917, be sold in any market except in accordance with
the following provisions : —
(a) The beast shall have been graded by a person authorised
in that behalf by the Food Controller as belonging to
one of the four classes mentioned in the Schedule to
this Order;
(•&) The price shall not exceed the maximum price ascer
tained 011 the basis of such grading in accordance
with the provisions of the Schedule;
(a) MEAT (SALES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 253.
Cattle (Sales) Order, 1917. 267
(c) The beast shall be sold only to a person who is authorised
by the Food Controller to buy in a market beasts fit
for slaughter.
3. The determination of a person authorised in that behalf by Oetermina-
the Food Controller shall be conclusive upon the question whether tion °]
a beast is fit for slaughter and as to the weight and value of que
any beast.
4. All persons concerned shall comply with any directions as Directions as
to the weighing of any beast or any other matter connected with to weighing,
the ascertainment of the maximum price payable therefor
which may be given for the purposes of this Order by any person
authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller.
5. The Food Controller may from time to time give directions Power to
as to the measures to be taken in relation to the ascertainment §.lve direc~
of the maximum price for any beast when he deems it is in his tlons'
opinion expedient that a beast should be sold on a dead weight
basis or that for any reason the maximum price should be ascer-
tained otherwise than in accordance with the foregoing provisions
of this. Order.
6. For the purpose of this Order — Interpreta-
" Beast " includes bulls, bullocks, cows and heifers.
' Market " shall include fair, and any other place which the
Food Controller shall determine to be a market for the
purposes of this Order.
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. (a) This Order may be cited as the Cattle (Sales) Order Title and
1917. extent of
(b) This Order shall not extend to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. II . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th December, 1917.
SCHEDULE or MAXIMUM PRICES.
Bulls, Bullocks and Heifers.
Grading. Price per cict .
1st Grade, 56 per cent, and over ... ... 75^.
2nd Grade, 52 per cent, to 56 per cent. ... 70s.
3rd Grade, 48 per cent, to 52 per cent. ... 65-?.
4th Grade, under 48 per cent. ... as valued.
268
Rabbits (Prices) Order, 1918.
SCHEDULE or MAXIMUM PRICES — cont.
Cows.
Price per cwt-
70s.
62s.
53*.
. as valued.
Grading .
1st Grade, 52 per cent, and over
2nd Grade, 46 per cent, up to 52 per cent.
3rd Grade, 42 per cent, up to 46 per cent.
4th Grade, under 42 per cent.
Inferior cattle and all saleable cattle manifestly diseased will
be placed in the 4th Grade and valued accordingly.
The prices shown above may be modified if in the opinion of the
person grading the beast it is likely to yield an unsually small
or large proportion of bone.
of rabbits.
THE BABBITS (PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 4, 1918,
1918. No. 9.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Eealm ^Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
Maximum 1. (a) No person shall after the 14th January, 1918, directly
price on sales or indirectly sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy
~-£ **r» V-»K4 4-ci 1 I • T • 1 • "I • '
a rabbit or part thereof at a price exceeding the maximum price
provided by or in pursuance of this Order.
(6) Until further notice the maximum price for a wild rabbit
shall be 2,?. if the pelt or skin be included in the sale, or 1$. 9d.
if the pelt or skin be not included in the sale, and for part of a
wild rabbit shall be at the rate of Wd. per Ib. on the weight of
the part sold, skinned and cleaned.
(c) The Food Controller may from time to time by notice
prescribe other prices for rabbits or parts of rabbits.
2. A Food Committee may from time to time by resolution as
respects sales within their area of rabbits or parts of rabbits vary
the maximum price under this Order as fixed for the time being
by the Food Controller but ;
(a) every such resolution shall be reported to the Food
Controller within 7 days, and in the case of a resolu-
tion increasing the maximum price shall not take
effect until the same has been sanctioned by the Food
Controller; and
(&) every resolution made by a Food Committee under this
Clause shall be subject at any time to review by the
Food Controller and shall be withdrawn or modified
as he may direct.
Power of a
Food
Committee.
Rabbits (Prices) Order, 1918.
269
3. Subject to any directions to the contrary in any notice issued
by the Food Controller under this Order, and subject also as
respects the area of a Food Committee to any directions contained
in any resolution of a Food Committee varying the maximum
price : —
(a) in calculating the price any broken half-penny shall
count as a half-penny; and
(b) no additional charge may be made for bags or other
packages or for giving credit or majdng delivery.
4. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that the price
payable under any contract for the sale of rabbits is such that
the same cannot at the price for the time being permitted under
this Order or any notice hereunder be sold by retail at a
reasonable profit, he may, if he thinks fit, cancel such contract
or modify the terms thereof in such manner as shall appear to
him to be just.
5. Every person selling rabbits by retail in any shop or
from any stand, cart, barrow or other vehicle, shall keep
posted in a conspicuous position so as to be clearly visible
to all customers throughout the whole time during which rabbits
are being sold or exposed for sale a notice showing in plain words
and figures the maximum price for the time being in force under
this Order as to sales in such shop or from such stand, cart, van
•cr other vehicle.
6. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposition or
the proposed sale or disposition of any rabbit or part thereof enter
or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction or
make or demand any unreasonable charge.
7. This Order shall not apply to a sale of a live rabbit or to a
sale by retail of cooked rabbit by a person in the ordinary way of
his trade.
8. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " Food Com-
mittee" shall mean a Committee constituted in pursuance of
the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, (a) and
the Food Control Committee appointed for Ireland, (b)
1 Wild rabbit " shall include all rabbits whether imported or
not, except rabbits proved to have been bred in captivity.
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences againsi
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
10. This Order may be cited as the Babbits (PricesN Order
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
Terms of
sale.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Contracts.
Notices.
Fictitious
transactions.
Exception.
Interpreta-
tion
Penalty.
Title.
4th January, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917* — That
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee for Ireland (Constitution) Order 1917, printed in Part III. of this
Manual.
270
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
THE EDIBLE OFFALS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 12, 1918.
1918. No. 29.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not after the 21st January, 1918, sell or
offer or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy any offals of the
descriptions set out in the Schedule to this Order at prices
exceeding the maximum prices applicable thereto according to
the provisions of this Order.
2. The maximum prices per Ib. for home killed offals shall be
as follows: —
(a) On the occasion of any sale by wholesale the prices set
out in the first column of the first schedule;
(b) On the occasion of any sale by retail the prices set out
in the second column of the first schedule.
3. The maximum prices per Ib. for imported offals shall be as
follows : —
(a) On the occasion of any sale by wholesale the prices set
out in the first column of the second schedule ;
(6) On the occasion of any sale by retail the prices set out
in the second column of the second schedule.
4. (a) The maximum prices on the occasion of any wholesale
sale of offals are fixed on the basis that the offals are delivered
on the occasion of a sale of home killed offals by the slaughterer,
ex slaughterhouse, and on the occasion of any other sale, ex
warehouse or store at the- seller's customary place of sale and
that packages are in either case provided by the seller.
(b) If the offals are sold on terms other than those mentioned
in the foregoing sub-clause of this clause a corresponding varia-
tion shall be made in the maximum price.
5. On the occasion of a retail sale of offals no additional charge
may be made for packages or for giving credit or for making
delivery.
Home-killed fi. Where home killed offals are sold in sets the total price shall
offals sold in no^ exceed the maximum price which would have "been payable
if each item had been bought and paid for separately.
Weighing of 7. For the purpose of fixiiig1 the price of home killed offal<
home-killed tte wei^ht of the offals shall be taken to be their weight after
oiials. -, ,
they nave set.
Maximum
Prices.
Maximum
prices for
home killed
offals.
Maximum
prices for
imported
offals.
Basis of
wholesale
prices.
etc.
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 271
8. A person shall not upon the occasion of any sale of offals Fictitious
to which this Order applies enter or offer to enter into any arti- transactions,
ficial or fictitious transaction or make or demand any unreason-
able charge.
9. Where any contract subsisting on the 21st January, 1918, Contracts.
for the sale of any offals provides for the payment of a price in
excess of the permitted maximum price, the contract shall stand
so far as concerns offals delivered before the 21st January, 1918,
but shall be avoided so far as concerns offals agreed to be sold
above the permitted maximum price which has not been so
delivered.
10. On and after the 21st January, 1918, a Food Committee powers of
shall not exercise in relation to offals the power conferred by Food Com
Clause 7 of the Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (a) except mittee in
with the consent of the Food Controller, and except in such cases relation ^
as the Food Controller may otherwise determine any maximum
prices theretofore prescribed for offals under such powers shall
cease to be in force, but without prejudice to any proceedings in
respect of any previous contravention thereof.
11. This Order shall not apply to a sale of cooked Offals for Exceptions,
consumption on the premises of the seller.
12. For the purposes of this Order " Home-killed offals " shall [nterpreta-
mean such offals as have been obtained from beasts slaughtered
in the British Islands. l( Imported offals " shall mean all other
offals.
" Food Committee " shall mean as regards Great Britain a
Food Control Committee established in pursuance of the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, (*>) and as regards
Ireland the Food Committee appointed for Ireland by the Food
Controller, (c)
13. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
14. This Order may be cited as the Edible Offals (Maximum Title.
Prices) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th January, 1918.
(a) MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— Clause 7 of that Order
printed p. 259, confers powers on a. Food Committee as to varying maximum
prices.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part 111 of this Manual
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part 111 of this Manual.
272 Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
First Schedule.
MAXIMUM PRICES FOR EDIBLE OFFAL FROM HOME KILLED STOCK
Maximum Maximum
•wholesale prices retail prices
per Ib. per Ib.
Cattle Offal. s. d. s. d.
Head (ex tongue) ... ... 3 4
Tongue (fresh or pickled) ... 11 11
Heart (whole) 9 11
Heart, cuts of ... ... ... — 12
Liver (whole) 10 10
Liver, cuts of ... ... ... — 12
Lights and melt ... ... ... 2
Lights (not sold by weight) ... — 1 6 per set.
Melt ... ... ... ... — 4
Tripe, reed and roll ,.. ... 2
Feet 2 4 scalded.
Tail 12 14
Heart and throat bread- ... ... 1 0 14
Gut breads 4 6
Skirt and kidney 11 14
Cheek with bone 8 10
Cheek, boneless 10 12
Brains ... ... ... ... 5 6
Sheep Offal.
Heads (ex horns) and plucks
together ... ... ... 6
Head without horns ... ... 3 4
Tongues ... ... ... ... — 10
Brains ,. — 10
Pluck 9
Kidneys ... 26 30
Sweetbreads 20 26
Trotters ... ... ... ... 10 per score.
Heart — 14
Liver ... 12 16
Lights — 4 per set.
Top (plucks ex liver) ... ... 4
Calves1 Offal.
Head (9d. each extra if scalded) 7
Do. (scalded) — 10 .
Pluck 10
Sweetbreads 40 50
Feet (Id; extra if scalded) ... 3 6 if scalded.
Heart — 12
Liver 16 19
Lights (not sold by weight ^ ... — 6 per set.
Top (plucks ex liver) ... ,.. 3£
Pigs' Offal.
• Plucks or plucks and fats ..8 10
Inwards or chitterling ... ... 5 —
Do. (not sold by weight) — 10 each.
Edible Offals (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
273
Maximum
wholesale prices
per Ib.
S.
d.
0
Pigi Offal— cout.
Liver and fats
Heait
Lights (not sold by weight)
Top (plucks ex liver) ... ... 2£
Provided that in the case of pigs' offal the wholesale maximum
price of offal obtained from any carcase shall not exceed Qd. per
stone of the weight of the dressed carcase.
Maximum
retail prices
per Ib.
S. d.
1 4
1 2
4 per set.
Second Schedule.
MAXIMUM PRICES FOB IMPORTED OFFAL.
Cattle Offal.
Livers
Maximum
wholesale prices
per Ib.
s. d.
10
Cuts of liver
Tongues
11
Tails
10
Hearts
9
Hearts, cuts of ... ...
Hidneys
Hi
Brains
4
Cheeks
9i
Tripe (prepared) ...
Do., cuts of
Thick skirts
Thin skirts
Shin beef ..
10
... 1 1
11
1 1
Caul fat ...
Kidney knobs
Sweetbreads
Beef marrow
Boneless beef
Tender loins (fillets)
Calves Tongues ...
... 1 1
... 1 3J
... 1 3
... ! 0
'...11
... 1 6
... 1 0
Mutton Offal.
Kidneys
Tongue, lamb or sheep
Sweetbreads
Plucks
Hearts, sheep
Do., lamb
Maximum
retail prices
per Ib.
S.
d.
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
11
1
1
1
2
6
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
6
1
6
1
3
1
3
1
8
1
2
1 9 per
doz. 2
1
3
6 each.
9 per doz.
3
6 per doz
0}
6
10 each.
6 per doz.
0
274
Meat (Retailers' Restriction) Order, 1918.
Restriction
of retail
sales, (a)
Records.
Interprets
tion.
Penalty.
Title and
extent ot
Order.
THE MEAT (RETAILERS' RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918.
' JANUARY 12, 1918.
1918. No. 30.
DATED
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person dealing in dead meat by retail shall not :
(a) in any week buy for the purpose of his business cattle or
meat in excess of the quantity permitted to be bought
by him during that week by or under the authority of
the Food Controller ; or
(6) in such week sell in the course of his business a greater
quantity of meat than the amount lawfully obtained
by him under the preceding sub-clause (including meat
derived from any cattle so obtained) or such other
quantity as may be permitted to be sold by him by or
under the authority of the Food Controller.
2. Every person dealing in dead meat by retail shpll keep such
records as are necessary to shew whether or not lie is complying
with the provisions. of this Order and shall make such returns as
to cattle and meat bought and dead meat sold as may be required
by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
All such records shall be open to the inspection of any
person authorised by the Food Controller or by a Food
Committee, (to)
3. For the purpose of this Order —
" Cattle " shall include in addition to cattle usually so called
ram, ewe, wether, lamb, but until otherwise determined
by the Food Controller shall not include swine.
" Dead Meat "shall include any meat including offal obtained
from cattle as defined above except preserved and potted
meat and cooked meat.
" Week " shall mean the 7 days ending on a Saturday .
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against,
tfoe Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. (a) Tliis Order may be cited as the Meat (Retailers' Restric-
tion) Order, 1918.
(&) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
12th January, 1918. Secretary to the Ministry of Food
(a) RESTRICTION OF RETAIL SALES OF MEAT. — Such restriction was initiated
by the Meat (Restriction of Retail Sales) Order, 1917 (St. R. & O., 1917.
No. 1259), which limited the amount to be sold by retail during the four weeks
covering the Christmas and New Year period (Dec. 17, 1917— Jan. 13, 1918) to
the amount sold during the first four weeks of October. That Order being now
spent, is omitted from this Yolume.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES. — As to these Committees, see the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order. 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918. 275
THE SHEEP (SALES) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 14, 1918.
1918. No. 37.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of Slaughter of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in 8neeP-
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. (a) No person shall on or after the 28th January, 1918,
slaughter any sheep unless such sheep has within the fourteen
days immediately preceding the day of slaughter been sold and
bought in a market.
(b) The restriction on slaughter imposed by this Clause shall
not apply to : —
'(i) Slaughter of a sheep under the powers conferred by the
Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 to 1914, or any Order
made thereunder;
(ii) Slaughter of a sheep if, in the opinion of a person
authorised by the Food Controller or the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries, or the Board of Agricul-
ture for Scotland, the slaughter is desirable for any
exceptional reason or purpose; or
(iii) Slaughter by a farmer for consumption in his own house-
hold of a sheep owned by him; provided that notice
of such slaughter is given within 7 days thereafter
to the Food Control Committee for the area in which
the farmer resides,
2. (a) No person shall on or after the 14th January, 1918, sell Sales of
or buy or offer to sell or buy any sheep for slaughter unless the sbeep to be
sheep is at the time of such sale or offer in a market. mad1e jn
market.
(6) A sheep shall be deemed to be bought for slaughter if it
be slaughtered within 28 days of the purchase.
3. No sheep fit for slaughter shall on or after the 14th January, Restrictions
1918, be sold in any market except in accordance with the on sales in
following provisions : — markets.
(a) The sheep shall have been valued by a person authorised
by the Food Conti oiler to ascertain its fair value;
(b) The price shall not exceed the fair value so ascertained;
and
(c) The sheep may be sold only to a person who is authorised
by the Food Controller to buy in a market live stock
fit for slaughter.
4. For the purpose of ^ascertaining tile fair value, tne person A»certain-
authorised under the preceding Clause shall estimate the dressed ment of
weight of the carcase of the sheep, and the fair value of the . value-
sheep shall be a sum at the rate of Is. 2^d. per Ib. on the
weight of the dressed carcase as so estimated together with the
current market value of the skin as estimated by such person,
276
Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918.
Determina-
tion of
questions.
Directions
as to
weighing.
Interpreta
tion.
Penalty.
Title and
extent of
Order.
less the sum of Is. 6d. ; provided that in any particular case
such person may determine that a sheep shall he sold on the
footing that the actual dressed weight of the carcase shall be
taken in lieu of the estimated weight.
5. The determination of the person authorised in that behalf by
the Food Controller shall be conclusive upon the question whether
a sheep is fit for slaughter and as to the weight and fair value
of any sheep.
6. All persons concerned shall comply with any directions given
as to the weighing of any sheep, and as to the method of sale,
whether in lots or otherwise, of any sheep, and as to any other
matter relating to the maximum price which may be given for the
purposes of this Order by any person authorised in that behalf
by the Food Controller.
7. For the purpose of this Order: —
"Market" shall include fair, and any other place which
the Food Controller shall determine to be a market for
the purposes of this Order.
" Sheep " shall mean any ovine animal.
" Dressed carcase " shall mean the carcase without the skin,
head, pluck, intestines, loose fat, feet and shanks, the
feet being cut off at the hocks and the shanks at
the knees.
8. Infringements -of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. (a) This Order may be cited as the Sheep (Sales) Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall not extend to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
14th January, 1918.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, printed under Group 14 (" Public Meals "), p. 441,
as from January 25th, 1918, establishes meatless days in public
eating places and prohibits the consumption of " meat " at break-
fast. The Order further restricts as from February 3rd, 1918, the
11 meat " to be consumed at other meals. For restrictions
previously in force seethe now revoked Public Meals Order, 1917,
pp. 158-161 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) Order, 1918. 277
THE POULTRY AND GAME (COLD STORAGE) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 5, 1918.
1918. No. 155.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) A person shall not after the 5th February, 1918, deliver Delivery of
or permit to be delivered or take delivery of any poultry or game p^
out of any cold store except under and in accordance with the JJJJJ
terms of a licence granted by the Food Controller. (•) store.
(6) Any licence granted for the purposes of this clause may
be issued subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may
think fit for ensuring the proper distribution of the poultry or
game authorised to be delivered out of the cold store.
(c) On any sale, purchase or delivery of any poultry or
game delivered out of a cold store pursuant to a licence under
this Order, the person selling or purchasing or taking delivery
of the same shajl comply with all directions whether of general
application or otherwise which may be given by the Food Con-
troller with regard to the use or disposal of such poultry or game
and the price at which the same may be sold.
2. All poultry and game which shall be imported into the Imported
United Kingdom after the 5th February, 1918, shall forthwith poultry and
be delivered into a cold store. ^l316 to,be
delivered
into cold
store.
3. During the month of February, 1918, a person shall not Exception,
require a licence under this Order except in so far as the total
of all deliveries to him from the same cold store exceed in the
case of poultry 3 tons or in the case of game 5 cwts.
4. For the purposes of this Order — Interpre-
The expression " cold store " shall not include any coLl tafcion-
store where the total refrigerated space does not exceed 5,000
cubic feet or any refrigerated transit shed.
The expression "poultry" shall include chickens, fowls,
ducks, turkeys, guinea fowls and geese.
The expression "game" shall include rabbits, hares and
any kind of bird killed for food other than poultry.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(a) TAKING OUT OF COLD STORE.— The Cold Storage (Restriction) Order,
1918 (p. 181), provides for articles being taken out of or into cold store on
notice by the Controller in that behalf.
278
Title.
Meat (Licensing of Wholesale Dealers) Order, 1918.
6. This Order may be cited as the Poultry and Gam« (Cold
Storage) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
5th February, 1918.
Applications for licences under this Order are to be made to
the Secretary (Fish and Poultry Section), Ministry of Food, 14,
Upper Grosvenor Street, W.I, from whom the necessary applica-
tion forms can be obtained.
MEAT (LICENSING or WHOLESALE DEALERS) ORDER, 1918.
DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1918.
1918. No. 196.
Licensing of
pig buyers.
Mode of
application
for a licence.
Issue and
revocation of
licences.
Information
anci
inspection.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not deal in dead meat by wholesale either on
his own account or for the account of any other person : —
(a) after the 15th March, 1918, unless he has applied for a
licence. as a wholesale dealer in dead meat; or
(b) after the 31st March, 1918, unless he is the holder of a
licence for the time being in force granted by the
Food Controller authorising him to deal in dead meat
by wholesale.
2. Every application for a licence shall be made to the
Secretary (Meat Section), Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers,
Whitehall, S.W.I, on a form to be prescribed by the Food
Con ti oiler and every applicant shall furnish on such form a true
statement of the particulars required for completing the same,
which statement shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly
authorised agent.
3. A licence shall be granted under this Order to such persons
and subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may deter-
mine, and any such licence may at any time be revoked by the
Food Controller.
4. '-^ie hold*"-3* °* any licence under this Order shall keep or
cause to be kept at some convenient place accurate records as to
his dealings in dead meat together with all relevant books,
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 279
documents and accounts and shall comply with any direction*
given by or under the authority of the Food Controller as to the
(firm and contents of such records and shall permit any person
nuthorised by the Food Controller to inspect all such records,
hooks, documents and accounts. The holder shall also observe1
such directions as to his dealings in dead meat as may be Driver;
to him from time to time by or under the authority of the Food
Controller and shall make such returns and furnish such particu-
lars as to his dealing's in dead meat as may from time to time be
required.
5. Every licence issued under this Order shall be produced by Production
the holder upon the demand of any person authorised by the Food of hcence.
Controller.
6. For the purposes of this Order "Dead Meat" shall mean interpreta-
any meat, including sausages and edible offal, obtained from tion.
cattle, sheep, lamb, goats or swine, other than bacon, ham, pre-
served and potted meat and cooked meats.
7. Infringements of this Order, are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. (a) This Order may he cited as the Meat (Licensing of Title and
Wholesale Dealers) Order, 1918. Extent of
(b) Nothing in this Order shall prevent the purchase or sale
by wholesale in Ireland by a person not licensed under this Order
of dead meat for delivery in Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th February, 1918.
THE CANNED MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 13, 1918.
1918. -No. 192.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him .by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) A person shall not on or after the 14th February, 1918, Maximum
sell or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy any canned meats at prices,
prices exceeding the maximum prices for the time being appli-
cable under this Order.
280
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
(6) Until further notice the maximum prices for canned
meats of the descriptions set out in the schedule to this Order
shall be as follows : —
(i) On the occasion of any sale other than a retail sale by or
on behalf of the importer prices at the rates set out in
the first schedule;
(ii) On the occasion of a wholesale sale by or on behalf of
any person other than the importer prices at the rates
set out in the second schedule ; and
(iii) On the occasion of a retail sale prices at the rates let out
in the third schedule.
Basis of 2. (a) The maximum prices applicable on the occasion of any
maximum sale other than a retail sale are fixed on the basis that : —
Price- (i) containers are labelled and lacquered or painted; and
(ii) the goods are delivered ex warehouse.
Where the goods are not sold on these terms a
corresponding adjustment shall be made in the price.
(6) On the occasion of any sale no additional charge shall be
made for containers or for cases or other packages.
(c) On the occasion of a retail sale no additional charge shall
be made for giving credit or making delivery.
3. A person shall not on the occasion of any sale of Canned
Meats to which this Order applies enter or offer to enter into
any artificial or fictitious transaction or make or demand any
unreasonable charge.
4. When any contract subsisting on the 14th February, 1918,
for the sale of any Canned Meats provides for the payment of a
price exceeding the permitted maximum price, the contract shall
stand so far as concerns Canned Meats delivered before the
14th February, 1918, but shall, unless the Food Controller other-
wise directs, be avoided so far as concerns Canned Meats agreed
to be sold above the permitted maximum price which have not
been so delivered.
Exception. 5. This Order shall not apply to a sale of Canned Meats for
consumption on the premises of the seller.
Interpreta- 6. For the purposes of this Order: —
tion. " Containers " shall include tins, glasses, jars and other
vessels.
Penalty. 7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the E/ealm Regulations.
Title. 8. This Order may be cited as 'the Canned Meats (Maximum
Prices) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
Fictitious
transactions.
Contracts.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
13th February, 1918.
Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 281
Schedule I.
IMPORTERS' MAXIMUM PRICES.
Per case.
I
1st Grade— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton At the rate of 107
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef „ „ 107
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton ... „ „ 107
2nd Grade— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton „ „ 100
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef „ „ 100
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton ... „ „ 100
Note. — The above prices are for cases containing 72 Ibs. of meat nett weight.
Cases containing less are to be charged at a proportionate rate.
Rate per case. Rate per case.
s. d. s. d.
24 2s C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton ... 62 6 if in 24 oz. tins ... 83 4 if in 32 oz. tins
24 2s Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef ... 62 6 „ 24 „ ... 83 4 „ 32 „
24 2s Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton ... 62 6 „ 24 „ ... 83 4 „ 32 -„
48 Is C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton ... 66 0 ., 12 „ ... 88 0 „ 16 „
48 Is Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef, ... 66 0 „ 12 „ ... 88 0 „ 16 „
48 Is Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton 66 0 12 88 0 „ 16 „
Schedule II.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS' MAXIMUM PRICES.
Per case.
*.
1st Grade— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton At the rate of 110
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef .. 110
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton
2nd Grade— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton ...
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef ...
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton
110
103
103
103
Note. — The above prices are for cases containing 72 Ibs. of meat net weight.
Cases containing less are to be charged at a proportionate rate.
Rate per case. Rate per case.
s. d. s. d.
24 2s C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton ... 65 6 if in 24 oz. tins ... 87 4 if in 32 oz. tins.
24 2s Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef ... 65 6 „ 24 „ ... 87 4 „ 32 „
24 2s Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton... 65 6 „ 24 „ ... 87 4 „ 32 „
48 Is C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton ... 70 0 „ 12 „ .. 93 4 „ 16 „
48 Is Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef ... 70 0 „ 12 „ ... 93 4 „ 16 „
48 Is Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton... 70 0 12 ... 93 4 „ 16 '„
282
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918.
Restriction
on use of
eggs.
Exception.
Interpre-
tation.
Schedule III.
RETAILERS' MAXIMUM PRICES.
Rate per Ib.
s. d.
1st Grade.— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton Ill
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef 1 11
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton Ill
2nd Grade.— 12 6s C.C. Beef, C.C. Mutton 1 9
12 6s Roast Beef, Boiled Beef 19
12 6s Roast Mutton, Boiled Mutton
a. d.
24 2s C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton ... 3 0 per tin of 24 oz.
24 2s Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef
24 2s Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton
48 Is C.C. Beef,
C.C. Mutton
48 Is Roast Mutton,
Boiled Mutton
48 is Roast Beef,
Boiled Beef
3
0
„ 24 „
3
0
„ 24 „
1
7
„ 12 „
1
7
„ 12 „
1
7
12 „
1 9
s. d.
4 0 per tin of 32 oz.
4 0 „ 32 „
40 „ 32 „
2
1
2 1
2 1
16
16
16
THE EGG (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 15,
1918.
1918. No. 200.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
granted by or under the authority of the Food Controller no
person shall —
(a) use any eggs or any egg products for any purpose other
than human consumption or for the manufacture of
articles for human consumption; or
(6) sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any eggs or any such
products except for human consumption or in the
manufacture of such articles ; or
(c) damage or waste or permit to be damaged or wasted or
otherwise treat or permit to be treated any egg or egg
products so as to render the same less fit for human
consumption or for the manufacture of such articles.
2. This Order shall not affect^-
(fl) the sale, purchase, or use of eggs for breeding purposes ;
(6) the sale, purchase, use or treatment for any purpose of
the shells of eggs or of such eggs or egg products as
are unfit either for human consumption or for the
manufacture of articles for human consumption.
3. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " eggs "
shall include the eggs of any bird whatsoever, and '" egg
products " shall include canned eggs, dried eggs and desiccated
eggs and any article containing any part of an egg other than the
shell.
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
283
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
tke Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. (a) This Order may be cited as the Egg (Restriction) Order, Title and
Commence-
1918.
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 25th February,
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
15th February, 1918.
THE IRISH PIGS (CONTROL) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918.
FEBRUARY 21, 1918.
DATED
1918. No. 207.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned.
PART I. — LICENSING OF PIG BUYERS.
1. A person shall not at any time after the 1st March 1918,
buy any pigs in Ireland unless he is the holder of a licence for
the time being in force granted by the Committee authorising
him to buy pigs.
2. Every application for a licence shall be made to the Com-
mittee on a form prescribed by the Committee, and every appli-
cant shall furnish upon such form a true statement of the
particulars required for completing the form, which statement
small be signed by the applicant, or by his duly authorised agent,
where the signature of the applicant by such duly authorised
agent is permitted by the Committee.
3. A licence shall be granted under this Part of this Order to
such persons and subject to such conditions as the Committee may
determine and any such licence may at any time be revoked by
the Committee or by the Food Controller.
4. The holder of any licence issued under this Part of this
Order, and his servants or agents shall keep or cause to be kept
at some convenient place accurate records showing the prices
paid for pigs and such other particulars as are necessary to show
whether or not the provisions of this Order are being complied
with as to the trade or business in respect of which he is licensed
under this Order, together with all relevant books, certificates of
weight, vouchers, documents and accounts, and shall comply with
any directions given by or under the authority of the Food
Controller or the Committee as to the form and contents of such
Licensing of
pig buyers.
Mode of
application
for a licence.
Issue and
revocation
of licences.
Information
and
inspection.
284
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
Custody of
licence.
Limitation
on place and
time of
dealings in
pigs.
Pig buyers
to sell as
directed.
Pig buyers
may be
limited to
certain
markets.
Registration
of Irish
bacon curers,
Irish pork
butchers,
and British
importers of
Irish pigs.
Persons
entitled to
registration.
records; and the holder shall also observe such directions as to
the trade or business in respect of which he is licensed under this
Order as may be given to him from time to time by or under the
authority of the Food Controller or the Committee, and shall
make such returns and furnish such particulars as to such trade
or business as the Food Controller or the Committee may from
time to time require, and shall permit any person authorised by
the Food Controller or the Committee to inspect all relevant
books, documents and accounts.
5. Every licence issued under this Part of this Order shall be
carried with-him by the holder whenever engaged in buying pigs,
and every licence shall be produced by the holder upon the
demand of any Officer or Constable of Police, or any person
authorised by the Food Controller or the Committee.
6. A person shall not after the 21st February, 1918, either
on his own beh alf or on behalf of any other person : —
(a) buy, sell, or deal in, or
(b) offer or invite an offer or propose to buy, sell or deal
in, or
(0) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase or other
dealing in any pig;
except in a lawfully established market or fair, and during
the hours for holding such market or fair prescribed by the law-
ful authority in that behalf before the making of this Order
empowered, or, where no such hours have been prescribed, after
the hour of 8 o'clock a.m. on the day of such market or fair.
Provided always that in special circumstances the Committee
may authorise the sale and purchase of pigs in such other placet
and at such other times as they think fit.
7. A pig buyer shall, if and when required by the Committee,
sell any pigs in his possession to such persons being holders of
Certificates of Registration under Part II. of this Order as the
Committee may direct.
8. The Committee may direct any pig buyer to buy pigs in
such places only and at such times only as are directed by the
Committee, and every pig buyer so directed shall comply with
such directions.
PART II. — REGISTRATION.
9. The Committee may, with a view to the distribution or
allocation of supplies of pigs, issue or cause to be issued a Certifi-
cate of Registration to such of the persons as are licensed
pursuant to the provisions of Part I. of this Order as they may
think fit and subject to such conditions as they may impose.
10. The Committee shall grant a Certificate of Registration to
any applicant who makes an application to them on or before
the 1st March, 1918, and who or whose predecessor in
business was on or prior to the 1st January, 1916, regularly
carrying on business as a bacon curer in Ireland, a pork butcher
in Ireland, or a British importer of Irish pigs.
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918. 285
11. The Committee shall not refuse a Certificate of Registra- Grounds for
tion duly applied for by a person entitled to receive the same refusing a
under the preceding- clause of this Order, except in circumstances Certificate of
in which the Committee might have revoked the Certificate if it Kegl8t
had been already granted. Upon the refusal of a certificate, the
applicant's title (if any) shall cease.
12. The Committee may, in any case in which, in their opinion, Power to
it is desirable so to do, grant to any other person a certificate of grant new
registration. certificate*.
13. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Mode of
made to the Committee on a form to be prescribed by the Com-
mittee, and every applicant shall furnish upon such form a true ce
statement of the particulars required for completing the form,
which statement shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly
authorised agent when the signature of the applicant by such
duly authorised agent is permitted by the Committee.
14. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Committee, and shall be granted and held subject certlfioat«-
to such conditions as the Committee may from time to time
determine.
15. The Committee may revoke any certificate of registration Revocation
issued by them under the provisions of this Order if they are c
satisfied that any of the provisions of this Order or any regula-
tion or direction, made or given by or under the authority of the
Food Controller or the Committee, relating to the trade or busi-
ness of the holder of such certificate has not been observed by
him or by any of his servants or agents; and shall revoke such
certificate if required so to do by the Food Controller.
16. The Committee shall keep a register of the persons to whom Register of
certificates of registration have been granted under this part of holders of
this Order. certificate*.
17. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held or in the event a business,
of the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall
be lawful for the transferee, or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate on making an application for a certi-
ficate of registration to receive an allocation of supplies of pigs
from the date of such application until the decision thereon is
intimated by the Committee, in the same manner and subject
to the same conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled
by virtue thereof.
18. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or cause Inspection
to be kept at his registered or principal office or place of business and informa-
accurate records showing the prices paid for pigs and such other tlon-
particulars as are necessary to show whether or not the provisions
of this Order are being complied with as to the trade or business
in respect of which he is registered under this Order together
with all relevant books, certificates of weight, vouchers, docu-
ments and accounts and shall comply with any directions given
by or under the authority of the Food Controller or the Com-
mittee as to the form and contents of such records. The holder
shnll also observe such directions as to the trade or business in
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Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
respect of which he is registered as may be given to him from
time to time or by or under the authority of the Food Controller
or the Committee and shall make such returns and furnish such
particulars relating to such trade or business as the Food Con-
troller or the Committee may from time to time require, and shall
permit any person authorised by the Food Controller or the
Committee to inspect his premises and the records to be kept
under this Clause and all relevant books, documents, and
accounts.
19' Evel>y Certificate of- Registration shall be kept by the
person registered at the registered or principal office or place
of business for inspection upon the demand of any person autho-
rised by the Food Controller or the Committee.
All persons
entitled to
distribution
or allocation
to be
registered.
Forms of
application,
&c., may be
prescribed.
Completion
ef forms of
application,
&c.
No person to
purchase in
excess of his
quota.
PART III. — DISTRIBUTION OR ALLOCATION OF SUPPLIES.
20. A peison shall not at any time after the 1st March,
1918, receive an allocation of supplies of pigs unless he has
applied for or at any time after the 15th March, 1918, unless he
is the holder of a. certificate of registration for the time being in
force issued pursuant to the provisions of Part II. of this Order.
21. (a) The Committee may from time to time prescribe forms
of application and other documents to be used for the purpose
of obtaining, or for any purpose connected with supplies of pigs
proposed to be distributed or allocated, or for the time being in
the course of distribution or allocation by or under the authority
of the Committee. Any such form or document may contain
instructions to be observed as to the completion of the form or
any other matter.
(b) The Committee may from time to time issue directions
relating to the distribution or allocation of supplies of pigs to
such persons as are holders of certificates of registration issued
pursuant to the provisions of Part II. of this Order, and
especially : —
(1) may in such directions have regard to the supplies of
pigs already obtained since the 1st day of October,
1917, or such other date as may be prescribed by the
Committee by such persons as are holders of such
Certificates of Registration ;
(2) may fix a proportion or quota of available supplies to be
allocated to each such person; and
(3) may fix the maximum number of pigs to be allocated to
each such person during any specified period.
22. All persons concerned shall in the completion of any such
form or document and in the distribution 01 allocation of supplies
of pigs comply with the instructions and directions relative
thereto for the time being in force.
23. A holder of a Certificate of Registration for the time
being in force shall not directly or indirectly purchase, or
attempt to purchase, a supply in excess of the quantity permitted
to be bought by him by or under the authority of the Committee.
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918. 287
PART IV. — GENERAL.
24. For the purposes of this Order:— (a) "Pig " or "Pigs" Interpreia-
shall, in addition to live pigs, include pig carcases, whether with *
or without the offals; (6) " Pig buyer" shall mean a buyer of
live pigs or pig carcases, whether with or without the offals ;
(c) the " Committee " shall mean the Food Control Committee for
Ireland.
25. A person shall not — False state-
(a) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false ment8> &e-
or misleading statement in any application or return
or other document made or prescribed in connection
with or pursuant to or for any of the purposes of this
Order ;
(6) forge or without lawful excuse alter any form or othei
document issued under or for any of the purposes oi
this Order;
(c) fraudulently alter or attempt to alter or forge any entry
upon any such form or other document ;
(d) personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom a licence or other document has been issued or
applies;
(e) retain any form or other document issued under or for
any of the purposes of this Order when he has no *
right to retain it, or fail to comply with any direc-
tions issued by lawful authority with regard to the
return thereof;
(/) make or cause to be made, or without lawful excuse have
in his custody or possession, any paper or document
so made as to resemble or colourably to imitate a form
or other document issued under or for any of the
purposes of this Order, either in blank or wholly or
partially completed, not being a form or other docu-
ment issued under or for any of the purposes of this
Order;
(g) use or attempt to use any forged or fraudulently altered
form, or other document or any paper or document so
made as to resemble or colourably to imitate any form
or other document issued under or for the purposes of
this Order ;
(h) obtain supplies of pigs when any statement made on the
relative application is false in any material particular
or deliver supplies of pi^s under nny such applica-
tion when he has reason to believe that any statement
in such application is false in a material particular;
(;') sell or offer for sale any pig except to a person being the
holder of a licence issued under Part I. of this Order;
(k) in connection with the sale or disposal of any pigs enter
or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial trans-
action cr make or demand any unreasonable charge.
288
Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
Forms, &c.
already
issued to be
dated.
Information
to be confi-
dential.
The Food
Control
Committee
for Ireland
to act under
the direc-
tions of the
Food Con-
troller.
Exception.
Penalty.
Title and
extent of
Order.
26. All forms of application, licences and other documents,
instructions and directions issued, whether before or after the date
of this Order, by or under the authority of the Food Controller or
the Committee purporting to be issued under this Order or heaaed
''\ Irish Pigs (Control) (Ireland) Order, 1918, " and all applica-
tions made upon any such form and all acts to be done pursuant
to any such instructions and directions shall be deemed respec-
tively to have been issued made and done under and pursuant to
this Order.
27. A person employed by the Food Controller or member of
or a person employed by the Committee shall not without lawful
authority communicate to any person any information acquired
by him from any application or other document made or issued in
connection with this Order.
28. The Committee shall in the exercise of the powers conferred
upon the Committee by this Order comply with such directions as
may from time to time be given to them by the Food Controller,
and it shall be the duty of every person to comply with any
requirement or instruction given by the Committee under the
powers conferred by this Order.
29. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to : —
(a) Boars or pedigree sows bought and sold specifically for
breeding purposes;
(6) Breeding sows;
(c) Small pigs weighing at the time of sale less than 50 Ibs.
live weight which are bought for store purposes ; and
(d) Pigs slaughtered pursuant to the provisions of the
Diseases, of Animals Acts, 1894 to 19 14, (a) or any
order made thereunder.
30. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
31. (a) This Order may be cited as the Irish Pigs (Control)
(Ireland) Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall extend only to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st February, 1918.
(a) DISEASES OP ANIMALS ACTS. — As to these Acts and Order" thereunder,
see Appendix VI (6. " Diseases of Animals Acts and Orders") to the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
London Central Markets Order, 1918. 289
DIRECTIONS TO BUTCHERS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER,
1918.
[These Directions are printed in Group 14A (" Rationing
Schemes"). P- 459.]
DIRECTIONS TO RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER'S MEAT
(INCLUDING PORK), DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER,
1918.
[These Directions are printed in Group 14A (" Rationing
Schemes"), P- 461.]
THE LONDON CENTRAL MARKETS ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH T, 1918.
1918. No. 2T9.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him hy the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby Orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. On and after the 8th March, 1918, no person shall sell or
offer to sell meat within the limits of the wholesale sections of
the London Central Markets except by way of wholesale sale.
2. The Food Controller may give directions as to the days and
times within which and the manner in which meat may "be sold
within the limits of the said markets and as to the storage, treat-
ment, sale or distribution of any meat which shall come within
the limits of or be in transit to the said market, and it shall be
the duty of all persons concerned to comply with any such
direction.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the London Central Markets
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
TT7. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
7th March, 1918.
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Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918.
THE FOREIGN HOLDINGS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 8, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 7A (" Foreign Holdings
of Food") (p. 217), requires returns of live stock held to foreign
account.]
Beasts not
to be
slaughtered
unless sold
in a market.
Pregnant
animals not
to be sent or
sold for
slaughter or
slaughtered.
Exception of
certain
calves.
Prescribed
mark.
General
exception.
THE LIVE STOCK (RESTRICTION OF SLAUGHTER) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 16, 1918.
1918. No. 325.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No person shall slaughter any beast unless such beast has
within the 14 days immediately preceding the day of slaughter
been sold or bought in a market in Great Britain.
2. (a) No person shall bring or send or cause to be brought or
sent to any market for sale for slaughter, or sell for slaughter, or
cause or permit to be slaughtered, any in-pig sow of any age, in-
lamb ewe of any age, in-calf cow, or in-calf heifer, or any calf.
(6) An animal shall be deemed to be brought or sent or sold
for slaughter if it is slaughtered within 14 days of its sale in the
market to which it was brought or sent or in which it was sold.
- 3. The prohibition contained in clause 2 hereof shall not apply
to—
(a) Calves of the Ayrshire breed born in Scotland; or
(6) The slaughter of a calf which has been marked by a
person authorised by the Food Controller in that
behalf in the manner prescribed by clause 4 hereof and
which bears such mark at the time of slaughter.
4. (a) The prescribed mark shall for the purpose of clause 3 of
this Order be a broad arrow branded in hot pitch or a mixture
of hot pitch and tar on the head, the shaft and two barbs of the
arrow to be a J inch in width and the length of the shaft and of
the barbs (outside measurement) to be 2J inches, or such other
mark as may from time to time be prescribed by the Food
Controller.
(6) No person shall mark any calf with the prescribed mark
or with a mark colourably resembling the prescribed mark unless
he be authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller.
5. The restriction of slaughter imposed by this Order shall not
apply to : —
(a) Slaughter of an animal under the powers conferred by
the Diseases of Animal Acts, 1894 to 19 14, (a) or any
Order made thereunder ;
(a) DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS. — As to these Acts and Orders thereunder,
see Appendix YI. (6. " Diseases of Animals Acts and Orders ") to the " Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
LiveStock (Restriction of Slaughter) Order, 1918.
(b) Slaughter of an animal when such slaughter is
authorised by an officer of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries or the Board of Agriculture for
Scotland ;
(c) Slaughter of an animal when such slaughter is im-
mediately necessary or desirable on account of
accidental injury to the animal or of its illness, or for
any other exceptional reason or purpose; Provided
that notice of such slaughter shall be given within 7
days thereafter to the Food Control Committee for the
district in which the owner of the animal is at the
time of the slaughter residing.
6. For the purpose of executing and enforcing this Order any Entry and
officer of, or other person authorised, by the Food Controller, may inspection,
enter into any slaughter-house or other premises on which he
suspects animals are being or have been slaughtered for human
food and examine any animals or carcases or hides therein, and
inspect and require production of any books, or other documents
relating to animals slaughtered on such premises ; and no person
shall impede or obstruct such officer or other person in the exercise
of his powers under this Clause.
7. No meat obtained from any calf born in the British Islands Veal,
shall be sold, supplied, or offered or exposed for sale for human
consumption except—
(a) to persons who in the ordinary course of their business
are manufacturers of sausages, meat pies and other
similar articles for the purposes of such business ; or
(b) as an ingredient in a sausage, meat pie, or other similar
article.
8. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Infringe-
the Defence of the Eealm Regulations. ments.
9. For the purposes of this Order— Interpreta-
(a) " Beast " includes bulls, bullocks, cows and heifers;
(b) "Calf" means a bovine animal in which the first
permanent molar or grinder tooth is not cut and
visible.
(c) " Market " shall include fair and any other place which
the Food Controller shall determine to be a market for
the purpose of this Order.
10. The Live Stock (Eestriction of Slaughter) Order, 1917,(a) is Revocation,
hereby revoked as on the 18th March, 1918, but without prejudice
to any proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof.
(a) LIVE STOCK (RESTRICTION OF SLAUGHTER) ORDER, 1917. — That Order
is printed p. 163 of the January, 191*, Edition of this Manual.
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Title and
extent of
Order.
Pig and Pig Products (Prohibition of Export] (Ireland) Order,
1918.
11. (a) This Order may be cited as the Live Stock (Restriction
of Slaughter) Order, 1918.
(6) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
(c) This Order shall come into force, on the 18th March,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
16th March, 1918.
General
restriction.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
THE PIG AND PIG PRODUCTS (PROHIBITION OF EXPORT) (IRELAND)
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 20, 1918.
1918. No. 344.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) Except under and in accordance with the terms of a
licence granted to him by or under the authority of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland a
person shall not on or after the 25th March, 1918, send, ship or
consign any live pig from any part of Ireland to any destination
outside Ireland.
(b) Except under and in accordance with the terms of a
licence granted to him by or under the authority of the Food
Control Committee for Ireland a person shall not on or after the
25th March, 1918, send, ship or consign any carcase or part of a
carcase of a pig or any Bacon, Ham or Lard or rther pig product
from any part of Ireland to any destination outside Ireland.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Pig and Pig Products
(Prohibition of Export) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th March, 1918.
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918. 293
THE MEAT RETAIL PRICES (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER No. 2,
1918. DATED MAIU-H 27, 1918.
1918. No. 372.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No person shall directly or indirectly sell or offer or expose
for sale or buy or offer to buy in England or Wales any meat by
retail at prices exceeding the maximum prices provided by or
in pursuance of this Order.
2. Until further notice the maximum prices for meat sold by
retail in the area comprised in the Administrative County of
London and the Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex,
Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire,
Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, shall be at the
rates mentioned in the first schedule hereto, and the maximum
prices for meat sold by retail in any other part of England or in
Wales shall be at the rates mentioned in the second schedule
hereto.
3. No additional charge may be made for bags, or other
packages, but where credit is given, or delivery is made or where
both credit is given and delivery is made, a charge may be made
not exceeding a sum at the rate of \d. per Ib.
4. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposal or
proposed sale or disposal of any meat to which this Order applies
enter into or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial transac-
tion or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
5. This Order shall not apply to sales of cooked meat.
6. Offences under this Order are summary offences against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. The Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order,
1918, (a) is hereby revoked, but without prejudice to any pro-
ceedings in respect of any contravention thereof or to the revoca-
tion thereby effected as respects England and Wales of .Part 2
of the Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917.(b)
8. This Order may be cited as the Meat Retail Prices (England
and Wales) Order, No. 2, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th March, 1918.
(a) MEAT RETAIL PRICES (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1918.— That
Order (St. R. & O., 1918, No. 284), revoked Part 2 of the Meat (Maximum
Prices) Order, 1917, as respects England and Wales.
(b) MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 257.
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UNIFORM SCALE OF MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES FOR MEAT,
First Schedule.
MAXIMUM PRICES IN COUNTIES MENTIONED IN CLAUSE 2.
Beef Joint. Price per Ib,
s. d.
Topside of Round
Do. do. best cut, boneless... ... ... 1 10
Silverside, with bone ...
Do. boneless
Thick Flank 7
Do. best cut
Do. knuckle end
Aitch Bone 0
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... 15
Sirloin 17
Do. cut ... 8J
Do. rolled, boneless ... ... ... ... 1 11
Thin Flank 0
Do. rolled, boneless ... 14
Leg and Shin, whole ...
Do. do. boneless
Suet
Fore Ribs
Do. boneless
Wing Ribs, four bones
Long Ribs ...
Do. rolled, boneless
Back Ribs
Do. boneless
Top Ribs
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... ... 17
Brisket ... 0
Do. boneless
Clod and Sticking with bone ...
Do. do. boneless
Rump ......... 8£
Rump steak, boneless
Fillet steak 2 2
Buttock steak, boneless
Thick flank steak 10
Chuck steak
Gravy beef
Minced beef ... ... ... ... ... 16
Sausage to contain not less than 50 per cent, of
meat
Sausage meat to contain not less than 50 per cent.
of meat 11
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918. 295
Beef Joint. Price per Ib.
3. d.
Sausage to contain not less than 67 per cent, of
meat ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
Sausage meat to contain not less than 67 per cent, of
meat ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Bones 0 2
Mutton and Lamb Joint.
Leg, whole ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
Leg cut, fillet 1 7J
Do. shank 1 7J
Do. middle 1 10
Loin, whole ... ... ... ... ... ...-15
Do. best end ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
Do. chump end ... ... ... ... ... 15
Loin chops, not to be trimmed... ... ... ... 1 10
Saddles 1 5
Shoulders, whole ... ... ... ... ... 1 5
Do. cut, knuckle side ... ... ... ... 15
Do. do. blade side ... ... ... ... 15
Do. do. middle 1 6
Neck, whole 12
Do. best end 1 6
Do. middle 1 2
Do. scragg 0 11
Best neck chops ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
Breasts, whole 0 11
Do. cut, best end ... ... ... ... ... 10
Do. do. fat end 0 10
Do. do. sliced ... ... ... ... ... 12
Suet 1 2
Pork Joint.
Legs, whole ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
Do. cut, knuckle end ... ... ... ... ... 16
Do. middle 1 11
Do. fillet 1 10
Hind loin, whole ... ... ... ... ... 1 10
Do. chump end ... ... ... ... 19
Do. best end 1 11
Fore loin or griskin (or spare rib, without blade bone) 1 10
Hand with foot ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Loin, ex back fat ... ... ... ... ... 1 10
Do. best end ... 1 11
Neck end 1 8
Shoulder without hock ... ... ... ... 17
Blade bone ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
Belly 1 8
Do. best or rib end ...
Do. in slices ... ... ... ... ... 19
Do. thin end ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
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Price per Ib.
5. d.
Flare or leaf 15
Back fat 1 2
Chops or steaks ... ... ... ... ... 20
Heads, including tongue ... ... ... ... 0 11
Do. ex tongue ... ... ... ... ... 0 10
Tongues 1 6
Eye-piece or face ... ... ... ... ... 05
.Chaps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Hocks 0 10
Feet 0 5
Tenderloin, without bone 20
Pork bones, excluding factory bone ... ... 0 5
Sausage to contain not less than 50 per cent, pork 1 7
Sausage meat to contain not less than 50 per cent, pork 1 5
Pickled pork can be sold at Id. per Ib. above fresh pork prices,
but must not be sold as bacon.
For sausages and sausage meat containing less than 50 per cent,
of meat (including pork) the price is not to exceed Wd. per Ib.
The Second Schedule.
MAXIMUM PRICES IN ENGLAND AND WALES OTHER THAN COUNTIES
MENTIONED IN CLAUSE 2.
Beef Joint. I
'rice
per Ib.
s.
d.
Round of beef, whole
1
7
Topside of round, boneless
1
8
Do. best cut, boneless
1
10
Silverside of round with marrow bone
1
6
Do. boneless
1
9
Thick flank, first cutting. Bedpiece or brail
1
6
Thick flank, first cutting. Bedpiece or brail, best
cut
1
8
Thick flank, first cutting. Bedpiece or brail,
knuckle end ...
1
3
Tail end of rump
1
6
Do. boneless ..
1
8
Middle rump
1
5
Do. boneless
1
8
Shell bone, whole
1
5
Do. boneless ...
1
8
Do. best end ...
1
8
Do. do. boneless ,..
1
9
Do. other end
1
4
Sirloin
1
•
Do. cut
1
8
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918. 297
Price per !b.
s. d.
Sirloin, boneless ... ... ... ... ... 1 11
Thin flank 1 1
Do. rolled, boneless ... ... ... ... 13
Leg or shin, whole ... ... ... ... ... 07
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... 14
Suet 1 4
Standing ribs, fore ribs, crop or best chine... ... 16
Do. do. do. do. boneless 1 9
Wing ribs 1 7
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... ... 1 10
Chuck, back ribs, or shoulder piece with blade bone 1 3
Chuck, back ribs, or shoulder piece without blade
bone ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
Chuck, back ribs, or shoulder piece, boneless .... 1 7
Neck of beef, boneless... ... ... ... ... 14
Top ribs, leg-of-mutton cut, thick flat ribs, score or
middle rand ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
Top ribs, leg-of-mutton cut, thick flat ribs, score or
middle rand, best cut ... ... ... ... 17
Top ribs, leg-of-mutton cut, thick flat ribs, score or
middle rand, boneless ... ... ... ... 17
Point end of brisket, 5 bones ... ... ... ... 1 0
Do. do. boneless ... ... ... 1 4
Best end of brisket ... ... ... ... ... 12
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... 15
Thin flat ribs 11
Do. boneless ... ... ... ... 15
Clod or shift or knee bone and sticking, with bone... 1 0
Clod or shift or knee bone and sticking, boneless ... 14
Rump or hip or pin bone steak, boneless ... ... 2 0
Fillet steak 2 0
Round or buttock steak ... ... ... ... 1 10
Chuck, blade bone, or shoulder steak ... ... 1 8
Minced beef ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
Sausage to contain not less than 50 per cent, of
meat ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
Sausage meat to contain not less than 50 per cent.
of meat ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
Sausage to contain not less than 67 per cent, of
meat ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
Sausage meat to contain not less than 67 per cent.
of meat ... ... ... ... ... 14
Bones 02
Mutton and Lamb Joint.
Leg, whole 1 7
Leg, cut, fillet 1 7*
Do. shank 1 1\
Do. middle 1 10
Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales) Order No. 2, 1918.
Price per Ib.
s. -d.
Loin, whole ... ... ... ...
1 5
Do. best end ...
1 8
Do. chump end
1 5
Loin chops, not to be trimmed
1 10
Saddles ...
1 5
Shoulders, whole
1 5
Do. cut, knuckle side...
1 5
Do. do. blade side ...
1 5
Do. do. middle
1 6
Neck, whole ...
1 2
Do. best end ...
1 6
Do. middle
1 2
Do. scragg ... ... ... ...
0 11
Best neck chops
1 8
Breasts, whole ...
0 11
Do. cut, best end...
1 0
Do. do. fat end ...
0 10
Do. do. sliced ...
1 2
Suet
1 2
Pork Joint.
Legs, whole
1 8
Do. cut, knuckle end
1 6
Do. middle
1 11
Do. fillet
1 10
Hind loin, whole
1 10
Do. chump end
1 9
Do. best end ...
1 11
Fore loin or griskin or spare rib, without blade bone
1 10
Hand, with foot
1 4
Loin, ex back fat
1 10
Do. best end ...
1 11
Neck end
1 8
Shoulder, without hock ...
1 7
Blade bone
1 7
Belly
1 8
Do. best, or rib end ...
1 9
Do. in slices ...
1 9
Do. thin end ...
1 7
Flare, or leaf
1 5
Back fat
1 2
Chops or steaks ...
2 0
Heads, including tongue
0 11
Do. ex tongue
0 10
Tongues ...
1 6
Eye-piece or face
0 5
Chaps ... ... ... ••-
1 4
Hocks
0 10
Feet
0 5
Tenderloin, without bone
2 0
Pork bones, excluding factory bone ...
0 5
Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918. 299
Price per Ib.
s. d.
Sausage to contain not less than 50 per cent, pork ... 17
Sausage meat to contain not less than 50 per cent.
pork ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
Pickled pork can be sold at Id. per Ib. above fresh pork prices,
but must not be sold as bacon.
For sausages and sausage meat containing less than 50 per cent,
of meat (including pork) the price is not to exceed Wd. per Ib.
THE PIGS (PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 27, 1918.
1918. No. 375.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following Regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1 (a) Where a person sells any live pig otherwise than by dead Maximum
weight, the maximum price shall be at the rate of 21s. per score Price for
of the live weight. pig live or
(b) Where a person sells any live pig by dead weight or c
sells any dead pig, the maximum price shall, if the offals are
included in the sale, be at the rate of 28s. per score of the dead
weight, and if the offals are not included in the sale, shall be at
the rate of 26s. 9d. per score of the dead weight.
2. (a) Where a live pig is sold otherwise than by dead weight, Ascertaining
its weight for the purposes of this Order shall be its weight as weight.
ascertained at the time of sale by the live stock auctioneer en-
gaged in the sale or the market authority in whose market the
pig is sold, or as ascertained at any time after sale by a person
authorised in that behalf by the Food Controller or a Food Com-
mittee; or if not so ascertained its weight at the place of
slaughter.
Any directipns given by any such live stock auctioneer, market
authority or other person with a view to the weighing of a pig
for the purposes of this Order shall be duly complied with by all
persons concerned.
(b) Where a pig, live or dead, is sold by dead weight, the
dead weight of the pig shall for the purposes of Clause 1 of this
Order be the weight of the dressed carcase excluding the weight
of the offals.
3. Every person who in the course of his business buys any pigs Records,
and slaughters or causes to be slaughtered such pigs for the
purpose of his business shall keep accurate records showing the
prices paid for such pigs and such other particulars as are neces-
sary to show whether or not the provisions of this Order are
being complied with, and shall make such returns as to his busi-
ness as the Food Controller or a Food Committee may from time
to time require. All such records and relevant documents shall
be open to the inspection of any person authorised by the Food
Controller or a Food Committee.
300
Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918.
Offers, &c.
Exception.
Prohibition
on sales for
slaughter of
pigs weigh-
ing less than
1121bs.
Interpre-
tation.
Penalty.
S.R. & 0.,
1124, 1193
and 1248 of
1917.
Title.
4. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy
or agree to buy any pig, live or dead, at a price exceeding the
price applicable under the Order, or in connection with the sale
or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any pig enter
or offer to enter into any artificial or fictitious transaction or
make or demand any unreasonable charge.
5. The foregoing provisions of this Order shall not apply to —
(a) boars or pedigree sows bought and sold specifically for
breeding purposes ;
(6) breedings sows; and
(c) pigs weighing at the time of sale less than 80 Ibs. live
weight.
6. (a) No person shall sell or buy or offer to buy for slaughter
any pig weighing at the time of sale or offer for sale less than
112 Ibs. live weight.
(b) Until the contrary be proved, a pig shall be deemed to
have been sold and bought for slaughter if it be slaughtered
within 28 days of the sale.
(c) This clause shall not apply to any sale or purchase for
slaughter of a pig weighing less than 112 Ibs. weight, where
slaughter is for any exceptional reason or purpose authorised by
a Live Stock Commissioner or his representative, or by an officer
of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, or the Board of
Agriculture for Scotland, or the Department of Agriculture and
Technical Instruction for Ireland.
7. For the purposes of this Order-^-
" Score " means 20 Ibs.
" Food Committee " means, as regards Great Britain, a
Food Control Committee constituted in pursuance of the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, (a)
and as regards Ireland, the Food Control Committee
appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller. (b)
8. Infringements of .this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. The Pigs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (c) and the
Licences thereunder, dated 20th November, 1917, and 10th
December, 1917,(d) are hereby revoked but without prejudice to
any proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof.
10. This Order may be cited as the Pigs (Prices) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
•
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th March, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.'*—*,
(c) PIGS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 157
of the January, 1918, Edition of this Manual.
(d) GENERAL LICENCES OP Nov. 20 AND DEC. 10, 1917.— Those Licences
are printed pp. 158 and 163 of the January, 1918, Edition of this Manual.
M cut Rationing Order, 1918.
301
AUTHORISATION, DATED APRIL 5, 1918, UNDER THE FOOD HOARDING
ORDER, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 8 (" Hoarding of
Food ") (p. 220), authorises the preserving of eggs for household
use.]
THE MEAT EATIONING ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 6, 1918.
1918. No. 417.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I. — GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.
1. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain for consump- General;
tion from all sources in any week or other prescribed period any restriction,
meat in excess of the amount prescribed, or obtain or attempt to
obtain for consumption any meat except under and in accordance
with the subsequent provisions of this Order.
2. (a) A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any meat Availability
or any meat meal by means of a ration card or any coupon except of ration
when the same is available for lawful use, and a person shall not
supply or offer to supply any meat or meat meal to any person
where he has reasonable grounds for believing that the card or
coupon in respect whereof the meat or meat meal is supplied is
not available for lawful use by the person supplied.
(b) A meat or other ration card and the relative coupons
shall not be available for lawful use unless the person in respect
of whom the same was issued is using or has authorised the use
of the same and is living and is in Great Britain.
(c) A meat card, supplementary ration card or any relative
coupon shall not be available for lawful use if and so long as the
person in respect of whom the same was issued is in receipt of a
Government ration of meat in kind.
(d) A supplementary ration card issued in respect of woik,
or any relative coupon shall not be available for lawful use
except so long as the person in respect of whom the same was
issued continues on the work or class of work in respect whereof
the same was issued to him.
(e) A coupon shall not be available for lawful use except
when forming part o± a ration card.
302
Meat Rationing Order, 1918
Limitation
on acquisi-
tion from
retailers.
Duties of
retailer.
Obtaining
direct
supplies.
Making
direct
supplies.
Self
suppliers.
Presump-
tion.
PART II. — HOUSEHOLDS.
3. A person shall not —
(a) obtain or attempt to obtain any meat from a retailer ex-
cept upon the production by him or on his behalf of a
meat card or other authority available for lawful use
by him and except also in the case of a meat card the
appropriate coupon representing the amount supplied
be detached and retained by the retailer; and, in the
case of any other authority, the authority be marked
or otherwise dealt with in the manner prescribed
thereon; or
(b) to the extent to which the Food Controller so directs in
the case of any particular kind of meat, obtain or
attempt to obtain the same from any retailer other
than the retailer with whom he is registered for that
purpose; or
(c) obtain or attempt to obtain from a retailer any particular
kind of meat in excess of the prescribed amount of
that kind of meat.
4. A retailer shall not supply or offer to supply to any person
for consumption any meat except subject to, and in accordance
with, the prescribed directions.
5. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain for consump
tion any meat from any person other than a retailer —
(a) except he forthwith detaches from his meat card, can-
cels, and, when required by the Food Committee,
produces the appropriate coupons representing the
amount obtained ; and
(6) except also he has certified, in writing, to the person
supplying the same that to the extent of the amount
supplied he is abstaining from the use of his meat
card ;
Provided that no such certificate shall be required in the case
of occasional supplies.
6. Where a certificate under the preceding clause is required
no person shall supply, or offer to supply, any meat for con-
sumption except where he has received such certificate and has
no reasonable grounds for believing such certificate to be untrue.
7. The Food Controller may, from time to time, give directions
relating to the consumption and disposal of meat obtained from
animals killed, caught, or kept by any member of a household.
Such directions may contain provisions as to the extent, if any,
to which any such meat shall for the purposes of this Order be
treated as having been obtained from a retailer, and such other
provisions as may be deemed expedient.
8. Until the contrary be proved, it shall be presumed that any
supply of meat by or to a person is made for purpose of con-
sumption.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 303
9 This part of this Order shall not apply to — Exception
(a) the distribution of meat among the members of a house- from this
hold or to guests sharing household meals ; or Order* ^
(b) the supply of meat to or of meat meals by caterers.
institutions and residential establishments.
PART III. — ESTABLISHMENTS.
10. A person shall not buy or take delivery of any meat for Supply to
the purposes of any catering establishment or of any institution ca£e£j°^
except- ments'and
(a) under and to the extent specified on an official order form institutions.
issued by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller for the purposes of this Order; and
(b) to the extent to which the Food Controller so directs in
the case of any particular kind of meat, otherwise
than from the retailer or other dealer with whom the
catering establishment or institution is registered or
deemed to be registered for the purposes of this Order
or in excess of the amount specified in his preliminary
demand note.
And a person shall not sell or make delivery of any such meat
for such purposes except to the extent specified on the same
order form.
11. No meat meal shall be served to any person by a catering Serving of
establishment whether for consumption on the premises or else- meat meals
where except:- ^aWis™8
(a) where the person served produces a meat card containing ments.
an appropriate coupon or half-coupon and such coupon
or half-coupon is detached and retained by the
caterer; or
(b) where the person served has made the declaration pre-
scribed for persons entering Great Britain; or
(c) where the person served produces an emergency card or
other authority available for the purpose and such
card or other authority is dealt with in the manner
prescribed thereon.
12. The total quantity of meat consumed in or supplied by Gross quan-
any catering establishment in any week or other prescribed period tities to bev3
shall not exceed the amount of meat which is represented by the ^ekinT"*
coupons, declarations, emergency cards, and other like authori- catering
ties duly received by the catering establishment during such establish-
week or other period and produced by the caterer to the Food ment.
Committee.
13. The total quantity of meat consumed in or supplied by any Total
institution in any week or other prescribed period shall not quantity con -
exceed the total quantity allowed for the persons residing or ?u™.?* in an
taking meals in the institution in that week ascertained in
accordance with the scale, if any, which may be prescribed for
such institution or for an institution of that class or for any
persons therein, or, failing any such scale, the quantity which
might be lawfully obtained by such persons if they were members
of a household.
304
Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
Residential
establish-
ments.
Amendment
of Public
Meals Order,
1918, S.R. &
O. No. 59 of
1918.
Records.
14. Where a person carries on a residential establishment,
he shall not obtain or attempt to obtain a supply of meat for
the purposes of such establishment except by means of the meat
cards of the members of such establishment and upon the
footing and subject to the conditions which would be applicable
if in the matter of obtaining such supply he were the duly
authorised agent of all such members, and such members were
the registered customers of the retailer with whom he has lodged
the preliminary demand note relating to such meat, and meat
shall only be supplied or offered to be supplied for such purposes
accordingly.
15. The provisions of the Public Meals Order, 1918, (a) relating
to the amount of meat which may be consumed in or supplied
by any public eating place, and the provisions of clause 2 (a) (i)
thereof (relating to the consumption of meat, poultry and game
between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. on any day) shall
cease to apply to any public eating place to which this part of
this Order applies.
16. The person or persons having control or management of
any catering establishment or any institution shall be responsible
for securing that the total quantity of meat permitted to be
consumed or supplied therein in any week or other prescribed
period is not exceeded, and shall keep on the premises a register
containing an authentic record of the meat obtained and used and
of all such matters as are requisite for determining whether or
not the provisions of this Order or the Public Meals Order, 1918,
as hereby amended are being complied with ; and after any form
for keeping such register has been prescribed shall keep the
register on the form so prescribed, and shall produce such register
and every other record required to be kept under this Order to
any person authorised by or on behalf of the Food Controller or
a Food Committee to inspect the same together with all such
invoices, vouchers, and other documents as may be necessary or
proper for checking the entries in the register.
Issue of
documents.
Navy, Army
and Air
Force.
PART IV. — CARDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
17. The Food Controller may with a view to the distribution
of meat from time to time issue or caiise to be issued to such
persons and subject to such conditions as may from time to time
be thought fit, meat cards, supplementary ration cards, permits,
authorities and other like documents to be used for the purposes
of the distribution or rationing of meat.
18. (a) For the purpose of enabling officers and men of the
Naval and Military Forces and of the Air Force and other persons
who ordinarily are provided with meat by the Naval, Military
or Air Force authorities, to obtain supplies of meat during
periods in which owing to their being on leave or for other
reasons, the provision of meat by those Authorities is not avail-
able, the Admiralty, Army Council and Air Council may, with
the consent of the Food Controller, issue to such persons special
(a) PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. — This Order is printed in Group 14
(" Public Meals,") p. 441.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 305
emergency cards or other permits with or without coupons in a
form to be approved by the Food Controller authorising them to
obtain meat or a meat meal to such an extent in such manner
and subject to such conditions as may be specified thereon or on
any document issued in connection therewith.
(6) The Admiralty, Army Council, and Air Council, and the
Governments of any of His Majesty's Allies or Co-belligerents,
may, with the consent of the Food Controller, issue the like cards
and permits for use by the officers and men of the Forces of such
Governments.
19. If any ration card be defaced, lost, or destroyed, the Food Lost ration
Controller or a Food Committee, in accordance with the diiec- cards,
tions of the Food Controller, may, on such evidence as he or
they think fit, renew the same. Every document so renewed
may be issued subject to such conditions as may be notified
thereon or otherwise imposed, and it shall be the duty of the
person to whom the same is issued to comply with all such
conditions.
20. (a) Every ration card issued or to be issued for the purposes Ownership
of this Order is, and except as otherwise provided by or directed and custody
under this Order, will remain, the property of the Food Con- of docu'
troller ; but the person in respect of whom a ration card is issued I
shall be entitled to its custody.
(6) The person for the time being having possession of any
ration card shall deal therewith as provided by this Order or
as may from time to time be directed by or under the authority
of the Food Controller.
21. Where any person is in possession of a ration card and Persons in
such possession is not authorised by virtue of this Order, then unauthor-
unless within 7 days of the same having come into his possession l?ed Pjsses-
he shall have returned the same to the person entitled to the documents
custody thereof or otherwise dealt therewith as provided by or
under this Order he shall forthwith deliver the same to the Food
Controller or to any Food Committee or otherwise as directed on
the card. •
22. Every ration card shall be inalienable and no person shall Ration card
assign or attempt to assign or otherwise dispose thereof. to be inalien-
able.
23. (a) Where a person is about to leave Great Britain he Persons
shall forthwith deliver his ration card to the Food Committee leavingGreat
for the district in which he resides or shall otherwise deal there- Britain,
with as provided by or under this Order.
(5) This provision shall not apply to a person who does not
intend to be and is not absent from Great Britain for more than
one month or such other period as may from time to time be
prescribed.
24. Where a person dies any person who has possession of the Persons
ration card of the person dying shall forthwith and if practicable d.ving-
within seven days of such death deliver the same to a Food Com-
mittee or otherwise deal therewith in the prescribed manner.
306
Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
Persons
joining His
Majesty's
Forces.
25. Where a person to whom a meat card or supplementary
ration card was issued becomes entitled to receive a ration of
meat as a member of any of His Majesty's Forces, or becomes
otherwise entitled to receive a Government ration of meat, he
shall forthwith deliver the card or cards to a Food Committee or
otherwise deal therewith in the prescribed manner.
Power to
issue
directions.
Acts on
behalf of
young
persons and
persons of
unsound
mind.
Application
returns and
other
documents.
Powers of
Food Com-
mittees to
give certain
directions.
Food Com-
mittees to
act in accord-
ance with
directions.
PART V. — MISCELLANEOUS.
26. The Food Controller may from time to time issue direc-
tions prescribing the matters to be prescribed under this Order
or otherwise for the purpose of giving effect to any of the pro-
visions of this Order or any matter connected therewith and it
shall be the duty of all persons concerned to comply with any
such directions.
27. Any act required to be done by a person under this Order
may in the case of a person under the age of 16 years be done on
his behalf by one of his parents, or by his guardian or the person
having custody of him and in the case of a person of unsound
mind by the person for the time being having charge of his
affairs.
28. A person shall in making and completing any application
or return or other document issued or to be made in connection
with this Order, follow the instructions relating thereto issued
by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
29. (a) Where directions have been given by the Food Con-
troller requiring a person not to obtain meat or any particular
kind of meat from any retailer except a retailer with whom such
person is registered, a Food Committee shall have power—
(i) to limit the number of persons who may be registered
with any retailer;
(ii) to transfer the person so registered from one retailer
to another; and
(iii) to require any retailer to accept any particular person
or persons or class of persons as a customer or
customers.
(6) A Food Committee may—
(i) give directions as to the manner in which and the times
at which a retailer shall sell, distribute, or' dispose of
meat among his customers ; and
(ii) in accordance with any directions of the Food Controller,
issue temporary licences exempting from the pro-
visions of this Order any meat meal or any meat of a
perishable nature where in the opinion of the Com-
mittee the meat would otherwise be likely to perish .
30. Every Food Committee shall in the exercise of any power*
conferred upon such Committee for the purposes of this Order
comply with such directions as may from time to time be given
by the Food Controller, and it shall be the duty of every person
to comply with any directions given by the Committee under
such powers.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 307
31. Where any meat is not otherwise obtained for the purposes Use of meat
of his household by a dealer, he may supply such food for the b? retailers
purposes of his own household to the like extent and in the like
manner and subject to the like conditions as would be applicable
if he obtained such food from a retailer, but save as aforesaid
no dealer shall use for his private purposes any part of the meat
for the time being held by him for the purposes of his business.
32. The total quantities of meat sold or disposed of by a retailer Account-
in any week or other prescribed period shall not exceed the abili*y ot
amount of such meat which is represented by the coupons, g^pi^g
declarations, emergency cards and other authorities issued for
the purposes of this Order, duly received by him during such
week or other prescribed period in the course of his business and
produced by him to the Food Committee.
33. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member Information
of or a person employed by a Food Committee or any person to be .
whose duty it is to deal with any application, return, ration card, c
or other document made or issued for the purposes of this Order
shall not without lawful authority communicate to any person
any information acquired by him from any such document.
34. Every retailer and other person shall as and when so Delivery of
directed by the Food Controller or a Food Committee deliver to coupons, &c.
him or them all coupons, cards and other documents delivered to
him under or for the purposes of this Order.
35. A person shall not — False. state-
(a) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false forgery, &c.
statement on any application or return made in con-
nection with or for any of the purposes of this Order,
or make or knowingly connive at the making of any
false statement for the purpose of obtaining a supply
of meat ;
(6) forge or alter any ration card or other document issued
or deemed to be issued under or for any of the pur-
poses of this Order;
(c) personate or falsely represent himself to be the "person
to whom such ration card or other document has been
issued or applies ;
(d) retain any such ration card or other document when he
has no right to retain it or fail to comply with any
directions issued by or under the direction of the Food
Controller with regard to the return thereof ;
(e) obtain or use, or attempt to obtain or use, any such ration
card or other document when he has no right to obtain
or use it;
{/) make or cause to be made or without lawful excuse have
in his custody or possession any paper or document
so made as to resemble or colourably imitate any such
ration card or other document;
308 Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
(g) Use or attempt to use for the purpose of obtaining meat
for himself or for any other person any paper or ticket
so made as to resemble or colourably to imitate any
such ration card or other document or any forged or
altered ration card or other document;
(h) fraudulently alter or attempt to alter or forge any entry
upon any such ration card or other document ;
(i) forge any die or stamp used by or under the direction of
the Food Controller in the making or marking of any
such ration card or other document or otherwise for
the purpose of this Order ;
(;) fraudulently print or make any impression on anj
material with such forged die;
(k) fraudulently print or make any impression upon any
material by the genuine die used by or under the au-
thority of the Food Controller for the purposes afore-
said;
(I) without lawful excuse (the burden whereof shall lie upon
the person accused) make or cause to be made, or have
in his custody or possession any paper in the substance
of which shall appear any words, letters, figures,
threads, marks, lines or other devices peculiar to any
appearing in the substance of any paper provided or
used by or under the direction of the Food Controller
for any such ration card or other document.
fnterpreta- 36. In this Order and in all authorities and other documents
tion. issued for the purposes of this Order, or the scheme to which this
Order gives effect, the following expressions shall have the
following meanings: —
" Food Committee " shall mean, in respect of any district,
the Food Control Committee constituted for such district.
"Week" shall mean the 7 days ending at midnight on
the 13th April, 1918, and .any subsequent period of 7 days
ending on a Saturday midnight.
"Catering establishment," "residential establishment"
and " institution " shall severally mean the establishments
registered or deemed to be registered by a Food Committee
as such for the purposes of this Order.
" Caterer " shall mean the person or persons having the
control or management of any catering establishment.
" A retailer " shall mean a person who has been registered
as a retailer for the purposes of this Order, or who, otherwise,
has been or may be registered under the authority of the
Food Controller as a retailer of any meat, or who in the
ordinary way of his trade deals in meat by retail, but shall
not include a farmer or home producer who disposes only of
his own produce and does not carry on trade at premises
distinct from his farm or holding.
" Meat Card " and " Supplementary Ration Card " shall
mean the several documents so headed, issued or to be issued
for the purposes of this Order.
Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 309
"Ration Card" means any meat card, supplementary
ration card, emergency card, or other like authority.
" Meat " shall mean butcher's meat, suet and offal,
sausages, ham, bacon, horseflesh and 'venison, canned pre-
served and potted meats, and other meats of all kinds, rabbits
and hares and any kind of bird killed for food and the bones
of any such meat, but shall not include any of the kinds of
meat articles set out in the table of equivalent weights for
the time being in force and therein authorised to be obtained
without coupons.
" Butcher's meat " shall include beef, mutton, lamb,
veal and pork and the bones of any such meat.
"Meat Meal " shall mean any meal containing any meat
but shall not include soup not containing meat in a solid
form.
" Prescribed " means prescribed by the Food Controller.
37. Where any ration card or other document has been issued,
or where any catering establishment, residential establishment
or institution or any retailer has been registered, for the purpose
of the London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order,
1918, (a) or for the purposes of the Meat Rationing (Provisional)
Order, 1918, or for the purposes of any scheme to which either of
these Orders gives effect such card or other document shall be
deemed to have been issued and such catering establishment,
residential establishment or institution or retailer shall be deemed
to have been registered for the purposes of this Order.
38. This Order shall not affect:- Exception.
(a) Members of the forces of His Majesty, or His Majesty's
Allies in relation to rations supplied to them as
members of such forces.
(6) Seamen engaged on the work of a ship in relation to
food duly supplied to them by the owner or the master
of the ship.
39. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
40. Ihe London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Revocation.
Order, 1918, (a) so far as it1 relates to meat, is hereby revoked, S.R. & 0.
provided that— No- 216 of
(a) This revocation is without prejudice to any proceedings
in respect of any contravention thereof; and
(b) The directions issued under that Order to butchers and g R & Q
to retailers of meat other than butcher's meat shall in Nos. 220 and
the districts to which they applied under that Order 221 of 1918.
continue in force and have effect as if issued under
this Order. (b)
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order is printed p. 449.
(b) DIRECTIONS TO KUTCHERS AND TO RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN
BUTCHER'S MEAT. — Those Directions are printed p. 459-462.
310 Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
Title. 41. (a) This Order may be cited as the Meat Rationing Order,
1918.
(6) This Order shall not extend to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W> H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6fh April, 1918.
DIRECTIONS RELATING TO THE AMOUNT or THE RATION AND USE
OF CARDS AND COUPONS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE
MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 404.
In exercise of the powers leserved by the above Order the Food
Controller hereby directs that until further notice, the following
directions shall have effect and be observed by all persons
concerned : —
1. The weekly ration of meat shall be the amount obtainable
by 4 coupons of an ordinary Meat Card in accordance with the
Table of Equivalent Weights of Meat set out at the foot of these
directions, the worth of any uncooked Butcher's Meat being
ascertained at the maximum price therefor applicable under the
Orders of the Food Controller for the time being in force.
2. The weekly ration of meat obtainable on a child's Meat
Card shall be one half of the weekly ration applicable under
Clause 1.
3. Each coupon of an ordinary or a Child's Meat Card
authorises the supply of one fourth of the appropriate weekly
ration, or other the amount of meat mentioned in the Table or
the supply of a meat meal at a catering establishment.
4. Until 5th May, 1918, not more than three out of every four
coupons relating to any one week, which form part of the
ordinary or child's Meat Cards belonging to the members of a
household may be used for obtaining butcher's meat, and (when
sold by a general butcher) suet and offal. On and after 5th May,
1918, not more than two out of every such four coupons may be
so used.
5. Uncooked butcher's meat, and on and after 5th May, 1918,
uncooked bacon and ham may not be obtained under any ordinary
or Child's Meat Card from any retailer except the retailer with
whom the customer is for the time being registered for uncooked
butcher's meat or bacon and ham as the case may be.
(a) MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 301.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 311
6. Each coupon on a Meat Card is available for use only during
the week to which such coupon relates and the subsequent
four days.
7. Until further notice Supplementary Ration Cards and the
coupons thereon may not be used for obtaining any uncooked
butcher's meat. Subject to the conditions appearing on the
Cards, these Cards in other respects authorise a supply on the
conditions applicable in the case of an ordinary Meat Card and
each coupon thereon carries the same rights as a coupon on an
ordinary Meat Card.
8. The space numbered 7 on any Meat Card or on any Supple-
mentary Ration Card shall relate to the week ending the 13th
April, 1918, and the subsequent spaces shall relate to the subse-
quent weeks in due numerical order.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6th April, 1918.
TABLE OF EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS OF MEAT.
(Subject to Revision.)
NOTE. — This table does not apply to meals purchased from or
supplied by caterers. In the case of such meals, caterers are
required to account for their total consumption of meat by
coupons collected from their customers in accordance with a
special Memorandum dealing with caterers.
PART I.: — BUTCHER'S MEAT, BACON AND MISCELLANEOUS MEATS
(other than Poultry and Game).
There may be obtained upon ONE COUPON of an ordinary
meat card the amounts specified below ; and upon One Coupon of
a child's card half those amounts : —
A. IN THE CASE OF UNCOOKED BUTCHER'S MEAT THE FOLLOWING
VALUE : —
Uncooked butcher's meat (including pork or
tongues, kidneys, or skirt) 5d. worth.
Edible offal other than tongues, kidneys, or skirt Wd. worth.
312 Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
B. IN THE CASE OF OTHER UNCOOKED MEAT THE FOLLOWING
WEIGHTS : —
1. Bacon and Ham.
Bacon or Ham uncooked with the bone as usually
delivered ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 oz.
The same uncooked without bone ... ... ... 4 oz.
Fore hock or gammon hock with the bone as
usually delivered (provided that not more than
3 Ib. of any fore hock or gammon hock shall be
sold at this rate) ... ... ... ... ... 10 oz.
Sheet ribs (provided that not more than 2| Ib. of
any side shall be sold as sheet rib at this rate) 16 oz.
2. Sausages.
(a) First quality uncooked sausages containing
not less than 67 per cent, of meat ... ... '6 oz.
(b) Second quality uncooked sausages containing
not less than 50 per cent, of meat, and all other
sausages not cooked or preserved ... ... 8 oz-
3. Venison or Horseflesh.
Venison or horseflesh uncooked with the bone as
usually delivered ... ... ... ... ... 10 oz.
The same without bone ... ... ... ... 8 oz.
C. IN THE CASE OF COOKED, CANNED, PRESERVED, AND MISCEL-
LANEOUS MEATS, THE FOLLOWING WEIGHTS: —
1. Butcher's meat (including pork), or tongues,
kidneys, or skirt cooked with the usual bone ... 3J oz.
The same without bone ... ... ... ... 3 oz.
Edible offal, other than tongues, kidneys, or
skirt, cooked ... ... ... ... ... 8 oz.
2. Venison or horseflesh cooked with the usual bone 7 oz.
The same without bone ... ... ... ... 5 oz.
3. Ham or bacon cooked with the usual bone ... 4 oz.
The same without bone ... ... ... ... 3J oz.
4. All canned or preserved meat (except the meat of
rabbits and birds), and all potted meats, accord-
ing to the weight of the actual meat without
the container ... ... ... ... ... 4 oz.
5. Meat pies, sandwiches, and similar articles,
according to the weight of the actual meat ... 3 oz.
6. Sausages, first quality cooked and all preserved
sausages ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 oz.
7. Sausages, second and inferior qualities cooked ... 6 oz.
8. Haggis ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 oz.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918. f
PART II.— POULTRY AND GAME.
There may be obtained ONE or MORE COUPONS of an
ordinary meat card the amounts specified below; and upon the
corresponding number of coupons of a child's meat card half of
those amounts.
A. IN THE CASE OF POULTRY, RABBITS AND HARES : —
1. Uncooked : The weights specified below upon the number
of coupons shown in the top line of the table.
313
Coupons
1
2
3
4
5
Fowls and Chickens,
sold as a whole
Domestic Ducks, Geese,
gold as a whole
Turkeys,, sold as a
Up to 2 Ib.
Up to 3 Ib.
Up to 3 Ib.
Up to 4J Ib.
Up to 4 Ib.
Up to 6 Ib.
Over 4 Ib.
Up to 1% Ib.
Up to 9 Ib.*
whole ...
Up to 6 Ib.
Up to 1 Ib.f
The above sold in parts
by weight
Perl Ib.
—
— —
—
Edible offal of Poultry,
cleaned
Per 1 IK
—
—
—
—
Rabbit?, wild and tame
(with edible offal and
skin) sold as a whole
Up to 1^ Ib.
Over 14 Ib.
—
—
—
Rabbits, wild and tame
(with edible offal but
without skin), sold as
a whole
Up to H Ib.
Over 1$ Ib.
—
—
—
Parts of Rabbit or
Hare
Per 1 Ib.
—
—
—
—
Blue Hares and Leve-
rets (with all offal
and skin)
Each.
—
—
—
Brown Leverets (with
all offal and skin) ...
—
_
Each.
—
—
Brown Hares ( with all
offal and skin)
—
—
—
Each.
* One coupon for each additional Ib. or part of a Ib. up to 8 coupons as a maximum,
t One coupon for each additional Ib. or part of a Ib. up to 15 coupons as a maximum.
N.B. — All poultry is reckoned as containing all offal, but with
no feathers. If it is sold trussed without edible offal, one-third
is to be added to the weight of the bird as so sold.
2. Cooked, Canned, and Preserved Poultry: Half the
weights specified above for the same number of coupons
in each case.
3. Cooked Eabbit and Hare: 14 oz. for ONE COUPON.
4. Tinned Eabbit: a 1 Ib. tin for TWO COUPONS.
a 2 Ib. tin for FOUR COUPONS.
B. IN THE CASE OF GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL, COOKED OR
UNCOOKED on PRESERVED.
Upon ONE COUPON in each case, irrespective of the
weight,
Partridges, Grouse, Grey-hen, Widgeon One bird.
Woodcock, Teal and Ptarmigan ... ... Two birds.
Plover and Pigeon (except Wood Pigeons) Three birds.
Quail and Snipe Four birds.
314 Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
Upon TWO COUPONS in each case, irrespective of the
weight,
Pheasant, Wild Duck, Guinea Fowl,
Capercailzie Hen, Blackcock ... ... Onebiid.
CTpon FOUE COUPONS in each case, irrespective of the
weight,
Capercailzie Cock ... ... ... ... One bird..
THE FOLLOWING KINDS or MEAT OB, MEAT ARTICLE MAY BE
OBTAINED WITHOUT COUPONS : —
1. Blood sausages and black puddings.
2. Faggots or savoury ducks which are sold at a price not
exceeding \d. per oz.
3. Wood pigeons, rooks, and other birds not included in
Part II. of the Table.
4. Meat Extract, meat essence, soup cubes, tinned soups
and canned goods containing less than 5 per cent, of
meat.
DIRECTIONS TO PORK BUTCHERS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER
THE MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 19 18. (a)
1918. No. 412.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order,
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to Pork
Butchers in every part of Great Britain outside the administra-
tive County of London and the Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire,
Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex: —
1. A pork butcher, that is a butcher who sells by retail pork
but no other kind of butcher's meat, may sell pork only on
production of a Meat Card, and on selling he must detach the
proper number of coupons for the amount sold. Subject to this
direction he may. sell pork on a Meat Card, whether or not the
card has been registered with a butcher.
2. Each coupon on an ordinary (adult's) Meat Card represents
bd. worth of pork, and that amount may be sold on it, according
to the statutory Schedule of prices. Each coupon on a child's
Meat Card represents half this amount.
3. Each coupon is numbered to correspond with a particular
week and can be used for sales only in the period from the
Sunday of that week up to and including the Wednesday in the
week following. Thus the coupons numbered 7 are valid for
sales from Sunday, April 7th, up to and including Wednesday,
April 17th. Those numbered 8 are valid from Sunday,
April 14th, to Wednesday, April 24th, and so on.
(a) MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 301.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 315
4. Coupons which have not been used in the proper coupon
period cannot be used later without permission of the Food
Office, even though the butcher has been unable to supply the full
ration in the proper coupon period.
5. There are four coupons for each coupon period on each card,
but the pork butcher may not sell pork on more than three of
these to any customer in any coupon period.
6. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
7. Pork may also be sold on Emergency Cards, presented by
soldiers and sailors on leave, or others, or on Travellers' Cards
or on Supplementary Cards issued to invalids.
8. A pork butcher may not sell offal or suet except in accord-
ance with these directions.
9. These directions do not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
10. The pork butcher must keep prominently displayed in his
shop a copy of the official Table of Equivalent Weights for the
time being in force. (a)
11. These directions apply as from Sunday, April 7th, 1918.
Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence under
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6th April, 1918.
DIRECTIONS TO GENERAL BUTCHERS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER
THE MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918. (b)
1918. No. 413.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order,
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to
General Butchers in every part of Great Britain outside the
Administrative County of London and the Counties of Essex,
Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex: —
1. These directions apply to every general butcher, that is to
say a butcher selling by retail any butcher's meat other than
pork,, whether or not he also sells pork.
2. A general butcher may sell butcher's meat (including pork)
only on production of a Meat Card which has been registered
with him, and on selling he must detach the proper number oi
coupons for the amount sold.
(a) TABLE OF EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS. — This is printed p. 311.
(b) MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 301.
316 ' Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
3. Each coupon on an ordinary (adult's) Meat Card represents
bd. worth of uncooked butcher's meat (including pork) and that
amount may be sold on it, according to the statutory Schedule
of prices. Each coupon on a child's Meat Card represents half
this amount.
4. Each coupon is numbered to correspond with a particular
week and can be used for sales only in the period from the
Sunday of that week up to and including the Wednesday in the
week following ; thus the coupons numbered 7 are valid for sales
from Sunday, April 7th, up to and including. Wednesday, April
17th. Those numbered 8 are valid from Sunday, April 14th, to
Wednesday, April 24th, and so on.
5. Coupons which have not been used in the proper coupon
period cannot be used later without permission of the Food Office,
even though the butcher has been unable to supply the full
ration in the proper coupon period.
6. The butcher must divide what supplies he has as fairly as
possible between his registered customers. He is not bound to
supply the full ration to first comers, unless he is certain of
having enough to give full rations to all.
7. There are four coupons for each coupon period on each card,
but the butcher may not sell butcher's meat (including pork) on
more than three of these to any customer in any such period (or
alternatively on more than three out of every four cards regis-
tered with him for the same household) unless he has a surplus
after supplying the requirements of all his registered customers
up to the amount allowed by three out of their four weekly
coupons.
8. The butcher is bound to accept for registration any customer
assigned to him by the Food Office*.
9. The butcher may refuse to sell except for cash.
10. A customer can be transferred from one butcher to another
only with the consent of the Food Office, and the butcher must
not accept for registration, except under instructions from ihe
Food Office, a card which has already been registered elsewhere.
11. A customer wishing to transfer his registration on leaving
the district should recover his counterfoil from the butcher and
take it with the card to the Food Office of his new district.
12. A customer wishing to transfer his registration for any
other reason should recover his counterfoil from the butcher and
take it with the card to his Food Office.
13. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
14. A butcher, if he has supplies, may without registration
sell on Emergency Cards, presented by soldiers and sailors on
leave, or others, if the cards are not marked with the name of
another butcher, or on Travellers' Cards or on Supplementary
Cards issued to invalids.
15. A general butcher may not sell offal or suet except in
accordance with these directions.
Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918. 317
16. These directions to not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
17. The butcher must keep prominently displayed in his shop
a copy of the official Table of Equivalent Weights for the time
being in force. (»)
18. These directions apply as from Sunday, April 7th, 1918.
Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence under
the Defence of the Eealm Regulations.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6th April, 1918.
DIRECTIONS TO RETAILERS or MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER'S MEAT
OR PORK, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE MEAT RATIONING
ORDER, 1918. (b)
1918. No. 414.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order,
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to
Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's Meat or Pork in every
part of Great Britain outside the Administrative County of
London and the Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex,
Kent, Surrey and Sussex: —
1. A retailer may sell meat to which these directions apply
only on production of a Meat Card, and on selling he must
detach the proper number of coupons for the amount sold.
2. Each coupon on an ordinary (adult's) Meat Card represents
the weight or worth of meat set out in the official Table of
Equivalent Weights, or in the case of suet, 5 pennyworth, and not
more than that amount may be sold on it. Each coupon on a
child's Meat Card represents half this amount.
3. Each coupon is numbered to correspond with a particular
week, and can be used for sales only in the period from the
Sunday of that week up to and including the Wednesday in the
week following. Thus the coupons numbered 7 are valid for
sales from Sunday, April 7th, up to and including Wednesday,
April 17th. Those numbered 8 are valid from Sunday, April
14th, to Wednesday, April 24th, and so on.
4. Coupons which have not been used in the proper coupon
period cannot be used later without permission of the Food Office,
even though the retailer has been unable to supply the full ration
in the proper coupon period.
(a) TABLE OF EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS.— This is printed p. 311.
(b) MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 301.
318 Directions under Meat Rationing Order, 1918.
5. There are four coupons for each coupon period on each, card
and any or all of these may be used for the purchase of meat
(other than butcher's meat or pork) 01 of meat meals, or whether
or not the card has been registered with a butcher.
6. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
7. Meat may also be sold on Emergency Cards presented by
soldiers and sailors on leave or others, or on Travellers' Cards or
on Supplementary Cards issued to invalids.
8. These directions apply to Meat of every kind other than
uncooked butchSr's meat, that is to say, offal and suet (except
when sold by a general butcher), poultry and Game, etc.
(including all birds, rabbits, hares, venison, and horseflesh) ;
bacon and ham; sausages and cooked, canned, preserved and
miscellaneous meats, as specified in the Table of Equivaleat
Weights.
9. These directions do not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
10. llie retailer must keep prominently displayed in his shop
a copy of the official Table of Equivalent Weights for the time
being in force. (a)
11. These directions apply as from Sunday, April 7, 1918:
Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence under
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
6th April. 1918.
THE IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 8A ("Importers'
Returns ") (p. 221), requires returns to be made of imported
canned meat, canned poultry, game and rabbits, and eggs.]
(a) TABLE OF EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS. — This is printed p. 311.
Direction under Meat (Maximum Prices} Order , 1917. 319
DIRECTION, DATED APRIL 27, 1918, UNDER THE MEAT (MAXIMUM
PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
1918. No. 485.
The Food Controller hereby directs pursuant to Clause 1 (6) of S.R. & 0.
Part I. of the Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917,(a) that on and No. 903
after the 29th April, 1918, until further notice the maximum c
wholesale prices for the various cuts of pig meat mentioned in the
Schedule shall in Ireland be at the rates specified in the Schedule.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th April, 1918.
Schedule.
(Price in all cases per cwt.)
s. d.
Fillets 214 0
Shoulder Steak or Pockets 172 0
Tongues (fresh or pickled) 136 0
Griskens or Skirt or Kidneys ... ... ... ... 118 0
Flare or Leaf (Lard Sheets unrendered) ... ... ... 112 0
Heads split, tongues in, fresh or pickled... ... ... 112 0
Heads split, tongues out, fresh or pickled ... ... 110 0
Eibs and Small Bones 95 0
Knees (hocks) 84 0
Breast Bones 78 0
Loin Bones ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 0
Neck and Tail Bones 46 8
Neck Griskens ... ... 46 0
Feet, fresh or pickled ... ... ... ... ... 44 0
Back bone, including tail ... ... ... ... ... 40 0
Back bone 24 0
Maws (not sold by weight) ... ... 9|J. each.
(a) MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDKR, 1917.— This Order is printed p. 257.
320
List of " Milk, Butter and Cheese " Orders.
11. Milk, Butter and Cheese, (a) (b)
British Cheese Order, 1917, as amended, p. 333.
Butter (Distribution) Order, 1917, p. 345.
Butter (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 357.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, p. 323.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 327.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 3, 1917, p. 527.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 4, 1917, p. 332.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917, p. 339,
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 5, 1917, p. 342.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 384,
Canned Condensed Milk (Eequisition) Order, 1918, p. 282,
Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,/?. 322.
Cocoa-Butter (Provisional Prices) Order, 1918, p. 377.
Condensed Milk (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 363.
Condensed Milk (Returns) Order, 1917(c),^. 352.
Cream Order, 1917, p. 348.
[See next page
(a) CARRIAGE OF REFRIGERATED DAIRY PRODUCE. — In 1917 three Orders in
Council (all printed as Statutory Rules and Orders) of which the dates and scope
are specified below requisitioned for the carriage of refrigerated produce the
insulated spaces in certain British steamships-
Date of Order
in Council.
St. R. & 0.
number.
British Steamships insulated spaces in
which were requisitioned.
April 13, 1915
April 29, 1915
Oct. 14, 1915
1915—303
1915—385
1915-999
All steamships trading between the Common-
wealth of Australia or the Dominion of New
Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Steamships owned by certain Companies trading
between the Argentine or Uruguay Republics
and the United Kingdom or Europe.
Certain steamships specified by name trading
between the Argentine or Uiuguay Republics
and the United Kingdom or Europe.
Two further Orders in Council of Nov. 10, 1915 (1915, No. 1071), and Dec. 22
1915 (1915, No. 1219), empowered the President of the Board of Trade to
requisition, —
(i) any British ship registered in the United Kingdom for the carriage
of food-stuffs ;
(ii) the insulated spaces for the carriage of refrigerated produce in any
British steamship registered in the United Kingdom or hereafter
to be so registered and fitted or hereafter to be fitted with such
spaces and not liable to requisition under the three first-mentioned
Orders in Council.
All these five Orders in Council are printed pp. 400-409 of "Vol. I of the
Annual Volume of St. R. & 0. for 1915.
Regulation 39BBB (3) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations empowers the
Shipping Controller to requisition any ships or any cargo spaces in any ships
" in order that they may be used in the manner best suited for the needs of the
country."
(b) COLD STORAGE. — As to taking of articles out of, and into, cold store,
see the Cold Storage (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 181.
(c) CONDENSED MILK (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. — This Order also restricts
dealings in imported milk.
List of " Milk. Butter and Cheese Orders. " 321
Directions under London arid Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 11)18 (Weekly Ration of Butter and Margarine),
p. 361'.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Supply of Butter and Margarine on
Coupons), ]>. 369.
Directions under London and Home Counties '(Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Self-Suppliers of Butter), p. 369.
Directions under London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918 (Registration for Butter and Margarine),
•p. 384.
Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 349.
Notice thereunder (First-hand Prices), p. 361.
Dutch Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1918,;;. 378.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918,;;. 378.
Food Control Committees (Milk Requisition) Order, 1917,
as amended, p. 346.
Ice Cream (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 356. m
Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918,
p. 37.3.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 384.
Margarine (Distribution) Order, 1918,^. 381.
Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, />. 344.
General Licence thereunder (Wholesale Price in Ireland),
p. 383.
Margarine (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1917, p. 353.
Margarine (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 361.
Margarine (Retail Prices) Order, 1918, p. 379.
Notice thereunder (Date of Operation in Scotland), p. 383.
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 329.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918, p. 364.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918
(Power of Local Authorities under the Order), p. 366.
Circular to Local Authorities, p. 367.
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, as amended, p. 357
General Licence thereunder (Exemption of Small Retailers'
p. 363.
General Licence thereunder (Sales by Wholesale and Accomo-
dutiou Sales), p. 370.
Milk (Returns) Order, 1917, p. 323.
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918, p. 370.
Milk (Use in Chocolate) Order, No. 2, 1917, p. 351.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 362.
.•5022
Cheese (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended,
THE CHEESE (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917, DATED MAY 29, 1917,
AS AMENDED BY APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER,
1918,(a) DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 510, as am-ended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2*
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows: —
1. All cheese which shall after the date of this Order arrive in
the United Kingdom from the United States of America, the
Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, or the
Dominion of New Zealand shall be placed and held at the disposal
of the Food Controller.
2. The cheese is taken over by the Food Controller from the
original consignees, and the Food Controller will subsequently
communicate to them the prices which he will be prepared to pay
for the same. •
3. Except as otherwise determined by the Food Controller in
any particular case, all contracts for sale of any such cheese made
by the original consignees or any persons claiming under them
are cancelled and sellers and /or buyers are to stand released from
all liability as to brokerage.
4. The arbitrator to determine in default of agreement the
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session in
Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland. (a)
5. Original consignees of cheese are required to furnish to the
Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 1, on or before the
9th June, 1917, full particulars of all engagements for cheese
taken over whether bought, consigned, or agreed to be bought or
consigned, date of shipment, invoice price and such other
particulars as may from time to time be required.
6. This Order shall not apply to cheese agreed to be bought by
the Board of Trade, (b)
7. This Order may be cited as the Cheese (Requisition) Order,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
29th May, 1917.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 4.— This clause was inserted in its present form
by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & O., 1918, No. 294).
(b) IMPORTED CHEESE BOUGHT BY BOARD OF TRADE. — The General Regu-
lations for the sale and distribution of cheese imported from Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and United States on account of H.M.'s Government are printed
in Appendix IY. 1 (" Cheese ") to the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual,"
p. 465.
Milk (Returns) Order, 1917 ; Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 323
1917.
THE MILK (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED JULY 31, 1917.
1917. No. 776.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2a
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders
as follows : —
(1) All persons engaged in the production, purchase, sale,
distribution, transport, storage of any milk, shall
furnish particulars as to their businesses as may from
time to time be specified by or on behalf of the Food
Controller, and shall verify the same in such manner
as he may direct.
(2) Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(3) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Returns) Order,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
31st July, 1917.
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. DATED AUGUST
31, 1917.(a)(b)
1917. No. 913.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F First hand
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers Price,
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the follow-
ing regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1.— (a) On and after the 3rd September, 1917, butter shall not
be sold by or on behalf of the importer or the maker thereof at
a pr^ice exceeding the maximum price for the time being pre-
scribed by the Food Controller as the first hand price.
(a) AMENDMENT OF ORDER.— This Order was amended by the Butter
(Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917, printed p. 339, and also as to
First Hand Prices as from various dates by the series of Orders specified in
footnote (a) to p. 324.
(b) APPLICATION TO IRELAND.— This Order ceased to apply to Ireland as
from April 19, 1918. See. Butter (Maximum Prices) (I.) O., 19i8, p. 384.
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Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917.
Wholesale
Price.
Exception
from Clauses
1 and 2.
(6) Until further notice the first hand price shall for the-
several varieties of butter mentioned in the schedule to this Order
be a price at the rate set forth in the Schedule as applicable
thereto, (a)
2. — (a) On and after 3rd September, 1917, 110 person (other
than an importer in respect of butter imported by him or a
maker in respect of butter made by him) shall sell any butter
at a price which exceeds by more than the permitted amount
whichever shall be the less of the two following1 prices namely : —
(i) the price paid by him for such butter or
(ii) the first hand price fixed by this Order or where further
or other first hand prices are fixed under this Order
the first hand price in force at the time of his pur-
chase.
(6) The permitted amount shall be a sum at the rate of 7*. 6d.
per cwt., with the addition of—
(i) all monies, if any, actually paid for transport, after sale
by the importer or maker; and
(ii) necessary cold storage charges or expenses (not exceed-
ing the rates current in the district where stored)
incurred by the seller before the 3rd September, 1917.
(c) The amount of the monies paid for transport or paid or
charged for cold storage shall be shown separately on the invoice.
(d) In any prcceedings the burden of proving the amount
actually paid for transport shall lie upon the person charged. (b)
3. Clauses 1 and 2 of this Order shall not apply to a retail sale.
4. — (a} On and after 10th September, 1917, no person shall
sell butter by retail at a rate per Ib. exceeding by more than 2^d.
the actual cost to him of the butter sold.
(b) An additional sum not exceeding \d. per Ib. may be
charged for giving credit and for delivery otherwise than by post
or rail. No additional charge may be made for packages.
(c) The actual cost shall in the case of all butter (other than butter
imported or made by the person in question) be the net price
paid for such butter (not exceeding the maximum price appli-
cable under Clause 2 hereof) together with all monies actually
paid for transport not included in such price, and in the case of
all butter [imported or made by the person in question](a) in
respect of which there is for the time being a first hand price
(a) ALTERATION OF FIRST HAND PRICE FOR BUITER. — By the Butter
(Maximum Prices) Orders Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 the first hand prices were varied
as follows : —
As from Sept. 24 by Order No. 2, printed p. 327.
„ „ Oct. 2 by Order No. 3, printed p. 327.
„ „ Oct. 26 by Order No. 4, printed p. 332.
,, „ Nov. 6 (or as regards Danish butter, Nov. 13) by Order, No. 5,
printed p. 342.
(b) AMENDMENT OF ORDER.— The Butter (Maximum Prices) Amendment
Order, 1917, printed p. 339, revoked Clauses 2 (d\ and 4 (d) of the present Order
and directed the insertion of the words inserted within brackets in Clause 4 (c) :
it also made other amendments. Clause 5 (e) was revoked by the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual. But by the Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918
(p. 384"!, the whole of this Older ceased to apply to sales in Ireland of Butter
made in Ireland, until the Food Controller by Notice otherwise directs.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. 325
shall be the first hand price in force at the time of sale,
together with any monies actually paid for transport in the United
Kingdom.
(d) In any proceedings the burden of proving the actual cost
of the butter sold shall lie on Lhe person charged.(*>)
5. — (a) A Food Control Comrnitteemay from time to time prescribe Powers of
a scale of maximum prices applicable to sales of butter by retail a Food
in their area, and may from time to time revoke or vary any scale
so prescribed. Any scale prescribed under the powers conferred
by this clause shall be in accordance with any general directions
which may from time to time be given by the Food Controller.
(b) Where any scale has been so prescribed then (subject to any
limitations or exceptions prescribed by the Committee) no butter
shall be sold by retail within the area of the Committee at prices
exceeding the prices provided by the scale.
(«) Where the Food Controller so directs a Food Control Com-
mittee shall in exercise of the powers and duties conferred by this
clause act in combination with any other Food Control Com-
mittee or Committees and in such case the scale or scales prescribed
shall apply to the areas of all such Committees.
(d) Compliance with the terms of a scale prescribed under the
provisions of this clause shall not relieve any person from the
necessity of complying with the provisions of clause 4 of this
Order.
(e) This clause shall not apply to Ireland. (a)0>)
C. A person shall not sell or offer for sale or buy or offer to buy Offerg and
any butter at prices exceeding the maximum prices provided by or conditions,
under this Order, or in connection with any sale or disposition or
proposed sale or disposition of butter enter or offer to enter into
any artificial or fictitious transaction or make any unreasonable
charge.
7. Every person dealing in butter shall keep accurate records Records,
containing such particulars as are necessary to show whether or not
he is complying with the provisions of this Order so far as they
relate to him or his trade, and shall make such returns as to his
trade in butter as may from time to time be required by the Food
Controller or a Food Control Committee. All such records and
relevant documents shall be open to the inspection of any
person authorised by the Food Controller or the Committee.
8. For the purposes of this Order the expression " importer " Interpreta-
shall include the person sighting the shipper's draft; but this tion>
provision shall not be construed so as to limit the general inter-
pretation of that expression.
The expression " maker " shall include a blender of butter.
The expression " retail sale " shall include any sale of a
quantity not exceeding 4 Ibs. of butter by the maker of such
butter where the total quantity of butter so sold by the maker
to the buver in any one calendar week does not exceed 8 Ibs.
(a) AMENDMENT OF ORDER.— See footnote (b), p. 324.
(b) IRISH BUTTER TRADE. — This has been hitherto regulated by the Butter
Trade (Ireland) Acts of M2 (52 Geo. 3, c. 134), 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 61), and
1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 41). Those Acts were repealed as to the borough of Cork
which has a special Butter Market Act (47 & 48 Viet. c. cxix).
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Butter (Maximum Prices} Order, 1917.
The expression " Food Control Committee " shall mean a com-
mittee appointed in pursuance of the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917.(a)
Penalty. 9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm -Regulations.
Title of 10. This Order may be cited as the Butter (Maximum Prices)
Order. Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
31st August, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
The Schedule.
FIRST HAND PRICES, (b)
French Fresh Rolls (ex port) ...
Per doz. Ibs.
245,
Per 112 Ibs.
„ Paris (unsalted) (ex port)
Australian „ ... ... ... 2065.
New Zealand „ ... 2085.
Argentine „ ... ... ... 2065.
Canadian „ ... ... ... 2065.
American „ ... ... ... 2065.
Irish Creamery, or other best, f.o.r. : —
56-lb. boxes 2065.net.
28-lb. boxes and casks ... ... ... ... 2075. „
Kegs , ... 2085. „
Irish Creamery or factory, f.o.r. :— Per doz. Ibs.
Rolls or bricks (1 or 2-lb.) 25s. net.
„ (Mb.) ... 255.3d?. „
Prints (i-lb.) ... 255. 9d. „
Blended Butter, English Factory, delivered . —
Eolls and bricks (1 or 2-lb.) 255.
„ (i-lb.) 255. 3d.
Prints (i-lb.) ... 255. 9 d.
(All unsalted 85. per cwt. extra.)
Except where the price is stated as a net price, discount shall be
allowed at 2d. in the £ for cash within 7 days and at Id. in the £ for
cash within one calendar month.
(a) " FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE." — This expression now under Clause 2 of
the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917, printed in Part
III of this Manual, includes the Food Control Committee for Ireland, as to
whom see the Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order,
1917, also printed in Part III. The Food Control Committees (Constitution)
Order, 1917, is also printed in Part III.
(b) ALTERATION IN FIRST HAND PRICES. — By the Butter (Maximum
Prices) Orders Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 the First Hand Prices were varied as follows : —
As from Sept. 24 by Order No. 2, printed p 327.
„ „ Oct. 2 by Order No. 3, printed p. 327.
„ „ Oct. 26 by Order No. 4, printed p. 332.
„ „ Nov. 6 (or as regards Danish butter Nov. 13) by Order No. 5,
printed p. 342.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Orders, No. 2 and No. 3, 1917. 327
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, No. 2, 1917. DATED
SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
1917. No. 965.
Pursuant to Clause 1 (a) of the Butter (Maximum Prices) Order,
1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby prescribes maximum prices at
the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto as the first-hand prices
for *the several varieties of butter mentioned in such Schedule
upon all sales of butter by or on behalf of the importer or maker
thereof for delivery on or after the 24th September, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th September, 1917.
The Schedule.
FIRST HAND PRICES. (b)
Per doz. Ibft.
French Fresh Rolls (ex port) 265.
Per 112 Ibs.
,, Paris (unsalted) (ex port) ... 238s.
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, No. 3, 1917. DATED
OCTOBER 2, 1917.
1917. No. 1009.
Pursuant to Clause 1 (a) of the Butter (Maximum Prices) Order,
191 7, (a) the Food Controller hereby prescribes maximum prices at
the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto as the first hand prices for
the several varieties of butter mentioned in such Schedule upon all
sales of butter by or on behalf of the importer or maker thereof
for delivery on or after the 2nd October, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
2nd October, 1917.
(a) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 323.
(b) FIRST HAND PRICES. — By the Butter (Maximum Prices) Orders Nos, 2,
3, 4, and 5 the First Hand Prices were varied as follows : —
As from Oct. 2 by Order No. 3, printed below.
„ „ Oct. 26 by Order No. 4, printed p. 3.52.
„ „ Nov. 6 (or as regards Danish butter, Nov. 13) by Order No. 5,
printed p. 342.
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The Schedule.
FIRST HAND PKICES.(»)
s.
d.
Australian (ex port)
206
0
per
112
Ibs.
New Zealand (ex port)
208
0
51
55
55
Argentine (ex port)
206
0
55
55
55 .
Canadian (ex port)
206
0
55
55
55
American (ex port)
206
0
55
5)
55
Irish Creamery, F.O.R. :—
56 Ib. boxes
224
0
net.
28 Ib. boxes and casks ...
225
0
55
55
5?
55
55
55 5>
Kegs
22H
i)
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.)
238
0
^5
55
5> 55
Rolls, Bricks, or Prints (i Ib.)
242
8
55
55
55 55
Irish Factory or Farmers' Butter in
original packages, F.O.R. : —
.
56 Ib. boxes
2^0
o
net.
28 Ib. boxes and casks...
221
0
55
55
55
55
55
55 5>
Kegs
222
0
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) ...
234
0
55
55
55
55
55 55
55 5»
Rolls, Bricks or Prints (-J Ib.)
238
8
55
»5
55 5»
Irish Farmers' Lump Butter, F.O.R. ...
210
0
?5
55
55 51
British made Butter (ex Creamery, Fac-
tory, or Farm)
230
0
55
J5
55
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.)
244
0
55
5)
55
Rolls, Bricks or Prints (£ Ib.)
248
8
55
55
55
ROTE. — The above pi-ices are all for salted Butter.
If unsalted,
3.v. per cwt. extra in each case.
8,
<L
French Fresh Rolls (ex port)
26
0
per
dozen Ibs.
„ Paris unsalted (ex port) ...
238
0
55
112
55
Blended Butter, English Factory,
delivered : —
Rolls and Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.)
25
0
55
dozen Ibs.
R oils and Bricks (i Ib.)
25
3
}5
55
15
Prints (A Ib.)
25
9
••
The first hand prices for French and Blended Butters are the
same whether salted or unsalted.
Except where the price is stated as a net price, discount shall be
allowed at 2d. in the £ for cash within seven days, and at Id. in the
j£ for cash within one calendar month.
(a) FIRST HAND PRICES.— By the Butter (Maximum Prices) Orders, Nos. 4
and 5, the First Hand Prices were further varied as follows : —
As from Oct. 26 by Order No. 4, printed p. 332.
,, „ Nov. ti (or as regards Danish Butter, Nov. 13) by Order No. 5,
printed p. 342.
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended.
329
Milk
factories not
to take
increased
supplies of
milk.
Supplies to
be measured
by number
of cows.
THE MILK FACTORIES (RESTRICTION) ORDKIJ, 1917, IM-IKJJ OrToj*Kii
24, 1917, AS AMENDED BY APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS
ORDER, 1918, («) DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 1081, as amended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons
concerned : —
1. — (a) No person shall agree to take or acquire, or, after the
15th November, 1917, take or acquire, for the purpose of a
creamery, condensery, or other milk factory of any kind (all of
which are hereinafter referred to as factories) any greater output
of milk than was coming to such factory on December 31st, 1916,
or on the 31st August, 1917, whichever was the greater. Such
output is hereinafter referred to as " the standard output."
(6) For the purpose of this Clause an output of milk shall, so
far as it consisted or consists of the whole or substantially the
whole of the milk from any particular cows or from any par-
ticular farm or dairy (hereinafter referred to as. " a dairy out-
put "), be measurable by the number of cows contributing to it,
notwithstanding differences or fluctuations of yield, except that
the output of any farm or dairy shall be deemed to remain
unchanged so long as it is taken for the purposes of the same
factory, notwithstanding any variation not exceeding 10 per cent,
in the number of cows at the farm or dairy.
2. All persons owning or having control of any factory shall
on or before the 8th November, 1917, furnish to the Food
Controller a return giving particulars of the output of milk
coming to the factory on the 31st December, 1916, and of the
milk coming to the factory on the 31st August, 1917, and of the
milk coming to the factory on the 24th October, 1917, and such
other particulars as may be required to complete the prescribed
form of return. The return shall be made on forms prescribed
by the Food Controller, to be obtained from and when complete
to be returned to the Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, Bridge Street, London, S.W.I.
3. All persons owning or having control of any factory shall, Notice
whenever after the 24th October, 1917, any change is made in changes in
the output of milk taken for the purpose of the factory or any
new contract is entered into for the supply of milk for the pur-
pose of the factory within seven days thereafter furnish to the
Food Controller a notice in writing of such change or contract
and deliver to him such particulars in relation thereto as he may
require.
Returns to
be made.
(a) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918.— This Order substitutes
a new clause for Clause 10.
380
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended.
reckoned.
Surplus milk 4. The output of milk taken for the purposes of a factory shall
not to be f or the purposes of the preceding clauses of this Order be
reckoned exclusive of surplus milk taken from any dealer in
milk not being the producer thereof, surplus milk meaning for
this purpose such of the milk acquired by the dealer for the
purpose of his own trade as is from time to time in excess of his
requirements, provided always that whenever surplus milk is
taken for the purposes of a factory the person owning or having
control of the factory shall keep a full record of the quantities of
milk so take'n and of the persons from whom the same is taken,
and shall within eight days after the end of every month make a
return to the Food Controller stating the total quantity of surplus
milk so taken during the preceding month, the first return to be
made in respect of the month of November, 1917, in all cases in
which any surplus milk is taken in that month.
Number of
cows at
dairy.
Records.
5. Whenever for the purpose of this Order the number of cows
contributing to a dairy output is required to be ascertained, only
cows actually yielding milk or expected to calve within four
months shall be counted. In ascertaining the number of cows at
a farm or dairy as at the 31st December, 1916, and the
31st August, 1917, respectively, the number mentioned in the
contract or contracts subsisting at those dates respectively for the
supply of milk to the factory from such farm or dairy shall be
deemed to be the actual number unless the contrary is shewn.
6. Every person owning or having the control of a factory shall
keep accurate records of all milk coming to or purchased for the
purpose of such factory, and of the use of all such milk, and
such records and all relevant documents shall be open for the
inspection of any person authorised by the Food Controller.
Milk taken 7. Wherever the standard output coming to a factory included
under special milk other than milk constituting a dairy output (hereinafter
referred to as "special contract milk"), or whenever after
the 8th November, 1917, the milk coming to a factory (other
than surplus milk) included special contract milk, the quantity
of special contract milk, which is to be deemed* equivalent to
any dairy output or to any other special contract milk shall be
ascertained in such manner and by reference to such period of
time as the Food Controller shall on application by the person
owning or having control of the factory from time to time deter-
mine, and no such person shall after the 15th November, 1917,
take for the purposes of the factory any special contract milk or
take for such purpose any dairy output in lieu of any special
contract milk included in the standard output of such factory,
until an application shall have been made in relation thereto
under this clause, and any person making such an application
«hall furnish to the Food Controller such particulars and informa-
tion as the Food Controller requires.
Contracts 8. Where under any contract or contracts existing at the date
existing at of this Order the output of milk agreed to be taken for the
date of purpose of a factory after the 15th November, 1917, exceeds
Order.
Milk Factories (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended. 331
the standard output the Food Controller may make such arrange-
ments as he shall think fit for reducing such output or for the
disposal of the amount of such excess and may for that purpose
cancel, reduce or modify or determine any contract or take over
the whole or part of the milk agreed to be supplied thereunder.
9. A person owning or having power to sell or dispose of milk Milk may be
for the time being coming to or lying at any milk factory, shall j-equisi-
at any time or from time to time pla<3e at the disposal of the
Food Controller the whole or any part of such milk as may be
directed by the Food Controller, and shall deliver the same to
him or such person as shall be named by him in such quantities
and at such time as the Food Controller may from time to time
require.
10. The Food Controller will subsequently communicate to the Price of re-
owners of the milk taken over by him the prices which he will
be prepared to pay for the same, and the arbitrator to determine
in default of agreement the compensation to be paid for any
article requisitioned under this Order shall be appointed by the
Lord Chancellor if Great Britain in England, by the Lord
President of the Court of Session in Scotland, and by the Lord
Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland. (a)
11. For the purpose of this Order the expression " Milk Interpreta-
Factory " shall not include a place where milk is collected ^on-
wholly or primarily for the purpose of distribution as whole milk
and where no bye-product of milk was manufactured except from
surplus milk not required for such primary purpose.
12. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
13. This Order shall not apply to Ireland. Ireland
excluded
14. This Order may be cited as the Milk Factories (Restriction) Title
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th October, 1917.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 10. — This Clause was inserted in its present
form by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918,
No. 294.)
332 Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 4, 1917.
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, No. 4, 1917. DATED
OCTOBER 26, 1917.
1917. No. 1093.
Pursuant to Clause 1 (a) of the Butter (Maximum Prices) Order,
1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby prescribes maximum prices at
the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto as the first hand prices
for the several varieties of butter mentioned in such Schedule upon
all sales of butter by or on behalf of the importer o* maker
thereof for delivery on or after the 26th October, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
26th October, 1917.
The Schedule.
FIRST HAND PRICES. (b)
s. d.
Australian (ex port) 220 0 per 112 Ibs.
New Zealand (ex port) 224 0,, ,, ,,
Argentine (ex port) 220 0 ,, ,, ,,
Canadian (ex port) .. ... 224 0 „ ,, ,,
American (ex port) ... ... ... 220 0 ,, ,, ,,
Irish Creamery, F.O.B/. : —
56 Ib. boxes 224 0 ,, ,, „ net.
28 Ib. boxes and casks 225 0,, ,, ,, ,,
Kegs 226' 0 „ „ „ „
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 238 0 „ ,, ,, ,,
Rolls, Bricks, or Prints (J Ib.) ... 242 8 ,, ,, ,, ,,
Irish Factory or Farmers' Butter in
original packages, F.O.R. : —
56 Ib. boxes ... ' 220 0,, „ „ ,,
28 Ib. boxes and casks 221 0 ,, „ ,, „
Kegs 222 0 „ „ „ „
Rolls or bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 234 0,, „ ,, ,,
Rolls, Bricks, or Prints (J Ib.) ... 238 8,, ,, ,, .,
Irish Farmers' Lump Butter, F.O.R. 210 0 ,, „ ,, „
British Made Butter (ex Creamery,
Factory or Farm) 230 0,, „ „ ..
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 244 0,, ,, „ „
Rolls, Bricks, or Prints (J Ib.) 248 8 ,, ,, ,, ,,
NOTE. — The above prices are all for salted Butter. If unsalted,
35. per cwt. extra in each case.
(a) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed, p. 323.
(b) FIRST HAND PRICES.— By the Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 5)
(printed p. 342), the first hand prices were varied as from Nov. 6, or as regards
Danish Butter from Nov. 13.
/y/-///.v//. ( 7/rr.sr Order, 1917, a.< amended.
333
s.
28
256
d.
0 per dozen Ibs.
8perll21bs.
French Fresh Rolls (eo? port)
,, Paris unsalted (ea port) ...
Blended Butter, English Factory
delivered : —
Rolls and Bricks (,1 or 2 Ibs.) 25
Rolls and Bricks (i Ib.) 25
Prints (J Ib.) ... * 25
The first hand prices for French and Blended Butters are the
same whether salted or unsalted.
Except where the price is stated as a net price, discount shall be
allowed at 2d. in the £ for cash within seven days, and at Id. in
the £ for cash within one calendar month.
0 per dozen Ibs.
g
j •> •> n ) )
q
V • m , < • ,
Extent and
Interpreta-
tion.
THE BRITISH CHEESE ORDER, 1917, DATED OCTOBER 31, 1917, (a)
AS AMENDED BY AMENDING ORDER OF MARCH 28, 1918. (b)
1917 No. 1105 as amended by 1918 No. 386.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. This Order applies only to Cheese made in the United
Kingdom other than and except cream cheese, soft cheese and
re-made cheese and the word " Cheese " as used in this Order
extends only to Cheese so made and with the same exceptions. (a)
2. (a) Upon any sale of cheese by or on behalf of the maker First Hand
thereof (not being a sale by retail), the Maximum price shall be
the price for the time being prescribed by the Food Controller
as the Maximum First Hand Price for the cheese sold with the
additions mentioned in Clause 7 of this Order in cases to which
that clause applies.
(b) Unti) further notice the Maximum First Hand Price for
each of the varieties of Cheese specified in the Schedule hereto
shall be a price at the rate mentioned in relation thereto in the
second column of the same Schedule.
(c) A Maximum price for the time being in force under this
clause is hereinafter referred to as a " maximum first hand price "
and the actual price at which any cheese is sold by the maker
thereof (being1 a price not greater than the maximum first hand
price) is hereinafter referred to as the " actual first hand price*1
of such cheese.
(a) HXTF.NSION OF ORDER TO DUTCH CIIFFSK. — This Order is by tne Dutch
Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 349), applied .with certain modifications to Dutch
Cheese.
(b) AMFNIUM; ORDER OF MARCH 28, 1918 —This Order added new Clauses
7 A and 7s and varied the Schedule of maximum prices.
334
British Cheese Order, 1917, as amended.
Wholesale
Dealers'
Prices.
First Whole-
salers' or
Factors' re-
duced profit
on sales to
Second
Wholesalers.
(d) Where the cheese is carried by the maker in his own cart
or van for or in the course of delivery to the purchaser the maker
may charge for such carriage at a rate not exceeding Qd. per
cwt. if the distance in a straight line is less than 10 miles or 1$.
per cwt. if such distance equals or exceeds that limit.
3. (a) Upon a sale of cheese by or on bShalf of any person
other than the maker thereof (not being a sale by retail and
except as provided by Clauses 4 and 5 of this Order) the maximum
price shall be a price at the same rate per cwt. as the actual
first hand price of the cheese with the addition of the following
sums or such of them as may be applicable, viz. : —
(i) A sum at the rate of 8s. per cwt. in the case of Caer-
philly Cheese and at the rate of 6s. per cwt. in tne
case of any other variety of cheese. The addition
authorised by this sub-clause is hereinafter referred to
as "The Wholesale Bulk Profit/'
(ii) A further sum at the rate of 1*. 6d. per cwt. upon a sale
of not exceeding 56 Ibs. in weight such sum to be
added once only to the price of any cheese.
(iii) The amount, if any, paid or payable in respect of the
carriage or transport of the cheese.
(iv) Where the cheese has been or is, either on the purchase
or on the sale thereof, carried by the seller in his own
van or cart the seller may charge for such carriage at
a rate not exceeding Gd. per cwt. if the distance in a
straight line is less than 10 miles or Is. per cwt. if
such distance equals or exceeds that limit.
(b) The total sum charged in respect of carriage or transport
shall be separately stated in the invoice upon any sale but the
details of the charge need not be stated unless required by the
purchaser.
(c) The sum at the rate of 1,?. Qd. per cwt. authorised by sub-
section (a) (ii) of this clause shall not be added upon any sale of
cheese if in the «ame week other cheese is sold by the same seller
to the same buyer amounting therewith to a quantity exceeding
56 Ibs. and if in any such case any part of the said sum is added
upon an earlier sale the amount so added shall be allowed by
way of deduction on the later sale.
4. Where a dealer in cheese who has purchased any cheese
direct from the maker thereof (hereinafter called " a first dealer "$
is selling the same to a dealer in cheese (hereinafter called " a
second dealer ") who is purchasing with a view to re-selling to
a retail dealer or retail dealers and if required by the seller so
certifies in writing and undertakes to make the further payment
prescribed by this clause in case he otherwise deals with the same
then and in every such case the sum which may be added by the
first dealer in respect of the wholesale bulk profit shall be reduced
to 5s. per cwt. in respect of Caerphilly cheese and 4s. per cwt. in
respect of any other cheese. But if the second dealer deals with
any such cheese otherwise than by resale to a retail dealer or
retail dealers he shall within fourteen days so inform the first
dealer in writing and shall pay to the first dealer a further sum-
British Cheese Order, 19.17, as amended.
335
•equal to the difference between the wholesale bulk profit actually
added by the first dealer in respect of the cheese so dealt with and
the amount which he- might have added if the second dealer had
not purchased for resale to a retail dealer or retail dealers.
5. Where a dealer sells by wholesale any cheese purchased by Maximum
him at a price which included a sum in respect of the wholesale Price on Sale
bulk profit he mav upon such resale add to the price such a further I?!,8?5013?
"<• i i i i_ n n, / i- Wholesaler
sum in respect 01 wholesale bulk pront (not exceeding" the sum
which he might have so added if he had purchased the cheese
direct from the maker) as will make up the total sum added to the
price of the cheese in respect of the wholesale bulk profit to the
rate of 105. per cwt.
6. (a) The maximum price upon a sale of Cheese by retail shall Sale by
be the actual cost of the cheese sold with an addition thereto at Retail.
the rate of 2^d. per pound and such price shall include all charges
for making delivery or giving credit.
(b) For the purpose of this clause the actual cost of cheese not
made by the retailer shall be taken at the price paid or payable
by him for the cheese (not exceeding the maximum price
authorised by this Order) together with the amount (if any) paid
or payable or deemed to have been paid by him in respect of
transport and not included in such price and the actual cost of
cheese made by the retailer shall be the maximum first hand price
of such cheese together with the amount, (if any) paid or deemed
to have been paid by him in respect of transport.
(c) Where the price paid by a retail dealer for cheese does not
include delivery to his own retail premises and the cheese is
carried to his retail premises in his own cart or van he shall be
deemed to have made a payment for such carriage at the rate of
6d. per cwt. if the distance in a straight line is tinder ten miles
or at the rate of Is. per cwt. if such, distance equals or exceeds
ten miles.
7. (a) (a) Any maker of cheese or dealer who after the date when Additions
this Order comes into force holds a Whole Milk Cheese (other than to price for
cheese of the Caerphilly, Stilton or Wensleydale types) for a shrinkage.
period of not less than 14 days may upon a sale of the cheese add
to the price authorised by the preceding clauses of this Order a
sum at the rate of Is. per cwt. for every complete period of 14
days during which he has so held the same, such sum to be calcu-
lated according to the weight of the cheese when resold, provided
always that : —
(i) In applying this clause to any cheese the first 21 days
after the making thereof shall not be taken into
account ;
(ii) In applying this clause to cheese held by the maker
thereof no time prior to the 1st December, 1917, shall
be taken into account as part of a period of 14 days ;
and
(a) ADDITIONS FOR SHRINKAGE.— Clause 7 has no application to Dutch
Cheese to which other provisions of this Order are applied by the Dutch Cheese
(Prices) Order, 1917, p. 349.
336
British Cheese Order, 1917, as amended.
Powers of
a Food
Control
Committee.
(iii) This clause shall not apply to any cheese made alter
date when this Order comes into force unless it is
indelibly marked immediately after it is made with the
date of its manufacture.
(6) Except as provided by this clause no addition shall be made
to the price per pound of cheese to compensate for shrinkage.
(c) Where any addition is made to the price of any cheese by
virtue of this clause by any person other than the maker of the
cheese a corresponding addition shall be deemed to have been
made to the actual and maximum first hand prices of the cheese.
(d) No person shall mark any cheese with a false or misleading
date.
(e) The time in respect of which additions may be made to this
price under this clause shnll cease so soon as the cheese is cut.
7. A. The provisions of Clause 7 of this Order shall not apply
in the case of cheese delivered by or on behalf of the maker
thereof on or after the 1st April, 1918, and the following pro-
visions shall have effect as regards such cheese : —
(a) The maker of any such cheese (other than cheese of the
Caerphilly, Wensleydale, Stilton and " Small
Holder " types) shall cause the same to be indelibly
marked immediately after it is made with the date of
its manufacture.
(&) No addition shall be made to the price of any such
cheese to compensate for shrinkage.
7. B. For the purpose of Clause 7 of this Order, no time after
March 31st, 1918, shall be taken into account as part of a period
of 14 days. (a)
8. (a) A Food Control Committee may from time to time pre-
scribe a scale of maximum prices applicable to sales of cheeso by
retail in their area, and may from time to time revoke or vary
any scale so prescribed. Any scale prescribed under the powers
conferred by this clause shall be in accordance with any direc-
tions which may from time to time be given by the Food
Controller.
(6) Where any scale has been so prescribed then (subject to
any limitations or exceptions prescribed by the Committee) no
cheese shall be sold by retail within the area of the Committee at
prices exceeding the prices provided by the scale.
(c) Where the Food Controller so directs a Food Control Com-
mittee shall in exercise of the powers and duties conferred by
this clause act in combination with any other Food Control Com-
mittee or Committees and in such case the scale or scales prescribed
shall apply to the areas of all such Committees.
(d) Compliance with the terms of a scale prescribed under the
provisions of this clause shall not relieve any person from the
necessity of complying with the provisions of clause 6 of thip
Order.
(a) CLAUSES 7 A and 7 B.— These new clauses were inserted by the amending
Order of March 28, 1918.
Jiritish Cheese Order, 1917, as amended.
337
9. No cheese other than Caerphilly cheese shall be delivered Restriction
by Hie Mnkei thereof within twenty-ouc days after it is made, (a) on Sales.
10. Where on any sale of Cheese a discount is allowed at a Discount,
rate of 2d '. in the £ for cash in seven days or at a rate of 1^. in
the £ for cash in one month the price upon such sale shall for
the purpose of this Order be reckoned at the full price before
deducting the discount.
Wrappings
included in
Prices.
Purchasers
may rely
upon
Vendors'
statements.
11. The Maximum Prices prescribed by this Order include in
each case suitable wrappings or packages.
12. Where the Maximum price at which cheese may be sold
by any person depends upon the amount of any sum or sums
paid or payable in relation thereto by any former seller such
person shall be entitled to rely upon any written statement as
to the amount of the sum or sums so paid or payable that may
have been made to him by the person from whom he bought the
cheese unless he has reason to suspect the truth of such statement.
13. Every retailer of cheese shall so long as he shall have any Prices to be
cheese on sale display prominently at the shop or other place of exhibited,
sale a statement or statements showing the pi ices at which he
is selling cheese at such shop or place and when he is selling
different varieties of cheese at different prices the statement or
statements shall be in such form or so displayed as to show
which is the price of each variety and shall on reasonable demand
give to any person authorised pursuant to clause 14 of this
Order all such information as may be necessary for showing which
of the documents and records mentioned in that clause relate
to the cheese which he has for the time being on sale. No
retailer of cheese shall sell cheese at a price higher than that
shown on any statement so displayed.
14. Every person dealing in Cheese shall keep accurate records Records,
containing such particulars as are necessary to show whether or
no he is complying with the provisions of this Order, so far as
they relate to him or his trade, and shall make such returns(b) as
to his trade in cheese as may from time to time be required by
the Food Controller or a Food Control Committee. All such
records and relevant documents shall be open to the inspection
of any person authorised by the Food Controller or the Com-
mittee.
15. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy Offers and
or offer to buy any cheese at prices exceeding the maximum Conditions,
prices provided by or under this Order, or in connection with any
sale or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of cheese enter
or offer to enter into any artificial or fictitious transaction or
make or propose nny unreasonable charge.
(a) DELIVERY WITHIN 21 DAYS OF MAKING. — Clause 9 has no application to
Dutch Cheese to which other provisions of this Order are applied by the Dutch
Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 349.
(b) RETURNS.— By .Notice of December 21st, 1917 (St. R. & O., 1917,
No. 1319), omitted from this Manual as now " spent," a return of all British
Cheese in stock on December 31st, 1917, was required.
338
British Cheese Order, 1917, as amended.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalties.
Exception.
Repeal.
Title and
Commence-
ment.
16. For the purpose of this Order the expression " Food
Control Committee " means a committee appointed in pursuance
of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order^, 1917, (a) or
as respects Ireland the Committee constituted for Ireland by the
Food Controller, (b)
A sale of cheese by the maker thereof shall not be deemed to
be a sale by retail if the quantity sold exceeds 4 Ibs. or if the
quantity sold together with any other cheese sold in the same
calendar week by the same maker to the same purchaser exceeds
a total of 8 Ibs.
17. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
18. This Order shall not apply to sales of cheese for immediate
consumption in the ordinary course of a catering business,
19. The Cheese (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, is hereby
revoked as on the date when this Order comes into force, but
without prejudice to any proceedings for infringements
thereof, (c)
20. (a) This Order may be cited as the British Cheese Order,
1917.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 5th November,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
31st October, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
The Schedule.(&)
Variety of Cheeses.
First hand Prices for delivery
until 31st March, 1918,
inclusive.
Wensleydale and similar makes, ripened
Stilton ripened ... ... ... ...
s. d.
1 7 per Ib.
1 7 per Ib
Any Whole Milk Cheese not exceeding 2 Ibs.
weight uncut.
1 6 per Ib.
129 0 per cwt. of 112 Ibs.
All other Whole Milk Cheese
Partially skimmed (British)
142 0 „
125 0 „
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
(c) CHEESE (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed at
p. 126 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual." The first hand prices
under that Order were varied by the Cheese (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 2,
1917, printed at p. 137 of the said Manual — such prices from November 1st
onwards being identical with those fixed by the present Order.
(d) VARIATION IN FIRST HAND PRICES. — This Schedule was inserted by the
amending Order of March 28, 1918.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917.
339
Variety of Cheeses.
First hand Prices for Delivery —
Between 1st
April, 1918 and
30th April, 1918,
inclusive.
On and after 1st
May, 1918, until
further notice.
Oaerphilly Whole Milk
Partially skimmed]
Wholly skimmed
Is. 4±d. per Ib.
\s.3d. „
Is. ltd. „
1*. 2d. per Ib.
Is.^d. „
Os. lid. „
Variety of Cheeses.
First hand Prices for Delivery —
Between 1st
April, 1918 and
31st May, 1918,
inclusive.
On and after 1st
June, 1918, until
further notice.
Ripened Stilton and Wensleydale (blue)
Dorset — Hand skimmed blue ... ...
,, — Separated blue ...
?> —White
Is. Id. per Ib.
Is. 4id. „
Is. 3d. „
Is. Itf. „
Is. Qd.
Is. 3d. „
Is. 1H „
Is. Id. per Ib.
Is. 2d. „
Is. UW. „
Os. lid. „
Is. 34d. „
Is. Ofc*. „
Os. lid. „
All other whole milk cheese
„ partially skimmed cheese
„ wholly skimmed cheese
In all cases prices are ex factory or ex farm.
All these prices are subject to the following1 terms, namely:
For cash within seven days 2d. in the <£ discount.
For cash within one month Id. in the £ discount.
THB BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1917.
DATED OCTOBER 31, 1917. (a-)
1917. No. 1110.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Regulation
?F of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby.
Orders as follows: —
1. The Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (b) is in this Principal
Order referred to as the "Principal Order." Order.
2. (a) For the purposes of the Principal Order the first hand First hand
price for Irish Creamery Factory or Farmers' Butter in price.
Firkins shall be at the same rate as the first hand price for the
§ame butter in 56 Ib. boxes.
(b) The first hand price for any butter in rolls bricks or prints
of any greater weight than 1 Ib. shall be at the same rate as for
butter of the same. variety in rolls bricks or prints of 1 Ib. and the
(a) APP' ICATION TO IRELAND. — This Order ceased to apply to Sales in
Ireland of butter made in Ireland as from April 19, 1918, until the Food
Controller by Notice otherwise directs, see Butter (Maximum Prices) (I.) Order,
1918, p. 384.
(b) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICKS) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 323.
340
Butter (Maximum Prices] (Amendment) Order, 19J7.
Blended
butter.
Small sales
by wholesale.
Sales by
second
wholesaler.
first hand price of any butter in rolls bricks or prints of less
weight than 1 Ib. shall be at the same rate as for the butter of
the same variety in rolls bricks or prints of £ Ib.
(c) Where butter of any variety is sold in a form in respee*
of which no first hand price is for the time being specifically pro-
vided, the lowest first hand price for the time being applicable to
that variety of butter in any form shall apply.
(d) Where in relation to any variety of imported butter nr
first hand price is for the time being prescribed, the Principal
Order shall apply with the substitution of the price at which the
butter is actually sold by the Importer for the first hand price.
3. (a) Butter blended in Great Britain shall in no case be sold
by wholesale by the blender at a price exceeding the first hand
price or the alternative maximum price specified in the following
sub-clauses of this clause whichever shall be the less.
(b) The Alternative Maximum price of blended butter shall be
the cost price of the butter to the blender with an addition at the
rate of 2^d. per Ib. of the butter as blended if sold in rolls bricks
or prints of 1 Ib. or upwards and at the rate of 3d. per Ib. if sold
in rolls bricks or prints of less than 1 Ib. and at the rate of 105.
per cwt. if sold in any other form. The prices fixed by this clause
are on the basis that the butter is delivered to the purchaser's
ordinary business premises or to the consumer's premises and if
the sale is made for delivery elsewhere the price shall be
correspondingly reduced.
(c) The cost price of the butter to the blender shall be taken
to be the first hand price for the time being* of the butter or the
price actually paid by the blender whichever is the less with the
addition of any cost of transport or marine or war risks insurance
not covered by the first hand price including a fair
charge for carriage in the blender's own van or cart on the
occasion of the purchase by the blender not exceeding the rate
authorised by Clause (6) (a) of this Order, except that where the
butter of any variety used for blending is bought by the blender in
bricks, rolls or prints he shall be deemed to have purchased the
same at the first hand price of bulk butter of the same variety.
(d) Clause 4 of this Order shall not apply to a sale of blended
butter in rolls bricks or prints.
4. Upon a sale by wholesale not exceeding 24 Ibs. of butter not
constituting a whole original package a charge at the rate of
\d. per Ib. may be made in addition to the maximum charge
authorised by Clause 2 of the Principal Order 'but if two or more
sales are made by a dealer to the same purchaser in the same
week the said charge shall not be made in respect of any butter
after the first 24 Ibs. so sold in the week.
5. (a) Where a quantity of butter not exceeding 56 Ibs. is sold
to a retail dealer by a dealer who upon his own purchase paid a
price which included the whole or part of the wholesale profit of
7s. 6d. per cwt. permitted by Clause 2 of the Principal Order, the
dealer may on the occasion of such sale add to the price
authorised by Clause 2 of the Principal Order a further sum at
the rate of 4s. per cwt.; provided that if two ov more sales are
made by a dealer to the same purchaser in the same week the
further charge authorised by this clause shall not be made in
respect of any butter after the first 56 Ibs. so sold in the week.
Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917.
341
(6) The additional charge authorised by this clause may, in
cases to which Clause 4 of this Order applies, be made in addition
to the charge at the rate of %d. per Ib. authorised by that clause.
6. (a) Where butter is either on the purchase or on the sale
thereof carried by a wholesale dealer in his own van or cart,
he shall be deemed to have paid lor carriage at the rate of Qd.
per cwt. if the distance measured in a straight line is less than
ten miles or at the rate of Is. per cwt. if the distance equals or
exceeds that limit, but if the dealer carries the butter in hie
own cart or van both upon his own purchase thereof and upon the
sale thereof, the distances upon the two occasions measured
separately in manner aforesaid shall be added together and the
charge regulated by the total distance.
(6) Where butter is transported by sea any sum paid for
marine and war risk insurance shall be treated as part of the
cost of transport.
(c) On any wholesale dealing the part of the price which repre-
sents the cost of transport or carriage shall be separately stated
in the invoice but the details of the charge need not be stated
unless required by the purchaser.
7. Where the price paid by a retail dealer for butter does not
include delivery to his own retail premises and the butter is
carried to his retail premises in his own ?an or cart he shall
be deemed to have made a payment for such carriage at the
rate of 6d. per cwt. if the distance measured in a straight line is
under ten miles or at the rate of 1*. per cwt. if the distance
equals or exceeds ten miles.
8. Where a retailer blends butter in a blending factory
-registered before the date of this Order pursuant to the Butter
and Maigarine Act, 1907. (a) he may in respect of such blending
treat the cost price of the butter as increased by a sum at the
rate of 4s. per cwt. calculated according to the weight of the
butter as blended.
9. Where on a sale of butter a discount is allowed at a rate
not exceeding 2d. in the £ for cash within any specified period
not exceeding one calendar month the price upon such sale shall
for the purpose of this Order be reckoned at the full price before
deducting discount.
10. Where the maximum price at which butter may be sold
by any person depends upon the amount of any sum or sums
paid or payable in relation thereto by any former seller such
person shall be entitled to rely upon any written statement as
to the amount of the sum or sums so paid or payable that may
have been made to him by the person from whom he bought
the butter, unless he has reason to suspect the truth of such
statement.
11. The maximum prices prescribed by the Principal Order
or this Order include in each case suitable wrappings or packages.
(a). RKCJISTKUKD BLKNDIXU FACTOR IKS.— As to the registration of such
factories under the 1907 Act (7 Edw. 7. c. 21), nee ae to England and Wales,
Order of the Local Government Board of Dec. 28, 1907 (St. R, & O., 1907,
No. 1021) ; as to Scotland, Order of the Local Government Board for Scotland
of Jan. 1, 1908 (St. R. & 0., 1908, No. 12) ; and as to Ireland. Order of the L< c.il
Government Board for Ireland of Dec. 11, 1907 (St. R. & O., 1907, No. 9>7>).
Carriage of
butter by
wholesale
dealer.
Retail prices.
Butter
Blended by
a retailer.
Discount.
Purchasers
may rely
upon
vendor's
statements.
Wrappings
included in
prices.
342
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 5), 1917.
Prices to be
exhibited.
Exception.
Amendment
of Clause 4
(c) of the
Principal
Order.
Principal
Order to
take effect as
amended.
Title and
Commence-
ment of
Order.
12. Every retailer of butter sliall so long as lie shall have any
butter on sale display prominently at the shop or other place
of sale a statement or statements showing the prices at which
he is selling butter at such shop or place and when he is selling
different varieties of butter at different prices the statement or
statements shall be in such form or so displayed as to show
which is the price of each variety and shall on reasonable demand
give to any person authorised pursuant to Clause 7 of the
principal Order all such information as may be necessary for
shewing which of the documents and records mentioned in that
clause relate to the butter which he has for the time being on
sale. No retailer of butter shall sell butter at a price higher
than that shown on any such statement.
13. The Principal Order and this Order shall not apply to sales
of butter for immediate consumption in the ordinary course of a
catering business.
14. There shall be inserted after the word "butter" in the
sixth line of Clause 4 (c) of the Principal Order the words " im-
ported or made by the person in question."
15. The Principal Order shall be read as varied so far as
necessary to bring it into conformity with the provisions of this
Order and shall take effect as if the provisions of this Order had
been originally incorporated therein and Clauses 2 (d) and 4 (d) of
the Principal Order are hereby rescinded.
16. (a) This Order may be cited as the Butter (Maximum
Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917.
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 5th November,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
31st October, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER (No. 5), 1917.
1917. No. 1122.
Pursuant to Clause 1 (a) of the Butter (Maximum Prices) Order
1917, (a) the Food Controller hereby prescribes maximum prices at
the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto as the first hand prices for
the several varieties of butter mentioned in such schedule upon all
sales of butter by or on behalf of the importer or maker thereof for
delivery, as to Danish Butter on or after the 13th November, 1917,
and as to all other varieties of butter on or after the 6th November,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
3rd November, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
(a) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 323.
Butter (Maximum Prices) Order (No. 5), 191'
343
The Schedule.
s.
220
224
220
224
220
Australian (ex port)
New Zealand (ex port)
Argentine (ex port)
Canadian (ex port)
American (ex port) .
Danish (ex port) 229
Dutch (ex port) 229
Irish Creamery, F.O.K. : —
56 Ib. boxes 224 0 „
28 Ib. boxes and casks 225 0 „
Kegs 226 0 „
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 238 0 „
Rolls, Bricks, or Prints (£ Ib.) ... 242 8 „
Irish Factory or Farmers' Butter in
original packages, F.O.R. :—
56 Ib. boxes 220 0 „
28 Ib. boxes and casks 221 0 „
Kegs 222 0 „
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 234 0 „
Rolls Bricks or Prints (J Ib.) ... 238 8 „
Irish' Farmers' Lump Butter, F.O.R. ... 210 0 „
British made Butter (ex Creamery Fac-
tory or Farm) 230 0 ,.
Rolls or Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 244 0 v
Rolls Bricks or Prints (i Ib.) 248 8 „
NOTE. — The above prices are all for salted butter.
3s. per cvvt. extra in each case.
s. d.
French Fresh Rolls (ex port) 28
„ Paris unsalted (ex port)... ... 256
Blended Butter, English factory
--..delivered : —
Rolls and Bricks (1 or 2 Ibs.) 26
Rolls and Bricks (J Ib.) 26
d.
0 per 112 Ibs.
55 55 55
55 55 «5
" 55 55 55
55 55 55
55 55 55
^ *. ** **
net.
If unsalted,
0 per dozen Ibs.
8 112
Prints (ilb.) 26
0 per dozen Ibs.
0
0 55 55 55
4* •« *«
The first hand prices for French and Blended Butters are the
same whether salted or unsalted.
Except where the price is stated as a net price, discount shall be
allowed at 2d. in the £ for cash within seven days, and at Id. in
the £ for cash within one calendar month.
344
Marfjarine (Maaitnuw Prices] Ordvr, 1917.
THE MARGARINE (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
NOVEMBER 10, 1 9 1 7 . a)
DATED
1917. No. 1162.
Maximum
prices for
Margarine.
Prices on
wholesale
sale.(b)
Prices on
retail sale.
Contracts.
Vendor's
statements.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behajf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. On and after the 26th November, 1917, no margarine may
be sold at prices exceeding the maximum prices applicable under
the provisions of this Order.
2. (a) The maximum price applicable on the occasion of any
sale of Margarine, other than a retail sale, shall be at the rate
of IQd. per lb., except that "Oleo Margarine, " one of the wrappers
of which bears the words "Oleo Margarine " and the name and
address of the maker, may be sold at the rate of Is. 2d. per lb.
(&) The maximum prices fixed by this Clause shall include
all charges for packages and for transport and handling incident
to delivery to the Buyer's Railway Station or Buyer's premises
and no person shall on any sale to which this clause applies sell
any Margarine except upon the terms that all such charges are
borne by him.
3. (a) On the occasion of a retail sale of Margarine the
maximum price shall be at the rate of Is. per lb. except that
Oleo Margarine having such a wrapper as is hereinbefore men-
tioned and sold in the original package may be sold at the rate
of Is. 4d. per lb.
(6) The maximum prices fixed by this Clause shall include
all charges for delivery, credit and suitable wrappings, and no
additional charge may be made in respect thereof.
4. Where any contract for the sale of any Margarine provides
for the payment of a price in excess of the maximum price,
such contract shall be avoided except so far as concerns any
Margarine delivered before the 17th November, 1917.
5. Where the maximum price at which Margarine may be sold
by any person depends upon the constituents of such Margarine
such person shall be entitled to rely upon a written statement
as to such constituents made to him by the person from whom he
has bought the Margarine unless he has reason to suspect the
truth of such statement.
(a) EXTENT OF APPLICATION. —This Order was wholly revoked so far as it
applies to Great Britain as from April 8, 1918, by the Margarine (Retail Prices)
Order, 1918, printed p. 379.
(b) INCREASE OF PRICE ON CERTAIN SALES. — A General Licence, dated April
10, 1918, printed p. 383, authorises an increased price on sales other than retail
in Ireland.
Butter (Distribution) Order, 1917. 345
ft. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or agree Offers and
to buy Margarine at a price exceeding the price applicable under fictitious
this Order or in connection with a sale or proposed sale or dis- transaction
position of any Margarine enter or off or to enter into any fictitious
or artificial transaction.
T. <( Oleo Margarine " shall mean Margarine which contains Meaning
not less than 55 per cent, in weight of the following fats : — of " Ole°- n
Oleo Oil; Oleo Stearine; Premier Jus; and Choice and Extra Margarine."
Choice Neutral Lard, but does not contain any hardened Oil.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences under the Penalty.
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. This Order may be cited as the Margarine (Maximum Prices) Title.
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food .
10th November, 1917.
THE BUTTER (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 14,
1917.
1917. No. 1163.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe Forms of
forms of application and other documents to be used for the application
purpose of obtaining, or for any other purpose connected with, &c-> maJ he
butter proposed to be distributed or for the time being in the Prescribed
course of distribution by or under the authority of the Food
Controller (hereinafter called Government Butter). Any such
form or document may contain instructions to be observed as to
the completion of the form or any other matter.
(6) The Food Controller may from time to time issue direc-
tions relating to the distribution, disposal and use of Government
Butter.
2. All persons concerned shall in the completion of any such Completion
form or document and in the distribution, disposal or use of any of forms of
Government Butter comply with the instructions and directions *PPllcatlon»
relative thereto for the time being in force.
3. A person shall not:— False state-
(a) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false ments, &c.
or misleading statement in any application or other
document prescribed pursuant to this Order or used
for the purpose of obtaining, or for any other purpose
connected with, Government Butter.
346
Food Control Committees (Milk Requisition) Order, 1917, as
amended.
Prescribed
forms.
Penalty.
Title.
(b) Forge, alter or tamper with any such application or other
document.
(c) Personate, or falsely represent himself to be a person
to whom any such application or other document
applies.
(d) Obtain Government Butter where any statement made
on the relative application is false in any material
particular, or deliver Government Butter under any
such application where he has reason to believe that
any statement in such application is false in a material
particular.
4. Any form of application, or other document purporting to
be prescribed pursuant to this Order, or headed Butter (Distribu-
tion) Order, 1917, shall, unless the contrary be proved be deemed
to be prescribed pursuant to this Order.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations .
6. This Order may be cited as the Butter (Distribution) Order,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th November, 1917.
Power to
requisition
milk.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (MILK REQUISITION) OBDER,
1917, DATED NOVEMBER 19, 19 17, (a) AS AMENDED BY APPOINT-
MENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918, (b) DATED MARCH 11,
1918, AND BY AMENDING ORDER OF MARCH 25, 1918. (c)
1917 No. 1186, as amended by 1918 Nos. 294 and 370.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulations
2r and 2j of the Defence of tEe Realm Regulations, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby Orders as follows : —
1. (a) Where a Food Committee are of opinion that there is
an insufficient supply of milk available for consumption within
their area and that such insufficiency arises from a diversion
or withholding of supplies formerly retailed within their area,
the Committee shall have power to require or direct any pro-
ducer of milk who, in the opinion of the Committee, is diverting
(a) FOOD COMMITTEE'S G-ENERAL POWERS OF REQUISITIONING FOOD&TUFFS
FROM RETAILERS. — In addition to the power of the present Order of requisition-
ing milk from producers, Committees have under the Food Control Committees
(Requisitioning) Order, 1918 printed in Group 9A ("Local Distribution and
Requisitioning"), p. 237, a general power subject to the Food Controller's
directions of requisitioning any foodstuffs from any retailers in Great Britain
except caterers.
(b) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918.— This Order substituted
a new clause for Clause 3.
(c) AMENDING ORDER OF MARCH 25, 1918.— This Order substituted a new
clause for Clause 2.
Food Control Committees (Milk Requisition) Order, 1917,, as 347
amended.
or withholding any rnilk, to hold at the disposal of the Committee
such quantities of milk produced by him as the Committee may
from time to time determine and to deliver the same in bulk to
the Committee or such persons as they may name in the customary
vessels and otherwise in such manner as the Committee may
from time to time determine.
(b) Every person to whom any direction is given under the
power conferred by this Clause shall duly comply with such
direction and no person shall be relieved from the necessity of
complying with any such direction by reason of any contracts,
or arrangements made by him as to the disposal of his milk.
(c) A Food Committee shall exercise the powers hereby con-
ferred upon them only, with the previous consent of the Food
Controller, and subject to such conditions as the Food Controller
may from time to time prescribe.
(d) A Food Committee may dispose of milk acquired by them
pursuant to this Order in such manner as they shall think fit.
2. A Food Committee shall agree to pay in respect of milk Price,
requisitioned under this Order the maximum price payable to a
producer under any Order of the Food Controller for the time
being in force and applicable to such producer. (a)
3. The Arbitrator to determine in default of Agreement the Arbitrator,
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session
in Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in
Ireland, (b}
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. For the purposes of this Order, " Food Committee " means Meaning of
a Food Control Committee constituted in pursuance of the Food "Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (c) Committee."
6. (a) This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committees Title, Com-
(Milk Requisition) Order, 1917. mencement,
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 21st November and cxtent
1917. of Order.
(c) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
19th November, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 2.— This Clause was inserted in this form by
the amending Order of March 25, 1918.
(b) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 3.— This Clause was inserted in its present
form by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & O., 1918,
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
348
Cream Order, 1917, as amended.
Use and sale
of Cream.
Exceptions
from Order.
Statements.
THE CREAM ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 20, 1917, AS CON-
TINUED BY ORDER or APRIL 27, 1918. (a)
.1917 No. 1192, as amended by 19.18 No. 480.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Healm Regulations and of ail other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall after the 8th December, 1917, use any cream
except for the purpose of making butter or for such other pur-
poses as the Eood Controller may from time to time authorise;
and 110 person shall after the 8th December, 1917, sell, supply
or acquire or oiler to sell or supply o* attempt to acquire any
cream except for such purposes.
2. Clause 1 of this Order shall not aifect : —
(a) Before the 15th January, 1918, the use, sale, supply or
acquisition of preserved or sterilized cream made
before the 20th November, 1917.
(b) The consumption of fresh cream by children under the
age of five years, patients in hospitals and other
similar institutions, and invalids or other persons
needing cream in the interests of their health, or the
sale, supply or acquisition of cream for the purpose of
such consumption, or with a view to its sale or supply
for such consumption : Provided that where cream is
sold, supplied or acquired for the purpose of such con-
sumption it shall not be sold, supplied or acquired
otherwise than in accordance with such a statement
as is hereinafter mentioned.
3. (i) Where cream is sold or supplied for the purpose of such
consumption as is permitted under Clause 2 (b) of this Order, the
person selling or supplying the same shall require to be furnished
with a statement in writing signed by his customer stating: —
(a) In cases where the cream is to be supplied for consump-
tion, by a child, the name, age, and address of the*
child, the maximum amount to be supplied, and the
person to whom it is supplied ;
(5) In case where the cream is to be supplied for consump-
tion by patients in hospitals or other similar institu-
tions, the name and address of the hospital or other
institution and the maximum amount to be supplied ;
(c) In cases where cream is to be supplied for consumption
by an invalid or other person needing cream in the
interests of his health, the name and address of the
invalid or such other person, the maximum amount
to be supplied, the period of supply, and the name and
address of a duly qualified medical practitioner who
has authorised such supply, and the date of such
authority.
(a) CONTINUATION OF CUKAM ORDER, 1917.— By the amending Order of
April 27, 1918, this Order was continued until further notice, and Clause 8(6)
was revoked.
Dutch ,Chce#i'.
Order, 1917.
349
(ii) All such statements shall be preserved by the person
supplying1 any cream thereunder, and shall be produced and
dealt with by him as directed by any person authorised in that
behalf by the Food Controller or a Food Committee.
4. All parties to any transaction affecting cream shall require
or correctly disclose (as the case may be) all such information
as may be necessary or required by such parties as aforesaid or
by or under the authority of the Food Controller or any Food
Committee for the purpose of satisfying them or him that the
provisions of this Order have not been or are not being contra-
vened.
5. A person shall not knowingly make or connive at the making
of any false statement for the purpose of obtaining a supply of
cream.
6. The expression " Food Committee " shall mean in respect of
any area in Great Britain the Food Control Committee estab-
lished for such area pursuant to the Food Control Committees
.(Constitution) Order, 1917, (a) and in respect of Ireland the Food
Control Committee appointed for Ireland by the Food Con-
troller, (b)
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Cream Order, 1917.
(b) This Order shall cease to he in force on the 30t/i April,
1918, but without prejudice to any proceedings in respect of any
previous contravention thereof. (c)
•
By Order of the Food? Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th November, 1917.
Disclosure to
be required
and given.
False state-
ments.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Title and
duration of
Order.
THE DUTCH CHEESE (PRICES) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 8, 1917.
1917. No. 1247.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917."— That Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this Manual.
(c) DURATION OF ORDER.— By the Order of April 27, 1918, the Cream Order
was continued in force until further notice, and Clause 8 (b) was revoked.
350 Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917.
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained the British
Cheese Order, 1917, (a) shall apply to Dutch Cheese in the same
way as it applies to British Cheese other than Caerphilly Cheese,
with the following modifications : —
(a) The word " importer " shall be substituted for the word
" maker.''
(b) Upon any sale of Dutch Cheese by or on behalf of the
importer thereof not being a sale by retail the maximum
price shall be the price for the time being prescribed
by the Food Controller as the maximum first hand
price for such cheese. (b)
(c) Until the 17th January, 1918, the maximum first hand
pi ice for each of the varieties of Dutch Cheese specified
in the schedule hereto shall be a price at the rate
mentioned in relation thereto in such schedule.
(d) Clauses 7 and 9 of the British Cheese Order, 1917, (a)
shall not apply to Dutch Cheese.
2. For the purposes of this Order, the expression " importer "
shall include the person sighting the shipper's draft, but this
provision shall not be construed so as to limit the general
interpretation of that expression.
3. (a) This Order may be cited as the Dutch Cheese (Prices)
Order, 1917.
(&) This Order shall come into force as respects all sales other
than a retail sale on the 10th December, 1917, a/id as respects
retail sales on the 17th December, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th December, 1917.
The Schedule.
Full Cream Cheddar Shapes ... 160s. per cwt.
Half Meat Cheddar Shaues ... 140s. „ „
Gouda 45 per cent. ... ... 153s. ,, ,,
,, 40 per cent. ... ... 146s. „ ,,
30percent. ..'. ... 139s. Qd. ,, ,,
,, SOpercent. ... ... 129s. 6d. ,, ,,
Edams 45 per cent. ... ... 155s. ,, ,,
,, 40 per cent. ... ... 148s. ,, ,,
,, 30 per cent. ... ... 141s. ,, ,,
,, 20 per cent. ... ... 131s. ,, ,,
NOTE. — The above prices are all ex port.
All these prices are subject to the following terms, namely: —
For cash within seven days, 2d. in the ^B discount.
For cash within one month, Id. in the £ discount.
(a) BRITISH CHEESE ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 333.
(b) MAXIMUM FIRST HAND PRICES AFTER JANUARY 14th, 1918. — By Notice
of January 14th, 1918 (p. 361) the Food Controller fixed these as those in the
Schedule to the present Order.
Milk (Use in Chocolate) Order, No. 2, 1917. 351
THE MILK (UsE IN CHOCOLATE) ORDER, No. 2, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 14, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1296.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall after the 17th December, 1917, use in the Use of milk
manufacture of chocolate any milk, condensed milk, milk powder, in chocolate.}
dried milk or any other milk preparation except —
(i) milk powder, condensed milk, dried milk, or any other
milk preparation which he has in stock at the close of
business on the 15th December, 1917, or which is in
the United Kingdom on that day and then in course
of actual transit to him; and
(ii) any other milk delivered to him before the 24th Decem-
ber, 1917.
2. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that a contract Contract*
subsisting at the date of this Order, providing for the purchase
of any milk, condensed milk, milk powder, dried milk or any
other milk preparation was made for the purpose of using the
article to be supplied in the manufacture of chocolate, he may,
if he thinks fit, cancel or determine such contract or modify the
terms thereof in such manner as he shall think fit.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Milk (Use in Chocolate) Title
Order, No. 2, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th December, 1917.
(a) ORDER AS TO MILK, ETC., PRODUCED IN SPRINO OF 1917. — The Milk
(Use in Chocolate) Order, 1917, printed p. 123 of the " Food (Supply and Pro-
duction) Manual," but omitted from this Yolume as being " spent," prohibits
the use in the manufacture of chocolate of (1) milk produced between
January 5th and April 1st, 1917, and (2) milk powder or condensed milk manu-
factured between those dates.
352
Returns of
stock and
purchases of
Condensed
Milk.
Prescribed
forms.
Exceptions.
Restrictions
upon
dealings in
imported
Condensed
Milk.
Penalty.
Interpreta-
tion.
Title.
Condensed Milk (Returns) Order, 1917.
THE CONDENSED MILK (RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 14, 1917. (a)
1917, No. 1297.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. All persons engaged in the purchase, sale, distribution or
storage of Condensed Milk shall on or before the 24tJi December,
1917, furnish to the Food Controller a return giving particulars
as to their stocks and purchases of Condensed Milk at the close
of business on the 1.7th December, 1917, and such other
particulars as may be required to complete the prescribed form
of return.
2. The return shall be made on forms prescribed by the Food
Controller to be obtained from and when completed to be returned
to The Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, London,
S.W.I.
3. No return shall be required from
(a) a manufacturer in respect of Condensed Milk manufac-
tured by him;
(b) a person whose total holding of Condensed Milk (includ-
ing purchases not yet delivered to him} does not exceed
100 cases; or
(c) a person uho has made a return in respect of Condensed
Milk to the Food Controller since the 12th December,
1917.
4. No person who has contracted to buy Condensed Milk for
importation into the United Kingdom shall deal with such
Condensed Milk or the benefit of such contract, so as to divert
such milk from the United Kingdom.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. For the purposes of this Order, Condensed Milk shall include
Full Cream Sweetened and Full Cream Unsweetened Condensed
Milk, Evaporated Milk and Machine Skimmed Condensed Milk.
7. This Order may be cited as the Condensed Milk (Returns)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th December, 1917.
(a) PROVISIONS OF ORDER IN FORCE.— This Order in so far as it related to
returns to be made of stocks of condensed milk as on December 17th, 1917, is
spent and printed in italics, but as to Clause 4 continues in force.
Margarine (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1917.
353
THE MARGARINE (REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1917.
DATED DECEMBER 21, 1917.
1917. No. 1315.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders, that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned.
PART I. — LICENSING OF WHOLESALE DEALERS IN MARGARINE.
1. A person shall not deal in margarine by wholesale either on Licensing of
his own account or for the account of any other person : — wholesale
(a) after the 15th January, 1918, unless he has applied for
a licence as a wholesale dealer in margarine; or
(6) after the 31st January, 1918, unless he is the holder of
a licence for the time being in force granted by the
Food Controller authorising him to deal in margarine
by wholesale.
2. Every application for a licence shall be made to the Secre- Mode of
tary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, Whitehall, S.W. 1, on application
a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller, and every appli-
cant shall furnish on such form a true statement of the particulars
required for completing the form, which statement shall be signed
by the applicant or his duly authorised agent.
3. A licence shall be granted under this part of this Order to Issue and
such persons and subject to such conditions as the Food Con- revocation of
troller may determine, and any such licence may at any time be
revoked by the Food Controller.
4. The holder of any licence under this part of this Order shall Information
keep or cause to be kept at some convenient place accurate records j^d .
as to his dealings in margarine together with all relevant books,
documents and accounts and shall comply with any directions
given by or under authority of the Food Controller as to the form
and contents of such records and shall permit any person autho-
rised by the Food Controller or a Food Committee to inspect all
such records, books, documents, and accounts. The holder shall
also observe such directions as to his dealings in margarine as
may be given to him from time to time by or under the authority
of the Food Controller and shall make such returns and furnish
such particulars as to his dealings in margarine as may from time
to time be required .
5. Every licence issued under this part of this Order shall be Production
produced by the holder upon the demand of any person authorised of licence-
by the Food Controller or by a Food Committee.
6. This part of this Order shall not apply to a person who Exception,
deals only in margarine made by himself.
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M
354
Margarine (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1917.
Registration
of retail
dealers in
margarine.
PART II. — REGISTRATION OF RETAIL DEALERS IN MARGARINE.
6. (a) Aperson shall not at anytime after the 31st January, 1918,
deal in margarine by retail, except in about or in connection with
premises in respect of which he is the holder of a certificate of
registration as a retail dealer in margarine for the time being
in force granted by the Food Committee for the area in which
the premises are situate ; but this shall not prevent a retail dealer
duly registered from selling from his cart in the ordinary course
of business.
(b) A retail dealer may be registered as a hawker or coster-
monger and in such case shall sell only from his cart, stall or
barrow, and at such other place, if any, as may be named in tho
certificate.
Form of 7. Every application for a certificate of registration shall
application j^ maje On a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller and
certificate of everv applicant shall furnish on such form a tiue statement of
registration. ^ne particulars required for completing the same which state-
ment shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly authorised
agent.
8. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made to the Food Committee for the area in .which the premises
of the applicant, in respect of which a certificate of registration
is sought, are situate, and when the same person is applying for
registration in respect of premises situated in more than one
area, separate application shall be made in each area in respect
of the premises situated therein.
9. (a) A. person who or whose predecessor in business was, at
the date of this Order carrying on businesses a retail dealer in
margarine, shall, 011 making application before the 15th January,
1918, be entitled to receive a certificate of registration in respect
of the premises in about or in connection with which such
business was being carried on.
(b) A person registered as a hawker or costerinonger shall be
so described in his certificate.
10. A Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of regis-
tration duly applied for by a person entitled to receive the same
under the preceding Clause of this Order except with the consent
of the Food Controller and in circumstances in which the Food
Committee might have revoked the certificate if it had already
been granted. Upon the refusal of a certificate the applicant's
title (if any) shall cease.
11. A Food Committee may, in any case in which in their
opinion it is desirable to do so in the interests of the ptfblic
within their area, with the consent of the Food Controller, grant
to any other person a certificate of registration as a retail dealer
in margarine in respect of any premises within their area; and
unless they shall see any good reason to the contrary, they shall,
without any such consent, grant a certificate of registration to
every applicant who has served during the present war in the
Application
to be
addressed to
Food
Committees
for the
appropriate
area.
Persons
entitled to
receive a
certificate of
registration.
Grounds for
refusing a
certificate of
registration.
Power to
Food
Committees
to grant new
certificates.
Margarine (Registration of Dealers} Order, 1917. .V).~>
forces of the Crown, and who before so serving, was carrying on
business as a retail dealer in margarine within the area of the
Committee.
12. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Food Controller and shall be granted and held certificate,
subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may from time
to time determine.
13. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Revocation
Controller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them o£
under the provisions of this Part of this Order if they are satisfied c
that any of the provisions of this Order or any regulations or
directions made or given by or under the authority of the Food
Controller relating to the trade or business of the holder of such
certificate has not been observed by him or by any of his servants
or agents; and shall revoke such certificate if required so to do
by the Food Controller.
. 14. A Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by the Register of
Food Controller a register of the persons to whom and the bolder of
premises in respect of which certificates of registration have been certifieates-
granted under this part of this Order.
15. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event of a Dusmess-
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall be
lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate, on making an application for a certi-
ficate of registration to deal in margarine by retail from the date
of such application until the decision thereon is intimated by the
Food Committee in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue
thereof.
16. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or Inspection
cause to be kept at the premises in respect of which he is regis- and informa-
tered accurate records as to margarine dealt in and such other
matters as the Food Controller may from time to time prescribe,
together with all relevant books, documents and accounts, and
shall comply with any directions given by or under the authority
of the Food Controller as to the form and contents of such records,
and shall permit any person authorised by the Food Controller or
the Committee to inspect his premises and the records to be kept
under this Clause and all relevant books, documents and accounts.
The holder shall also observe such directions as to his trade and
as to his dealings in Margarine and the disposal thereof as may
be given to him from time to time by the Food Controller or the
Food Committee, and shall make such returns and furnish such
particulars relating thereto as the Food Controller or the Com-
mittee may from time to time require.
17. Every certificate of registration shall be kept at the Custody and
premises or some one of the premises to which it relates; and production
every holder of a certificate of registration shall produce the
same for inspection upon the demand of any person authorised by
the Food Controller or a Food Committee.
5022 M -'
356
Interpreta-
tion .
Penalty.
Extent of
Order. •
Title of
Order.
Ice Cream .(Restriction) Order, 1917.
PART III. — GENERAL.
18. For the purposes of this Order, "Food Committee" shall
mean a Food Control Committee established in pursuance of
the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
" Premises " shall include a van, stand, cart or other vehicle.
19. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Eealin Eegulations.
20. Part I. of this Order shall not apply to a person who sells
in Ireland Margarine for consumption in Ireland.
Part II. of this Order shall not apply to Ireland.
21. This Order may be cited as the Margarine (Registration of
Dealers) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
IF. H. 13 eve ridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st December, 1917.
THE ICE CREAM (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 29, 1917.
1917. No. 1350.
In exercise oi. the powers conferred upon him by the Defence-
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. No person shall after the 1st January, 1918, (b) make for sale
or sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy any Ice
Pudding, Ice Cream, Water Ice or any article in the
making of which any Ice Cream, Water Ice or Ice Pudding
has been used.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary Offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Ice Cream (Restriction)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
29th Decrmbrr, 1917.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) POSTPONEMENT OF DATE. — By General Licence of January 2, 1918,
omitted from this Manual as "spent," this date was altered to January 8, 1918,
as regards ice cream made substantially from material manufactured for that
purpose and in the hands of retailers on the 31st December, 1917.
Butter (Ireland) Order, 1918; Milk (Registration of Dealers) 357
Order, 1918, as amended.
THE BUTTEB (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 3, 1918.
1918. No. 5.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence oi
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. After the 5th January, 1918, until further notice no person,
other than a person licensed by the Food Controller under this
Order, shall send consign or ship any butter from Ireland to any
destination outside Ireland, and no person shall buy or agree to
buy or take delivery of any butter to be sent or consigned from
Ireland to any destination outside Ireland, except from a person
so licensed.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Butter (Ireland) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
3rd January, 1918.
THE MILK (REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1918, DATED
JANUARY 8, 1918, AS AMENDED BY MILK (REGISTRATION or
DEALERS) POSTPONEMENT ORDER, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY
7, 1918.
1918, No. 24, as amended by No. 161.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders, that except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned.
Part I. — Licensing of Wholesale Dealers in Milk.
1. (b) A person shall not deal in milk by wholesale either on his Licensing of
own account or for the account of any other person — wholesale
(a) after the 16th February, 1918 unless he has applied for dealers,
a licence as a wholesale dealer in milk ; or
(a) GENERAL LICENCES UNDER THIS ORDER.— See General Licences of
Feb. 4 and March 8, 1918, printed pp. 363, 370.
(b) POSTPONEMENT OF DATE.— By the Milk (Registration of Dealers)
Postponement Order, 1918, " 16th" in Clause 1 (a) was substituted for " 9th *
and " 2nd March " in Clause 1 (ft) for " 23rd February/'
5022 M ;{
358
Milk (Registration of Dealers] Order, 19.18, as amended.
Mode of
application
for a licence.
Issue and
revocation
of licences.
Information
and
inspection.
Production
of licence.
Registration
of retail
dealers.
(6) after the 2nd March, 1918, unless he is the holder of
a licence for the time being in force granted by the
Food Controller authorising him to deal in milk by
wholesale.
2. Every application for a licence shall be made to the
Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, Westminster,
S.W.I, on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller, and
every applicant shall furnish on such form a true statement of
the particulars required for completing the form, which state-
ment shall be signed by the applicant or his duly authorised
agent.
3. A licence shall be granted under this Part of this Order
to such persons and subject to such conditions as the Food
Controller may determine,, and any such licence may at any
time be revoked by the Food Controller.
4. The holder of any licence issued under this Part of this
Order shall keep or cause to be kept at some convenient place
accurate records as to his dealings in milk together with all
relevant books, documents and accounts and shall comply with
any directions given by or under the authority of the Food
Controller as to the form and contents of such records and shall
permit any person authorised by the Food Controller or by a
Food Committee to inspect all such records, books, documents
and accounts. The holder shall also observe such directions as to
his dealings in milk as may be given to him from time to time
by or under the authority of the Food Controller and shall make
such returns and furnish such particulars as to his dealings in
milk as may from time to time be required.
5. Every licence issued under this Part of this Order shall be
produced by the holder upon the demand of any person authorised
by the Food Controller or by a Food Committee.
Part II. — Registration of Retail Dealers in Milk.(<*>)
(b)6. (a) A person shall not at any time after the 2nd March,
1918, deal in milk by retail, except in about or in connection
with premises in respect of which he is the holder of a certificate
of registration as a retail dealer in milk for the time being in
force granted by the Food Committee for the area in which the
premises are situate ; but this shall not prevent a retail dealer
duly registered from selling from his cart in the ordinary course
of business in the area in which such premises are situate.
(6) The holder of any such certificate shall not after the 2nd
March, 1918, deliver milk to a customer in any area other
than that in which the premises mentioned in his certificate are
situate unless he shall have deposited a copy of the certificate
with the Food Committee for such other area.
(a) EXEMPTION FROM PART II. — By General Licence of Feb. 4, 11318,
printed p. 3G3, the Food Controller exempted certain small retailers.
(b) POSTPONEMENT OP DATE.— By the Milk (Registration of Dealers)
Postponement Order, 1918, the date 2nd March, 1918, was substituted for 23rd
February, 1918, in Clauses (a) (&).
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, as amended. 359
7. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Form of
made on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller and every application
applicant shall furnish on such form a true statement of the certificate of
particulars required for completing the same which statement registration,
shall be signed by the applicant or by his duly authorised agent.
8. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Application
made to the Food Committee for the area in which the premises *° ^e
of the applicant, in respect of which a certificate of registration F00^SCom-°
is sought, are situate, and when the same person is applying for mittees for
registration in respect of premises situated in more than one the appro-
area, separate application shall be made in each area in respect P"ate area,
of the premises situated therein.
9. A person who .or whose predecessor in business was, at the Persons
date of this Order carrying on business as a retail dealer in milk, ^^^ to
shall, on making application before the 9th February, 1918, be certificate of
entitled to receive a certificate of registration in respect of the registration,
premises in about or in connection with which such business was
being carried on.
10. A Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of Registra- Grounds for
tion duly applied for by a person entitled to receive the same refusing a
under the preceding Clause of this Order except with the consent £e ifetratkm
of the Food Controller and in circumstances in which the Food
Committee might have revoked the certificate if it had already
been granted. Upon the refusal of a certificate the applicant's
title (if any) shall cease.
11. A Food Committee may, in any case in which in their Power to
opinion it is desirable to do so in the interests of the public within Foo<i Com-
their area, with the consent -of the Food Controller, grant to any J^anlTnew
other person a certificate of registration as a retail dealer in milk certificates.
in respect of any premises within their area ; and unless they shall
see any good reason to the contrary, they shall, without any such
consent, grant a certificate of registration to every applicant who
has served during the present war in the forces of the Crown, and
who before so serving, was carrying on a business as a retail
dealer in milk within the area of the Committee.
12. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form Form of
prescribed by the Food Controller and shall be granted and held certificate,
subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may determine.
13. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Con- Revocation
troller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them under °
the provisions of this Part of this Order if they are satisfied that c
any of the provisions of this Order or any regulation or direction
made or given by or under the authority of the Food Controller
relating to- the trade or business of the holder of such certificate
has not been observed by him or by any of his servants o'r agents;
and shall revoke such certificate if required so to do by the Food
Controller.
14. A Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by the Register of
Food Controller a register of the persons to whom and the premises holders of
in respect of which certificates of registration have been granted certlficates-
under this Part of this Order.
502? M I
360
Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1918, as amended.
Transfer of
a business.
Inspection
and
information.
Custody and
production of
certificates.
15. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event oi
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall be
lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate, on making an application for a certifi-
cate of registration to deal in milk by retail from the date of such
application until the decision thereon is intimated by the Food
Committee, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions
as the holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue thereof.
16. The holder of a certificate of registration shall keep or
cause to be kept at the premises in respect of which he is regis-
tered accurate records as to milk dealt in and such other matters
as the Food Controller may from time to time prescribe, together
with all relevant books, documents and accounts and shall
comply with any directions given by or under the authority of
the Food Controller as to the form and contents of such records,
and shall permit any person authorised by the Food Controller
or a Food Committee to inspect his premises and the records
to be kept under this Clause and all relevant books, documents and
accounts. The holder shall also observe such directions as to his
dealings in milk as may be given to him from time to time by
the Food Controller or the Food Committee, and shall make such
returns and furnish such particulars relating thereto as the Food
Controller or the Committee may from time to time require.
17. Every certificate of registration shall be kept at the
premises or some one of the premises to which it relntes; and every
holder of a certificate of registration shall produce the same for
inspection upon the demand of any person authorised by the
Food Controller or a Food Committee.
Exceptions,
Interpreta-
tion.
PART III. — GENERAL.
18. Nothing in this Order shall affect: —
(a) dealings in condensed milk, dried milk, or other milk
preparation ;
(6) sales of milk for consumption on the premises of the
seller ;
(c) a wholesale sale of milk by the producer of the milk sold ;
(d) a sale of milk to his own employees or servants by the
producer of the milk sold.
19. For the purposes of this Order —
" Food Committee " shall mean a Food Control Committee
established in pursuance of the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
A sale of 17 imperial gallons or more to be delivered at any
one time shall be deemed to be a dealing in milk by whole-
sale ; and any -other sale shall be deemed to be a dealing in
milk bv retail.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
Notice untie i- Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917; Margarine 361
(Requisition) Order, 1918.
20. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
21. (a) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Registration of Title and
Dealers) Order, 1918 ; «*£* of
(b) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th January, 1918.
NOTICE. DATED JANUARY 14, 1918, UNDER THE DUTCH CHEESE
(PRICES) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1918. No. 33.
Pursuant to Clause 1 (b) of the Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order,
1917, the Food Controller hereby prescribes that on and after the
17th January, 1918, until further notice the maximum first hand
prices for Dutch Cheese shall be prices at the rates mentioned in
the Schedule to such Order. (b)
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministiy of Food.
14th January, 1918.
THE MARGARINE (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 17, 1918.
1918. No. 49.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. In pursuance of Regulation 7 of the Defence of the Realm Requisitioi.-
Regulations, the Food Controller requires the occupier of every *n£ °^
factory or workshop engaged either wholly or partly in the factory111'
output.
(a) DUTCH CHEESE (PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 349.
(b) FIRST HAND PRICES. — On December 8, 1917, the prices for Dutch cheese
were provisionally fixed by the Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917 (p. 349). The
Food Controller, however, revised these prices in favour of those set out in the
British Cheese Order, 1917, printed p. 333. (Food Journal, Jan. 9, 1918, p. 192,
footnote.} This Notice prescribes that the provisional prices shall remain.
362
Margarine (Requisition) Order, 1918.
Requisition-
ing of
imported
margarine.
Returns.
Penalties.
Title.
manufacture of margarine to place at the disposal of the Food
Controller the whole of the margarine which is produced after,
the 26th January, 1918, at such factory or workshop and to
deliver the same to the Food Controller or to his order.
2. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2F of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations the Food Controller requires all persons
owning or having power to sell or dispose of any margarine which
may arrive in the United Kingdom after the 26th January, 1918,
to place the same at the disposal of the Food Controller and
deliver the same to him or his order.
(6) Any arbitrator to act for the purpose of this Order shall
be appointed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Home Department.
3. All persons concerned shall when required by the Food Con-
troller furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, S.W.I, a return shewing: —
(a) The amount and quality of all margarine manufactured
by them in any given period or periods.
(6) The amount and quality of any margarine afloat arid
shipped to the United Kingdom to their order or
consigned to them in any period or periods ; and
(c) The amount arid quality of any margarine purchased to
be shipped to the United Kingdom on any specified
dates.
Together with such other particulars as may from time to time
be required by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
5. T"Hie Orel or may be cited as the Margarine (Requisition)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th January, 1918.
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, printed in Group 14 (" Public Meals ") (p. 441),
as from February 3rd, 1918, prohibits the consumption in public
eating places of milk as a beverage except with tea, coffee, cocoa
or chocolate, and restricts the amount of butter or margarine to
be consumed at meals therein. For restrictions previously in
force see the now revoked Public Meals Order, 1917, pp. 158-161,
of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
General Liccin-c under Milk (Registration of Dealers) Order,
19.18; Condensed Milk (Distribution) Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED FEBRUARY 4, 1918, UNDER TITK MILK
(REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 156.
The Food Controller hereby excepts from the operation of
Part II. of the above Order producers of milk who on the average
sell by retail less than five imperial gallons of milk per. day.
363
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
4th February, 1918.
I'm; CONDENSED MILK (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1918.
FEBRUARY 8, 1918.
1918. No. 174.
DATED
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe Forms of
forms of application and other documents to be used for the application,
purpose of obtaining, or for any other purpose connected with <cc'' m-?^j e
Condensed Milk proposed to be distributed or for the time being
in the course of distribution by or under the authority of the
Food Controller (hereinafter called Condensed Milk). Any such
form or document may contain instructions to be observed as to
the completion of the form or any other matter.
(b) The Food Controller may from time to time issue instruc-
tions relating to the distribution, disposal or use of Condensed
Milk.
2. All persons concerned shall in the completion of any such Completion
form or document and in the distribution, disposal or use of any of f°rms» &c
Condensed Milk comply with the instructions and directions
relative thereto for the time being in force.
3. A person shall not — False state-
(a) make or knowingly connive at the making of any false ments, <£c.
or misleading statement in any application or other
document prescribed pursuant to this Order or use for
the purpose of obtaining or for any other purpose
• connected with Condensed Milk; or
(a) MILK (REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1917. — This Order is
printed p. 357.
364
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918.
(b) forge, alter or tamper with any such application or other
document; or
(c) personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom any such application or other document applies ;
or
(d) Obtain Condensed Milk where any statement made on
the relative application is false in any material
particular or deliver any Condensed Milk under any
such application where he has reason to believe that
any statement in such application is false in any
material particular.
Prescribed 4. Any form of application or other document purporting to
forms. be prescribed pursuant to this Order or headed Condensed Milk
(Distribution) Order, 1918, shall be deemed, unless the contrary
be proved, to be prescribed pursuant to this Order.
Interpreta- 5. For the purposes of this Order Condensed Milk shall
tion. include Full Cream Sweetened, and Full Cream Unsweetened
Condensed Milk, Evaporated Milk and Machine Skimmed
Condensed Milk.
Penalty. 6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Title. 7. This Order may be cited as the Condensed Milk (Distribu-
tion) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th February, 1918.
Supplies of
food and
milk to
mothers or
children.
THE MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDER, 1918.
FEBRUARY 8, 1918.
1918. No. 189.
DATED
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. Any local authority within the meaning of the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, (a.) may, and, when required by the Local
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR PURPOSES OF ORDER. — These are the Common
Council of the City of London and the Councils of Metropolitan and Municipal
Boroughs, of Urban and Rural Districts and of the Isles of Scilly (i.e., the same
local authorities who are concerned with the administration of food control
throughout England and Wales, see footnote (a) to the Food Control Com-
mittees (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed .Part III. which gives details
as to such authorities and their districts) and in addition the County Councils
of every administrative county except London. See the Notification of Births
Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 40) which as extended by the Notification of Births
(Extension) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5 c. 64) applies to each of the above-named
local authorities as if they had adopted the 1907 Act.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918. M>
Government Board, (*) shall arrange for the supply of food and
milk for expectant mothers and nursing mothers and of milk for
children under 5 years of age, subject to such conditions as may
from time to time be prescribed by the Food Controller.
2. Until further notice, the following conditions shall be Conditions.
observed : —
(a) The quantities of food and milk to be supplied shall not
in any case exceed the amount certified to be necessary
by the Medical Officer of Health, or the Medical
Officer of a Maternity or Child Welfare Centre
working in co-operation with the Local Authority, or
by a person authorised in that behalf by either of such
Medical Officers, or by some other person appointed
by the Local Authority for this purpose.
(b) In necessitous cases in which the Medical Officer of
Health or the Medical Officer of a Maternity or Child
Welfare Centre working in co-operation with the
Local Authority, or any person authorised in that
behalf by either of such Medical Officers or by some
other person appointed by the Local Authority for
this purpose, certifies that the provision of food or
milk is necessary, food or milk may be supplied free
or may be sold at less than cost price.
3. A Local Authority may. and, when required bv tlio Locnl
Government Board shall, combine with another Local Authority
or with any Local Food Control Committee in the exercise of the Authorities.
powers hereby given to the Local Authority, or may, with the
approval of the Local Government Board, delegate all or any of
such powers to the Committee.
4. The expression " Milk " for the purpose of this Order shall Interpreta-
include any preparation of milk which may be prescribed by the tion-
Medical Officer of Health or by the Medical Officer of n Maternity
or Child Welfare Centre working in co-operation with the Local
Authority.
5. (a) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Mothers and Title and
Children) Order, 1918. ' «** of
(6) This Order shall apply only to England and Wales.
Rho ndda,
Food Controller.
8th February, 1918.
(a) ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. — See the Local Authorities
(Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918 (p. 366), conferring power on local authorities
for the purposes of this Order.
366 Local Authorities (Food Control} Order (No. 1), 1918:— Powers
of Local Authorities under Milk (Mothers and Children)
Order, 1918.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 1), 1918,
DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1918, MADE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
1918. No. 277.
64,868.
To the Councils of the several Administrative Counties in
England and Wales, other than the London County
Council ; —
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled; —
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs,
Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts in
England and Wales ; —
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England and
Wales; —
To the Council of the Isles of Scilly ;—
And to all all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by Regulation numbered 2j. of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations it is among other things provided that We, the
Local Government Board, may, by arrangement with the Food
Controller, confer and impose on any local authorities and their
officers any powers and duties in connection with the enforcement
of certain of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and any
powers and duties necessary to provide for the due discharge of
any functions assigned to local authorities by any Order made by
the Food Controller under the said Regulations;
And whereas the Food Controller has, in pursuance of the said
Regulations, made the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order,
19.18. fa)
Now, therefore, in pursuance of Our powers in that behalf, and
by arrangement with the Food Controller, We hereby Order as
follows : —
Article I. — -We hereby confer and impose upon every Local
Authority within the meaning of the Notification of Births Act,
1907, (b) and upon such of their officers as they may designate or
appoint for the purpose the powers and duties necessary to provide
for the due discharge within their District, in conformity with
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, of the functions assigned
to Local Authorities by the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order,
1918 : (a)
MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDER, 1918. — That Order is printed
4.
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE 1907 ACT. — See footnote (a) to Milk
(Mothers and Children) Order, 1918, specifying the same.
.1//7/V (Mother* and Children ) Order* : — Circultir l<> J.ocul 367
. 1 H
Article II. — (1) Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority
in the execution of this Order shall be defrayed in the same
manner as expenses of the Local Authority are defrayed under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
(2) Where any Local Authorities have combined for the
purposes of this Order, any expenses incurred by those Local
Authorities under this Order shall be defrayed in such propor-
tions as may be agreed upon, or in default of agreement as may be
determined by the Local Government Board.
Article III. — This Order may be cited as " The Local Authori-
ties (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918."
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Eighth day of February, in the year One
thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
//. C. Monro,
Secretary.
NOTE.— The Orders of February 8th, 1918, of the Food Con-
troller and of the Local Government Board were accompanied by
the following Circular (S. E. & 0., 1918, No. 277*) to County
Councils and Sanitary Authorities : —
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD,
Whitehall, S.W. 1,
9th February, 1918.
SIR,
I am directed by the President of the Local Government Board
to enclose for your information copies of Orders which have been made
by the Food Controller and the Local Government Board(a) with reference
to the supply of food and milk for expectant and nursing mothers an;l
of milk for infants and children under five years of age. The Orders
provide that any local authority within the meaning of the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, (b) may, and when required by the Local Government
Board, shall, arrange for such a supply of food or milk, subject to the
conditions set out in the Orders.
2. With regard to infants under nine months of age it is important
that the Orders should be so administered as not to favour the abandon-
ment of breast feeding whenever this is practicable. The officer referred
to in paragraph 4 should use every effort to secure the continuance o^
breast feeding for such infants.
(a) OHDEKS REFERRED TO. — These are the Milk (Mothers and Children)
Order, I'.HH (p. 364) and the Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1),
1<H8 (p. 366).
(b) NOTIFICATION OP BIRTHS ACT, 1907.— 7 Edw. 7. c. 40. See also foot-
note (a) to p. 364.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders : — Circular to Local
Authorities.
3. The conditions prescribed by the Food Controller are set out in his
Order, and relate to the quantity of milk which may be given in each case
and the cases in which it may be supplied at less than cost price.
4. The quantity of food and milk provided may be prescribed by the
Medical Officer of Health or the Medical Officer of a Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre working in co-operation with the local authority, or by a
person authorised by one of these officers or appointed by the local
authority. The amount of milk should, in ordinary cases, be
(a) For children under eighteen months, not more than one and a
half pints daily.
(b) For children between eighteen months and five years, not more
than one pint daily.
(c) For expectant and nursing mothers, the quantity specified by the
officer referred to in this paragraph.
If dried milk or preparations of milk are used the quantity should
be such as would, when properly reconstituted, approximate
to the quantities of fresh milk given above.
5. The cases in which food or milk may be supplied at less than cost
price are those in which the officer referred to in paragraph 4, certifies
that such provision is necessary and that the women supplied cannot
afford to pay the full price. The Board leave to the discretion of the
local authority the direction to the officer as to what should constitute a
necessitous case. In some districts a scale has been adopted based on the
income of the family after taking into account the number of the children.
6. In providing dinners for expectant and nursing mothers the local
authority should not supply or arrange for the supply of any food which
is the subject of an Order of the Food Controller or of a scheme made by a
local food committee under such an Order with regard to rationing without
consultation with the local food committee.
7. In some cases the Board have already sanctioned schemes submitted
to them by local authorities for the provision of food and milk for ex-
pectant and nursing mothers and of milk for infants and young children
in anticipation of the powers conferred by the Orders. Where no scheme
has yet been submitted the Board hereby sanction the provision of food
and milk by the local authority from the date of their Order on the con-
ditions laid down in the circular and on the further condition that tho
arrangements made and an estimate of the cost up to the 31st March,
1918, are communicated to them at an early date. Where a local authority
wishes to vary the conditions laid down the Board's sanction should be
previously obtained. The Board's grant for maternity and child welfare
is available in respect of expenditure on the purposes of the Orders, and
will amount to half the expenditure on the approved scheme. Application
for the grant may be made after the 31st March next in connection with
the general grant for maternity and child welfare.
8. It is open to the local authority to arrange for the supply of food
and milk under the Orders by a voluntary agency engaged in maternity
and child welfare work in their district. In such a case the Board suggest
that the local authority should pay the expenditure of the voluntary
tigency in supplying food and milk at less than cost price, and should
apply to the Board in due course for a grant in aid of the expenditure.
9. The Board trust that the local authority, if they have not already
•done so, will at once consider the needs of their district in respect of the
provision of food for expectant and nursing mothers and of milk for thes&
mothers and for children under five, both in regard to the ability of the
women concerned to pay for the necessary food and milk and to the
sufficiency of the supply of milk. Where the supply is insufficient the
local authority should urge the local food committee to take action under
the Priority Scheme of the Food Controller.
"Directions under tJic London and Home Counties (Rationing 369
') Order, 1918, it* to Unfit')- and Margarine.
10. The Board learn from' the Food Controller that some of a stock of
dried milk which he purchased last year is still undisposed of. As indi-
cated in the enclosed letter which he circulated last autumn, this milk can
be supplied to Medical Officers of Health, Infant Welfare Centres and
other similar institutions at cost price. Where difficulty exists in obtain-
ing an adequate supply of fresh or dried milk for mothers and young
children locally, the local authority should avail themselves of the Food
Controller's offer. The Orders apply to such milk, and the Board's grant
is available in respect of expenditure in supplying it on the same conditions
as obtain for fresh milk supplied under the Orders.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
H. C. MONRO,
Secretary.
To the Clerk to the Council.
DIRECTIONS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER, THE LONDON AND
HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918.
[These Directions, which are printed in Group 14A ((t Ration-
ing Schemes") (p. 457), fix the weekly ration of butter and
margarine.]
DIRECTIONS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, TO 'RETAILERS OF BUTTER
VXD MARGARINE UNDER THE LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES
(RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918.
[These Directions, which are printed in Group 14A (" Ration-
ing Sche'mes ") (p. 458), relate to the supply of butter and
margarine coupons.]
DriJKCTlONS, MATKI) FEBRUARY 23, 1918, AS TO SELF-SUPPLIERS
INDKR LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATTOMNC SCHEME)
OHDKK, 1!)1H.
[These Directions, which are print eH in Group 14A (" Ration-
ing Schemes5') (p. 4(52), relate to butter produced from animals
kept by a member of the household.]
370
S. R. & 0.,
No. 24 of
1918.
General Licences under Milk (Registration of Dealers} Order,
1918; Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCES, DATED MARCH 8, .1918, UNDER THE MILK
(REGISTRATION OF DEALERS) ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 281.
The Food Controller hereby authorises in addition to the deal-
ings permitted by the nbove Order the following dealings in
milk : —
(a) A Sale in bulk by a producer who is not registered as a
retail dealer under the above Order of less than 17
gallons if such sale comprises substantially the whole
of the output of the producer;
(b) A Sale by a person licensed to deal in milk by wholesale
of any quantity of milk to a registered retail dealer
in milk ;
(c) An accommodation Sale by a person licenced to deal in
milk by wholesale or by a registered retail dealer in
milk to any other person so licensed or registered.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th March, 1918.
THE MILK (SUMMER PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 8,
1918.
1918. No. 296.
Maximum
prices.
Retail
maximum
prices.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No person shall directly or indirectly sell or offer for sale or
buy or offer to buy any milk at prices exceeding the maximum
prices provided by or in pursuance of this Order.
2. Until otherwise determined pursuant to this Order the
maximum price applicable on the occasion of a retail sale of milk
shall be: —
(a) For milk delivered during the month of April, 1918, at
the rate of 2s. Sd. per imperial gallon, for milk
delivered during the months of May, June and July,
1918, at the rate of 2$. per imperial gallon, and there-
after until the end of September, 1918, at the- rate of
2s. 4d. per imperial gallon.
(a) MILK (REGISTRATION OP DEALERS) ORDER, 1918. — That Order is
printed p. 357.
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 19.18.
371
(6) Where at the request of the buyer the milk is required
to be delivered in bottles, and is so delivered to the
buyer's premises, an addition may be made to the
foregoing prices at the rate of Id. per quart provided
the Milk is bottled under proper sanitary conditions
at or before reaching the seller's premises.
(c) The foregoing prices shall include all charges for
delivery, but it shall be permissible for a Food Com-
mittee for any area, from time to time subject to the
provisions of this Order, to fix for all or any of the
milk sold within their area and not delivered to the
purchaser's premises, a rate different from the rate
for the time being applicable to milk which is so
delivered.
3. (a) Where milk is sold wholesale by or on behalf of the Wholesale
producer the maximum price chargeable for milk delivered sale& b?
during the months mentioned in the first column of the following prc
table shall be at th» rate per imperial gallon set opposite the same
in the second and third columns thereof,
Month of 1918
in which delivery
takes place.
Hate per imperial gallon
for delivery in
England and Wales.
Rate per imperial gallon
for delivery in
Scotland.
April ..
x. d.
1 8
«. d.
1 8
May ...
1 0
1 2
June ...
1 0
1 0
July .,
1 2
1 0
August
September ...
1 3
1 3
1 2
1 4
together in each case with a sum equal to the net amount of the
charges for railway transport actually incurred by the seller.
Provided that the Food Controller may by. notice under this Order
fix as respects any aiea such higher prices as he may deem to be
just when in his opinion it is proper so to do having regard to
cost of production.
(6) The rates applicable under sub-clause (a) of this clause
are fixed on the basis that the milk is delivered at the seller's
expense to the buyer's premises or (at the option of the seller)
to the buyer's railway station and that in the latter case all
charges for transport beyond the buyer's railway station are
borne by the buyer. Where milk is not sold on this basis a
corresponding adjustment shall be made in the rates, and for this
purpose the cost of delivery to the buyer's premises or the seller's
railway station shall be reckoned at a sum not less than a sum
nt the rate of \d. per gallon.
(c) No additional charges may be made for the provision of
churns or other vessels.
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918.
Wholesale
sales by
persons
other than
producers.
Power to
vary
maximum
prices.
4. Where milk is sold wholesale by or on behalf of any person
other than the producer the maximum prices chargeable shall
until otherwise determined pursuant to this Order be a&
follows : —
(a) In the case of milk delivered by the producer to or for
the account of the buyer in accordance with the
directions of the seller the rate shall until the end of
September., 1918, be \d. per imperial gallon higher
than th< rate (not exceeding the maximum price)
payable therefor to the producer by the seller.
(6) In the case of milk not so delivered, the rate shall be in
accordance with the following table: —
Month of 1918 in which
delivery takes place.i
Deliver)^ in England, Wales and Scotland.
* Rate per imperial gallon
when delivery is made
to buyer's railway station.
Rate per imperial gallon
when delivery is made
to buyer's premises.
April
May ...
.9. d.
*1 10
»1 2
*l 2
*1 2
•1 6
*1 6
8. d.
2 0*
1 4*
1 4*
1 4*
1 8*
1 8k
June...
July ...
August
September ... ... "...
In addition to the railway charges paid by the seller for transportation from the
seller's station to the buyer's station.
(c) The rates mentioned in Sub-clause (6) are fixed upon the
basis that the cost of providing churns or other vessels
is borne by the seller; and where milk is not sold on
this basis, then the rate shall be ascertained by deduct-
ing from the rate applicable under such sub-clause
the sum of \d. per imperial gallon.
(d} Except in the cases to which Sub-clause (a) of this Clause
applies no milk shall be sold wholesale by or on behalf
of a person other than the producer of the milk sold
except upon the terms that the milk is to be delivered
by or at the expense of the seller to the buyer's
premises or the buyer's railway station.
5. A Food Committee may, except in the case of wholesale
sales by or on behalf of producers, from time to time by resolution
vary the maximum price for milk delivered within their area or
any part of such area but:
(a) Every such resolution shall be reported to the Food
Con ti oiler within five days and shall not take effect
until three days after the same has been sanctioned
by 'the Food Controller, and
(b) Every resolution of a Food Committee under this clause
shall be subject at any time to review by the Food Con-
troller and shall be withdrawn or varied as he may
direct.
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918. 373
6. (a) Where milk is sold to an establishment as herein denned Price to
by any person (whether he be the producer of the milk sold or establish-
not) in a quantity of not less than 17 imperial gallons to be E
delivered in any one day the maximum price (including charges
for delivery to the buyer's premises) shall be, whichever shall be
less, namely : —
(i) 2d. per imperial gallon higher than the maximum price
chargeable in the district in which the establishment is
situate for milk delivered to the buyer's premises on
a sale by wholesale by a person other than a pro-
ducer; or
(ii) the maximum retail price for the time being in force
in such district.
(b) Any other sale to an establishment shall for the purposes
of this Order be deemed to be a retail sale and the maximum
price shall be determined accordingly.
(G) " An establishment JJ for the purposes of this Order shall
mean a public or private hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or
nursing home, workhouse, infirmary, asylum, corpoiation or com-
pany not established for purposes of trading or profit, a religious
or charitable community, a residential school or college, and a
canteen.
(d) A Food Committee shall have power with the consent of
the Food Controller: —
(i) to apply the provisions of this Clause whether with or
without modifications to a sale of milk to any body of
persons which in the opinion of the Committee should
be treated as an establishment as defined ;
(ii) to vary the provisions of this Clause in its application to
any establishment.
7. Where a person who sells milk from a retail shop sells from Small
such shop milk to a person buying for re-sale the maximum price wholesale
shall as to the milk so sold on any day be 2d. per gallon less than 8ales-
the maximum price applicable to sales of milk by retail in the
area in which such shop is situate, if trie quantity sold on that
day to such person does not exceed 8 imperial gallons.
8. No milk shall be sold or offered for sale by retail otherwise Milk to be
than by imperial measure. sold retail
by measure.
9. No colouring matter shall be added to milk or cream Additions of
intended for sale, and no milk or cream to which any colouring colouring
matter has been added shall knowingly be sold, or offered or
exposed for sale.
10. No water shall be added to milk intended for sale, and no Addition
milk to which any water has been added shall knowingly be sold, of Y5^ ,
or offered or exposed for sale.
11. No person may use for the purpose of his trade or business Cans and
any milk can, milk churn or milk bottle which bears the name or bottles.
trade name or the trade mark or trade device of some person other
than himself or his employer, except with the consent of such
person.
374
Milk (Summer Prices) Order, 1918.
Artificial
transaction.
Powers of
Food
Committees.
Consent of
Local
Authority
when
required.
Contracts.
Interpreta-
tion.
12. No person shall, in connection with the sale or disposition
or proposed sale or disposition of any milk enter or offer to enter
into any fictitious or artificial transaction or make or demand any
unreasonable charge.
13. A Food Committee may subject to the consent of the Pood
Controller
(a) buy milk from any person and sell milk so bought at a
price estimated to cover at least the cost of purchasing
and distributing such milk; and
(6) make arrangements as to the distribution of milk in their
area.
14. (a) A Food Committee may
(i) direct any person delivering milk in their area to
deliver such milk to any consumer or class of con-
sumers in priority to any other person in their area ;
and
(ii) direct any person selling milk by retail within their
area to deliver in that area only within such parts
thereof as the Committee may prescribe ; and
(iii) with the consent of the Food Controller give directions
in their area for securing the purity, cleanliness and
wholesomeness oj: milk, provided that any directions
so given shall not relieve Local Authorities of their
powers and duties under existing statutory provisions
in regard to milk or relieve cowkeepers, dairymen,
purveyors of milk or occupiers of milk shops from
their obligations under any such provisions.
(6) Every person to whom any direction is given under the
powers conferred by this clause shall comply with such directions.
15. A Food Committee shall not without the consent of the
Local Authority or Authorities by whom they were appointed,
exercise the powers conferred upon them by the two immediately
preceding clauses in such a manner as may involve an expense
which is ultimately to be borne by such authority or authorities;
provided that the validity of any direction given by a Food Com-
mittee under any such powers shall not be questionable on the
ground that such consent Las not been obtained.
16. Where any contract subsisting on the 1st April, 1918, for
the sale of milk provides for the payment of a price in excess of
the maximum price fixed by this Order applicable on the occasion
of such a sale, the contract, unless otherwise determined by the
Food Controller, shall be avoided so far as concerns milk which is
to be delivered on or after that date.
17. The provisions of this Order relating to prices shall not
apply to
(a) milk sold for consumption on the premises of the seller
or
(6) Condensed Milk, Dried Milk or Milk preparations.
Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition} Order, 1918.
18. For the purposes of this Order : — Revocation.
" Food Committee " shall mean a Committee appointed
in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution)
Order, 1917. (a)
" Buyer's premises " shall not include any roadside
collecting place for milk or any other premises which the
Food Controller shall in any particular case determine not to
be buyer's premises for the purposes of .this Order.
" Buyer's Railway Station " shall mean the railway
station to which in the ordinary course of business the milk
would be consigned by the seller to the buyer.
19. The Milk Order, 1917,(b) and the Price of Milk Order,
No. 2, 1917, (e) and the Milk (Amendment) Order, 1917, (d^ are
hereby revoked as 011 the date when this Order comes into force,
but without prejudice to any proceedings in respect of any
previous contravention thereof.
20. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
21. (a) This Order may be cited as the Milk (Summer Prices) Title and
Order, 1918.
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 1st April, 1918.
(c) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain. . Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
commence-
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
»th March, 1918.
THE IMPORTED CANNED CONDENSED MILK (REQUISITION) ORDER,
1918. DATED MARCH 12, 1918.
1918. No. 299.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. (a) The Food Controller hereby requires all persons owning Requisition
or having power to dispose of any Canned Condensed Milk which of imported
may arrive in Great Britain after the 1st April, 1918, to place
the same at the disposal of the Food Controller and deliver same
to him or to his order.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order ia printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) MILK ORDER, 1917.— That Order was printed p. 183 of the January,
1918, Edition of this Volume.
(c) PRICE OF MILK ORDER, No. 2, 1917.— That Order which was revoked
by the Milk Order, 1917, was printed p. 61 of the May, 1917, Edition of the
Food Supply Manual.
(d) MILK (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1917.— That Order was printed p. 219 of
the January, 1918, Edition of this Volume.
376
Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918.
(b) This clause shall noi apply to any Canned Condensed
Milk which in the opinion of the Food Controller is either unequal
in quality to the U.S.A. Stan lard Condensed Milk or is not in
good merchantable condition.
Prohibition 2. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no person
of dealings. shan on or after the 1st April, 1918, either on his own behalf
or on behalf of any other person —
(a) buy, sell or deal in ; or
(b) offer or invite an offer, or propose to buy, sell or deal
in; or
(c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other
dealing in
any Canned Condensed Milk for the time being outside Great
Britain whether or not the sale, purchase or dealing is or is to be
effected in Great Britain.
Returns. 3. All persons concerned shall on or before 20th March, 1918,
furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers.
S.W.I, a return showing —
(a) the amount and quality of Canned Condensed Milk afloat
and shipped to Great Britain to their order on 18th
March, 1918; and
(b) the amount and quality of Canned Condensed Milk pur-
chased for shipment to Great Britain to their Order,
and not shipped on the 18th March, 1918;
and shall also from time to time furnish such other particulars as
may be required by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
Interpreta- 4. For the purpose of this Order, " Condensed Milk " shall
tlon- include full cream sweetened and full cream unsweetened Con-
densed Milk, evaporated Milk and machine-skimmed Condensed
Milk.
Penalty. 5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
i he Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Title. 6. This Order may be cited as the Imported Canned Condensed
Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
IF. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th March, 1918.
Cocoa-Butter (Provision uJ /V/Vr.v) (h-iler, 1918.
THE COCOA-BUTTER (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 19, 1918.
1918. No. 340.
377
Maximum
prices.
Sales by
wholesale.
Charges on a
sale by
wholesale.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or offer
to buy any Cocoa-Butter at prices exceeding the maximum prices
permitted by this Order.
2. On the occasion of a sale of Cocoa-Butter other than a sale'
by retail the maximum price shall be as follows : —
(a) Where the sale is by the manufacturer thereof at the rate
of Is. 9d. per Ib. ;
(b) where the sale is by a person other than the manufacturer
thereof at the rate of Is. Id. per Ib.
3. (a) The maximum price applicable under the foregoing
clause is fixed upon the basis of the following terms and conditions
being applicable to the transaction : —
(i) Delivery is to be made at the seller's expense to the
buyer's railway station;
(ii) The Cocoa-Butter is to be packed free of charge in non-
returnable bales provided by the seller ;
(iii) Payment is to be made within one month of the date of
the contract subject to discount of 2£ per cent, for
payment within that period, and monies then unpaid
are to carry interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per
annum or Bank rate whichever shall be the higher.
(b) Where the Cocoa-Butter is sold on terms or conditions
other than the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing part
of this Clause, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in the
maximum price.
4. On the occasion of a sale by retail of Cocoa-Butter the
maximum price shall be at the rate of 2s. per Ib.
5. Where the purchaser on the occasion of a sale by retail
requires Cocoa-Butter to be delivered to his premises, an additional
charge may be made for such delivery not exceeding
\d. per Ib. or any sum actually paid by the seller for carriage.
No charge may be made for packing or packages or for giving
credit.
6. Where any contract subsisting on the 19th March, 1918, Contracts,
for the sale of Cocoa-Butter provides for the payment of a price in
excess of the permitted maximum price the contract shall stand
so far as concerns Cocoa-Butter delivered on or before the '25th
March, 1918, but shall, unless the Food Controller otherwise
directs, be avoided so far as concerns Cocoa-Butter agreed to be
sold above the permitted maximum price which has not been
so delivered.
Sales by
retail.
Charges on a
sale by retail.
378
Dutch CHeese (Requisition) Order, 1918.
Fictitious
transactions.
Interpreta-
tion,
Infringe-
ments.
Title and
commence-
ment.
7. No person shall in connection wiith a sale or disposition or
proposed sale or disposition of any Cocoa-Butter enter or offer to
enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
8. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Cocoa-
Butter " shall include any mixture of Cocoa-Butter and other
substances but shall not include any chocolate, cake, biscuit or
other article manufactured partly from Cocoa-Butter.
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
10. (a) This Order may be* cited as the Cocoa-Butter (Pro.
visional Prices) Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall come into force as regards sales by
retail on the 2nd April, 1918, and as regards any other sale on
the 25th March, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th March, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 21, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A •(" Local Distribu-
tion and Requisitioning ") (p. 242), provides for the local distri-
bution by certain Committees of butter and Margarine.]
THE DUTCH CHEESE (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1918.
MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. No. 358.
DATED
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2r of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller requires all persons
owning or having power to sell or dispose of any cheese which
shall on or after the 26th March, 1918, arrive in the United
Kingdom from Holland to place such cheese at the disposal of
the Food Controller and deliver the same to him or his Order.
(&) The compensation payable for such cheese shall in
default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator
appointed when the cheese arrives in England by the Lord High
Chancellor of England, when the cheese arrives in Scotland by
the Lord President of the Court of Session, and when the cheese
arrives in Ireland by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
Margarine (Retail Prices} Order, 1918. 379
2. All persons concerned shall on or before the 4th April, 1918,
furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers,
London, S.W.I, a return showing —
(a) the stocks of cheese afloat or shipped from Holland to
the United Kingdom to their order on the 26th March,
1918;
(&) the amount of Dutch cheese agreed to be shipped to the
United Kingdom to their order and not shipped on
the 26th March, 1918;
(c) the quantity sold and unsold in each case, and shall
furnish such other particulars relating to Dutch Cheese
or their dealings therein as may from time to time be
required by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Dutch Cheese (Requisition)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd March, 1918.
THE MARGARINE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. No. 359.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food- Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. The maximum price on the occasion of a sale by retail of Retail pri«
Margarine shall on or after the 25th March, 1918, be at such rate for
or rates as the Food Controller may by notice from time to time r
prescribe and until further notice shall on all sales by retail be
at the rate of Is. per Ib. except that where margarine is sold by
retail to any person at one sale in a quantity of not less than 28 Ibs.
to be delivered in any one week ending on a Saturday the maxi-
mum price shall be at the rate of lid. per Ib.
2. Where the purchaser, on the occasion of a sale by retail, Delivery,
requires the margarine to be delivered to his premises an packages
additional charge may be made for such delivery not exceeding a
\d. per Ib. or any sum actually paid by the seller for carriage.
No charge may be made for packing, packages or wrappers or for
giving credit.
380
Exception.
Special con-
signments.
Offers, &c.
Revocation.
S. R. & O.,
No 1162 of
1917.
Scotland.
Penalty.
Title and
extent.
Margarine (Retail Prices) Order, 1918.
3. (a) This Order shall not before the 8th April, 1918, apply to
margarine which is proved to have been bought by the seller before
the 25th March, 1918, and which is sold at a price not exceeding
the price permitted for such margarine under the provisions of
the Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (a<) or any licence
thereunder applicable to such margarine.
(b) This Order shall not apply to margarine supplied on
special terms and conditions authorised by the Food Controller.
4. (a) On the occasion of any sale by retail of margarine sold
for special purposes, and packed in tins or otherwise specially
packed, thr celler mny, if authorised so to do by licence granted
by the Food Controller, charge in addition to the maximum
prices prescribed by this Order for such margarine, such
additional sum as may be allowed by the Food Controller.
(b) Any additional sum charged under this clause shall be
shown as a separate item on the invoice relating to the sale.
5. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or
agree to buy any margarine by retail at a price exceeding the
price applicable under this Order, or in connection with the sale
or disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any margarine
enter or offer to enter into any artificial transaction or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
6. The Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (a) and all
licences granted thereunder are hereby revoked as at the 25th
March, 1918, so far as they apply to Great Britain except so far
as such Order and licences relate to margarine excluded from
the operation of this Order by Clause 3 hereof, but without pre-
judice to any proceedings in respect of any contravention of such
Order.
7. This Order shall in its application to Scotland have effect
with the substitution of the date 15th April, 1918, for the
date 25th March, 1918, and the date 29th April, 1918, for the
date 8th April, 1918, or in either case such later date as the
Food Controller may by notice prescribe. (b)
8. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. (a) This Order may be cited as the Margarine (Retail Prices)
Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall extend only to Great Britain.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food .
23rd March, 1918.
(a) MARGARINE (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 344.
(b) DATE OF OPERATION IN SCOTLAND. — By General Licence of April 11,
1918, printed p. 383, the date 29th April, 1918, is substituted for 25th March,
1918, and 13th May, 1918, for 8th April, 1918.
Margarine (Disl i-ilnilion) Order, 1918. 381
TlIF \1 M«: \IM.\K ( DlSTItlHTTJON) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 23,
1918.
1918. No. 360.
in exercise of tlie powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe Forms of
forms of application and other documents to be used for the pur- application,
pose of obtaining, or for any other purpose connected with c
margarine proposed to be distributed or for the time being in the
course of distribution by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller. Any such form or document may contain instructions
to be observed as to the completion of the form or document or any
other matter.
(6) The Food Controller may from time to time issue
directions relating to the distribution, disposal, sale and use of,
Margarine, and as to the price and terms upon which any such
margarine may be sold or otherwise disposed of.
2. All persons concerned shall in the completion of any such Completion
form or document and in the distribution, disposal, sale or use of of forms of
Margarine comply with the instructions and directions relative ^PPlication>
thereto for the time being in force.
3. Every maker or importer of Margarine and every dealer in Records &
Margarine shall keep or cause to be kept at some convenient place inspection,
accurate records relating to his trade or business in Margarine
and to such other matters as the Food Controller may from time
to time prescribe, and shall comply with any directions given by
or under the authority of the Food Controller as to the form and
contents of such records, and shall make such returns as to his
manufacture and dealings in Margarine as the Food Controller
may from time to time require. Every such maker, importer and
dealer shall also permit any person authorised by or under the
authority of the Food Controller to enter any premises where
Margarine is made, stored or dealt in, and to inspect such premises
and any stocks of Margarine therein and all such records kept by
him and all relevant books, documents and accounts relating to
his trade or business in Margarine.
4 . A person shall not : — False state-
fa) Knowingly make or connive at the making of any false ments, &c.
or misleading statement in any application or other
document prescribed pursuant to this Order or used for
the purpose of obtaining, or in connection with the
purchase or sale of or for any other purpose connected
with Margarine ;
(b) Forpre, alter or tamper with any such application or other
document ;
(c) Personate, or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom any such application or other document applies;
or
382
Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition) Order, 1918.
Prescribed
forms.
Penalty.
Title.
Requisition
of existing
stocks.
Requisition
of future
output.
Returns.
(d) Obtain Margarine where any statement made on the
relative application is false in any material particular,
or deliver Margarine under any such application where
he has reason to believe that any statement in such
application is false in a material particular.
5. Any form of application, direction or other document pur-
porting to be prescribed pursuant to this Order, or headed Mar-
garine (Distribution) Order, 1918, and any form of application,
direction or other document headed " Margarine Distribution
Scheme," or otherwise issued under the authority of the Food
Controller and relating to the distribution of margarine shall,
unless the contrary be proved, be deemed to be prescribed pursuant
to this Order.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. This Order -may be cited as the Margarine (Distribution)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
23rd March, 1918.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
THE CANNED CONDENSED MILK (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. No. 361.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling kirn
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. In pursuance of Regulation 2 (B) of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations the Food Controller gives notice that he
hereby takes possession of all Canned Condensed Milk which
is in Great Britain and in the hands of the manufacturers thereof
at the close of business on the 31st March, 1918.
2. In pursuance of Regulation 7 of the Defence of the Realm
Regulations the Food Controller hereby orders that the occupier
of every factory or workshop in Great Britain engaged either
wholly or partly in the manufacture of condensed milk shall
place at the disposal of the Food Controller the whole of the
condensed milk which shall be produced at such factory or
workshop on or after the Isl April, 1918, and shall deliver the
same to the Food Controller, or to his order
3. The occupier of every such factory or workshop as is men-
tioned in Clause 2 shall on or before the 5th April, 1918, furnish
to the Secretary (Milk Section), Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, London, S.W.I, a return showing —
(i) the amount of condensed milk of his manufacture held
by him 011 the 31st March, 1918 ; and
(ii) the average weekly output of the factory or workshop
under his control ; and
shall furnish such other particulars as may from time to time
be required by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
General Licence under Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order 1917 ; 383
Notice under Margarine (Retail Prices') Order, 1918.
4. This Order may be cited as the Canned Condensed Milk Title.
(Requisition) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd March, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE APPLICABLE TO IRELAND, DATED APRIL 10, 1918,
UNDER THE MARGARINE '(MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
1918. No. 4D8.
The Food Controller hereby authorises until further notice a
charge of \d. a Ib. to be made in addition to the charge of Wd.
or Is. 2d. a Ib. applicable under clause 2 (a) of the Margarine S. R. and O.,
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1917. (a) 1162 °f
This licence shall apply only where all the following condi-
tions are complied with, namely : — -
(a) The seller is selling margarine not made by himself ;
(b) The sale is made in Ireland for delivery in Ireland ; and
(c) The sale is not a retail sale.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th April, 1918.
NOTICE, DATED APRIL 11, 1918, UNDER THE MARGARINE (RETAIL
PRICES) ORDER, 1918. (b)
1918. No.' 416.
Pursuant to clause 7 of the above-mentioned Order the Food S. R. & O.
Controller hereby prescribes that the above Order in its applica- No. 359
tion to Scotland shall have effect with the substitution of the of 1918-
date 29th April, 1918, for the date 25th March, 1918, and of the
date 13ih May, 1918, for the date 8th April, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Ilth April, 1918.
(a) MARGARINE (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 344.
(a' MARGARINE (RETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1918.— That Order is printed
p. 379.
384 Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918.
THE BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED
APRIL 19, 1918.
1918. No. 454.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
S.R. & 0., 1. The Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (a.) and the
913 and 1110 Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917, (b) shall as
of 1917. from the date of tllls Order and imtil tLe Food Controller by
notice under this Order otherwise directs, cease to apply to sales
in Ireland of butter made in Ireland.
2. Nothing in this Order shall affect any proceedings in respect
of any previous contravention of the said Orders.
3. This Order may be cited as the Butter (Maximum Prices;
(Ireland) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th April, 1918.
THE IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 8A (ce Importers^
Returns JJ) (p. 221), requires returns to be made of imported
condensed and dried milk.]
DIRECTIONS, DATED APRIL 27, 1918, UNDER LONDON AND HOME
COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918.
[These Directions, which are printed in Group 14A (" Ration-
ing Schemes ") (p. 464), relate to registration for butter and
margarine.]
(a) BCTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 323.
(b) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed p. 339.
National Kitchens Order, 1918. 385
11 A. National Kitchens.
National Kitchens Order, 1918,;?. 385.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1918,
(Powers of English Local Authorities under Order) p. 387.
Local Authorities (National Kitchens) (Scotland) Order,
1918 (Powers of Scottish Local Authorities under Order) p. 388.
THE NATIONAL KITCHENS ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 25,
1918.
1918. No. 223.
1. A Local Authority may, subject to such conditions as may Provision of
from time to time be prescribed by the Food Controller — National
Kitchens.
(a) , establish and maintain in their area a National Kitchen
or Kitchens together with such distributing depots
as may be thought proper;
(6) sell (whether for consumption on or off the premises or
to a person for purposes of distribution) food and
drink prepared in the Kitchen or proposed to be
distributed by or under the authority of the Food
Controller; and
(c) do such other acts and things as are necessary or inci-
dental to the due exercise of the above powers. (a)
2. A Local Authority may delegate all 01 any of their powers Delegation
under this Order to, or in the exercise of such powers associate of powers,
themselves with, any Food Committee or other Committee
appointed by the Authority, and may, with the consent of the
Food Controller, combine with any other Local Authority or
Authorities for all or any of the purposes of this Order. (a)
3. A Local Authority shall comply with any direction given Directions,
by or on behalf of the Food Controller in relation to a National
Kitchen or depot established or carried on pursuant to this Order
and the food and drink sold or supplied therefrom or from any
premises used in connection therewith, and every such kitchen
and depot shall at all times be open to the inspection of any person
authorised by the Food Controller.
(a) ORDERS ANCILLARY TO THE NATIONAL KITCHENS ORDER, 1918.— The
Local Government Board, by the Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No.
2), 1918 (p. 387), and the Secretary for Scotland, by the Local Authorities
(National Kitchens) (Scotland) Order, 1918 (p. 388), conferred powers on local
authorities in England and Scotland respectively for discharge of functions, and
provision of expenses under the National Kitchens Order.
5022 N
386
National Kitchens Order, 1918.
Interpreta- 4. For the purposes of this Order, the expression
tion- Authority" shall .mean (a) :_
Local
Penalty.
Extent and
Title of
Order.
(a) As respects England and Wales, the Mayor, Aldermen
and Commons of the City of London in Common
Council assembled, the Council of a Metropolitan
Borough, the Council of a Municipal Borough or other
Urban District, the Council of a Rural District, or
the Council of the Isle of Scilly; and
(6) as respects Scotland, in a County (exclusive of any Burgh
comprised therein) the County Council, and in a
Royal Parliamentary or Police Burgh, the Town
Council.
"Food Committee" shall mean a Food Control Committee
appointed in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitu-
tion) Order, 1917. (b)
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. (a) This Order may be cited as the National Kitchens Order,
1918.
(6) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
25th February. J918.
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR PURPOSES OF ORDER. — These are in England
Mid Wales the same local authorities who are concerned with the general
administration of food control, see footnote (a) to the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part 111. of this Manual, which gives
details as to such authorities and their districts.
In Scotland on the other band certain town councils are not separate local
authorities for the purposes of the said Order constituting the food control
committees being represented on joint committees of County and Town
Councils ; but for the purposes of the National Kitchens Order every Town
Council which does not combine with another county or town council is a
separate local authority.
^b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1918:— Powers 387
of English Local Authorities under National Kitchens Order.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 2), 1918,
DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1918, MADE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
1918. No. 388.
64,823.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled; —
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs, Muni-
cipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts in England and
Wales ; —
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England
and Wales; —
To the Council of the Isles of Scilly ;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by Regulation numbered 2j of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations it is among other things provided that We,
the Local Government Board, may, by arrangement with the Food
Controller, confer and impose on any local authorities and their
officers any powers and duties in connection with the enforcement
of certain of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and any
powers and duties necessary to provide for the due discharge of
any functions assigned to local authorities by any Order made
by the Food Controller under the said Regulations;
And whereas the Food Controller has, in pursuance of the said
Regulations, made the National Kitchens Order, 1918 : (a)
Now, therefore, in pursuance of Our powers in that behalf,
and by arrangement with the Food Controller, We hereby Order
as follows : —
Article I. — In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention
appears : —
(a) The expression " Local Authority " means, as the case
may be, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London in Common Council assembled, the
Council of a Metropolitan Borough, the Council of a
Municipal Borough or other Urban District, the
Council of a Rural District, or the Council of the
Isles of Scilly;
(b) The expression " District " means the District subject to
the jurisdiction of the Local Authority for the pur-
poses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or of
the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be.(b)
Article II. — We hereby confer and impose upon the Local
Authority and upon such of their officers as they may designate or
appoint for the purpose the powers and duties necessary to provide
for the due discharge within their District, in conformity with the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, of the functions assigned to
(a) NATIONAL KITCHENS ORDER, 1918.— That Order is printed p. 385.
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THEIR DISTRICTS FOR PURPOSES OF ORDER.—
See footnote (a) to National Kitchens Order. 1918, p. 386.
N 2
388 Local Authorities (National Kitchens) (Scotland) Order, 1918: —
Powers of Scottish Local Authorities under National
Kitchens Order.
Local Authorities by the National Kitchens Order, 1918(a) : Pro-
vided that no Local Authority shall delegate any power to levy a
rate or borrow money.
Article III. — (1) Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority
in the execution of this Order shall be defrayed in like manner as
if the expenses had been incurred in the execution of the Public
Health Act, 1875, or the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as
the case may be.
(2) Where any Local Authorities have combined for any of the
purposes of this Order, any expenses incurred by those Local
Authorities under this Order shall be defrayed in such proportions
as may be agreed upon, or in default of agreement as may be
determined by the Local Government Board.
Article IV. — This Order may be cited as " The Local
Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1918."
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Twenty-fifth day of February, in the year
One thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
H. C. Monro,
Secretary.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (NATIONAL KITCHENS) (SCOTLAND)
ORDER, 1918, DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1918, MADE BY THE
SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND.
1918, No.
S. 5
In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by Regulation 2j
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and by arrangement
with the Food Controller, I hereby order as follows : —
(1) In this Order—
(a) the expression " Local Authority" shall mean in a
County (exclusive of any Burgh comprised therein),
the County Council and in a Royal Parliamentary or
Police Burgh the Town Council(b) :
(a) NATIONAL KITCHENS ORDER, 1918. — This Order is printed p. 385.
(to) LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR PURPOSES OF ORDER. — See footnote (a) to
National Kitchens Order, 1918, p. 386.
Local Authorities (National Kitchens) (Scotland) Order, 1918: — 389
Powers of Scottish Local Authorities under National
Kitchens Order.
(b) the expression " Food Committee " shall mean a Food
Control Committee established in pursuance of the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917. (a)
(2) I hereby confer and impose upon the Local Authority and
upon such of their officers as they may designate or appoint for
the purpose the powers and duties necessary to provide for the
due discharge within their district, in conformity with the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, .of the functions assigned to
Local Authorities by the National Kitchens Order, 1918. (b)
(3) Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority in the execu-
tion of this Order shall be defrayed out of the public health
general assessment provided that such expenses shall not be
reckoned in any calculation as to the statutory limits of that
assessment.
(4) A District Committee, Parish Council, School Board, or
other local body may make available, without charge, or on such
terms as may be agreed, to a Local Authority or to any Food
Committee or other Committee appointed by the Authority, any
of their premises and the services of any of their officers for the
piirposes of the National Kitchens Order, 1918. (b)
(5) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (National
Kitchens) (Scotland) Order, 1918.
Robert Munro,
His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland.
(L.S.)
Scottish Office, Whitehall,
26th February, 1918
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— This
Order is printed in Part III. of this Manual.
(b) NATIONAL KITCHENS ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 385.
3022 N 3
390
Notice in Shops (Ireland) Order, 1918.
Powers of
Food
Control
Committee -
for Ireland
as to notices
in shops.
Duty to
comply.
Penalties.
Title and
Extent of
Order.
11B. Notice by Retailer of Prices (a).
THE NOTICE IN SHOPS (IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 27 T
1918.
1918. No. 400.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. The Food Control Committee for Ireland(a) may from time
to time by notice under this Order direct that a person selling by
retail in any shop an article, in respect of which a maximum price
is for the time fixed by any Order of the Food Controller or the
Food Committee, shall keep or cause to be kept posted at suck
times and in such form and manner as may be specified by the
Committee a notice showing the ma±imum price for such article
for the time being in force as to sales in such shop and also if the
Committee as respects any article so think fit, the actual price at
which such article is being sold in such shop.(b)
Any such notice may be made so as to apply to all or any of
such articles or so as to apply generally to all persons or to any
particular person or class of persons named or described in the
notice and may contain such consequential provisions as appear ix>
the Committee to be necessary or proper. Any such notice may
be revoked or varied by the Committee as occasion requires.
2. All persons concerned shall comply with the provisions of
any notice issued under this Order.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. (a/ This Order may be cited as the Notice in Shops (Ireland)
Order, 1918.
(6) This Order shall apply only to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller,
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry oi' Food.
27th March, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III. of this
Manual.
(b) NOTICE OF PRICE OF PARTICULAR ARTICLE :— The exhibition by
retailers at their shops of the prices at which the undermentioned articles are
sold is provided for by the Orders mentioned in connection with each of such
articles : —
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917)
#.46.
Butter (Butter (Maximum Prices) (Amendment) Order, 1917). p. 342.
Cheese (British Cheese Order, 1917), p. 337.
Fish (Fish Prices) Order No. 2, 1918), p. 211.
Jam and Jelly (Jam (Prices) Order, 1918), .p. 230.
Meat (Meat) Maximum Prices) Order, 1917), .p. 260.
Potatoes (Potatoes Order, 1917), .p 405.
Rabbits (Rabbits (Prices) Order, 1918), J?. 269.
Rice (Rice (Retail Prices) Order, 1918), .p. 119.
Oil Splitting Order, 1917. 391
12. Oils and Fats.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 397.
Hardened Fat (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 392.
Oil Splitting Order, 19l7,/>. 391.
Oil and Fat Compound (Licensing of Manufacturers and
Requisition) Order, 1918, p. 399.
Oils and Fats (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 394.
Oils and Fats (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 398.
Oils, Oil Cakes and Meals (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 392.
Public Meals Order, 1918, />. ,397.
Refined Vegetable Oils (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 396.
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917, as
amended, p. 393.
THE OIL SPLITTING ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1917.
1917. No. 1134.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No person shall on or after the 12th November, 1917, split Splitting
{otherwise than in the due course of manufacture into Soap) of certain
any of the Oils specified in the Schedule hereto or any of the c j8 and acid
Acid Oils arising from refining any of such Oils, into its com- ^ibi^"
ponent parts of fatty acid and Glycerine except under and in
accordance with the terms of a Licence issued by or under the
authority of the Food Controller.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Oil Splitting Order, 1917. Title.
The Schedule.
Coconut Oil. Nigerseed Oil.
Cotton Oil. Palm Kernel Oil.
Gingelly (Sesame) Seed Oil. Rape-seed Oil.
Ground Nut Oil. Soya Oil.
Kapokseed Oil.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U . F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
9th November, 1917.
5022 N 4
392 Oils, Oil Cakes and Meals (Requisition) Order, 1917;
Hardened Fat (Requisition) Order, 1917.
THE OILS, OIL CAKES AND MEALS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 28, 1917.
1917. No. 1224.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 7
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. The occupier of every factory or workshop engaged
either wholly or partly in the crushing or extracting of oil
from Oleaginous Seed, Nuts and Kernels, or in the produc-
tion of Oils, Oil Cakes or Meals from any of such substances,
shall place at the disposal of the Food Controller the whole
of the resultant crude oils, Oil cakes, Meals and residues
which he has in stock at the close of business on the 30th
November, 1917, or which are produced after that day at
such factory or workshop, and shall deliver the same to the
Food Controller or to his Order.
2. TTiis Order may be cited as the Oils, Oil Cakes and
Meals (Requisition) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
November, 1917.
THE HARDENED FAT (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
NOVEMBER 28, 1917.
1917. No. 1225.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 7
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
<?nabing him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. The occupier of every factory or workshop engaged
either wholly or partly in the manufacture by hydrogenation
of hardened fats shall place at the disposal of the Food
Controller the whole of the hardened fats which he has in
stock at the close of business on 30th November, 1917, or
which are produced after that date at such factory or work-
shop and shall deliver the same to the Food Controller or
ic his Order.
2. This Order may be cited as the Hardened Fat (Requisi-
tion) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th November, 1917.
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended. 393
THE SEEDS, NUTS AND KERNELS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917,
DATED NOVEMBER 29, 1917, AS AMENDED BY APPOINTMENT OF
ARBITRATORS ORDER, 1918, (a) DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 1226, as amended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2s of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller gives notice that he
hereby takes possession of all oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels
of the varieties mentioned in the Schedule of this Order which
are in the United Kingdom on the 1st December, 1917.
(j&) This Clause shall not apply to seeds, nuts and kernels in
the hands of a person who, at the close of business on the
30th November, 1917, does not hold more than 5 tons of any one
variety.
2. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2r of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller requires all persons
owning or having power to sell or dispose of any oleaginous seeds,
nuts and kernels of the varieties mentioned in the said Schedule
which may arrive in the United Kingdom after the 1st December,
1917, to place the same at the disposal of the Food Controller and
deliver the same to him or to his Order.
(b) The arbitrator to determine in default of agreement the
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session in
Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland. (a)
3. All persons concerned shall, on or before the 8th December,
1917, furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, S.W.I, a return showing: —
(a) the amount of seeds, nuts and kernels mentioned held by
him at the close of business on the 30th November,
1917;
(b) the amount of such seeds, nuts and kernels afloat and
shipped to the United Kingdom to him or to his order
on the 30th November, 1917;
(c) the amount and quality of seeds, nuts and kernels pur-
chased to be shipped to the United Kingdom and not
shipped on the 30th November, 1917 ; and
(d) the quantity sold and unsold in each case ;
and shall furnish such other particulars as may from time to
time be required by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller, (b)
4. Infringements of this Order are offences against the Defence
of the Realm Regulations.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 2(/;). — This Clause was inserted in its present
form by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & O., 191 *.
No. 294).
(b) RETURNS. — The Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, printed in
Group 7A (" Foreign Holdings of Food,") (p. 217), does not apply to articles in
respect of which a return has been made under this present Order.
Oils and Fats (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended.
5. This Order may be cited as the Seeds, Nuts and Kernels.
(Requisition) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
29th November, 1917.
Schedule.
Babassu Seed. ! Linseed.
Castorseed.
Copra.
Cotton Seed.
Gingelly (Sesame Seed).
Ground Nuts (Undecorticated).
Ground Nuts (Decorticated).
Hemp Seed.
Illipe.
K^pok Seed.
Mowrah Seed.
Niger Seed.
Palm Kernels.
Poppy Seed.
Rapeseed.
Shea Nuts.
Soya Beans.
Sunflower Seed,
THE OILS AND FATS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917, DATED DECEMBER
21, 1917, AS AMENDED BY APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS,
ORDER, 1918,(a) DATED MARCH 11, 1918.
1917 No. 1311, as amended by 1918 No. 294.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2s of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller gives notice that he-
hereby takes possession of all Oils and Fats of the varieties
mentioned in the Schedule to this Order which are in the United
Kingdom on the 1st January, 1918, of any description whatsoever,
whether Crude, Refined, Deodorised, Pressed or Bleached, or
whether in the form of Soap stocks, Acid Oils or Black Grease-
arising from refining or pressing, or of Fatty Acids arising from
the splitting of any of the said Oils and Fats.
(6) This Clause shall not apply to Oils and Fats in the handa
of any person who at the close of business on the 31st December,
1917, does not hold more than 5 tons of any one variety.
2. (a) In pursuance of Regulation 2r of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, the Food Controller requires all persons own-
ing any of the said Oils and Fats which may arrive in the United
Kingdom after the 1st January, 1918, to place the same at the
disposal of the Food Controller and deliver the same to him or to
his Order.
(b) The arbitrator to determine in default of agreement the
compensation to be paid for any article requisitioned under this
Order shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
in England, by the Lord President of the Court of Session in
Scotland, and by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Ireland. (a)
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 2(6). — This Clause was inserted in its present
form by the Appointment of Arbitrators Order, 1918 (St. R. & 0., 1918,.
No 294).
Oils and Fats (Requisition) Order, 1917, as amended. 395
3. No person shall after the date of this Order treat or permit
to be treated any of the said Oils and Fats in such manner as to
render the same unfit or less fit for use in the manufacture of
human or animal Food.
4. All persons concerned shall on or before the 8th January,
1918, furnish to the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace
Chambers, S.W.I, a Return showing: —
(u) The amount of the said Oils and Fats held by them at
the close of business on the 31st December, 1917.
(b) The amount and quality of the said Oils and Fats afloat
and shipped to the United Kingdom to their Order on
the 31st December, 1917.
(c) The amount and quality of the said Oils and Fats
purchased to be shipped to the United Kingdom and
not shipped on the 31st December, 1917.
(d) The quantity sold and unsold in each case, and shall
furnish such other particulars as may from time to
time be required by or under the authority of the
Food Controller.
No return shall be required from any person who at the close of
business on the 31st December, 1917, does not hold more than
five tons of any one variety of the said Oils or Fats. (*)
5. Infringements of this Order are offences against the Defence
of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Oils and Fats (Requisition)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridye,
Second Secretary of the Ministry of Food.
21st December, 1917.
The Schedule.
Castor Oil. Olive Oil.
Coconut Oil. Palm Oil.
Cotton Seed Oil. Palm Kernel Oil.
Gingelly (Sesame) Oil. Poppy Seed Oil.
Ground Nut. Rape Seed Oil.
Hemp Seed Oil. Shea Butter or Oil
Kapok-seed Oil. Soya Bean Oil.
Linseed Oil. Sunflower Seed Oil
Maize Oil. Oleine distilled.
Mowrah-Seed Oil. Stearin? distilled.
Niger Seed Oil. Vegetable Tallow
Neutral Lard.
Oleo Oil.
Premier Jus.
Imported Tallow.
Stearine (Beef and Mutton)
(a) RETURNS.— The Foreign Holdings (Returns) Order, 1918, printed in
Group 7A (p. 217), does not apply to articles in respect of which a return has
been made under this present Order.
396 Refined Vegetable Oils (Requisition) Order, 1917.
THE REFINED VEGETABLE OILS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.
DATED DECEMBER 21, 1917.
1917. No. 1314.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 7
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. The occupier of every factory or workshop engaged either
wholly or partly in applying to any of the oils specified in the
Schedule all or any of the following processes, viz ;
(a) Refining for technical purposes; or
(6) Refining and bleaching for technical purposes ; or
(c) Refining and finishing for common Edible purposes ; or
(d) Refining, deodorising and finishing for fine edible
purposes; or
(e) Pressing and Deodorising to produce technical pressed
oil and fine edible stearine.
shall place at the disposal of the Food Controller the whole of
the Crude Oils and the whole of the Refined and Bleached,
Deodorised, Finished or Pressed Oils or 'Stearine and residues
therefrom which he has in stock at the close of business on the
22nd December, 1917, or which are produced after that day at
such factory or workshop, and shall deliver the same to the Food
Controller or to his Order.
2. Infringements of this Order are offences against the Defence
of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Refined Vegetable Oils
(Requisition) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food
21st December, 1917.
The Schedule.
Coconut Oil.
Cotton Oil.
Gingelly (sesame) Oil
Ground Nut Oil.
Kapokseed Oil.
Linseed Oil.
MaiseOil.
Nigerseed Oil.
Palm Kernel Oil.
Poppy Oil. ^
Rapeseed Oil.
Shea Oil.
Soya Oil.
Sunfiower Oil.
Orders relating to Oils but falling under Other Groups. 397
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (COMMITTEES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED DECEMBER 21, 1917.
[This Order, which relates to Cereals as well as to cattle feeding
cakes, &c., containing oils, is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour
and Cereals"), p. 107.]
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (PRIORITY SUPPLY) ORDER, 1918.
DATED JANUARY 4, 1918.
[This Order, which relates to Cereals as well as to cattle feeding
cakes, &c., containing oils, is printed in Group 3 ("-Bread, Flour
and Cereals "), p. 113.]
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (REQUISITION) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 21, 1918.
[TTiis Order, which relates to Cereals as well as to cattle feeding
cakes, &c., containing oils, is printed in Group 3 ("Bread, Flour
and Cereals "), p. 116.]
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, printed in Group 14 f" Public Meals "), p. 441,
restricts as from February 3rd, 1918, the amount of fats used in
or by any public eating place. For restrictions previously in
force see the now revoked Public Meals Order, 1917, pp. .158-161,.
of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual/']
THE CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (LICENSING) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 29, 1918.
[This Order, which relates to Cereals as well as to cattle feeding
cakes, &c., containing oils, is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour
and Cereals "), p. 120.]
CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED
FEBRUARY 7, 1918.
[That Order, which relates to Cereals as well as to Linseed,
Soya, and other Cakes or Meals, is printed in Group 3 ("Bread,
Flour and Cereals "), p. 128.]
398 Oils and Fats (Restriction} Order, 1918.
THE OILS AND FATS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 23, 1918.
1918. No. 357.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
granted after the date of this Order by or under the authority of
the Food Controller, no person shall after the 20th April, 1918,
use any of the oils or fats mentioned in the schedule hereto or
any mixtures thereof except for the purpose of, or in the manu-
facture of, human or animal food or drink.
2. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence
issued after the date of this Order by or under the authority of
the Food Controller, no person shall after the 20th April, 1918,
treat or cause or permit to be treated any oils or fats mentioned
in the schedule hereto or any mixture thereof in such manner as
to render the same unfit or less fit for human or animal food or
drink or for the manufacture thereof.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Oils and Fats (Restriction)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23id March, 1918.
The Schedule.
Cocoanut Oil. Palm Kernel Oil.
Cotton Seed Oil. Poppy Seed Oil.
Gingelly (Sesame) Oil. Shea Butter or Oil.
Ground ISTut Oil. Soya Bean Oil.
Kapok-seed Oil. Sunflower Seed Oil.
Maize Oil. Neutral Lard.
Mowrah Seed Oil. Oleo Oil.
Ni<rer Seed Oil. Premier Jus.
Tallow.
Stearine (Beef and Mutton).
Dripping.
Lard.
Oil and Fat Compound (Licensing of Manufacturers and Requi-
sition} Order, 1918.
THE OIL AND FAT COMPOUND (LICENSING OF MANUFACTURI-KS AND
REQUISITION) ORDER, 19.18. DATED APRIL 17, 1918.
1918. No. 446.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon iiini by ike Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following Regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Except under and in accordance with the terms of a Licence
issued by or under the authority of the Food Controller no person
shall on or after the 22nd April, 1918, manufacture for sale any
mixture or compound containing any one or more of the Oils
or Fats mentioned in the Schedule hereto, whether hardened
or not.
2. In pursuance of Regulation 7 of the Defence of the Realm
.Regulations, the occupier of every factory or workshop engaged
either wholly or partly in the manufacture of any mixture or
compound (other than Margarine) manufactured either wholly
or partly from any two or more of the Oils and Fats mentioned in
the Schedule hereto, whether hardened or not, shall place at
the disposal of the Food Controller the whole of the resulting
mixture or compound which he has in stock at the close of
business on the 18th April, 1918, or which shall be manufactured
at such factory or workshop on or after the 18th April, 1918,
and shall deliver the same to the Food Controller or to his Order.
3. The occupier of every factory or workshop to which Clause 2
of this Order applies shall on or before the 24th April, 1918,
furnish to the Secretary, Oils and Fats Branch, Ministry of
Food, St. Stephen's House, Westminster, S.W. 1, a Return
showing the amount of all such Mixture or Compound which he
has in stock at the close of business on 18th April, 1918, and
shall furnish such other particulars as may from time to time
be required by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
4. This Order shall not apply to any Mixture or Compound
of the said Oils and Fats which is not manufactured for purposes
of human food.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. This Order may be cited as the Oil and Fat Compound
(Licensing of Manufacturers and Requisition) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H . Beveridgc,
SPCOIH! Secreta^r to the Ministry of Food.
399
Oil and Fat
Compound
manufac-
tured under
licence
Requisition
of certain
Oil and Fat
Compounds.
Returns.
Exceptions.
Penalty.
Title.
17th April, 1918.
400 Oil and Fat Compound (Licensing of Manufacturers and Requi-
sition) Order, 1918.
The Schedule.
VEGETABLE OILS.
Coconut Oil.
Cotton Oil.
Gingelly (Sesame) Oil.
Ground Nut Oil.
Kapokseed Oil.
Linseed Oil.
Maize Oil.
Nigerseed Oil.
Palm Kernel Oil.
Poppy Oil.
Bapeseed Oil.
Shea Oil or Butter.
Soya Oil.
Sunflower Oil.
ANIMAL OILS AND FATS.
Neutral Lard.
Oleo Oil.
Premier Jus.
Tallow (Beef).
,, (Mutton).
Stearine (Beef and Mutton)
Whale Oil.
Lard.
Swedes (Prices) Order, 1917. 401
13. Potatoes and other Vegetables and Roots.(a)
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order No. 2, 1917 p. 430.
Bread (Use of Potatoes) Order, 1918, p. 438.
British Onions Order, 1917,;?. 432.
Mangels and Swedes (Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917, p. 430.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended, p. 405.
General Licence thereunder (Sale by Growers at prices below
Minimum), p. 427.
General Licence thereunder (Sale in United Kingdom of Varie
ties Specified in 01. 10), p. 429.
General Licence thereunder (Non-Returnable Bags outside
Ireland), p. 430.
General Direction thereunder (Invoice by Wholesale Dealers),
p. 431.
General Licence thereunder (Sale in Midlands of Varieties
specified in 01. 10), p. 437.
Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 427.
Potato Bags Order, 1918,;?. 434.
Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918,^.436.
Notice thereunder (Application to South-west England), p. 437.
Potatoes (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918, p. 435.
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1917, p. 418.
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1918, p. 440.
Potatoes (Protection) Order, 1918, p. 438.
Potato (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 439.
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 402.
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 419.
Swedes (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 401.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 427.
THE SWEDES (PRICES) ORDER, 1917. DATED MARCH 21, 1917.
1917. No. 260.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him hy Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that hehalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1- Except under the authority of the Food Controller no Maximum
person shall sell or offer to sell any Swedes or Swedish price for
Turnips at a price (including the cost of bags or
other packages) exceeding the rate of l^d. per lb.(b)
(a) DISEASES OF POTATOES. — An epitome of the Destructive Inseoti and
Pests Acts and of the Orders thereunder will be found in Appendix VI. (5) to
the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual," p. 491.
(to) PRICE IN IRELAND. — A revised price for swedes in Ireland is fixed by
the Mangels and Swedes (Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917, p 430.
402
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties] Order, 1917, as amended.
2. If any person a^ts in contravention of this Order or aids
or abets any other person, in doing anything in con-
travention of this Order, that person is guilty of a
summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations, and if such person is a company every
director and officer of the company is also guilty of
a summary offence against those regulations unless
he proves that the contravention took place without
his knowledge or consent. (a)
3. This Order may be cited as the Swedes (Prices) Order,
1917.
Devonport,*
Food Controller.
21st March, 1917.
Restrictions
on delivery
of certain
immune
varieties of
seed pota-
toes.
THE SEED POTATOES (IMMUNE VARIETIES) ORDER, 1917, DATED
SEPTEMBER 5, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE SEED POTATOES (1917
CROP) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1917.
1917 No. 935 as amended by No. 1155.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) No potatoes of the varieties " King George V.,"
"Great Scot," " Lochar," and "Templar" grown in Scotland
or in England or Wales in the year 1917, may be sold or other-
wise disposed of or moved from the premises on which they were
situate on the 6th September, 1917, except under a licence issued
by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries(b) or by the Board of
Agriculture for Scotland. (c)
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OP COMPANY.— Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offc-nces," p. 433 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual "), which was
added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
(b) BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES. — As to the constitution of this
Board, tec Introductory Note to Part V. of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual," p. 257.
(c) BOARD or AGRICULTURE FOR SCOTLAND. — As to the constitution of this
Board, see Introductory Note to Part VI. of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual," p. 341.
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) Order, 1917, as amended. 403
(6) Contracts existing at the date of this Order for the sale of
any such potatoes shall stand cancelled except so far as relates
to potatoes which are delivered prior to the 6th September, 1917,
or which may be delivered on or after that date under and in
accordance with the terms of any licence that may be granted
under this clause.
(c) The foregoing provisions of this Order shall not affect the
use of any potatoes by the grower thereof in his own household
or as seed for the purpose of his farm or holdings.
2. Clause (1) of this Order shall apply only to potatoes in the
hands of a person who has in his hands upwards of 5 tons of
potatoes of the description mentioned in Clause (1) or who has
under cultivation upwards of a half acre of such potatoes.
3. (a) Every such person as is mentioned in Clause 2 shall Returns,
before the 15th September, 1917, make a return on the form
prescribed in the Schedule, showing the quantity in tons of
potatoes of the descriptions mentioned in clause (1), in his
possession on that day and the acreage which he h&s under
potatoes of such description and the situation of such potatoes
and acreage.
(b) The returns shall be made as to potatoes in England and
Wales to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and as to
potatoes in Scotland to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland.
4. This Order shall not apply in Scotland to potatoes which Riddle,
will pass through a riddle having a mesh of one and a quarter
inches, (a) or in England or Wales to potatoes which will pass
through a riddle having a mesh of one and a quarter inches.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. (a) This Order may be cited as the Seed Potatoes (Immune Title and
Varieties) Order, 1917. «xt?nt of
Order.
(b) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
5th September, 1917.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 4.— This clause is here printed as amended by
Clause 21 (a) of the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917 (p. 424), which
Mibsiituted " 1{ inch " for " 1 inch."
404
Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) Order, 1917, as amended.
The Schedule.
Name (of owner of potatoes)
Address
Nearest Railway Station
PARTICULARS OF POTATOES.
Variety.
* Acreage.
Quantity
(If lifted).
Place where potatoes are situ-
ate. (Address of farm and
name of field if growing or in
pita or address of premises
if stored.)
King George V.
Acres.
Tons. Cwts.
Great Scot.
Lochar.
Templar.
* Where the potatoes are in the ground the acreage alone should be given.
I declare that the particulars given in the Schedule regarding
the potatoes of the above-mentioned varieties in my possession are
to the best of my knowledge and belief accurate.
Signature of Owner
Copies of this form may be obtained on application (1) the
Director-General of Food Production, Food Production Depart-
ment of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 72, Victoria
Street, London, S.W.I., (2) The Secretary, Board of Agricul-
ture for Scotland, 29, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended. 405
THE POTATOES ORDER, 1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 1917, AS
AMENDED BY THE POTATOES (POSTPONEMENT OF DATE) ORDER,
1917, DATED SEPTEMBER 27, 1917, THE SEED POTATOES (1917
CROP) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1917, AND THE
POTATOES (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1918, DATED APRIL 17,
1918.(a)(b)
1917 No. 949 as amended by 1917 Nos. 998 and 1155, and
1918 No. 445.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
PART I. — DEFINITION AND RESTRICTIONS.
1. In this Order: —
A " Wholesale Dealer " means a person for the time being Definitions,
authorised under this Order to sell potatoes by whole-
sale, (c)
A " Retail Dealer " means a person for the time being
authorised under this Order to sell potatoes by retail.
The " Food Committee " means in respect of any area in
Great Britain the Food Control Committee established
for the area pursuant to the Food Control Committee
(Constitution) Order, 1917, (d) and in respect of Ireland
the Food Control Committee appointed for Ireland by the
Food Controller. (e)
(a) MODIFICATIONS OF POTATOES ORDER.— The Potatoes (Postponement of
Date) Order, 1917, varied the dates in Clauses 4, 11 and 12 (a) of the Potatoes
Order which is here printed as thus varied. The Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop)
Order, 1917 (p. 419), makes various modifications in the present Order in its
application to seed potatoes dealt in as for seed besides those specific amendments
which are embodied in the Order as here printed. The Potatoes (Amendment)
Order, 1918, varies the prices and charges for transport, etc.
(b) GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE TO GROWER AND CONTROL OF POTATO
TRADE. — This Order gives effect to the Government guarantee to the grower in
respect of " ware potatoes" sold on and after September 15th, 1917, by prescribing
(Art. 26) a minimum grower's price of £6 a ton. It provides also for control
of the potato trade at all stages by prescribing (Art. 28) a maximum grower's
prices of £6 10.s. Od. per ton, by limiting (Art. 32) the profits of wholesalers and
fixing (Art. 36) a scale of maximum retail prices, and by requiring (Part II.) all
dealers in potatoes whether by wholesale or by retail to be registered. This con-
trol applies in general as from 8th October, 1917. A Notice by the Food
Controller appearing in the Press of September 13th, 1917, states that the
grower's maximum price will hold good until further notice, but will be adjusted
if necessary later in the season to compensate for the wastage and expense
involved in keeping back potatoes that have good lasting quality.
See further as to the Government guarantee the Potatoes Order (No. 2) 1917
(p. 427).
(c) SALE BY WHOLESALE DEALER.— See General Direction of December 24,
1917, as to invoices, p. 431.
(d) FOOP CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printe 1 in Part III of this Manual.
(e) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
406
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
Potatoes
only to be
sold for
human food.
Potatoes to
be sold by
weight.
Potato
dealers to be
registered.
Dealers in
potatoes for
seed to be
specifically
registered.
Retail dealer
only to sell
at -registered
premises.
Minimum
price for
growers.
" Seed Potatoes " means potatoes grown in Scotland or
Ireland in the year 1917, or grown in England or Wales
in the year 1917 from seed grown in Scotland or
Ireland in the year 1916, which will pass through a
riddle having a If inch mesh, and will not pass through
a riddle having a 1J inch mesh.
" Ware Potatoes " means potatoes which will not pass
through a riddle having a If inch mesh.
The expression " his own potatoes " with reference to a
grower of potatoes means the potatoes grown by such
grower.
2. Ware potatoes which are fit for human food shall not be sold
or offered for sale or bought for any purpose except for seed or
for human food.
3. Except where a grower is selling under the authority of
clause 44 of this Order no person shall on or after the
15th September, 1917, sell or buy potatoes otherwise than by
weight.
4. Except a grower selling his own potatoes no person shall
after the 7th October, 1917, sell potatoes by wholesale either
on his own account or as agent on commission unless
he is entitled to and has applied for registration as a wholesale
dealer, or by retail unless he is entitled to and has applied for
registration as a retail dealer under part II of this Order, and
except a grower selling his own potatoes, no person shall after
the 31st October, 1917, sell potatoes by wholesale either on his
own account or as agent on commission unless he holds a
certificate of registration as a wholesale dealer under part II
of this Order for the time being in force or by retail unless he
holds a certificate of registration as a retail dealer under part II
of this Order for the time being in force. Provided that this
clause shall not prevent n wholesale dealer from selling direct
to consumers in quantities of not less than 1 cwt.
5. No person other than the grower thereof shall on or after
the 15th September, 1917, sell potatoes as or for seed unless he
holds a certificate of registration as a dealer in potatoes for seed
under part II of this Order.
6. After the 31st October, 1917, a retail dealer (unless
registered as a hawker or costermonger) shall not sell potatoes by
retail except at a place in respect of which he holds a certificate of
registration as a retail dealer, but this shall not prevent a retail
denier from selling from his cart in the ordinary course of his
business. A retail dealer registered as a hawker or costermonger
shall sell only from his cart stall or barrow and at such other
place if any as may be named in his certificate.
7. A "grower of potatoes shall not on or after the 15th
September, 1917, sell or offer for sale his own potatoes (beinpr
sound marketable ware potatoes of the 1917 crop) at a price
below the lowest or minimum price fixed by Part III. of this
Order, and no person shall on or after the same date buy or offer
to buy any such potatoes from the grower at a price below the
Potatoes Order, 19.17, as amended.
407
same price ; (a) provided that this clause shall not apply to sales
in quantities of less than 1 cwt.(b)
8. A grower or retail dealer shall not on or after the
15th September, 1917, directly or indirectly sell or offer or expose
for sale any potatoes of the 1917 crop (other than potatoes to
which the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, applies
at prices above the maximum prices authorised by Part 111. of
this Order in relation to sales by growers and retailers respec-
tively, except for actual delivery before the 1st October, and
a wholesale dealer shall not sell or offer to sell any such potatoes
at such a price as to infringe the provisions of Part III. of this
Order restricting the profits of wholesale dealers.
9. No potatoes shall after the 30th September, 1917, pass
through the hands of more than two wholesale dealers between
the grower and the retail dealer, and, accordingly, all persons
concerned shall on and after the 1st October, 1917, observe the
rules in relation to wholesale dealings contained in the First
Schedule to this Order.
10. On and after the 1st October, 1917, and until further
notice from the Food Controller, no sound marketable ware
potatoes of the following varieties shall be ^old or otherwise
dealt with (except by the grower for his own consumption)
without the licence of the Food Controller, (c) namely: — " King
Edward," " Arran Chief," "Langworthy/' "What's
Wanted," and " Golden Wonder," and every p-rower shall
comply with any general or special direction lhat may be
issued by or on behalf of the Food Controller prohibiting
the removal of sound marketable ware potatoes of any other
variety from the premises of the grower. The prohibition
contained in this clause shall not apply to potatoes qrown by a
grower whose whole acreage of potatoes of all varieties in 1917
has not exceeded one acre.(d)
PART II. — REGISTRATION.
11. Every person who or whose predecessor in business was on
the 1st January, 1916, and now is dealing in potatoes by whole-
sale as a regular part of his business shall be entitled, on making
application pursuant to this Order on or before the 8th October,
1917, to receive a certificate of registration as a wholesale
dealer in potatoes.
12. (a) Every person who or whose predecessor in business was
on the 1st January, 1916, and who now is dealing in potatoes by
retail as a regular part of hi? Business shall be entitled, on making
application pursuant to this Order on or before the 8th October,
1917,(c) to receive a certificate or certificates of registration as a
(a) SALES BV GROWERS AT PRICKS BELOW MINIMUM. — See General Licence
of November 17th, 1917, p. 427.
(b) SEEP POTATOES " FOI; SEED." — As to such potatoes see Clause 16 (a) of
the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, p. 423.
(c) LICENCES' OF FOOD CONTROLLER. — See General Licences of November
23rd, 1917 (p. 429), and February llth, 1918 (p. 437), authorising sales of and
dealings in these varieties.
(d) APPLICATION OF CLAUSE ! 0 TO SEED POTATOES.— This Clause ceased as
from Nov. 12th to apply to seed potatoes of the varieties mentioned if sold as or for
seed. See Clause 16 (V) of the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917 (p. 423),
Maximum
prices on all
sales.
Limiting of
wholesale
transactions.
Restriction
on the sale
of certain
varieties.
Persons
entitled to
registration
as wholesale
dealers.
Persons
entitled to
registration
as retail
dealers.
408
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
retail dealer in potatoes in respect of the premises at which at
the date of this Order he is carrying on such business or as a
hawker or costermonger as the case may be.
(6) A retail dealer who carries on his business (including the
selling of potatoes by retail) at more than one shop or place shall
be entitled on making tho proper applications to receive a
separate certificate of registration in respect of each such shop
or place. Sales in quantities of 1 cwt. and upwards direct to
consumers by a person whose business is substantially wholesale
shall not for the purposes of this clause be deemed to be sales
by retail.
(c) A hawker or costermonger shall be so described in his
certificate.
Grounds for 13. The Food Committee shall not refuse a certificate of regis-
ref using tration applied for by a person entitled to receive the same
registration. un(jer the foregoing provisions except with the consent of the
Food Controller and in circumstances in which the Food Com-
mittee might have revoked the certificate if it had been already
granted. Upon the refusal of a certificate the applicant's title
(if any) shall cease.
Registration 14. Any applicant for registration whether as a wholesale or
of dealers in as a retail dealer may include in his application an application
866(1 for registration as a dealer in seed potatoes and any application
for registration may be made in respect of seed potatoes only, but
the Food Committees shall have full discretion as to granting
or refusing every such application and any certificate of registra-
tion granted in respect of seed potatoes may so far as it relates to
seed potatoes be revoked by the Food Committee at any time at
its discretion and shall be revoked if the Food Controller so
directs.
Power to
grant new
certificates.
Manner of
application
for
certificate.
15. The Food Committee for any area or the Food Committee
in Ireland, may in any case in which in their opinion it
is desirable so to do in the interest of the public within their
area with the consent of the Food Controller grant to any other
person a certificate of registration either as a wholesale dealer
or as a retail dealer in respect of any premises within their area
or as a costermonger or hawker and unless they see any good
reason to the contrary they shall without any such consent grant
an appropriate certificate to every applicant who has served in
the Forces of the Crown during the present war and before so
serving was carrying on business as a wholesale or retail potato
dealer within their area.
16. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller and
every applicant shall furnish upon such form a true -statement of
the particulars required for completing the form which statement
shall be signed by the applicant or his duly authorised agent.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended. 409
17. Every application in Great Britain shall in the case of a Application
wholesale dealer be made to the Food Committee for the area to be
in which his only or principal place of business at the date of J^
this Order is situated and in the case of a retail dealer (other for the
than a hawker or costerrnonger) to the Food Committee for the proper areas,
area in which his premises are situated at the date of this Order
(in cases where the retail dealer is applying in respect of
premises situated in more than one area separate applications
being made in each area in respect of the premises situated
therein) and in the case of a hawker or costermonger to the Food
Committee for the area in which he resides at the time of such
application. In Ireland every application shall be made to the
Food Committee as that Committee may direct.
18. A person duly entitled may receive certificates of registra- Registration
tion both as a wholesale dealer and as a retail dealer on making as wholesaler
due application in both capacities.
19. A grower of potatoes shall not be entitled to receive a Registration
certificate of registration merely by reason of his having sold hie of |rower
own potatoes whether by wholesale or by retail but he shall be a
qualified to receive appropriate certificates if on the 1st January,
1916, he or his predecessor was and he now is as a regular part
of his business dealing in potatoes other than those grown by him.
20. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Food Controller. • certificate.
21. The Food Committee may with the consent of the Food Revocation
Controller revoke any certificate of registration if they are satis- °ft^rtlfi~
fied that any of the provisions of this Order or regulation or
direction made or given by or under the authority of the Food
Controller relating to potatoes has not been observed by the
holder of such certificate or any of his servants or agents, and
shall revoke such certificate if required so to do by the Food
Controller.
22. The Food Committee shall keep a register of the persons Register of
to whom, and the premises in respect of which certificates of certificates,
registration have been granted under this Order.
•23. In the event of the transfer of any business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event business,
of the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall
be lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate, on making an application for a certifi-
cate of registration, to sell and deal in potatoes from the date
of such application until the decision thereon is intimated by
the Food Controller, in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled to deal
by virtue thereof.
24. The holder of any certificate of registration, his servants Information
and agents, shall give to the Food Committee such information,
reports and returns relating to his stocks of potatoes and dealings
in potatoes as the Food Controller or Food Committee may from
time to time require, and shall produce all books, documents and
accounts relating thereto for inspection on lawful demand.
410
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
Preservation
and pro-
duction of
certificates.
Minimuni
price for
growers.
Separation
of ware
potatoes'.
Maximum
prices for
growers.
Basis of
prices and
adjustments
where the
basis is
varied.
Purchaser
may supply
labour or
transport.
25. Every certificate of registration as a wholesale dealer shall
be kept by the holder at his only or principal place of business,
and every certificate of registration of a retail dealer shall be kept
at the premises to which the same relates, or in the case of a
hawker or costermonger shall be carried with him wherever
engaged in selling potatoes, and every certificate shall be pro-
duced by the holder on lawful demand.
PART III. — PRICES.
26. The lowest or minimum price at which potatoes of the
1917 crop (being sound marketable ware potatoes) may be
sold by the grower thereof on or after the 15th September, 1917,
shall be £6 per ton, but this provision shall not apply upon a sale
of any quantities of less than 1 cwt.
27. As respects every sound crop of potatoes, the grower shall
cause the ware potatoes to be dressed out so that they may be
sold separately at not less than the authorised lowest price.
28. (a) The highest or maximum prices at which potatoes of the
1917 crop (other than seed potatoes sold as or for seed) may be
sold by the grower thereof shall be as follows : —
£ s.
6 10
d.
o
(a) for potatoes delivered prior to 15th April, 1918
(6) for potatoes delivered between 15th April, 1918,
and 14th May, 1918, inclusive 7 0 0
(c) for potatoes delivered after 14th May, J 918 ... 7 10 0
Except that a grower of potatoes may sell quantities of less
than 1 cwt. to consumers at a price not exceeding Id. per Ib.
29. The foregoing minimum and maximum prices are fixed on
the basis (i) that the potatoes are either loaded by the seller into
trucks at the seller's railway station, or (at the buyer's option)
into a ship or barge not less convenient to the seller than the
seller's railway station, (ii) that bags (if required) are supplied
by the buyer, and (iii) that no commission is paid. If the
potatoes are delivered otherwise than as above, a corresponding
variation shall be made in the price and in particular if bags are
supplied by the grower, the above-mentioned minimum and
maximum prices shall each be increased by a sum of 5$.,
whether the bags are returnable or not, and if any commission
is paid by the grower to a wholesale dealer not exceeding the rate
authorised by Clause 32 the minimum and maximum prices shall
each be increased by the amount of the commission.
30. Upon a sale of his own potatoes by a grower, it may be
made a condition of the sale that the buyer supplies any labour
required for lifting or otherwise handling' the potatoes, or under-
taking the carriage of the potatoes from the seller's premises to
station, ship, barge or other place of delivery. Provided that
by the contract of sale a fair value is placed upon the services
so agreed to be rendered by the buyer, and in any such case the
value so agreed shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order,
to form part of the price paid by the buyer for the potatoes.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 28.— By the Potatoes (Amendment) Order,
1918 (St. "R. & 0., 1918, No. 445) a new Clause 28 was substituted.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
411
31. The foregoing provisions in relation to sales by a grower Special pro-
are subject to the special provisions contained in the First visions where
Schedule hereto in case where the grower is also a wholesale
dealer, and such provisions shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned accordingly.
32. (a) No wholesale dealer shall, in the week ending 6th Limitation
October, 1917, or in any succeeding week sell potatoes, other °n wholesale
than potatoes to which the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, ^over
1917, applies, except at such prices as secure that the each week
aggregate of the prices charged for potatoes so sold during the and on corn-
week in question does not exceed the cost to him of such potatoes missions.
by more than an amount representing 7*. 6d. for every ton of
potatoes so sold.
(6) No wholesale dealer shall after the 30th September, 1917,
sell potatoes other than seed potatoes as agent on commission at a
commission exceeding Is. 6d. per ton.
33. The cost of potatoes to a wholesale dealer for the purpose Reckoning
of the preceding clause shall be reckoned as including the follow- of cost to a
ing items and no more, viz. : — dealer
(a) The price actually paid or payable or by virtue of clause
30 deemed to have been paid by him for the potatoes,
including the authorised charge for bags where the
potatoes are bought by him already bagged.
(b) A sum not exceeding 5s. per ton for bags where the
potatoes are bought by him unbagged and bags
(whether returnable -or not) are supplied by him;
(c) Any reasonable costs of transportation (including marine
insurance) or cartage borne by him in respect of
the potatoes; and
(d) Any market charges or port dues paid or payable by him
in respect of the potatoes.
34. Every wholesale dealer shall keep accurate records con- Records,
taining such particulars as may be necessary for showing whether
or not he is complying with the foregoing provisions of this Order
and shall make such returns as to his wholesale trade in potatoes
as may from time to time be required by the Food Controller or by
the Food Committee for any area in which he has a place of
business. All such records and relevant documents shall be
produced by the dealer on lawful demand.
35. Where a wholesale dealer carries on business in different Branch
places the requirements of clauses 32 and 34 of this Order shall businesses to
be satisfied in respect of the transactions at each of his places of observe
business separately.
36. The highest or maximum prices which may be charged by Retailer to
a retail dealer on a sale of potatoes shall (except as may be other- observe
wise determined for any area by the Food Committee) vary ™**J™^r
according to the prices actually paid for the potatoes by the retail fngCt0dC<
dealer and shall be in accordance with the scale set out in the schedule.
412
Potatoes Order, 19.17, as amended.
Reckoning
of retailer's
cost prices.
Retailer's
charge for
delivery.
Second Schedule hereto, provided that this clause shall not apply
to potatoes to which the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917,
applies by a dealer authorised to deal in seed potatoes.
37. The cost of potatoes to a retail dealer for the purpose of the
preceding clause shall be reckoned as including the following
items and no more, viz. : —
(a) The actual price paid for the potatoes by the retail dealer ;
(fe)(a) The amount actually paid or payable by the retailer
for carriage and port-era ge to his shop except any
amount included under sub-clause (a) of this clause.
58. A retail dealer if he is ready and willing to sell potatoes
over the counter at prices not exceeding the maximum prices
applicable under this Order may in addition to the foregoing
prices make such charges as may be agreed between him and the
purchaser, for the delivery of potatoes ordered for delivery at the
purchaser's premises, not exceeding 2d. for any quantity not
exceeding one stone with a further penny for each further half
stone or part of a half stone so delivered, such payment to cover
any charge for giving the usual credit in respect of the sale.
Maximum 39. Where potatoes of which the cost to the retailer is differ-
Prices wnere ent are mixed for sale the scale of maximum prices for the
mixture shall be the scale applicable to the potatoes the cost of
which is lowest.
Prices to be 40. Every retail dealer shall so long as he shall have any
displayed by potatoes on sale display prominently at the shop or other place of
sale (including his cart, stall or barrow if he is a hawker or coster-
monger) a statement or statements showing the prices at which he
is selling the potatoes at such shop or place, and when he is selling
different potatoes at different prices the statement or statements
shall be in such a form or shall be so displayed as to show clearly
which are the prices for each lot.
Retail dealer
to keep
records.
41. Every retail dealer shall keep an account in which he shall
regularly and punctually and at the earliest practicable time
enter the particulars of all his purchases of potatoes showing the
description of potatoes purchased, the quantity purchased, the
price paid or payable for the potatoes, and all sums (if any) paid
or payable for the carriage of the potatoes, and he shall in the
same account enter the prices per stone, per half stone, and per
Ib. at which he has sold the potatoes or is offering them for sale,
and he shall preserve for not less than three months all invoices,
bills, receipts, and other documents relating to his purchases of
potatoes, and he shall on lawful demand produce such account
and all such invoices, bills, receipts, and other documents for
inspection, and point out which entries in his account and which
of the invoices, bills, receipts, or other documents relate to the
potatoes which he has on sale at the time of the demand, and
give such other information as to his dealings in potatoes as the
person making such demand shall reasonablv renuire.
(a) AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 37 (6).— By the Potatoes (Amendment) Order,
1918 (St. R. & O., 1918, No. 445), and new Clause 37 (&) was subsituted.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended. 413
42. A Food Committee may from time to time by resolution Committee
vary the scheduled scale of maximum prices for potatoes sold by may vary
retail within their area or any part of such area or fix a standard a^Sndarc^
maximum price for all kinds of potatoes or standard maximum maximum,
prices for sound and damaged or undersized potatoes or for
different qualities of potatoes, but —
(a) every such resolution shall be reported to the Food Con-
troller within seven days, and shall not take effect (i)
in the case of a resolution reducing any scheduled
maximum price until three days after it shall have
been so reported or such later time as the Food Con-
troller may direct, and (ii) in the case of a resolution
increasing a scheduled maximum price or fixing any
standard prices until the same has been sanctioned
by the Food Controller; and
(b) every resolution of a Food Committee under this clause
shall be subject at any time to review by the Food
Controller, and shall be withdrawn or varied as he
may direct.
43. Wherever upon any sale of potatoes the seller supplies and Deposit on
is entitled to charge for bags, he may, if the bags are of such bags,
quality and in such condition as to be' reasonably capable of
being used again, require a deposit to be paid by the buyer of
not exceeding Is. Qd. for each bag, in addition to the sum charged
for, the use of the bag, which deposit shall be refunded
upon the return of the bag in such condition as is reasonable
having regard to its condition when supplied and to ordinary
wear and tear in use. Where a buyer is a wholesale dealer he
may on re-sale of the potatoes require the amount, if any, of the
deposit paid in relation thereto to be re-imbursed to him by the
buyer of the potatoes, who shall in that event have the like right
as his vendor would have had to repayment of the deposit upon
a return of the bags. (a)
44. A grower may sell his potatoes in the ground by auction or Sales in the
otherwise to a wholesale dealer but in every such case the buyer ground.
of the potatoes so sold shall be deemed for all the purposes of
this Order to be the grower thereof and the terms of this Order
shall apply to any such potatoes subject to the following varia-
tions namely : —
(a) the minimum price upon subsequent sales by the person
who is deemed to be the grower shall be £6 7*.' 6d, per
ton in lieu of £6 per ton(b) ; and
(6) on every sale of such potatoes by him he shall be deemed
to sell as a wholesale dealer and not as grower.
(a) NON-RETURNABLE BAGS OUTSIDE IRELAND.— Sec General Licence of
December 11, 1917, p. 430.
(b) SEED POTATOES " FOR SEED."— As to application of Clauses 44(a), 45, 46
to such potatoes, see Clause 16 (a), (b). of the Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order,
1917 (p. 423).
414
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
Undersized
or damaged
potatoes to
be so
described on
all sales.
No other
potatoes to
be mixed
with sound
marketable
ware
potatoes.
Accommoda -
tion sales.
Minimum
prices not to
be evaded.
PART IV. — SUBSIDIARY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
45. Whenever potatoes which are not sound marketable ware-
potatoes are sold by or on behalf of a grower at prices less than
the minimum price for sound marketable ware potatoes the
potatoes so sold shall be expressly sold and invoiced as " under-
sized potatoes" or as "damaged potatoes" or as "undersized
and damaged potatoes " with the addition (if the parties think
proper) of any further particulars of the damage and any such
potatoes shall not be sold either by a wholesale dealer or by a
retail dealer except under the same description with or without
any such addition as aforesaid and any retail dealer who exposes
any such potatoes for sale shall show by a notice prominently
displayed in connection with such potatoes the description of such
potatoes as above. (a)
46. No potatoes which are not sound marketable ware potatoes
shall be mixed by any grower or wholesale or retail dealer with
any potatoes which are sound marketable ware potatoes. (a)
47. Nothing contained in this Order or either of the Schedules
to this Order shall prevent accommodation sales from one retail
dealer to another retail dealer but the purchasing dealer shall not
sell potatoes so purchased by him at prices higher than those at
which the selling dealer might have sold them and the purchasing
dealer shall upon every such accommodation sale take from the
selling dealer a note of the transaction showing the scale of
highest prices at which the selling dealer might have sold.
48. A grower of potatoes shall not knowingly deliver to the
purchaser thereof in connection with any sale of potatoes or to
any other person for the use or benefit of the purchaser or by his
directions, a greater quantity of potatoes than the quantity paid
or agreed to be paid for by the purchaser or agree to give more
than the usual credit or make or agree to make any remission or
rebate, or return of purchase money or pay or offer to pay any
commission or make or offer to make any gift in money or in
kind unless, after deduction of the amount or value of the rebate
commission or gift, the purchase price paid upon such sale
amounts to or exceeds the appropriate minimum price according
to the foregoing provisions; and no person ehall propose to a
grower of potatoes, or invite him to do any act or thing which
would constitute an infringement of this Clause.
48A. On every sale of potatoes, except to consumers the seller
shall after the 30th April, 1918, furnish the buyer with accounts,
invoices or receipts giving full particulars of the quantities sold
and the prices paid or payable. (b)
(a) SEED POTATOES " FOR SEED."— As to application of Clauses 44(a),45, 46
to such potatoes, see Clause 16 (a), (6), of the Seed Potatoes (1907 Crop) Order,
1917 (p. 423).
(b) INSERTION OF CLAUSE 48A.— By the Potatoes (Amendment) Order, 1918
(St. R. & 0., 1918, No. 445), a new Clause 48A was added to this Order.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
415
49. No person shall, in connection with the sale or disposal
or proposed sale or disposal of any potatoes, enter or offer to
enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction, or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
50. Whenever in this Order or any Schedule hereto any person
is required to produce any documents or class of documents, or
give any information on lawful demand, lie shall produce or
give the same at all reasonable times and places on demand of
any officer or constable of police, or any person authorised by the
Food Controller or Food Committee to make such demand either
particularly or as holding- any office or position, and either gene-
rally or in the particular case.
51. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
52. Nothing contained in this Order shall prejudice or affect
any contract entered into before the date of this Order for the
sale of potatoes not being potatoes of the 1917 main crop
varieties.
53. This Order shall not apply to cooked, dried or evaporated
potatoes.
54. (a) This Order is without prejudice to the Seed Potatoes
(Immune Varieties) Order, 1917. (a)
(b) The Potatoes 1916 Main Crop (Prices) Order (No. 2),
1917,(b) and the 1917 Crop (Restriction) Order, 1917,(c) so far as
not already revoked are hereby revoked without prejudice to any
proceedings in respect of any contravention thereof.
55. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes Order, 1917.
13th September, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller,
First Schedule.
Fictitious
transactions.
Meaning of
" lawful de-
mand."
Penalties.
Saving of
existing con-
tracts for the
sale of early
potatoes.
Cooked
or dried
potatoes.
Saving and
revocation.
Short Title.
Definitions.
Rules for restricting wholesale dealings and adjusting the terras
of the Order to the case of wholesale dealers who are also
growers or retail dealers.
1. In this Schedule: —
" Grower-dealer " means a grower of potatoes who is also a
wholesale dealer.
* Wholesale and Retail Dealer " means a person who is a
wholesale dealer and also a retail dealer.
2. A wholesale dealer shall not re-sell to or through the agency No sale to a
of another wholesale dealer (whether or not such other dealer is third whole-
also a retail dealer) any potatoes which he has himself bought 8ale dealer-
or agreed to buy from a wholesale dealer or from a grower-dealer
(a) SEED POTATOES (IMMUNE VARIETIES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 402.
(b) POTATOES 1916 MAIN CROP (PRICES) ORDER (No. 2) 1917. -That Order
is printed at p. 74 of the May, 1917, Edit, of the " Food Supply Manual."
(c) 1917 CROP (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order was revoked
except as to Potatoes by Art. 15 of Grain (Prices) Order 1917, p. 89.
416
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
Dealers to
keep separate
the potatoes
which they
may not re-
sell to whole-
sale dealers.
Wholesale
and retail
dealer's
purchases
for retail
account.
Wholesale
and retail
dealer may
sell from
wholesale
to retail
department.
Grrower-
dealer may
sell as grower
or as dealer.
Sales as
grower.
Sales by a
grower-
dealer as
dealer.
selling either as a wholesale dealer or through a wholesale dealer
on commission.
3. Every wholesale dealer shall keep the potatoes which he is
at liberty to re-sell to a wholesale dealer separate from those which
he is not at liberty so to re-sell, and shall keep separate accounts
in relation to the two classes of potatoes, and shall cause his
accounts to be kept in such a form as to show clearly from which
class the potatoes delivered upon each sale made by him have
been taken.
4. A wholesale and retail dealer may as respects any potatoes
bought by him treat the purchase (and enter the same in his
books) as made by him for the account of his retail trade, or
transfer any part of a purchase at cost price to the account of
his retail trade. In every such case the potatoes so dealt with
shall be disregarded in applying the provisions of clause 32 of
this Order, and the transaction shall be dealt with in the account
relating to the dealer's retail trade as if he had not been also a
wholesale dealer.
5. A wholesale and retail dealer may also and in the alterna-
tive treat any potatoes as sold by his wholesale business or
department to his retail business or department at any price
and on any terms which would have been permissible under this
Order as between him and a retail dealer buying such potatoes
from him and in that case: —
(a) In the application of clauses 32 and 34 of this Order the
potatoes shall be treated as having been sold by the
dealer at that price and on those terms in the course of
his wholesale business; and
(b) in determining the maximum prices that may be charged
for the potatoes on the sale thereof by retail such
potatoes shall be treated as having been purchased
by the dealer at that price and on those terms in the
course of his retail business.
6. A grower-dealer may sell his own potatoes either as a grower
or as a wholesale dealer, but he shall be deemed to sell as whole-
sale dealer unless he expressly sells as the grower.
7. Where a grower-dealer sells his own potatoes as grower the
sale shall be subject to the provisions applicable under this Order
to a sale by a grower.
8. Where a grower-dealer sells his own potatoes as a whole-
sale dealer the sale shall be subject as respects price and condi-
tions of sale to the provisions applicable under this Order to a
sale by a grower except that the maximum price shall be
increased by the sum of 7s. Qd. per ton and by any reasonable
costs of transportation (including marine insurance) or cartage,
and the amount of the market charges and port dues (if any)
incurred by the vendor in relation to the potatoes sold over and
above the charges which would have been included in the
maximum prices applicable if the sale had been made by him as
grower.
Potatoes Order, 1917, as amended.
417
9. Sales of his own potatoes made by a grower-dealer as a
wholesale dealer shall in his account be kept separate from any
other sales made by him, and shall not be taken into account for
the purpose of clause 32 of this Order.
10. For the purpose of this Schedule every sale of potatoes in
excess of one ton to a single purchaser not being a public institu-
tion or body or otherwise known to be a large consumer shall be
deemed to be a sale to a wholesale dealer unless it is proved that
in fact —
(a) the purchaser is not a wholesale dealer; and
(b) the purchaser is either a retail dealer or purchases the
potatoes for his own consumption.
Second Schedule.
SCALE OF MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES.
Grower-
dealer to
keep separate
accounts of
dealings in
his own
potatoes.
Onus of
proof in the
case of
large sales.
Highest authorised retail gelling price
over the counter.
Rate per
Retailer'* buying price per cwt. for potatoes
delivered at the place at which he ordinarily
takes delivery
Rate per
stone of
14 Ibs. for
potatoes sold
in lots of
half stone of
7 Ibs. for
potatoes Bold
in lots of
7 Ibs. or
Rate per
Ib. for
lots of
less than
14 Ibs. or
upwards.
upwards,
but less than
4 stone.
14 Ibs.
s. d.
d.
d.
Any price up to and including 3s. 3d.
Exceeding 3s. 3d. but not exceeding 3s. Id.
3s. Id. „ 3s. lid.
0 7
0 74)
0 8 J
4 "
4
3s. lid. „
4s. 2d.
0 84
f"
4». 2d.
4s. Qd.
0 9
t
4*. Qd.
4s. 9d.
0 94
5"
5s. Id.
0 10
J
5s. Id.
5a. 4d.
0 104
5s. 4d.
5s. Sd.
0 11
oi
5s. Sd.
5s. lid.
0 114)
5s. lid.
Qs. 3d.
1 0 |
Qs. 3d.
Qs. Id.
1 04
*
Qs. Id.
6.9. lid.
1 1
o4
Qs. lid.
Is. 2<7.
1 14
Is. 2d.
7s. Qd.
1 2
•j
Is. Qd.
.
7s. IQd. I 24
T 1 "\
7s. IQd.
8s. Id. I 3
7J
St. Id.
Ss. 5d. 1 34
8s. 5d.
8s. Sd. I 4
*
Ss. Sd.
,
9s. Qd. I 44
8i
9s Qd
1 5
05 j
NOTE. — The grower's minimum price for sound marketable ware potatoes
being £6 per ton the maximum retail prices below Is. per stone will apply only
to damaged or undersized potatoes.
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418
Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1917.
THE POTATOES (GROWERS' EETURNS) ORDER, 1917.
OCTOBER 30, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1101.
DATED
Monthly
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by regulation
2a of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby
orders as follows : —
1. All growers of potatoes shall within eight days from the
first day of each month beginning with the month of November,
returns as to 1917, furnish monthly returns of :
potatoes.
Completion
of return.
Exception.
Penalty.
(a) Estimated quantity of potatoes in his possession on the
first day of the month in which the return falls to be
made;
(b) Quantity of potatoes consumed or delivered in the pre-
ceding month ; and
(c) Such other particulars as may be necessary to complete
the prescribed forms of return :
Except that t/ie return to be inade as respects Ireland in the
month of November, 1917, shall state the quantity of potatoes
in the possession of the grower on the 8th November, 1917, instead
of the 1st November, 1917, and may be furnished at any time
before the 16th November, 1917.
The last return shall be made in respect of the month of May,
2. The returns shall be made on the forms prescribed by the
Food Controller. The appropriate forms of return may be
obtained from and when completed are to be returned to or in
accordance with the directions of the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries, London, S.W.I, as respects England and Wales, the
Board of Agriculture .for Scotland, Edinburgh, as respects Scot-
land, and the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruc-
tion for Ireland, Dublin, as respects Ireland. (b)
3. A grower shall not be required to make a return under this
Ord-r—
(a) as respects potatoes grown in Wales or Monmouthshire
if his total acreage there under potatoes in the year
1917 was less than two acres: or
(b) as respects potatoes grown in the rest of Great Britain
if his total acreage there under potatoes in the year
1917 was less than five acres; or
(c) as respects potatoes grown in Ireland if his total acreage
there under potatoes in the year 1917 was less than
one acre.
4. Failure to make a return or the making of a false return
is a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions.
(a) DURATION OF ORDER —This Order expires in June, 1918. The Potatoes
Growers' (Returns) Order, 1918 (p. 440), provides for a return as to potato crops
in O-reat Britain.
(b) AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS.— As to the constitution of the three
Agricultural Departments «ee the Introductory Notes to Part Y (England and
Wales), p. 2^8, Part VT (Scotland), p. 342, and Part VII (Ireland), p. 380, of
the *' Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended.
5. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Title.
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
419
30th October, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
Application
of this
Order.
THE SEED POTATOES (1917 CROP) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER
12, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE SEED POTATOES (1917 CROP)
ORDER, 1918, (a) DATED FEBRUARY 4, 1918.
1917 No. 1155, as amended by 1918 No. 138.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. The provisions of this Order shall apply only to seed pota-
toes dealt in as or for seed. All other dealings in potatoes shall
be subject to the provisions of the Potatoes Order, 1917. (b)
2. For the purposes ot this Order the following expressions Definitions,
shall except where the context otherwise requires have the
following meanings: —
" A Wholesale Seed Dealer " means a person for the time
being authorised under the Potatoes Order, 1917, to sell
potatoes as or for seed by wholesale.
" A Retail Seed Dealer " means a person for the time being
authorised under the Potatoes Order, 1917, to sell
potatoes as or for seed by retail.
'' His Own Potatoes," with reference to a grower of potatoes
means the potatoes grown by such grower.
"Seed Potatoes" means potatoes of the classes hereinafter
mentioned and potatoes which under this Order are
deemed to be seed potatoes.
" Class I." t^liall mean potatoes of the variety Arran Chief
grown in Scotland or Ireland in the year 1917 which
will pass through a riddle having a 2J-inch mesh and
will not pass through a riddle having a IJ-inch mesh,
and potatoes of any other variety grown in Scotland or
Ireland in the year 1917 which will pass through a
riddle having a 2-inch mesh and will not pass through
a riddle having a 1^-inch mesh.
" Class II." shall mean potatoes grown in England or Wales
in the year 1917 from seed grown in Scotland or Ireland
in the year 1916 which will pass through a riddle having
a 2-inch mesh and will not pass through a riddle having
a IJ-inch mesh.
(a) SEED POTATOES (1917 CHOP) ORDER, 1918.— This amending Ordov
prescribed a new class (IV) of potatoes controlled by the principal Order.
(b) POTATOES ORDER. 1917. — That Order is printed p. 405.
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420
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended.
"Class III." shall mean potatoes grown in England or
Wrales in the year 1917 from seed grown in England or
Wales in the year 1916 (such seed having been obtained
from seed grown in Scotland or Ireland in the year 1915)
which will pass through a riddle having a l}-inch mesh,
and will not pass through a riddle having a IJ-inch
mesh.
" Class IV." shall mean potatoes of the varieties " Hyatt's
Ashleaf Kidney," "Duke of York," "Sharp's Ex-
press," "Eclipse/' "British Queen," " Eoyal
Kidney," and "King Edward" grown in England or
Wales in the year 1917, other than potatoes belonging
to Class III. which will pass through a riddle of If inch
mesh, and will not pass through a riddle of 1J inch
mesh, (a)
Certain 3. — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Potatoes Order,
bersold6foTy 1917' P°tatoes of th<? varieties named in the First Schedule and
seed as °^ ^e firs^ four varieties named in the Second Schedule respec-
grown. tiveiy grown as mentioned in the definitions of Class I., Class II.,
Class III. and Class IV., and potatoes of the varieties Evergood
and Queen Mary grown in Scotland or Ireland in the year 1917,
may be sold " as grown " by the grower thereof, as or for seed :
Provided that there shall be removed all large potatoes and all
such potatoes as will pass through a riddle having a IJ-inch mesh.
(b) Where any such potatoes are or have been sold " as
grown " as or for seed, such potatoes shall for all purposes be
deemed to be seed potatoes and the class of such potatoes shall
be determined in accordance with the definitions contained in
Clause 2 of this Order except so far as such definitions relate to
riddles.
Maximum
prices on
sales of seed
potatoes as
or for seed.
Maximum
price for
sales of seed
potatoes
specified in
Schedule 1.
Grower's
maximum
price for
other seed
potatoes.
4. Except where seed potatoes are sold as or for seed for export,
a person shall not directly or indirectly sell or offer or expose for
sale or buy or agree to buy any seed potatoes at prices above the
maximum prices permitted by this Order.
5. The price which may be charged on any sale as or for seed of
seed potatoes of any of the varieties mentioned in the First
Schedule shall not exceed the maximum price applicable under
such Schedule according to the variety and class of potatoes sold.
6. The price which may be charged on a sale as or for seed of
seed potatoes of the varieties referred to in the Second Schedule
by the grower of the potatoes sold shall not exceed £6 10*, per
ton together with the addition of the sum (if any) mentioned in
the Second Schedule applicable according to the variety and
class of seed potatoes sold ; except that where a grower sells
quantities of 1 cwt. or less of his own seed potatoes of these
varieties to persons buying for planting the price shall not exceed
1$. 3d. per stone and such charges may be made for delivery as
may under this Order be made by a retail seed dealer.
(a) AMENDMENT or CLAUSES 2 AND 3.— The Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop)
Prices Order, 1918, added the provisions as to potatoes of Class IV.
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended. 421
7. The maximum prices applicable under the last clause are Basis of
fixed on the basis (i) that the potatoes are either loaded by the P".068 and
seller into trucks at the seller's railway station, or (at the buyer's J^e*1^*8
option) into a ship or barge not less convenient to the seller than baBiB is
the seller's railway station, (ii) that bags (if required) are sup- varied,
plied by the buyer, and (iii) that no commission is paid. If the
potatoes are delivered otherwise than as above, a corresponding
variation shall be made in the price and in particular, if bags
are supplied by the grower, the above-mentioned maximum price
shall be increased by a sum of 10$. whether the bags are returnable
or not, and if any commission is paid by the grower to a wholesale
dealer not exceeding a commission at the rate of Is. Qd. per ton
the maximum price shall be increased by the amount of the
commission
8. (a) The maximum price which may be charged by a whole-
sale dealer on a sale as or for seed of seed potatoes of the varieties maxmum
referred to in the Second Schedule shall be a sum not exceeding prices,
the cost to him of the seed potatoes so sold by more than fifteen
shillings per ton.
(b) No wholesale dealer shall after the 12th November, 1917,
sell seed potatoes as or for seed as agent on commission at a
commission exceeding 7s. 6d. per ton.
9. The cost of seed potatoes to a wholesale seed dealer for the Reckoning
purpose of the preceding clause shall be reckoned as including of cost to a
the following items and no more, viz. : — deader?*
(a) The price actually paid or payable by him for . the
potatoes, including the authorised charge for bags
where the potatoes are bought by him already bagged.
(b) A sum not exceeding 10s. per ton for bags where the
potatoes are bought by him unbagged and bags
(whether returnable or not) are supplied by him.
(c) Any reasonable costs of transportation (including marine
insurance) or cartage borne by him in respect of the
potatoes; and
(d) Any market charges or port dues paid or payable by him
in respect of the potatoes.
10. The maximum price which may be charged by a retail seed Retail seed
dealer on a sale as or for seed of seed potatoes of the varieties dealer's
referred to in the Second Schedule shall-
(a) in the case of a sale of more than 1 ton of any one
variety, be a sum not exceeding the cost to him of the
seed potatoes so sold by more than £1 per ton ; and
(b) in the case of a sale of 1 ton or less, but of more than
1 cwt. of any one variety, be a sum not exceeding the
cost to him of the seed potatoes so sold by more than
£2 5s. Qd. per ton ; and
(c) in the case of a sale of 1 cwt. or less of any one variety,
vary according to the cost to him of the seed potatoes
so sold and shall be in accordance with the scale set
out in the Third Schedule hereto.
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422
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended.
Retailer's
charge for
delivery.
Dealers to
keep records.
Sales in the
ground.
Application
of the first
schedule to
the Potatoes
Order, 1917.
11. The cost of seed potatoes to a retail seed dealer for the
purpose of the preceding Clause shall be reckoned as including
the following items and no more, viz : —
(a) The price actually paid or payable by him for the
potatoes; and
(6) sums actually paid or payable by him for the carriage
of the potatoes except sums paid or payable for the
carriage of the potatoes from the place at which in
the ordinary course of business seed potatoes would ba
delivered to him.
12. A retail seed dealer, if he is ready and willing to sell at his
premises seed potatoes as or for seed at prices not exceeding the
maximum prices applicable under this Order, may in addition
to the foregoing prices make such charges as may be agreed
between him and the purchaser for the delivery of potatoes
ordered for delivery to the purchaser not exceeding (whichever
shall be the greater) (i) any reasonable charges for such delivery
actually paid by the retail seed dealer or (ii) 2d. for any
quantity not exceeding 1 stone with a further penny for each
further half stone or part of half stone so delivered.
13. Every wholesale seed dealer and every retail seed dealer
shall keep an account in which he shall regularly and punctually
and at the earliest practicable time enter the particulars of all
his purchases of seed potatoes as or for seed showing the variety
and class of potatoes purchased, the quantity purchased, the price
paid or payable for such potatoes, and all sums (if any) paid or
payable for the carriage thereof and he shall in the same account
enter the prices at which he has sold the seed potatoes or is
offering them for sale, and he shall preserve for not less than six
months all invoices, bills, receipts and other documents relating
to his purchases of seed potatoes as or for seed, and he shall on
lawful demand produce such account and all such invoices, bills,
receipts and other documents for inspection and point out which
entries in his account and which bills, invoices, receipts and
other documents relate to the seed potatoes which he has on sale
as or for seed at the time of the demand, or which have been sold
by him, and give such other information as to his dealings in seed
potatoes as or for seed as the person making such demand shall
reasonably require.
14. Where a person sells his potatoes in the ground to a whole-
sale dealer, the buyer of the potatoes so sold shall be deemed for
all the purposes of this Order to be the grower thereof and the
terms of this Order shall apply to any seed potatoes dressed out
for sale as such save that on every sale of such potatoes by him he
shall be deemed to sell as a wholesale dealer and not as a grower.
15. (a) The provisions of Clause 9 of the Potatoes Order and
the first Schedule thereto shall apply to dealings in seed potatoes
as or for seed, references to the Potatoes Order, 1917, and the
provisions thereof being for the purpose of such application
deemed to be references to this Order and the corresponding
provisions thereof, and the words "the sum of 15$. per ton"
being substituted for the words " the sum of 7s. Qd. per ton " in
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop] Order, 1917, as amended. 423
clause 8 of such Schedule and the words " a grower of potatoes "
and " for his own planting " being substituted for the worda *' a
public institution or body or otherwise known to be a large con-
sumer " and " for his own consumption " in Clause 10 of such
Schedule.
(.6) Clauses 43 and 47 of the Potatoes Order, 1917, relating
to deposits on bags and Accommodation Sales shall apply to
dealings in seed potatoes sold as or for seed.
ib. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Potatoes Order, Modification
1917:— of the
(a) A grower shall be entitled to dress out seed potatoes so
as to separate the same from the rest of his crop and
shall keep seed potatoes intended for sale as seed
separate from other potatoes, if any, for the time being
dealt in by him ; and no person need in relation to
seed potatoes so dressed out and sold as or for seed
comply with the provisions of Clause 7 of the Potatoes
Order, 1917, or in a sale of seed potatoes as or for
seed comply with the provisions of Clause 44 (a) of
the Potatoes Order, 1917.
$) No grower, wholesale seed dealer, or retail seed dealer
need in relation to seed potatoes sold as or for seed or
intended for sale as seed, comply with the provisions
of Clauses 45 or 46 of the Potatoes Order 1917 ;
(c) As from the date of this Order Clause 10 of the Potatoes
Order, 1917, shall cease to apply to seed potatoes of
the varieties therein mentioned, if sold as or for seed.
17. (a) The Potatoes Order, 1917, shall be amended in the Amendments
manner appearing in the Fourth Schedule to this Order. °f tne
(6) Copies of the Potatoes Order, 1917, hereafter to be QriuJ°
printed by His Majesty's Stationery Office shall be printed with
the additions, omissions and substitutions directed to be made by
the Fourth Schedule hereto and such Order shall as from the
date when this Order comes into force be construed and take
effect as if it had been made with such additions substitutions
and omissions.
18. Whenever in this Order any person is required to produce Meaning of
any documents or class of documents or give any information on lawful
lawful demand, he shall produce or give the same al all reasonable demand,
times and places on the demand of any officer or constable of
police, or any person authorised by the Food Controller or a Food
Control Committee to make such demand either particularly or as
holding any office or position, and either generally or in the
particular case.
19. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposal or Fictitious
proposed sale or disposal of any potatoes enter or offer to enter transactions,
into any fictitious or artificial transaction or make or demand any
unreasonable charge.
20. Where any contract subsisting at the date of this Order Contracts.
for the sale of any seed potatoes of the varieties mentioned in
the Second Schedule provides for the payment of a price in
excess of the permitted maximum price, the contract shall, if
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424
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop} Order, 1917, as amended.
Seed
Potatoes
(Immune
Varieties)
Order, 1917.
Penalty.
Commence-
ment and
Title.
otherwise lawful, stand so far as concerns any seed potatoes
delivered on or before the date of this Order but shall except
in such cases as the Food Controller otherwise determines be
avoided so far as concerns any seed potatoes agreed to be sold
above the permitted maximum prices which have not been so
delivered.
21. (n) Clause 4 of the Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties)
Order, 1917, (a) shall be amended by the substitution of the words
" 1% inch " for the words " 1 inch."
(6) Nothing in this Order shall so long as the Seed Potatoes
(Immune Varieties) Order, 1917, remains in force authorise a
sale or disposal of any potatoes to which that Order applies.
22. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Eealm Regulations.
23. (a) This Order shall come into force on the 12th November,
1917.
(6) This Order may be cited as the Seed Potntoes (1917 Crop)
Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller,
U. F^ Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th November, 1917.
Schedule I.
'< Highest authorised selling price per stone.
v aneiy 01 iroiaio.
Class I.
Class
IT.
Class
III.
Hyatt's Ashleaf Kidney '
Edzell Blue ...
>
[
8.
4
3
3
2
d.
0
6
0
6
s.
3
3
2
2
d.
6
0
9
3
8.
3
2
2
2
d.
3
6
3
0
Early Puritan "
Duke of York
Sharp's Express
Eclipse
May Queen ...
Midlothian Early
Sir John Llewelyn ,
Ninetyfold ... ... ... ...
Beauty of Hebron
Early Rose .
Epicure
The highest authorised selling price per stone for potatoes of the varieties
" Sharps Express," " Eclipse," " Myatt's Ashleaf Kidney " and " Duke of York,"
belonging to Class IV. shall be 2s. 6d.(b)
(a) SEED POTATOES (IMMUNE VARIETIES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 402.
(b) AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE. — These words were added by Seed Potatoes
(1917 Crop) Prices Order, 1918.
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended.
425
Schedule 11.
Variety of Potato.
Sums which may be added under Clause 6.
Class I.
Class II.
Class in.
(a)
King George Y )
Great Scot (
£ *. d.
2 10 0
100
0 15 0
0 10 0
050
£ s. d.
1 0 0
050
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
s. d.
10 0
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Lochar ... f
Templar . )
(&)
Royal Kidney }
British Queen f
Pioneer ... . . f
Queen Mary ... ... ... )
(0
Evergood
w
King Edward VIT. '}
Arran Chief .
Langworthy . . .
What's Wanted
Golden Wonder
Irish Queen ... ... ... . .. ^
Shamrock
Abundance ...
President
Scottish Farmer J
(«)
Any other varieties not specified in 1
either Schedule I. or Schedule II. V
and not sold under licence . . . J
No sum may be added under Clause 6 on the sale of any potatoes belonging
to Class IV. (a)
(a) POTATOES OF CLASS IV. — Provisions as to these potatoes were added to
the principal Order by Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Prices Order, 1918.
426
Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, 1917, as amended.
Schedule III.
SCALE OF MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES FOR SEED POTATOES SOLD
LOTS OF 1 CWT. OR LESS OF ANY ONE VARIETY.
Retailer's buying price per cwt. for potatoes
delivered at the place at which he
ordinarily takes delivery.
UP
Exc
to and including 5s Qd
eeding 5s. Qd., but not exceeding 6s. Qd.
6s. Od. „ „ 6s. Qd.
6s. Qd.
Is. Qd.
„ 7s. Qd. , ,
7s. 6d.
7s. Qd. ,
8s. Qd.
8s. Qd.
8s. 6d.
8s. Qd. ,
9s. Od.
9s. Qd.
9s. Qd.
„ 9s. Qd. , ,
10s. Od.
„ 10s. Qd. „ „ 10s. Qd.
„ 10s. Qd. „ „ lls. Qd.
„ lls. Od. „ „ lls. Qd.
„ lls. Qd. ,
12s. Od.
12s. <W.
12s. 6d.
, 12s. Qd. , „ 13s. Qd.
13s. Od. ,
13s. 6d.
, 13s. Qd. ,
14s. Od.
14s. .
Highest retail selling price
for lots of 1 cwt. or lew
of any one variety.
(Rate per stone.)
8. d.
1 Q
1 1
1 2
1 3
1 4
1 5
1 6
1 7
1 8
1 9
1 10
1 11
2 0
2 1
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6
lots of less than one stone, the rate per stone may be charged
and the price may be levelled up to the nearest penny.
Schedule IV.
Clause of Potatoes Order,
1917, amended.
Amendment.
Clause 5
Clause 8 ...
Clauses 28 and 32
Clause 36 ..
The words " sell seed potatoes or " shall be omitted.
The words '' other than potatoes to which the Seed
Potatoes (1917 Crop) Order, laiT, applies," shall be
substituted for the words " other than seed potatoes.
The words " other than potatoes to which the Seed
Potatoes (191V Crop) Order, 1917, applies," shall be
substitute for the words " other than seed potatoes."
The words '• potatoes to which the Seed Potatoes
(1917 Crop) Order, 1917, applies," shall be
substituted for the words " seed potatoes or to
potatoes sold as seed."
General Licence under the Potatoes Order, 1917; Potatoes Order 427
(No. 2), 1917.
THE TESTING OF SEEDS ORDER, 19.17. DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed Group 15 ("Seeds") (p. 465),
regulates the sale and exposure for sale of, inter alia, seeds of
mangels, swedes and turnips.]
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917, UNDER THE
POTATOES ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1181.
The Food Controller hereby authorises every grower of potatoes
to sell and offer to sell his own potatoes at prices lower than the
minimum prices fixed by the Potatoes Order, 1917, but otherwise
subject to the provisions of such Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
November 17th, 1917.
THE POTATOES ORDER (No. 2), 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1917.
1917. No. 1188.
Whereas with a view to encouraging the growth of potatoes in
the year 1917, it was announced on behalf of His Majesty's
Government that a minimum price of £6 per ton, free on rail or
free on board, would be guaranteed to growers for all sound
marketable ware potatoes delivered as required in lots of 4 tons or
more.
Now therefore for the purpose of giving effect to such
announcement and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him
by the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders
that except under the authority of the Food Controller the follow-
ing regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. For the purposes of this Order: Interpreta-
The expression "Ware Potatoes" means sound marketable tion.
potatoes of the 1917 crop (except potatoes sold as or for seed)
which will not pass through a riddle having a mesh of If inches.
The expression " Grower/' as respects any ware potatoes means
such person as may be determined by or under the authority of
the Food Controller to be the grower of such potatoes tor the
purposes of this Order and subject to any such determination
means the person who was on the 19th November, 1917, thi occu-
pier of the land on which such potatoes were grown or, if such
potatoes have been or shall be sold in the ground, the person to
whom such potatoes have been or may be so sold.
The expression " the base price " means as respects war?
potatoes grown in any area, the rnte per ton fixed by the Food
Controller from time to time as the base price for that area.
(a) POTATOES ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 405.
428
Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917.
Claims by
grower.
Making and
determina-
tion of
claims.
False
statements.
Exclusion
of certain
persons from
making
claims
The expression "the selling price" means in the case of a
sale of ware potatoes, free on rail, barge or ship (grower's station,
wharf or port) the rate per ton according to the contract and in
the case of a sale of potatoes on other terms such rate adjusted in
accordance with directions given by the Food Controller to a
rate free on rail, barge or ship (grower's station, wharf or port).
For the purpose of ascertaining the time of delivery, potatoes
shall be deemed to be delivered when they are first put on rail,
barge or ship, or, if not put on rail, barge or ship, when they
are removed from the grower's farm in the course of distribution.
Where potatoes are delivered otherwise than by rail, barge or
ship, they shall be deemed to be delivered in a lot of 4 tons or more
if the quantity delivered to a single purchaser in any consecutive
period of 7 days equals or exceeds 4 tons and the whole of such lot
shall be deemed to be delivered on the last day on which any
part of it is so delivered.
2. Where pursuant to a bond fide contract for sale a grower
has in any month or other period prescribed by the Food Con-
troller delivered in lots of 4 tons or more ware potatoes grown by
him he may make application to the Food Controller for payment
to him in respect of each ton so delivered during that period of a
sum equal to the amount by which the average selling price of
all ware potatoes so delivered by him during that period falls short
of the sum of £6 ; provided that for the purpose of calculating
the average selling price, ware potatoes delivered in lots of 4 tons
or more and sold at a rate below the base price shall be deemed
to have been sold at the base price.
3. — (a) Claims for payment shall be lodged within such time
and in such manner and shall be proved by such evidence and
shall be made to and determined by such persons and bodies as
the Food Controller may from time to time prescribe.
(b) The decision of any person or body appointed by the
Food Controller to act for the purposes of this Order shall be final
and conclusive for all purposes, and payments will be made on the
basis of such decision accordingly; except that any decision made
by any such person or body may at any time be reviewed and if
thought fit, modified or set aside by the Food Controller, not-
withstanding that any monies shall have been paid thereunder.
4. A person shall not, for the purpose of obtaining a payment
under this Order either for himself or any other person make any
false statement or false representation.
5. Except in such cases as the Food Controller may otherwise
determine, no claim under this Order shall be allowed if the per-
son on whose behalf such claim is niaae
(i) shall, after the 19th November, 1917, have contravened
any Order of the Food Controller for the time being
in force relating to potatoes; or
(ii) shall have failed to comply with any special or general
direction of the Food Controller relating to the dis-
posal or delivery or withholding of delivery oi any
potatoes of which he is the grower.
General Licence under Potatoes Order , 1917.
429
6. This Order shall not apply to ware potatoes delivered before Potatoes
the 19th November, 1917. delivered
prior to
19th Novem-
ber, 1917.
7. Except in such cases as the Food Controller may otherwise Contracts,
determine and except in respect of potatoes delivered prior to
the 19th November, 1917, all contracts subsisting at the date of
this Order for the sale of ware potatoes are cancelled, other tluni
contracts for sale in the ground.
S. Infringements of this Order are summary offences agaiiisi Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917. Title.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Jroo<l
19th November, 1917.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED NOVEMBER 23, 1917, UNDER THE
POTATOES ORDER, 1917. (a)(b)
1917. No. 1199.
The Food Controller hereby authorises, notwithstanding the
provisions of Clause 10 of the Potatoes Order, 1917, sales of and
dealings in potatoes of any of the varieties mentioned in such
clause ("King Edward " " Arran Chief" " Langworthy "
' What's Wanted " and " Golden Wonder ") except sales of and
dealings in any such varieties grown in any of the Counties of
York, Lincoln, Cambridge, Norfolk, Huntingdon, Hertford,
Warwick, Worcester and Notts by a grower whose whole acreage
of potatoes of all varieties in those counties in the year 1917
exceeds 5 acres. (c)
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. 11. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd November, 1917.
(a) POTATOES ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed, p. 405.
(b) SUPERSEDED LICENCES. — The Licence of November 23rd appears to
supersede the Licence of October 30th, 1917 (St. R. & O., 1917, No. 11UO), as to
Sale in Ireland of potatoes of the varieties specified in Clause 10 of the Order,
and also the Licence of November 8, 1917 (St. R. & O., 1917, No. 1170), as to
Sale in Scotland of the variety Arran Chief. Those two Licences are omitted
from this Manual accordingly.
(c) LICENCE AS TO SALES BY SUCH GROWERS. — A General Licence of Feb.
11, 1918, p. 437, provides for such excepted sales.
430
Power of
Food Con-
trol Com-
mittee to fix
Maximum
Prices for
Mangels and
Swedes.
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917 ; Mangels and Swedes
(Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917.
THE BREAD (USE OF POTATOES) ORDER No. 2, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 8, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals") (p. 106) relates to the use of potatoes supplied for
bread making.]
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED DECEMBER 11, 1917, UNDER THE
POTATOES ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1257.
The Food Controller hereby authorises a sum not exceeding 105.
per ton in lieu of 65. per ton to be charaged for non-returnable
bags on sales of potatoes to be consigned from Ireland to a
destination outside Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
IF. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food,
llth December, 1917.
THE MANGELS AND SWEDES (PRICES) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917.
DATED DECEMBER 22, 1917.
1917. No. 1326.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Eealm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. No person shall on or after the 1st January, 1918, directly
or indirectly sell or offer for sale or buy or offer to buy any
Mangels or Swedes or Swedish Turnips at prices exceeding the
maximum prices prescribed by or in pursuance of this Order.
2. (a) The Food Control Committee for Ireland (hereinafter
called the Committee) (b) may from time to time prescribe maxi-
mum prices applicable on the occasion of any sales or any classes
of sales in Ireland of Mangels or Swedes or Swedish Turnips and
may from time to time revoke or vary maximum prices so
prescribed.
(b) Any Maximum prices prescribed under this Clause shall
be subject to review by the Food Controller and shall be with-
drawn or modified as he may direct.
3. (a) Until otherwise prescribed pursuant to Clause 2 hereof
the maximum price for Mangels sliall be at the rate of 305. per
ton and for Swedes or Swedish Turnips at the rate of 25.?. per
ton.
(a) POTATOES ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed p. 405.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOK IRELAND.— Pep the Fmd Control Com-
mittee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III. of this Manual.
General Direction under Potatoes Order, 1917. 431
(b) The foregoing maximum prices are fixed on the basis that
the roots are either loaded by the seller into trucks at the seller's
railway station, or (at the buyer's option) into a ship or port
not less convenient to the seller than the seller's railway station
and that no commission is paid. If the roots are delivered other-
wise than as above, a corresponding variation shall be made in
the price and in particular if any commission is paid, the sum
paid (not exceeding the customary amount) shall be added in
determining the maximum price.
(c) The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the sale
of Mangels or Swedes or Swedish Turnips, where the total
quantity of the article sold by the seller to the buyer in any
period of 7 consecutive days including the day of sale does not
exceed 1 cwt.
4. No person shall in connection with the sale or disposition or Artificial and
proposed sale or disposition of any Mangels or Swedes or Swedish Fictitious
Turnips enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial J
transaction or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
5. Where any contract subsisting at the 1st January, 1918, Contract,
for the sale of any Mangels or Swedes or Swedish Turnips pro-
vides for the payment of a price in excess of the maximum price
fixed by this Order, such contracts shall stand so far as concerns
the deliveries made before the 1st January, 1918, but unless
otherwise determined by the Committee shall be avoided so far
as concerns deliveries to be made on or after that date.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. (a) This Order may be cited as the Mangels and Swedes Title and
(Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1917. J^-tent of
(6) This Order shall extend only to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
22nd December, 1917.
GENERAL DIRECTION, DATED DECEMBER 24, 1917, UNDER THE
POTATOES ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1327.
The Food Controller hereby directs every wholesale dealer on
the occasion of any sale of potatoes by him to furnish a proper
invoice to the purchaser.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th December, 1917.
(a) POTATOES ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 405.
432
British Onions Order, 1917.
Onions to be
sold by
authorised
dealers only.
Purchases of
onions for
consumption
limited to
seven pounds
per week.
THE BRITISH ONIONS ORDER, 1917. DATED DECEMBER 24, 1917.
1917. No. 1331.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except by the
authority of the Food Controller the following regulations shall
be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I. — DEFINITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
1. In this Order—
"British. Onions" means onions grown in the year 1917
within the British Islands, but it does not include pickled
onions or onions sold cooked in the course of a catering
business.
" Regular Wholesale Dealer " means a person who at the
date of this Order is carrying on a business in the ordinary
course of which he sells onions by wholesale in their natural
state, and the successors in business of any such person.
" Retail Dealer " means a person who is for the time being-
registered under the Potatoes Order, 1917, (a) as a retail
dealer in potatoes.
" Grower" as respects any onions sold in the ground means
the owner of them at the time when they are lifted.
" A week " means the seven days ending with Saturday.
2. (a) No person shall sell British Onions by retail unless he is
a retail dealer as defined by clause 1 of this Order.
(b) No person shall sell British Onions by wholesale except a
regular wholesale dealer or to a retail dealer, and no person shall
buy British Onions by wholesale except a regular wholesale dealer
or retail dealer, and no wholesale dealer or retail dealer shall sell
or dispose by wholesale of British Onions purchased by him except
in the ordinary course of his business as a dealer in onions.
(c) A seller of onions may, if he reasonably believes the same
to be true, accept the written certificate of a purchaser that he is
a regular wholesale dealer or retail dealer.
(d) For the purpose of this clause every sale of a quantity
exceeding seven pounds shall be deemed to be a sale by wholesale.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause a grower
whose whole crop of British Onions does not exceed 10 cwt. may
sell such onions by retail subject to the restrictions imposed by
the subsequent clauses of this Order.
3. (a) No person (except a regular wholesale dealer or retail
dealer purchasing for re-sale) shall in any week directly or
indirectly purchase a greater total quantity of British Onions than
7 Ibs. in all, and no British Onions shall be purchased whether
by one person -or by several for consumption in any household in
excess of a quantity of 7 Ibs. in all in any week.
(a) POTATOES OUDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 405.
On ions Order, 1J17. 433
(6) No retail dealer shall knowingly sell directly or indirectly
to any one person in any week a greater total quantity of British
Onions than 7 Ibs. in all, and no retail dealer shall sell any
British Onions to a purchaser where he has reason to suspect that
by such purchase sub-clause (a) of this clause would be infringed.
(c) For the purposes of this clause an Institution or Catering
Business within the meaning of the Sugar Order, 1917, (a) shall be
deemed to be a household.
4. Every grower and regular wholesale dealer or other person Accounts,
selling British Onions by wholesale shall keep a regular and
punctual account showing the particulars of all British Onions
bought or sold by him by wholesale, including the names and
addresses of the vendor or purchaser as the case may be and the
amount purchased or sold and the price charged and shall upon
e\ery reasonable demand produce such account and all relevant
documents to any person authorised to inspect the same by or on
behalf of the Food Controller or any Food Control Committee.
PART II. — PRICES.
5. (a) The maximum price on the occasion of a sale of British Retail
Onions by retail shall be at the rate of 3d. per Ib. maximum
price.
(6) No additional charge may be made for packages or for
giving credit or for making delivery.
6. (a) The maximum price on the occasion of a sale of British Grower's
Onions by the grower shall be at the rate of £15 per ton on
the basis (i) that the onions are either loaded by the seller into
trucks at the seller's railway station or (at the buyer's option)
into a ship or barge not less convenient to the seller; (ii) that
bags (if required) are supplied by the buyer and (iii) that no
commission is paid.
(6) If the onions are sold on terms other than those mentioned
in sub-clause (a) of this clause a corresponding variation shall
be made in the maximum price, and in particular if bags are
provided by the seller the price per ton may be increased by a
sum not exceeding 10s . whether the bags are returnable or not
and if any such commission is paid as is authorised by Clause 8
the maximum price and terms of sale shall be varied as mentioned
in that clause.
7. (a) The maximum price on the occasion of any sale of Wholesale
British Onions other than a sale thereof by the grower or a sale dealer's
by retail shall be at the rate of £19 per ton, on the basis that
the onions are delivered ex warehouse or market at the seller's
customary place of sale and that bags are provided by the seller.
(b) If the onions are sold on terms other than those men-
tioned in sub-clause (a) of this clause, a corresponding variation
shall be made in the maximum price and in particular if bags
ore provided by the buyer the maximum price per ton shall be
reduced by a sum of 10.*.
(a) SUGAR ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed in Group 17 (" Sugar "),
p. 482.
434
Potato Bags Order, 1918.
Commission
sales.
Contracts.
Penalty.
Title and
commence-
ment.
8. (a) Where a grower sells onions grown by him direct to a
retail dealer through the agency of a regular wholesale dealer
at a commission, he may add the amount of the commission to
the price authorised by clause 6, not exceeding the amount pro-
Tided for by sub-clause (6) of this clause.
(6) Where a commission i§ paid under sub-clause (a) of this
clause the seller shall be bound to deliver the onions to tha
purchaser's railway station or (if more convenient to the seller)
to the purchaser's place of retail sale and may add to the
maximum price authorised by clause 6 any railway or canal
charges so incurred, but the total amount added to the price
per ton under sub-clauses (a) and (&) of this clause shall not
together exceed £3 10s. per ton if bags are provided by the
purchaser, or £4 if bags are provided by the seller.
PART III. — GENERAL.
9. Except in such cases as the Food Controller may otherwise
determine and except in respect of onions delivered prior to
31st December, 1917, all contracts subsisting at the date of this
Order for the sale of British Onions are cancelled.
10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
11. (a) This Order may be cited as the British Onions Order,
1917.
(&) Part II of this Order shall come into force on the 14th
January, 1918, but otherwise the Order shall come into force
on the 31st December, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th December, 1917.
Use of
Potato Bags
supplied by
the Food
Controller.
False
statements.
THE POTATO BAGS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 23, 1918.
1918. No. 63.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. No bag which is or has been sold or supplied by or on behalf
of the Food Controller for use as a potato bag shall be used for
any purpose other than the carrying of potatoes or sold or other-
wise disposed of by any person at a price exceeding the sum of 6d.
2. A person shall not make any false statement in any applica-
tion to the Food Controller for the sale 01 supply to him of any
such bag.
Potatoes (Export from Ireland) Order, 1918. 435
3. In any proceedings it shall be presumed unless the contrary Presumption,
be proved, that a bag marked " M.F." is a bag which has been
sold or supplied by or on behalf pf the Food Controller for use as
a potato bag. (a)
4. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Eealm Regulations.
5. Ihis Order may be cited as the Potato Bags Order, 1918. Title.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd January, 1918.
THE POTATOES (EXPORT FROM IRELAND) ORDER, 1918. DATED
JANUARY 24, 1918.
1918. No. 93.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. After the 3rd February, 1918, until further notice no person
other than a person licensed by the Food Controller shall consign
or ship any Potatoes from Ireland to any destination outside Ire-
land, and no person shall buy or agree to buy or take delivery
of any Potatoes to be consigned from Ireland to any destination
outside Ireland except from a person so licensed.
2. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
3. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Export from
Ireland) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
IF. H . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th January, 1918.
(a) RETURN AS TO POTATO BAGS.— The Potato Bags (Returns) Order, 1917
(printed p. 156 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual ") provided for
returns to the Food Controller giving particulars as to all potato bags owned aa
on October 22nd, 1917, that Order is omitted from this Manual as now " spent."
436 Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918.
THE POTATOES (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 24r
1918.
1918. No. 94.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that the following
regulations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. After the 3rd February, 1918, until further notice no person
other than a person licensed by the Food Controller shall move
or consign any Potatoes from any place outside the area to which
this Order for the time being shall be applied to any place within
such area, and no person shall buy or agree to buy or take delivery
of any Potatoes to be moved or consigned to any place within
such area except from a person so licensed.
2. Until further notice this Order shall apply to the area
mentioned in the Schedule.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order maybe cited as the Potatoes (Distribution) Order,
1918.
Schedule.^}
The Counties of : — :
Brecknock.
Cardigan.
Carmarthen.
Glamorgan.
Monmouth.
Pembroke.
Radnor.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th January, 1918.
(a) AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE.— A Notice, dated February 20, 1918 (p. 437),
applies this Order to the counties of south-west England as from February 25,
1918.
General Licence under Potatoes Order, 1917 ; Notice under 437
Potatoes (Distribution) Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED FEBRUARY 11, 1918, UNDER THE
POTATOES ORDER, .1917. (a)
1918. No. 188.
The Food Controller hereby authorises, notwithstanding the
provisions of Clause 10 of the Potatoes Order, 1917, sales of and
dealings in potatoes of any of the varieties mentioned in such
clause ("King Edward/' " Arran Chief /' " Langworthy,"
" What's Wanted " and " Golden Wonder ") except sales ol and
dealings in potatoes of the " King Edward " variety grown on
warp limestone marsh or silt lands in any of the Counties of
York, Lincoln, Cambridge, Norfolk, Huntingdon, Hertford,
Warwick, Worcester and Notts by a grower whose whole acreage
of potatoes of all varieties in those counties in tho year 1917
exceeds 5 acres.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
llth February, 1918.
NOTICE, DATED FEBRUARY 20, 1918, UNDER THE POTATOES (DISTRI-
BUTION) ORDER, 1918. (b)
1918. No. 204.
The Food Controller hereby directs that the area to which S. R. & 0
the above Order applies shall as from the 25th February, 1918, No. 94 of
include the following counties: —
Cornwall,
Devon,
Dorset,
Gloucester,
Hampshire,
Somerset — and
Wiltshire,
in addition to the counties mentioned in the schedule to the Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. II. Beveridye,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th February, 1918.
(a) POTATOES ORDER, 1917.— This Order is printed p. 405.
(b) POTATOES (DISTRIBUTION) ORDER, 1918.— This Order is printed p. 43C.
438 Potatoes (Protection) Order, 1918.
THE POTATOES (PROTECTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 21,
1918.
1918. No. 211.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. Every person who is the owner of potatoes or who has
potatoes in his possession or under his control or under the control
of his employees or servants shall at all times take or cause to be
taken all reasonable precautions to protect such potatoes from
frost, damp or other damage whether such potatoes are growing or
are in transit or are in store or otherwise.
2. In particular any person who consigns potatoes for transport
by railway in open trucks either on his own behalf or on behalf
of any other person during the months of December, January,
February, March aod April shall take or cause to be taken all
necessary steps whether by strawing the trucks into which such
potatoes are loaded or otherwise, to protect such potatoes from
frost damp or other damage.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. (a) This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Protection)
Order, 1918.
(I) This Order shall come into force on the 25th February,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st February, 1918.
THE BREAD (USE OF -POTATOES) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 27,,
1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals ") (p. 144), authorises the use of potatoes in bread.]
Potato (Restriction) Order, 1918. 439
THE POTATO (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 10, 1918.
1918. No. 411.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) Except under a licence of the Food Controller no person General
shall after 15th April, 1918, use or treat any potatoes or any Restriction,
product obtained from potatoes or any article containing potatoes
or containing any such product except for the purposes permitted
by this clause.
(b) The permitted purposes, in the case of ware potatoes
which are fit for human food, are seed or human food, and in all
other cases are seed, human and animal food, and the manufac-
ture of articles of human and animal food, but do not include
the manufacture of spirits.
(c) Nothing in this clause shall prevent the use or treatment
for any purpose of potatoes or products of potatoes or articles
containing potatoes or containing any such product which are
unfit to be used for any of the permitted purposes.
2. Any person authorised by the Food Controller may if he Power to
suspects that any article mentioned in Clause 1 of this Order is enter and
being dealt with in contravention of this Order : — inspect.
(a) enter any premises on which he suspects such article to
be; or
(b) inspect and take supplies of such article; or
(c) demand from any person in possession or control of such
article production of any licence granted under this
Order.
3. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence cf the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Potato (Restriction) Order, Title.
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
10th April, 1918.
440 Potatoes (Growers' Returns) Order, 1918.
THE POTATOES (GROWERS* RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED
APRIL 19, 1918.
1918. tfo. 453.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Every person farming one or more acres of land shall on or
before the 27th April, 1918, furnish a return showing:
(a) the estimated quantity of sound ware potatoes of the
1917 crop remaining on the 22nd April, 1918, on any
farm or holding in his occupation ;
(I) the estimated quantity of potatoes of seed size of the
1917 crop not required for planting;
(c) the number of acres on such farm or holding which have
been or are to be planted with potatoes during 1918 ;
(d) the number of acres on such farm or holding under
potatoes in 1917; and
(e) such other matters as may be necessary to complete the
prescribed form of return.
2. The return shall be made in a form prescribed by or under
the authority of the Food Controller, which may be obtained from
any police station in Great Britain, and is, when completed, to be
posted in accordance with the directions printed thereon.
3. Failure to make a return by the prescribed date, or the
making of a false return, is a summary offence against the
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, no
return shall be required in respect of potatoes grown in the
Orkney or Shetland Islands until further directions have been
issued by the Food Controller and such return shall be made by
the date and in the manner provided in those directions.
5. This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
6. This Order may be cited as the Potatoes (Growers' Returns)
Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th April, 1918.
Public Meals Order, 1918. 441
14. Public Meals.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 441.
General Licence thereunder (Meat meals of members of H.M's
Forces), p. 447.
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 19.1 8. (a)
1918. No. 59.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. The provisions of this Order shall apply to every inn, hotel, Public eating
restaurant, refreshment house, club, boarding house and every place,
place of refreshment open to the general public (hereinafter
referred to as a public eating place).
2. (a) No meat, poultry or game may be served or consumed in Meat,poultry
any public eating place and or game.
(i) between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. on any day;
or
(ii) at any time on the days prescribed as meatless days.
(6) The prescribed days shall be such days as the Food
Controller may from time to time appoint either generally or as
respects any particular area. Until further notice the prescribed
days shall in the area of the City of London and the Metropolitan
Police District be Tuesday and Friday and elsewhere in the
United Kingdom be Wednesday and Friday in every week.
3. (a) No milk may be served or consumed in a public eating Milk,
place as or as part of a beverage except with tea, coffee, cocoa or
chocolate as usually served.
(6) This provision shall not apply to milk consumed by a
child under the age of 10 years.
4. Notwithstanding Clause 2 or Clause 3, meat, poultry, game Medical
or milk may be served to and consumed by a person for the time exceptions,
being residing in a public eating place during the period
mentioned on a certificate of a duly qualified medical practitioner
which states that such person for such period needs the article
served in the interests of his health.
5. No sugar may be used, supplied or consumed in a public Sugar,
eating place except that : —
(a) sugar may be used for cooking purposes ;
(b) a person may consume in a public eating place sugar
provided by himself or supplied to him under the
provisions of the next succeeding clause.
(a) OPERATION OF ORDER. — Clause 2 of this Order came into force
January 25th, 1918, the remainder of the Order came into force February 3rd,
1918 : as to the provisions as to public meals until then in force see the Public
Meals Order, 1917, p. 158 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
442
Public Meals Order, 1918.
Supply of
sugar to
hotel resi-
denti.
Meals be-
tween 3 and
5.30 p.m.
Bationing in
bulk.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Order and of the
Sugar (Registration of Dealers) Order, 1917, and the Sugar
(Rationing) Order, 1918, (a) sugar may be supplied by any inn,
hotel, club or boarding house to any person residing therein for
the major portion of any week up to an amount not exceeding
1 oz. for every complete day of his residence provided that: —
(a) The total amount so supplied to any person in any week
shall not exceed 6 ozs. ;
(b) The person having charge of the inn, hotel, club, or
boarding house is reasonably satisfied that no sugar
ration for that week has been obtained in respect of
such person;
(c) The total of the amounts so supplied to all such persons
shall be accurately entered in the Register hereinafter
referred to in the column provided for that purpose;
and
(d) An accurate record is kept of the full names and
permanent addresses of all persons to whom sugar is
so supplied.
7. No person shall be served with or consume at any meal
whatsoever which begins between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5.30
p.m. more than 1| ozs. in the whole of bread, cake, bun, scone
and biscuit.
8. The total quantities of meat, flour, bread and sugar (except
sugar consumed or supplied pursuant to Clauses 5 and 6 of this
Order) and of butter, margarine and other fats used in or by
any public eating place in any week shall not exceed the gross
quantities allowed for the meals served during the week, ascer-
tained in accordance with the scale of average quantities per
meal set out in the following scale, or such other scale as may
for the time being be prescribed by the Food Controller.
Butter,
Meat.
Sugar.
Bread.
Flour. ^^Yher6
fats.
Breakfast
Nil
Nil
3-ozs.
Nil
i-oz.
Luncheon , including
3-ozs.
^-oz.
2-ozs.
1-oz.
TT-OZ.
middle day dinner.
Dinner, including
3-ozs.
-* -oz.
3-ozs.
1-oz.
i-OE.
supper and meat
tea.
Tea
Nil
NU
H-OE8.
Nil
J-oz.
In addition to the fats allowed under the foregoing scale, salad
oil may be served at table at any meal, but separate records shall
be kept of all salad oil so used.
(a) SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918.— The Order is printed in Group 17
(" Sugar ") p. 502.
Public Meals Order, 1918. 443
9. The following provisions shall have effect: — Ascertaining
weight, &c.
Meat, poultry and game.
(a) 2£ ozs. of poultry or game are to be reckoned as 1 oz.
of meat.
(6) The weight of meat is to be uncooked weight including
bone as usually delivered by the butcher, and the
weight of poultry and game is to be the uncooked
weight as usually delivered by the poulterer without
feathers or without skin as the case may be, but
including offal.
(c) 25 per cent, is to be added to the weight of meat delivered
cooked into the public eating place and 50 per cent,
when delivered cooked and without bone.
Sugar, Bread, Flour and Fats.
(d) 4 ozs. of bread are to be reckoned as 3 ozs. of flour.
(e) Of the fats authorised, not moie than one half shall
consist of butter and margarine.
(/) Where the flour or sugar or fat used in any articles is
not otherwise brought into account, cakes and buns
are to be reckoned as containing 40 per cent, of flour;
scones and biscuits as containing 70 per cent. ; and
macaroni and other like articles as containing 90 per
cent. ; cakes and buns are to be reckoned as containing
10 per cent, of sugar and 10 per cent, of fat and
biscuits as containing 5 per cent, of sugar and 10 per
cent, of fat.
10. In reckoning the quantities of meat, sugar, bread, flour, Exclusion of
butter, margarine and other fats that may be used in any week, certain meals
no credit shall be taken for any meal which begins before 5 a.m. from compu-
or after 9.30 p.m. unless such meal is served to a person passing tatlon-
the night in the inn, hotel, club, or boarding house, and in reckon-
ing the quantity of meat, poultry or game that may be used in
any week no credit shall be taken for any meal served on any
day prescribed as a meatless day under this Order, except meals
containing meat, poultry, or game served to a person pursuant
to Clause 4 of this Order.
11. The provisions of Clause 8 of this Order shall not apply to Railway
food served over the counter of a buffet at a railway station. Buffets.
12. The person or persons having the control or management Records,
of any public eating place shall be responsible for securing that
the total quantities permitted to be used therein in any week are
not exceeded and shall, for the purpose of this Order, keep on the
premises a register containing an authentic record of meals and
quantities in the form contained in the Schedule to this Order or
such other form as may be prescribed from time to time by the
Food Controller and shall produce such register and every other
record required to be kept under this Order to any person
authorised by or on behalf of the Food Controller or any Food
444
Public Meals Order, 1918.
Powers of a
Food Control
Committee.
interpreta-
tion.
exceptions.
Committee to inspect the same, together with all such invoices
vouchers and other documents as may be necessary or proper for
checking the entries in the register.
13. A Food Committee may give directions: —
(a) Reducing the total quantities of meat, flour, bread, sugar,
butter, margarine, or other fats which may under this
Order be used in or by any public eating place or
class of public eating places within their area ; or
(b) Limiting the quantity of any Food stuffs which may be
supplied to or be used in or acquired by any such public
eating places or class of public eating places :
provided that any directions given by a Food Committee under
this Clause shall be reported to the Food Controller within seven
days and be subject at any time to review by the Food Controller
and shall be withdrawn or varied as he may determine.
All persons concerned shall comply with any such directions
given by a Food Committee.
14. For the purposes of this Order :
The expression "Food Committee" means as respects
Great Britain a Food Control Co.mmittee established in
pursuance .of the Food Control Committees (Constitution)
Order, 1917, (a) and as respects Ireland the Food Control Com-
mittee appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller, (b)
The expression ' ' meat " includes butcher's meat, sausages,
ham, pork, bacon, venison, preserved and potted meats, offals
and other meats of all kinds, and fats bought as part of the
meat, but does not include soup not containing meat, poultry
or game in a solid form.
The expression "poultry and game" includes rabbits,
hares and any kind of bird killed for food.
The expression ' ' fats ' ' includes all animal or vegetable fats
natural or prepared which are not bought as part of the meat.
The expression " flour " means any product obtained either
wholly or in part from wheat, rye, maize, barley and oats
except cereal products used as porridge supplied at breakfast.
The expression " sugar " includes glucose and all sweeten-
ing matter except honey, jam, treacle, syrup, saccharine or
sweetened beverage.
The expression " week " means seven days ending on a
Saturday midnight.
15. (i) Clauses 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 shall not apply to:-
(a) Any public eating place where no meal is served at a
price exceeding Is. 2d. (exclusive of the usual charges
for beverages) and there is exhibited on every tariff
card and also in a conspicuous position in every public
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(to) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III of this
Manual.
Public Meals Order, 1918. 445
room a notice to this effect and where also the maxi-
mum charge for bed and attendance does not exceed
Is. 6d. per night;
(b) Any boarding house or unlicensed hotel where the
number of bedrooms available for letting in connection
therewith whether in or outside the boarding house or
hotel does not exceed 5.
(ii) Clause 7 shall not apply to any public • eating place
where: —
(i) No customer is ever charged more than bd. (including the
charge for beverages) in respect of a meal begun
between 3 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. which does not include
meat, fish or eggs ; and
(ii) There is exhibited on every tariff and alao in a conspicuous
position in every room where meals are usually served
a notice to the effect that no customer will be so
charged.
16. The Public Meals Order, 1917, (a) as amended is hereby Revocation,
revoked as on the 3rd February, 1918.
17. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
18. (a) This Order may be cited as the Public Meals Order, Title.
1918;
(V) This Order shall come into force on the 3rd February,
1918, except as to Clause 2 which shall come into force on the
25th January, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W . H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st January, 1918.
(a) PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 158 of the
•*' Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
446
Public Meals Order, 1918.
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General Licence under Public Meals Order, 1918, and London 447
and Rome Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE
PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918,(a) AND THE LONDON AND HOME
COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. (b)
1918. No. 217.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons concerned to
give effect to the following provision : —
In any place of refreshment a meal meal may be served to .
(a) A member of His Majesty's Forces travelling in uniform
at any time and on any day on presentation of a meal
order issued by the Admiralty or the Army Council
which is chargeable to His Majesty's Government;
and
(b) A member of His Majesty's Forces travelling at any time
and on any day on presentation of a journey meat meal
card issued by the Admiralty or Army Council, and
subject to detachment of the appropriate coupon in
accordance with instructions on the card, or, until
the 25th March, 1918, on presentation of his furlough
papers.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
(a) PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. — That Order is printed p. 441.
(b) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDEK, 1918.—
That Order, which is printed p. 449, is superseded as to Meat to which the
present Licence exclusively relates by the Meat Rationing Order, p. 301.
448 List of Rationing Schemes Orders.
14A Rationing Schemes.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Order, 19 17>
p. 448.
Food -Control Committees (Local Distribution) Amendment
Order, 1918, p. 449.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
1918,;?. 463.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme Order,
No. 2, 1918, p. 464.
Local Distribution (Misuse of Documents) Order, 1918,
p. 449.
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918,
p. 449.
Directions thereunder (Supply of Butter and Margarine on
Coupons), p. 457.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Butter and Margarine), p. 458.
Directions thereunder (Butchers), p. 459.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's
Meat (including Pork)), p. 461.
Directions thereunder (Self -Suppliers of Butter), p. 462.
Directions thereunder (Consumers of Butter and Margarine),
p. 464.
Meat Eationing Order, 1918, p. 463.
Directions thereunder (Amount of Ration and Use of Cards and
Coupons), p. 463.
Directions thereunder (Pork Butchers), p. 463.
Directions thereunder (General Butchers), /?. 463.
Directions thereunder (Retailers of Meat other than Butcher's Meat
or Pork), p. 464.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 448.
Sugar (Eationing) Order, 1918, p. 448.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) ORDER,
1917. DATED DECEMBER 22, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distribu-
tion and Eequisitioning ") (p. 235), makes provision for a scheme
to be adopted locally for the distribution of supplies.]
THE SUGAR (EATIONING) ORDER, 1918. DATED DECEMBER 31,
1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 17 (" Sugar ") (p. 502),
relates to the supply of a weekly ration of sugar. ]
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 14 ("Public
Meals ") (p. 441), relates to the rationing of meat, milk, sugar,
bread, butter, margarine, and other fats, used in public eating
places.]
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. 449
THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION (MISUSE OF DOCUMENTS) ORDER, 1918.
DATED FEBRARUY 2, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distribu-
tion and Requisitioning") (p. 239), relates to the misuse of docu-
ments and information in connection with arrangements for the
distribution or consumption of food.]
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) AMEND-
MENT ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distribu-
tion and Requisitioning ") (p. 240), makes further provision for a
scheme to be adopted locally for distribution of supplies.]
THE LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER,
1918. (a) DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918.
1918. No. 216.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I. — LIMIT ON CONSUMPTION.
1. No person in the area to which this Order applies (herein- Limit on
after called the said area) may consume in any week an amount consumption,
of rationed food in excess of the amount for the time being
prescribed by the Food Controller for such person (hereinafter
called the appropriate ration), provided that —
(a) Where the total quantity of rationed food consumed by
the members of any household, institution, or
residential establishment including any guest sharing
meals with such members, does not exceed the total
amount prescribed for such members under this Order,
each member of the household, institution or
residential establishment shall be deemed to have
complied with the foregoing provision ;
(6) Regard shall be given to any direction given by the Food
Controller under Clause 22 of this Order relating to
self-suppliers; and
(c) There shall be excluded from computation butter or
margarine duly served in a catering establishment.
(a) REVOCATION AS TO MEAT. — This Order is superseded as to meat by
Meat Rationing Order, 1918, printed in Group 10 ("Meat and Cattle and
Eggs"), p. 301.
5022 P
450
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918.
Limitation
on
acquisition.
Dealing with
card where
rationed food
is not obtain-
ed from a
retailer.
Supplies by
retailer.
Presump-
tion.
Exception
from this
part of
the order.
Supply to
catering es-
tablishments
and institu-
tions.
Serving of
meat meals
in a catering
establish-
ment.
PART II. — ACQUISITION AND SUPPLY.
2. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain for consump-
tion in the said area —
(a) in any week from all sources more than the appropriate
ration of any rationed food for that week ; or
(b) any part of any rationed food from any retailer within
the said area except upon production by him or on his
behalf of his Food Card or his Meat Card to the
retailer, and except also in the case of a Food Card,
the Card be marked in the prescribed manner and,
in the case of a Meat Card, the appropriate coupon
representing the amount supplied be detached and
retained by the retailer; or
(c) to the extent to which the Food Controller so directs in
the case of any rationed food obtain the same from
any retailer other than a retailer with whom he is
registered.
3. Where a person obtains any rationed food for consumption
in the said area from any person other than a retailer within
the said area he shall forthwith, if such food be meat, detach and
destroy the appropriate coupon, and if such food be any other
rationed food, mark the sard in the prescribed manner.
4. (a) No 'retailer within the said area shall supply or offer
to supply to any person for consumption, whether within or with-
out the said area, any rationed food except subject to and in
accordance with the directions from time to time given by the
Food Controller.
(6) No person other than a retailer shall supply or offer to
supply any rationed foodstuff to any person for consumption
within the said area, except where it is certified to him in writing
by the person to whom such supply is made that he is not thereby
obtaining an amount in excess of the appropriate ration.
5. Until the contrary be proved, it shall be presumed that any
supply of rationed food by or to a person who is within the said
area is made for purpose of consumption within the said area.
6. This part of this Order shall not apply to —
(a) the distribution of rationed food among the members of a
household! or to guests sharing household meals ; or
(b) the supply of rationed food to or by caterers, institutions,
and residential establishments.
PART III. — ESTABLISHMENTS.
7. A person shall not buy or take delivery of any rationed food
for the purposes of any catering establishment or of any institu-
tion in the said area except under and to the extent specified in
an authority issued by the Food Controller or a Food Committee
for the purposes of this Order.
8. No meat meal shall be served to any person by a catering
establishment whether for consumption on the premises or else-
where except —
(a) where the person served produces a Meat Card containing
an appropriate coupon or half coupon, and such a
coupon or half coupon is detached and retained by the
caterer ; or
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. 451
(b) where the person served has made the prescribed visitor's
declaration ; or
(c) where the person served produces an emergency card or
other authority available for the purpose.
9. The total quantity of meat consumed or supplied in or by Gross
any catering establishment in any week shall not exceed the J*u^ntiti^ .
amount of meat which is represented by the coupons, declarations, any week ilT
emergency cards and other like authorities duly received by the a catering es-
catering establishment during such week and produced by him tablishment.
to the Food Committee.
10. (a) The provisions of the Public Meals Order, 1918, (a.) Public Meals
relating to the amount of meat which may be consumed or Order, 1918
supplied in or by any public eating place shall cease to apply to ^ 59^
any catering establishment to which this Order applies. 1918)
(b) The provisions of the Public Meals Order, 1918, (a) in
so far as they restrict the amount of butter and margarine which
may be consumed or supplied in certain public eating places and
the provisions of such Order relating to records of butter and
margarine used shall apply to every catering establishment within
the said area, and clauses 11 and 15 of such Order shall be
modified accordingly.
11. Where a person has resided for four or more nights in any Marking of
one week on the premises of a catering establishment, the caterer cards for
shall forthwith mark or cause to be marked in the prescribed butter and
manner the appropriate numbered space on the Food Card,
relating to butter and margarine.
12. The total quantity of a rationed food consumed or supplied Total quan-
in or by any institution in any week shall not exceed the total tii;y COQ-
quantity allowed for the persons residing in the Institution in
that week ascertained in accordance with the scale, if any, which
may be prescribed for such Institution or for an Institution of
that class, or, failing any such scale, the quantity which might
be consumed by such persons if they were members of a house-
hold within the said area.
13. Where a person carries on a residential establishment, Residential
he shall obtain a supply of any rationed food for the purposes of establish-
such establishment only by means of the meat cards and food men*s»
cards of the members of such establishment and upon the footing
and subject to the conditions which would be applicable, if in
the matter of obtaining such supply, he were the duly authorised
agent of all such members, and such members were the registered
customers of the retailer with whom he has lodged the preliminary
demand note relating to such rationed food for the purposes of the
scheme to which this Order gives effect.
14. The person or persons having control or management of Records,
any catering establishment or any institution shall be responsible
for securing that the total quantity of a rationed food permitted
to be consumed or supplied therein in any week is not exceeded
(a) PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918.— That Order is printed in Group 14
("Public Meals"), p. 441.
5022 P 2
452
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918.
and shall keep on the premises a register containing an
authentic record of the rationed foods obtained and used and
of all such matters as are requisite for determining whether
or not the provisions of this Order or the Public Meals Order,
1918, as hereby amended are being complied with ; and after
any form for keeping such register has been prescribed shall keep
the register on the form so prescribed and shall produce such
register and every other record required to be kept under this
Order to any person authorised by or on behalf of the Food
Controller or a Food Committee to inspect the same together
with all such invoices, vouchers and other documents as may be
necessary or proper for checking the entries in the register.
Issue of
documents.
Lost ration
papers and
cards.
PART IV. — CARDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
15. The Food Controller or a Food Committee in accordance
with any directions of the Food Controller may with a view to
the distribution of any rationed food from time to time issue or
cause to be issued to such persons, and subject to such conditions
as may from time to time be thought fit, meat cards, food cards,
and other like documents (hereinafter called ration cards, which
terms shall include any counterfoil or coupon forming part of
such card) and other documents to be issued for the purposes of
the distribution or rationing of such rationed food.
16. If any Ration CaTd be defaced, lost or destroyed, the
Food Controller or a Food Committee, in accoi dance with the
directions of the Food Controller, may on such evidence as he
or they think fit renew the same. Every document so renewed
may be issued subject to such conditions as may be notified
thereon or otherwise imposed, and it shall be the duty of the
person to whom the same is issued to comply with all such
conditions.
Ownership 17- (a) Every ration card issued or to be issued for the pur-
and custody poses of this Order is and will, except as otherwise provided by
or directed under this Order, remain the property of the Food
lts> Controller; but the person in respect of whom a lation card is
issued, shall be entitled to its custody.
(6) The person for the time being having possession of any
Ration Card shall deal therewith as provided by this Order or as
may from time to time be directed by or under the authority of
the Food Controller.
Persons in 18. When any person is in possession of a Ration Card and
unauthorised such possession is not authorised by virtue of this Order, then
possession of unless within 7 days of the same having come into his possession
documents. jle g^n nave returned the same to the person entitled to the
custody thereof or otherwise dealt therewith as provided by or
Tinder this Order he shall forthwith deliver the same to the Food
Controller, or to any Food Committee or otherwise as directed
on the card.
Bation card 19. Every Ration Card shall be inalienable, and no person shall
to be assign or attempt to assign or otherwise dispose thereof,
inalienable.
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. 453
20. (a) Where a person ceases to reside within the said area, Persons
he shall forthwith deliver his Ration Card to the Food Committee leaving the
for the district to which he proceeds, or shall otherwise deal area-
therewith as provided by or under this Order.
(6) This provision shall not apply to a person who does not
intend to be and is not absent from the said area for more than
one month or such other period as may from time to time be
prescribed.
21. The Food Controller may from time to time issue directions Power to
prescribing the matters to be prescribed under this Order or issue
otherwise for the purpose of giving effect to any of the provisions directions,
of this Order or any matter connected therewith, and it shall be
the duty of all persons concerned to comply with any such
directions.
22. (a) The Food Controller may from time to time give direc- Self
tions as to the application of this Order to the consumption in suppliers,
or in connection with any household of any rationed food obtained
from domestic produce or from animals killed, caught or kept
by any member of the household. Such directions may contain
all necessary and consequential provisions, including provisions
as to the extent, if any, to which any such rationed food may be
consumed in addition to the appropriate ration and such pro-
visions as may be thought fit relating to the use or treatment of
any Ration Card.
(6) A Food Committee may, subject to and in accordance
with any general instructions given to them by the Food Con«
troller, conclusively decide all matters arising out of any such
direction.
PART Y. — MISCELLANEOUS.
23. Any act required to be done by a person under this Order Acts on
may in the case of a person under the age of 1C years be done on behalf of
his behalf by one of his parents, or by his guardian or the person y°ung .P®r~
having custody of him, and in the case of a person of unsound persons of
mind by the person for the time being having charge of his unsound
affairs. mind.
24. A person shall in making and completing any application Application
or return, or other document issued or to be made in connection returns and
with this Order, follow ^he instructions relating thereto issued by other
or under the authority of the Food Controller. documents.
25. Where directions have been given by the Food Controller Powers of
requiring a person riot to obtain a rationed food from any retailer Food Com-
except a retailer with whom such person is registered, a Food ^ttees to
Committee shall have power —
(a) to limit the number of persons who may be registered
with any retailer for any rationed food;
(6) to transfer the person so registered from one retailer to
another ;
(c) to require any retailer to accept any particular person
or persons or class of persons as a customer or
customers; and
(d) to give directions as to the manner in which and the
times at which a retailer shall sell, distribute or
dispose of the rationed food among his customers.
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Food Com-
mittees to
act in
accordance
with
directions.
Use of
rationed
food stuffs
by retailers
for private
purposes.
Account-
ability of
retailers
for supplies.
Information
to be
confidential.
Delivery of
coupons, &c.
False
statements,
forgery,
fraud, &c.
26. Every Food Committee shall in tlie exercise of any powers
conferred upon such. Committee for the purposes of this Order
comply with such directions as may from time to time be given
by the Food Controller, and it shall be the duty of every person
to comply with any directions given by the Committee under
such powers.
27. Where a rationed food is not otherwise obtained for the
purposes of his household by a dealer, he may supply such food
for the purposes of his own household to the like extent and in
the like manner and subject to the like conditions as would be
applicable if he obtained such, food from a retailer, but
save as aforesaid no dealer shall use for his private purposes
any part of the rationed food for the time being held by him for
the purposes of his business.
28. (a) The total quantities of meat sold or disposed of by a
retailer in any week shall not exceed the amount of such meat
(ascertained in relation to butcher's meat, suet and offal on the
basis of value, and in any other case, on the basis of weight)
which is represented by the coupons, declarations, emergency
cards and other authorities issued for the purposes of this Order,
duly received by him during such week in the course of his
business and produced by him to the Food Committee.
(6) The total quantity of butter and margarine sold or dis-
posed of by a retailer in any week shall not exceed the amount of
such butter and margarine which his customers are entitled to
acquire from him and have so acquired during that week.
29. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member
of or a person employed by a Food Committee or any person whose
duty it is to deal with any application, return, ration card, or
other document made or issued for the purposes of this Order shall
not without lawful authority communicate to any person any
information acquired by him from any such document.
30. Every retailer shall as and when so directed by the Food
Controller or a Food Committee deliver to them all coupons,
cards and other documents delivered to him under or for the
purposes of this Order.
31. A person shall not:
(a) Make, or knowingly connive at the making of, any false
statement on any application or return made in con-
nection with or for any of the purposes of this Order
or make or knowingly connive at the making of any
false statement for the purpose of obtaining a supply
of rationed food.
(6) Forge or alter any ration card or other document issued
under or for any of the purposes of this Order.
(c) Personate or falsely represent himself to be the person to
whom such ration card or other document has been
issued or applies.
(d) Retain any such ration card or other document when he
has no right to retain it or fail to comply with any
directions issued by or under the direction of the Food
Controller with regard to the return thereof.
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918. 4">5
(e) Obtain or attempt to obtain any such ration card or other
document when he has no right to obtain it.
(/) Make or cause to be made, or without lawful excuse have
in his custody or possession, any paper or document
so made as to resemble or colourably imitate any
such ration card or other document.
(g) Use or attempt to use for the purpose of obtaining
rationed food for himself or for any other person any
paper or ticket so made as to resemble or colourably to
imitate any such ration card or other document or any
forged or altered ration card or other document.
(h) Fraudulently alter, or attempt to alter or forge, any
entry upon any ration card or other document.
(i) Forge any die or stamp used by or under the direction of
the Food Controller for the purposes of this Order.
(;') Fraudulently print or make any impression on any
material with such forged die.
(k) Fraudulently print or make any impression upon any
material by the genuine die used by or under the
authority of the Food Controller for the purposes
aforesaid.
(I) Without lawful excuse (the burden whereof shall lie
upon the person accused) make, or cause to be made, or
have in his custody or possession, any paper in the
substance of which shall appear any words, letters,
figures, threads, marks, lines, or other devices peculiar
to any appearing in the substance of any paper pro-
vided or used by or under the direction of the Food
Controller for any such ration card or other document.
32. In this Order, and in all authorities and other documents Interpreta-
issuecl for the purposes of this Order or the scheme to which this tion.
Order gives effect the following expressions shall have the follow-
ing meanings : —
" Food Committee " shall mean in respect of any area the
Committee constituted for such area in pursuance of the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
" Week " shall mean the 6 days ending at midnight on the
2nd March, 1918, and any subsequent period of 7 days ending
on a Saturday midnight.
" Catering establishment, residential establishment and
institution " shall severally mean the establishments regis-
tered as such for the purposes of the scheme to which this
Order gives effect.
'' Caterer " shall mean the person or persons having the
control or management of any catering establishment.
' Members of a household ' shall mean any persons
whether being members of a family, lodgers, guests,
servants, or other persons ordinarily resident in the same
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) OKDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
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house, or other premises, and sharing in common arrange-
ments for the purchase of food, but it shall not include any
persons residing in any catering establishment, institution
or residential establishment.
" A retailer " shall mean a person who has been registered
in the said area as a retailer for the purposes of the scheme
to which this Order gives effect, or as a retailer of any of
the rationed foods, or who in the ordinary way of his tiade
deals in a rationed food by retail in the said area, but shall
not include a farmer or home producer who disposes only of
his own produce and does not carry on trade at premises
distinct from his farm or holding.
" Meat card, food card, visitor's declaration, emergency
card " means the several documents so headed issued for
the purposes of the scheme to which this Order gives effect
or otherwise for the purposes of this Order.
" Meat " shall mean butcher's meat, suet and offal,
sausages, ham, bacon, horseflesh and venison, canned pre-
served and potted meats, and other meats of all kinds,
rabbits and hares and any kind of bird killed for food, and
the bones of any such meat.
f< Butcher's meat " shall include beef, mutton, lamb, veal
and pork and the bones of any such meat.
:< Meat meal " shall mean any meal containing any meat
but shall not include soup not containing meat in a solid
form.
Exception. 33. This Order shall not affect :-
(a) Members of the Forces of His Majesty or His Majesty's
Allies in relation to rations supplied to them as mem-
bers of such forces.
(6) Seamen engaged on the work of a ship in relation to food
duly supplied to them.
Area. 34. The area to which this Order applies shall be the area
comprised in the Administrative County of London and the
Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and
Sussex, and this Order shall come into force on the 25th
February, 1918.
Penalties. 35. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Title. 36. This Order may be cited as the London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing 457
Scheme) Order, 1918.
DIRECTIONS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE LONDON AND
HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. (ai)
1918. No. 218.
In exercise of the powers reserved by the above Order, the Food
Controller hereby directs that until further notice, the following
provisions shall have effect : —
1. The rationed foods shall be butter and margarine and meat.
2. The weekly ration of butter and margarine shall be 4 ozs.
3. The weekly ration of meat shall be 20 ozs. of butcher's
meat, with the usual bone, or its equivalent in accordance with
the official schedule of equivalent weights, set out at the foot
of these directions, provided that ivhere uncooked butcher's meat,
offal or suet is bought from a retailer, 5 ozs. of such meat shall
be taken to be represented by 5 penny worth. (h)
4. The weekly ration of meat for a child under the age of
ten years shall be half the ration applicable under Clause 2.(b)
5. Each numbered space on a Food Card appropriated to Butter
and Margarine shall authorise the supply of one weekly ration
and shall be available for use in the week to which such space
relates.
6. Each coupon on a Meat Card shall authorise the supply of
one-fourth of the weekly ration of meat and shall be available for
use only in the week to which such coupon relates. (b)
7. The space numbered 1 on the Food Card and the coupons
numbered 1 on the Meat Card shall relate to the week ending
2nd March, 1918, and the subsequent spaces shall relate to the
subsequent weeks in due numerical order. (b)
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918.—
That Order is printed p. 449.
(b) REVOCATION OF CLAUSES 3, 4, 6 AND 7. — These provisions as to meat
are superseded by the Meat Rationing Order, 1918, printed in Group 10
(" Meat and Cattle and Eggs,") (p. 301) and the Schedule of Equivalent Weights
of Meat is now superseded by the Table of Equivalent Weights of Meat, printed
p. 311, and is therefore not reprinted here.
458 Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918.
DIRECTIONS TO RETAILERS or BUTTER AND MARGARINE, DATED
FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES
(RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 219.
lii exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to
retaileis of Butter and Margarine: —
1. The retailer may sell only on production of a Food Card
which has been registered with him.
2. On each such card he may only sell in each week up to the
amount of the weekly ration, and on selling he must mark
indelibly the proper numbered square on the Butter-Margarine
part of the card. Each square is numbered to correspond with a
particular week and can only be used for sales in that week. The
first week is the week ending Saturday, March 2nd, and so on.
3. The retailer must divide what supplies he has as fairly as
possible between his registered customers. He is not bound to
supply the full rations to first comers, unless he is certain of
having enough to give full rations to all. He may sell pait of
the ration on a card first and make up the balance later in the
same week.
4. Squares which have not been used in the proper week cannot
be used later, without the permission of the Food Office. If
the retailer cannot supply the full ration in any week, he may
not without permission make it up in the next week.
5. The retailer is bound to accept for registration any customer
assigned to him by the Food Office.
6. TTie retailer may refuse to sell except for cash.
7. A registered customer can be transferred from one retailer
to another only with the consent of the Food Office, and the
retailer must not accept for registration except under instructions
from the Food Office a card which has already been registered
elsewhere.
8. A customer wishing to transfer his registration, on leaving
the district, should recover his counterfoil from the retailer and
take it with the card to the Food Office of his new district.
9. A customer wishing to transfer his registration for any other
reason should recover his counterfoil from the retailer and take
it with the card to his Food Office.
10. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order is printed p. 449.
Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918.
11. A retailei, if lie has supplies, may without registration sell
on Emergency Cards presented by Soldiers and Sailors on leave,
or others, if the cards are not marked with the name of another
retailer, or on Travellers' Cards, or on Supplementary Cards
issued to invalids.
12. These directions do not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers, or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
13. These directions apply as from Monday, February 25th,
1918. Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence
under the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
14. The weekly ration till further notice is 4 oz. per head for
adults and children alike.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
DIRECTIONS TO BUTCHERS, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER,
1918. (a)
1918. No. 220.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to
butchers : —
1. The butcher may sell butcher's meat (including pork) only
on production of a Meat Card which has been registered with
him, and on selling he must detach the proper number of coupons
for the amount sold.
2. Each coupon on an ordinary (adult's) Meat Card represents
5d. worth of uncooked butcher's meat (including pork) and that
amount may be sold on it, according to the statutory Schedule of
prices. Each coupon on a child's Meat Card represents half this
amount.
3. Each coupon is numbered to correspond with a particular
week and can only be used for sales in that week. The first week
is the week ending Saturday, March 2nd, and so on.
4. Coupons which have not been used in the proper week cannot
be used later without permission of the Food Office, even though
the butcher has been unable to supply the full ration in the proper
week.
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order, which is printed p. 449, is revoked as to meat by the Meat Rationing
Order, 1918, Art. 40 of which (p. 309) provides that these directions shall have
effect as if issued under the Meat Rationing Order.
460 Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing
ScJieme) Order, 1918.
5. The butcher must divide what supplies he has as fairly as-
possible between his registered customers. He is not bound to
supply the full ration to first comers, unless he is certain of
having enough to give full rations to all.
6. There are four coupons for each week on each card, but the
butcher may not sell butcher's meat (including pork) on more
than three of these to any customer in any week (or alternatively
on more than three out of every four cards registered with him
for the same household) unless he has a surplus after supplying
the requirements of all his registered customers up to the amount
allowed by three out of their four weekly coupons.
7. The butcher is bound to accept for registration any customer
assigned to him by the Food Office.
8. The butcher may refuse to sell except for cash.
9. A customer can be transferred from one butcher to another
only with the consent of the Food Office, and the butcher must
not accept for registration, except under instructions from the
Food Office, a card which has already been registered elsewhere.
10. A customer wishing to transfer his registration, on leaving
the district, should recover his counterfoil from the butcher and
take it with the card to the Food Office of his new district.
11. A customer wishing to transfer his registration for any
other reason should recover his counterfoil from the butchei and
take it with the card to his Food Office.
12. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
13. A butcher, if he has supplies, may without registration sell
on Emergency Cards, presented by soldiers and sailors on leave,
or others, if the cards are not marked with the name of another
butcher, or on Travellers' Cards or on Supplementary Cards issued
to invalids.
14. A butcher, that is to say a retailer selling any butcher's
meat (including pork), may not sell offal or suet except in accord-
ance with lliet>e directions.
15. These directions do not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
16. The butcher must keep prominently displayed in his shop
a copy of the official Table of Equivalent Weights for the time
being in force. (a)
17. These directions apply as from Monday, February 25th,
1918. Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence
under the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W , H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
(a) TABLE or EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS. — This Table is printed in Group 1O
(" Meat and Cattle and Eggs "), p. 311.
Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing 461
Scheme) Order, 1918.
DIRECTIONS TO RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER'S MEAT
(INCLUDING PORK), DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1918, UNDER THE
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER
1918. (a)
1918. No. 221.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above Order
the Food Controller hereby gives the following directions to
retailers of meat other than butcher's meat (including pork) : —
1. A retailer may sell meat to which these directions apply
only on production of a Meat Card, and on selling he must detach
the proper number of coupons for the amount sold.
2. Each coupon on an ordinary (adult's) Meat Card represents
the weight of meat set out in the official Table of Equivalent
Weights, or 5 penny worth of uncooked edible offal, and not more
than tKat amount may be sold on it. Each coupon on a child's
Meat Card represents half this amount.
3. Each coupon is numbered to correspond with a particular
week and can only be used for sales in that week. The first week
is the week ending Saturday, March 2nd, and so on.
4. Coupons which have not been used in the proper week cannot
be used later without permission of the Food Office, even though
the retailer has been unable to supply the full ration in the
proper week.
5. There are four coupons for each week on each card and
any or all of these may be used for the purchase of meat other
than butcher's meat, or of meat meals, whether or not the card
has been registered with a butcher.
6. Any person who has lost his card or has never had a card
should be referred to his Food Office.
7. Meat may also be sold on Emergency Cards presented by
soldiers and sailors on leave or others, or on Travellers' Cards
or on Supplementary Cards issued to invalids.
8. These Directions apply to meat of every kind other than
uncooked butcher's meat, that is to say offal, poultry and game,
etc. (including all birds, rabbits, hares, venison, and horseflesh) ;
bacon and ham; sausages and cooked, canned, preserved and
miscellaneous meats, as specified in the Table of Equivalent
Weights.
9. These directions do not affect sales to registered Residential
Establishments, Caterers or Institutions in accordance with the
special directions issued for such establishments.
10. The retailer must keep prominently displayed in his shop
a copy of the official Table of Equivalent Weights for the time
being in force. (to)
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order, which is printed p. 449, is revoked as to meat by the Meat Rationing
Order, 1918, Art. 40 of which (p. 309) provides that these directions shall have
effect as if issued under the Meat Rationing Order.
(b) TABLE OF EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS. — This Table is printed in Group 1O
(" Meat and Cattle and Eggs"), p. 311. .
462 Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) Order, 1918.
11. These directions apply as from Monday, February 25th,
1918. Failure to comply with any of them is a summary offence
under the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretaiy to the Ministry of Food.
23rd February, 1918.
DIRECTIONS RELATING TO SELF- SUPPLIERS, DATED FEBRUARY 28,
1918, UNDER THE LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING
SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 222.
1. These shall be excluded from computation of food
consumed : —
(a) Meat obtained from rabbits, hares and birds (other than
poultry and game) caught or kept in the ordinary
course by any member of the household: and
(b) One-third of any meat obtained from any game or other
wild animal, caught or killed by any member of a
household or any employee of such member : and
(c) One-third of any meat obtained from any other animal
kept in the ordinary course by any member of the
household : and(l>)
(d) One-third of any butter produced from animals kept by
any member of the household.
Provided that nothing in sub-clauses (b), (c) and (d) shall
authorise consumption of a total quantity of meat or of(b) butter
and margarine greater than the prescribed ration by more than
one half.
2. The foregoing provision shall apply only where: —
(a) The food is consumed in or about the household where
the animal or(b) produce has been caught, kept,
killed, or produced, or,
(b) The food is consumed by a member of such household
usually residing therein during his absence therefrom
for not more than four consecutive weeks, or,
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order is printed p. 449.
(b) REVOCATION so FAR AS REGARDS MEAT. — The London and Home
Counties (Rationing Scheme) Order, 1918, is revoked so far as regards meat,
except as regards the directions to butchers and retailers of meat (pp. 459-462),
by Clause 40 of the Meat Rationing Order, 1918, p. 309.
Orders relating to Rationing Schemes but falling under Other 463
Groups.
(c) The food is consumed by an agricultural labourer or any
other labourer or employee employed by any member
of the household', in or about the holding or premises
of the household.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food
23rd February, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 21, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distri-
bution and Requisitioning ") (p. 242), provides for the local
distribution by certain Committees of butter, margarine, and
tea.]
MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 6, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 10 (" Meat and Cattle
and Eggs ") (p. 301), restricts the use of meat in Great Britain.]
DIRECTIONS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE MEAT RATIONING
ORDER, 1918, RELATING TO THE AMOUNT OF THE RATION AND
USE OF CARDS AND COUPONS.
[These directions are printed in Group 10 (" Meat and Cattle
and Eggs "), p. 310.]
DIRECTIONS TO PORK BUTCHERS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE
MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.
[These Directions are printed in Group 10 (" Meat and Cattle
and Eggs"), p. 314.]
DIRECTIONS TO GENERAL BUTCHERS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER
THE MEAT RATIONING ORDER, 1918.
[These Directions are printed in Group 10 (" Meat and Cattle
and Eggs"), P- 315.]
464 Directions under the London and Home Counties (Rationing
Scheme) OrderL 1918.
DIRECTIONS, DATED APRIL 6, 1918, UNDER THE MEAT RATIONING
ORDER, 1918, TO RETAILERS OF MEAT OTHER THAN BUTCHER' s
MEAT OR PORK.
[These Directions are printed in Group 10 (" Meat and Cattle
and Eggs "), P- 317.]
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION)
SCHEME ORDER, No. 2, 1918. DATED APRIL 6, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distri-
bution and Requisitioning ") (p. 250), provides for the local dis-
tribution of butter, margarine and tea by certain other Food
Control Committees.]
DIRECTIONS TO CONSUMERS or BUTTER AND MARGARINE, DATED
APRIL 27, 1918, UNDER THE LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES
(RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 484.
In exercise of the powers reserved to him by the above order,
the Food Controller hereby directs that until further notice a
person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any butter or
margarine from any retailer other than the retailer with whom
such person is for the time being registered for butter and
margarine, except where it is otherwise provided by the food
card in right of which butter or margarine may be obtained by
him.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
27th April, 1918.
(a) LONDON AND HOME COUNTRIES (RATIONING SCHEME) ORDER, 1918. —
That Order is printed p. 449.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917. 465
15. Seeds and Nuts.
Beans and Peas, General Licence as to Seeds, p. 471.
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917, p. 470.
Desiccated Cocoanut (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918, p. 471.
Seeds, Nuts and Kernels (Requisition) Order, 1917, p. 470.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917, p. 465.
THE TESTING OF SEEDS ORDER, 1917. DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1917.
1917. No. 1156.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. On and after the 1st January, 1918 no seedsman, grower or Regulation
farmer, except as hereinafter provided, shall sell or expose for °^ ^k an<^
sale for sowing any seeds named in the first Schedule to this ^°of seeds
Order, unless : —
(a) A sample of the seeds has previously been taken and
tested in accordance with the provisions of this Order,
either by or on behalf of the seller or at one oi the
following Government Stations : — For England and
Wales at the Seed Testing Station, Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries, Food Production Department,
72, Victoria Street, London, B.W.I; for Scotland at
the Seed Testing Station, Board of Agriculture for
Scotland, 29, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh; for
Ireland at the Seed Testing Station, Department of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland,
Upper Merrion Street, Dublin ;
(b) In the case of a sale the particulars required by this
Order are correctly declared to the purchaser at or
before the time of sale or delivery in writing, either
in an invoice of the seeds or in some other form; pro-
vided that it shall be sufficient for the purposes of
this provision if the declaration is made by reference
to a printed catalogue or to a price list containing
the particulars required by this Order; and provided „
also that in the case of a sale and delivery prior to
the 1st July, 1918, the declaration need not be Driven
unless demanded by the purchaser and then only in
regard to quantities exceeding those indicated below
of the following seeds: — Pea, bean, garden turnip,
parsnip, onion, carrot, beet, garden cabbage, garden
kale; and in the case of any sale or delivery need not
be qriven in respect of sales not exceeding 2 Ibs. of pea
and bean and not exceeding 8 oxs. of grarden turnip,
parsnip, onion, carrot, beet, garden cabbage, gardeii
kale; and
466 Testing of Seeds Order, 1917.
(c) In the case of seeds exposed for sale (other than those
enumerated in 1 (b), a copy of the declaration re-
quired by this Order in the case of sale is conspicuously
exposed on or in connection with the seeds.
Particulars 2. — (1) The particulars required by Clause 1 of this Order
required to are .
(a) The name and address of the seller ;
(b) The kind of seeds sold or exposed for sale and, in the
case of cereals, clovers and sainfoin, the variety of
(c) In the case of sainfoin, lucerne, clovers, cocksfoot,
timothy and meadow fescue seed, the country of
origin (England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland being
for this purpose treated as different countries) or if
the country of origin is not known to the seller a
statement to that effect;
(d) In the case of mixtures of grasses or of clovers or of
grasses and clovers, which may be sold or exposed for
sale for agricultural purposes, the particulars re-
quired by paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be given in
respect of each kind of grass or clover seed in the
mixture and the proportion by weight of each kind
shall also be given.
(2) In the case of a sale or exposure for sale of seeds other
than cereals the required declaration shall include the follow-
ing additional particulars : —
(a) The percentage by weight of pure seed subject to the
scale of latitude in the second Schedule to this Order ;
(b) In the case of clovers, lucerne, and timothy whether
dodder is present;
(c) The total percentage by weight of injurious weed seeds
present where such total exceeds 1 per cent. For the
purposes of this Order no seeds but those of dock
(Rumex conglomeratus Murr., R. obtusofolius L., R.
crispus L.), sheep's sorrel (R. Acetosella L.), wild
carrot (Daucus Carota L.), Yorkshire Fog (Holcus
lanatus L.), soft brome grass (Bromus mollis L. et
spp.), suckling clovers (Trifolium dubium Sibth., T.
procumbens L. and also T. parviflorum Ehrh. and T.
angulatum Waldst.), are regarded as injurious weed
(d) In the case of sainfoin where more than 5 per cent, by
weight of Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba L.) is present
in the sample the percentage must be stated ;
(e) The percentage of seeds by number of the kind of which
the sample purports to consist capable of germination,
as ascertained by a germination test;
(/) In the case of sainfoin, lucerne, trefoil and clovers the
percentage by number of hard seeds ; and
{g) The month and year in which the germination test
was made.
Testing of Seeds Order, 1917. 407
3. The particulars of the percentage of pure seed or of the Scale of
percentage of seeds capable of germination shall not for the pur- latitude
poses of these provisions be deemed to be incorrectly stated if they
do not differ from the actual percentage as determined by a
Government Station as defined in Clause 1. (a) by more than the capabilities
percentages permitted by the Scale of Latitude in the Second of germina
Schedule hereto. tion-
4. Any person authorised for England and Wales by the Board Powers of
of Agriculture and Fisheries, for Scotland by the Board of Agri- entlT and
culture for Scotland, and for Ireland by the Department of »mPlm«-
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland(a) may take
without payment samples of any seeds which have been sold or are
being exposed for sale and may enter on any premises for the
purpose of taking such samples. In any case of dispute as to
the correctness of any particulars given by a seller where such
particulars are required by this Order the result of a test carried
out by the Government Station of that part of the United King-
dom in which the purchaser resides shall be regarded as conclusive
evidence, but the seller shall on demand be provided by the1
Government Station with a sealed portion of the sample which
has been tested.
5. In any proceedings in respect of an infringement of this Certificate of
Order the production of the certificate as to the result of a test test.
carried out in England or Wales given by the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries, or as to the result of a test carried out in
Scotland given by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland or as to
the result of a test carried out in Ireland given by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland shall
be sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated unless the
Defeiidant requires that the person who made the test shall be
called as a witness.
6. This Order shall not apply to — Exception of
(a) a sale by wholesale of seeds invoiced as "seeds as grown"
or any exposure by the wholesaler for sale of seeds for
the purpose of such a sale ; but nothing in this excep-
tion shall affect the liability of the producer or agent
for failure to deliver seed of the variety named at the
time of sale ;
(6) a sale for delivery outside the United Kingdom ;
(c) a sale by retail in Ireland of seeds for sowing purchased
by the vendor previous to August 1st, 1917, provided
that in lieu of the declaration required by this Order
the words "previous seasons' seed" shall appear on
the invoice or be conspicuously displayed on or near
such seeds when exposed for sale.
(a) AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS. — As to the constitution of the three
Agricultural Departments see the Introductory Notes to Part V (England and
Wales), p. 257, Part VI (Scotland), p. 341, and Part VII (Ireland), p. 379 of the
" Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
4:68 Testing of Seeds Order, 1917.
Definitions. 7. For the purposes of this Order — " a sample " means a sample
taken in the following manner : —
(a) In the case of seeds sold retail and in the case of seeds
sold wholesale in quantities of 1 sack (4 bushels) or
under, portions shall be drawn from the top, middle
and bottom of the bag in which the seeds are contained.
All the portions so taken shall be well mixed and a
representative sample of the whole shall be used.
(b) In the case of seeds sold wholesale in quantities of over
1 sack (4 bushels) or bag portions shall be drawn from
each sack or bag by means of a sampling instrument,
these portions shall be thoroughly mixed and a repre-
sentative sample of the whole shall be taken ; pro-
vided that when the amount sold consists of over
5 sacks or bags and not more than 10 sacks or bags
portions need only be taken from one sack or bag in
three; and that if the amount sold is over 10 sacks or
bags and not more than 50 sacks or bags portions
need only be taken from one sack or bag in five; and
that if the amount sold exceeds 50 sacks or bags por-
tions need only be taken from one sack or bag in ten.
In the case of seeds stored in heaps or bins the sample
shall be a sample from representative portions taken
from various parts of the heap or bin so as fairly to
represent the bulk.
The sizes of samples for testing shall be as follows : —
Ounces.
Timothy, White Clover and Alsike Clover, not less
than 1
Bed Clover, Crimson Clover, Trefoil, Lucerne, Rye
Grasses, Cocksfoot, Meadow Fescue, Crested
Dbgstail, Rape, Turnip, Swede, Cabbage, Carrot,
Parsnip, Onion, Mangold, Beet and Kale not less
than 2
Sainfoin, not less than ... ... ... ... 3
Pea, Bean, Tares or Vetches, Wheat, Oat, Barley
and Rye, not less than ... ... ... ... 4
Where a sample has been taken in the presence of and sealed
or marked by, the seller and the person obtaining the sample or
his representative, the sample shall be deemed to have been
duly taken.
"Impurities" mean all seeds or portions of seeds other than
those of which the parcel purports to consist whether they are
those of weeds, harmless plants, or other cultivated plants, and
also broken seeds of the kind of which the parcel purports to
consist, so far as they are incapable of germinating, and also
foreign matter, sand, grit, soil, fragments of roots, stems or
flowers, single glumes, single flowering glumes and single pales,
smut, ergot, and other sclerotia. In the case of Rye Grass,
Meadow Fescue and Cocksfoot, the seed shall be considered to be
" pure " if it consists at least of the two united pales, regardless
of the state of development or even the entire absence of the
caryopsis or kernel within the pales.
Testing of Seeds Order, 3917. 469
8. This Order shall apply to a sale made before the 1st January, Application
1918, as reerards any seeds delivered to the purchaser on or after t° sal68
,1 , j , before 1st
that date. Jan ? 1918
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Eegulations.
10. This Order may be cited as the Testing of Seeds Order, Short title.
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th November, 1917.
First Schedule.
KIND OF SEEDS OF WHICH THE SALE AND EXPOSURE FOR SALE is
REGULATED.
Wheat, Barley, Oats and Rye.
Perennial Rye Grass.
Italian Rye Grass.
Cocksfoot.
Meadow Fescue.
Timothy.
Red Clover. .
Alsike.
White Clover.
Crimson Clover. Under wtate™r Il>ade
Trefoil.
Lucerne.
Sainfoin.
Crested Dogstail.
Tares or Vetches.
Pea.
Bean.
Mangel.
Swede.
Rape.
Parsnip.
Onion.
Carrot.
Beet.
Turnip (Field).
Turnip (Garden).
Cabbage (Field).
Cabbage (Garden)
Kale (Field).
Kale (Garden).
470 Testing of Seeds Order, 1917.
Second Schedule.
SCALE OF LATITUDE.
Germination.
Where the percentages of germination stated in the prescribed
particulars are: —
Allow
per cent.
At or between 100-95 and 1-5 ± 4
94-90 „ 6-10 ± 6
89-85 „ 11-15 ± 7
84-75 „ 16-25 ± 8
74-55 „ 26-45 ± 9
54-49 „ 46-50 ± 10
Purity, after eliminating Impurities.
Where the percentages of total pure seed stated in the pre-
scribed particulars are : —
Allow
per cent.
At or between 100-97 , ±1
96-90 ± 2
Below 90 + 4
Where the percentage is stated by the seller with a range, e.g.,
94-90 per cent., the percentage for the purposes of the Scale of
Latitude shall be the mean, i.e., in the above case 92 per cent.
Injurious Weed Seeds.
No scale of latitude shall be allowed in respect of the per-
centage of injurious weed seeds.
THE DAMAGED GRAIN, SEEDS AND PULSE (PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals ") (p. 101), applies also to damaged seeds.]
THE SEEDS, NUTS AND KERNELS (EEQUISITION) ORDER, 1917.
DATED NOVEMBER 29, 1*917.
[This Order, which. is printed as amended in Group 12 (" Oils
and Fats ") (p. 393), applies to oleaginous seeds.]
Desiccated Cocoanut (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918. 471
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JANUARY 31, 1918, UNDER BEANS, PEAS
AND PULSE (EETAIL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.
[This Licence, which is printed in Group 2 (" Beans, Peas and
Pulse") (p. 66), relates to seed beans and peas.]
THE DESICCATED COCOANUT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1918.
DATED MARCH 2, 1918.
1918. No. 243.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or Maximum
offer to buy any Desiccated Cocoanut at prices exceeding the prices,
maximum prices permitted by this Order.
2. The maximum price on the occasion of any sale of Desiccated wholesale
Cocoanut, other than a retail sale, shall be at the rate of £4 10*. sale*.
per cwt.
3. (a) The maximum prices on the occasion of any sale other Transport
than a retail sale are fixed on the basis that all transport charges on
charges after sale by the first importer in the United Kingdom wholesale
are for the account of the ultimate buyer, and accordingly there sa
may be added to the maximum price all transport charges after
sale by such importer ex quay, free on rail, or ex importers ware-
house: Provided that the transport charges so added shall be
limited to any reasonable amounts actually and properly paid or
payable and any other reasonable sums representing transport
costs properly incurred and not exceeding the customary charges.
(b) Any amounts added in respect of transport charges shall
be shown as separate items on the invoice relating to the sale.
4. (a) The maximum price on the occasion of a retail sale shall Retail sales,
be at the rate of Is. per Ib.
(b) Where on the occasion of a retail sale the buyer requires
the Desiccated Cocoanut to be delivered to his premises, a reason-
able additional charge may be made for such delivery not exceed-
ing \d. per Ib. or any reasonable sum actually paid by the seller
for carriage ; but no charge shall be made for giving credit.
5. The maximum price on the occasion of any salr* shall include Packages,
the cost of packages and packing, and no additional charge may be
made therefor.
6. Where the maximum price at which Desiofited Cocoanut Reliance on
may be sold to any person depends upon the amount of any sum vendor's
paid or charged for transport, such person shall be entitled to statements.
472
Desiccated Cocoanut (Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
rely upon any written statement with reference to sucli amount
which may have been given to him by a person from whom he
bought the same unless he has reason to disbelieve the truth of
such statement.
Fictitious 7. A person shall not on the occasion of any sale or disposition
transactions, of Desiccated Cocoanut enter or offer to enter into any artificial
or fictitious transaction or make or demand any unreasonable
charge.
Contracts. 8. Where any contract subsisting on the 4th March, 1918, for
the sale of Desiccated Cocoanut provides for the payment of a
price exceeding the permitted maximum price, the contract shall
stand so far as concerns Desiccated Cocoanut delivered on or
before the 4th March, 1918, but shall, unless the Food Controller
otherwise directs, be avoided so far as concerns Desiccated Cocoa-
nut agreed to be sold above the permitted maximum price, which
has not been so delivered.
Penalty. 9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Title. 10. (a) This Order may be cited as the Desiccated Cocoanut
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1918.
(J>) This Order shall come into force as respects retail sales
on the llth March, 1918, and as respects any other sale on the
4th March, 1918.)
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H . Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
2nd March, 1918.
Ships' Stores Order, 1917.
473
16. Ships' Stores.
THE SHIPS' STORES ORDER, 1917. DATED DECEMBER 5, 1917.
1917. No. 1233.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No food shall be delivered or supplied for consumption on a Supply for
ship whether as ships' stores or otherwise except to and by a ships' stores,
person named in an authority issued for the purposes of this Order
and to the extent mentioned in such authority.
2. Authorities for the purposes of this Order shall be issued by Jssue of
or pursuant to the directions of the Food Controller in such authonties-
form and in such manner and subject to such conditions as the
Food Controller may from time to time determine. (a)
3. Any authority issued under this Order may be withdrawn by
the Food Controller.
4. Every person shall comply with any condition subject to
which an authority is issued under this Order.
5. A person shall not deliver or supply or offer to deliver or
supply or procure or attempt to procure the delivery or supply of
food in contravention of this Order, or make or connive at the
making of any statement which is false in any material particular
for the purpose of obtaining an authority under this Order or for
any other purpose connected with any such authority, or forge,
alter, or tamper with any such authority.
6. This Order shall not apply : —
(a) To His Majesty's Ships flying the White Ensign(b) ; or
(b) To coasting ships within the meaning of the Customs
Consolidation Act, 1876(o) ; or
Authorities
to be
revocable.
Duty of com-
pliance with
conditions.
Attempts,
false state-
ments, &c.
Exceptions.
(a) AUTHORITIES FOR PURPOSES OF ORDER. — By Notice of December 7th,
1917 (appearing in the Press) the Controller directed as follows : — " Authorities
"to be issued for the purposes of the Order shall be in the form from time to
" time prescribed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the purpose
"of making entry and obtaining clearance before shipment as Stores under
" Section 2 of the Customs (War Powers) Act, 1915."
(b) WHITE ENSIGN.— In accordance with Order in Council of July 9th, 1864,
the white tnsign is used by al] H.M.'s ships in commission. See Memorandum,
p. xviii, of the Admiralty " Flags of all Nations." Hitherto, under Admiralty
Warrant of 1829, the white ensign has been flown by vessels of the Royal Yacht
Squadron.
(c) "COASTING SHIPS." — "Coasting ship" in the Customs Consolidation Act,
1876 (39 & 40 Viet. c. 36) has the same meaning as " ship employed in the coasting
trade " in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. See " The Winstead " Law Rep.,
1895, p. 170.
474
Ships' Stores Order, 1917.
Disclosure.
Records.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Limits of
Order.
Title and
commence-
ment.
(c) To such, other Home Trade Ships(a) Or classes of Home
Trade Ships or to such Hospital Ships and Troopships
as may from time to time be exempted under the
authority of the Food Controller from the provisions
of this Order(b) ; or
(d) To the delivery or supply by any person of food not
exceeding 10s. in value to any one person on any
day or to the procuring by any one person of food not
exceeding such value 011 any one day from one or
more suppliers.
7. All parties to any transaction to which this Order applies
shall require or disclose (as the case may be) all such information
as may be necessary for or required by such parties or under the
authority of the Food Controller for the purpose of satisfying
them or him that the provisions of this Order have not been or are
not being contravened.
8. All persons engaged in supplying food as ships' stores shall
keep accurate records of food supplied to any ship and the date
of such supply, and such records shall at all times be open to the
inspection of any person authorised by the Food Controller.
9. For the purpose of this Order " food " shall include live
stock and every article used for food or drink by man, other
than water, and any article which ordinarily enters into or is
used in the manufacture or preparation of human food, other
fhan flavouring matters and condiments.
10. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
11. Nothing in this Order shall exempt any person from any
obligation to comply with any Order of the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise as to pre-entry of goods -intended for exporta-
tion or shipment as stores. (e)
12. (a) This Order may be cited as the Ships' Stores Order,
1917.
(6) This Order shall come into force on the 10th December,
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W . H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
5th December, 1917.
(a) " HOME TRADE SHIP."— S. 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894
(57 & 58 Viet. c. 60) provides that this expression includes " every ship employed
" in trading or going within the following limits ; that is to say, the United
" Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, and the continent of Europe
" between the River Elbe and Brest inclusive."
(b) EXEMPTED VESSELS.— The following Notice, dated December 7th, 1917,
appeared in the Press : — " The Food Controller gives notice that the following
" classes of ships shall be exempted from the provisions of the Ships' Stores
" Order : — Home-trade ships clearing for the voyage to and from Brest and
" ports in France north and east of Brest, hospital ships and troop-ships."
(c) ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS QF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. — See Order dated
January 26, 1917 (St. R. & 0. 1917, No. 74) as to pre-entry of export or coast-
wise goods and ships' stores, as amended by Order dated March 19, 1917 (St. R.
& O., 1917, No. 264).
Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917. 475
17. Sug-ar.(a)
Bread Order, 1917, p. 478.
Brewers' Sugar Order, 1917, p. 477.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917, p. 480.
Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 478.
Ice Cream (Restriction) Order, 1917,^. 501.
Public Meals Order, 1918, p. 512.
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 515.
Sugar Order, 1917, p. 482.
General Licence thereunder (Excess deli very against Voucher),
p. 492.
General Licence thereunder (Period of Delivery against
Voucher),^. 512.
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917, p. 495.
General Licence thereunder (Excess Delivery against
Voucher), p. 513.
Sugar (Brewers' Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended,
p. 493.
Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917, p. 475.
General Licence thereunder (Retail of Crystallized and
Glace Fruits), p. 493. •
General Licence thereunder (Weight of Wrappers), p. 512.
Sugar (Domestic Preserving) Order, 1918, p. 513.
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918, p. 502.
Notice thereunder (Weekly Ration), p. 510.
Order of Local Government Board thereunder
(Requisition for copy Certificate of Birth), p. 511.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order, 1917, p. 480.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (Ireland) Order, 1917,
p. 491.
Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended, p. 479.
Sugar (Sales for Ireland Returns) Order, 1917, p. 489.
THE SUGAR (CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917. DATED JANUARY 11,
1917.
1917. No. 65.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2r
of the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914,
and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food
Controller hereby orders as follows : —
l.—(a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller no Retail price
person shall after the 1st day of February, 1917, manufacture ^ Sweet
(a) USE OF SUGAR FOR MANUFACTURE OF SPIRITS. — Regulation 30D of the n
Defence of the Realm Regulations, printed in Part VIII. of the "Food
(Supply and Production) Manual," p. 408, prohibits the use of Sugar or molasses
in the Manufacture of Whiskey, &c., without a permit from the Minister of
Munitions. Further restrictions on the use of Sugar are imposed by the Food
Controller's Orders, printed in this Group.
(b) GENERAL LICENCE OF FEBRUARY 18, 1918.— By General Licence (p. 512),
the weight of certain wrappings was included in ascertaining the prices of
chocolates and other sweetmeats.
476
Sugar (Confectionery} Order, 1917.
or supply or offer to supply from goods manufactured by him any
chocolate for sale by retail in the United Kingdom at a price
exceeding the rate of 3d. per oz., or any other sweetmeats for
sale by retail in the United Kingdom at a price exceeding the
rate of 2d. per oz.,(a) and no person shall after the 1st day of
May, 1917, sell or buy or offer to sell or buy by retail any
chocolate or other sweetmeats at a price exceeding the rate
specified above in each case.
(b) The price specified in the foregoing paragraph shall in
each case include the price of any box, package, or covering in
which the goods are sold by retail.
Use of sugar 2. Except under the authority of the Food Controller, no person
and chocolate shall after the first day of February, 1917, use any sugar (whether
for covering
cakes, etc.
Restriction
of use of
sugar in
confec-
tionery, (b)
Penalty.
Short Title.
icing sugar or not) or chocolate for the external covering of any
cake, pastry, or any other like article, or after the 1st day of
March, 1917, sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any cake, pastry,
or other like article which had been covered with sugar or
chocolate.
(b)3. — (a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller no
person shall in any of the prescribed periods use in the manufac-
ture of sugar confectionery or chocolate .more than 50 per cent,
of such an amount of sugar as bears the same proportion to the
total amount of sugar used by him for the same purpose in the
year 1915 as the length of the same prescribed period bears to a
whole year.
(b) The prescribed periods shall be the several periods of 3, 6,
9 and 12 months, commencing in each case on the first day of
January, 1917.
4. Any person acting in contravention of this Order is guilty
of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm Regu-
lations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Confectionery) Order,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
llth January, 1917.
(a) CRYSTALLIZED AND GLACE FRUITS. — By General Licence, dated Nov. 9,
1917 (p. 493) the sale of these at rates not exceeding 3d. per ounce was
authorised.
(b) FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SUGAR. — The Sugar (Restriction)
Order, 1917 (p. 479), repeals Art. 3 of the Sugar (Confectionery) Order and
restricts the use of sugar for manufacturing purposes except as regards jam,
marmalade, or condensed milk.
Brewers Suyar Order, 1917.
THE BREWERS SUGAR ORDER, 1917. DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 90.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2p
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. — (a) Except under the authority of the Food Controller all
brewers sugar in a ship arrived or to arrive, or on quay shall
be delivered into a warehouse, and no brewers sugar shall be
delivered from any warehouse.
(6) This article shall not apply to —
(i) British West India Grocery Crystallised Sugar or
British West India Muscovado Sugar or British
West India Grocery Syrup Sugar;
(ii) any brewers sugar which has been or shall be sold
to any brewer or to any manufacturer ol
brewers sugar to be used for the pur-pose of
their respective trades;
(iii) any brewers sugar which has been or shall be
imported under any licence issued by the Royal
Commission on the Sugar Supply(b) the terms
whereof provide thai such sugar shall be sold
only to brewers or brewers sugar manufacturers.
2. Except under the authority of the Food Controller no
brewers sugar shall be sold by retail at a price exceeding the
•current retail price for granulated sugar.
3. For the purpose of this Order the expression " brewers
sugar" shall mean sugar which when tested by the polariecope
indicates a polarisation not exceeding 89 degrees.
4. Any person acting in contravention of thia Order is guilty
of a summary offence against the Defence of the Realm
Regulations.
5. This Order may be cited as the Brewers Sugar Order, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
477
Brewers
Sugar to be
warehoused.
Sale of
Brewers
Sugar by
retail.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
February 8, 1917.
(a) RETURNS AS TO BREWERS SUGAR.— The Brewers Sugar Order wa»
accompanied by another Order of the same date—" The Brewers Sugar
(Returns) Order, 1917" (1917, No. 91) requiring Returns to be made by
owners by Feb. 22nd, 1917. That Order is omitted from this Manual as
" spent."
(b) SUGAR SUPPLY COMMISSION.— The names of the present (April 30th, 1918)
Commissioners are as follows : — Captain Sir Charles Bathurst, K.B.E.. M.P.
(chairman) ; The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Primrose, K.C.B., C.S.I., I.S.O.; Sir
Robert Park Lyle, Bart. ; Mr. H. Fountain, C.B., C.M.G.; Mr. Austin Taylor ;
Mr. George E. May ; and Sir Joseph White Todd, Bart. The Secretary is Mr.
•C. S. Rewcastle. (See 93 H. C. Deb. 5s. May 1, 1917, col. 299 ; since which
there have been changes in the Commission, the personnel of which is now as
specified in thig note). The address of the Royal Commission on Sugar Supply
is " Scotland House, Victoria Embankment, S.WJ."
478
Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917.
THE DEALINGS IN SUGAR (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
FEBRUARY 8, 1917.
1917. No. 131.
Prohibition
on dealings
in sugar
outside the
United
Kingdom.
Insurance.
Title of
order.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regula-
tion 2r of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all
other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller
hereby orders as follows : —
1. No person shall on or after the 15th February, 1917, without
a permit issued under the authority of the Royal Commission on
the Sugar Supply, (a) either on his own behalf or on behalf of any
other person —
(a) buy, sell, or deal in, or
(b) offer or invite an offer, or propose to buy, sell, or deal
in, or
(c) enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or
other dealing in,
any sugar outside the United Kingdom, whether or not the sale,
purchase or dealing is or is to be effected in the United Kingdom.
If any person acts in contravention of this Order, or aids or
abets any other person, whether or not such other person is in
the United Kingdom, in doing anything which if done in the
United Kingdom would be a contravention of this Order, that
person is guilty of a summary offence against the Defence of the
Realm Regulations, and if such person is a company, every
director and officer of the company is also guilty of a summary
offence against those regulations, unless he proves that the
contravention took place without his knowledge or consent. (b)
2. This Order shall not be construed as prohibiting the
insurance of sugar.
3. This Order may be cited as the Dealings in Sugar (Restric-
tion) Order, 1917.
February 8th, 1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
THE BREAD OSDER 1917. DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1917.
[Art. 4 of this Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread,
Flour and Cereals ") (p. 71), prohibits the use of sugar in the
making of bread.],
(a) SUGAR SUPPLY COMMISSION. — See footnote (b), p. 477.
(b) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 " Miscellaneous Provisions as
to OffenceB," p. 433, of the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual"), which
was added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended.
479
THE SUGAR (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917, DATED MARCH 16, 1917,
AS AMENDED BY THE SUGAR (RESTRICTION) ORDERS NoS. 2
AND 3, 1917.
1917. No. 252 as amended by Nos. 281 and 458.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
as follows : —
1. Except under the authority of the Food Controller(a) no Restriction
person shall during any of the periods hereinafter referred to use on sugar to
in the manufacture of articles manufactured by him for sale more ^^^0^
sugar than the amount prescribed for such period. (b) ingpurposei.
2. The prescribed amount shall be ascertained by reference to Prescribed
the total amount of sugar used in the year 1915 for manufacturing amount.
purposes by the person in question or, in the case where there
has been a transfer of a continuing business in or since the year
1915, by such person and his predecessors in that business.
The prescribed amount for each period shall be the percentage
of such total amount shown for that period in the following
table: —
Percentage of total sugar used
in 1915.(a)
Period for which such percentage is
applicable.
6i per cent.
124 „
181 „
25
1st June, 1917, to 31st August, 1917..
1st June, 1917, to 30th November, 1917.
1st June, 1917, to 28th February, 1918.
1st June, 1917, to 31st May, 1918.
(a) SUPPLIES OF SUGAR TO MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS. — A General
Licence dated August 27, 1917 (not printed in separate form), provides as
follows : —
" In exercise of the powers vested in him under the Defence of the Realm
Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf the Food
Controller hereby authorises every'Mineral Water Manufacturer to use in
the manufacture of Mineral Waters during the period 1st Juner 1917 to
31st August 1917 12£ per cent, of the total quantity of sugar so used by
him in 1915 and during the period 1st June 1917 to 30th November 1917
18| per cent, of the total quantity of sugar so used in 1915 provided that the
total quantity of sugar used by him for that purpose shall not exceed
during the period 1st June 1917 to 21st May 1918 25 per cent, of the
total quantity so used in 1915."
The effect of this Licence is that many, if not all, Mineral Water Manufac-
turers who are entitled to use, during the period 1st June 1917 to 31st May
1918 25 per cent, of the quantity used in 1915, will have arranged to draw in
advance during the period 1st June to 4th November 1917 a portion of the
deliveries to which they would otherwise have been entitled for the period 4th
November 1917 to the 31st May 1918. A Food Control Committee, when
considering an application from a Mineral Water Manufacturer, should
ascertain exactly what excess supply the applicant has arranged to draw up to
November 4th since the 1st June last, and should deduct this quantity from the
allotment of sugar to be made to him. (M. G. Sugar 7a.)
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OP SUGAR BY BREWERS. — See the Sugar (Brewers
Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 493.
480
Sugar (Registration of Retailers] Order, 1917.
Exceptions
from Order.
Penalty.
Title of
Order.
3. This Order shall not apply to the use of sugar in the
manufacture of jam, marmalade or condensed milk.
4. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order, that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent, (a)
5. Article 3 of the Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917, (b) is
hereby revoked.
6. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Restriction) Order,
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
16th March, 1917.
THE CAKE AND PASTRY ORDER, 1917. DATED APRIL 18, 1917.
[Art. 3 of this Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread,
Flour and Cereals") (p. 76), restricts the percentage of
sugar in cakes, buns and biscuits, and prohibits its use in scones ;
and Art. 2 prohibits the adding of edible substances to cakes, &c.,
after baking.]
Registration
of retailers
of sugar.
Application
for
certificate.
THE SUGAR (REGISTRATION OF RETAILERS) ORDER, 1917. DATED
AUGUST 23, 1917.
1917. No. 885.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby oiders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not on or after the 1st October, 1917, sell or
deal in sugar by retail on any premises unless he is the holder in
respect of such premises of a certificate of registration for the-
time being in force granted by the Food Control Committee
(hereinafter called the Committee) (c) within whose area such
premises are situate.
2. Every person who applies for a certificate of registration
shall furnish on the prescribed form a true statement of the-
particulars therein required to be specified.
(a) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, «Sc., OF COMPANY. — See footnote (b) to
Dealings in Sugar (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 478.
(b) SUGAR (CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed p. 475.
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES. — As to these Committees, see the Orders-
printed in Part III of this Manual.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order, 1917. 481
3. The Committee shall grant a certificate of registration to Grant by
any applicant who makes an application to them before the Committee.
15th September, 1917, and who or whose predecessor in business
was during the year 1915 dealing in sugar by retail in the
ordinary way of his trade in their area, and who at the date of
his application is so dealing in sugar, and may grant such certifi-
cate to any other applicant in any case in which in their opinion
it is necessary in the interests of the public within their area that
such certificate should be granted.
4. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Food Controller. certificate.
5. The Committee may, with the consent of the Food Con- Revocation,
troller, revoke any certificate of registration if they are satisfied
that any regulation or direction made or given by or under the
authority of the Food Controller relating to sugar has not been
observed by the holder of such certificate or any of his servamn
or agents, and shall revoke such certificate if required so to do by
the Food Controller.
6. The Committee shall keep a register of the person? to whom, Register.
and the premises in respect of which certificates of registration
have been granted under this Order.
7. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection Transfer of
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event of. a business,
the death of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall be
lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the.
holder of such certificate on making an application for a certifi-
cate of registration, to sell and deal in sugar by retail from the
date of such application until the decision thereon is intimated
by the Committee, in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled to deal.
8. The holder of any certificate of registration, his servants and Information
agents, shall give to the Committee such information, reports a.nd Inspec-
and returns relating to his stocks of sugar and dealings in sugar fc
as the Food Controller or the Committee may from time to time
require, and shall permit any person authorised by the Food
Controller or the Conrnittee to inspect all relevant books, docu-
ments and accounts.
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalties,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
10. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Registration Title and
of Retailers) Order, 1917. extent of
(5) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food,
23rd August, 1917.
5022
482 Sugar Order, 1917.
THE SUGAR ORDER, 1917. DATED OCTOBER 12, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1049.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
.under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART 1. — (DEFINITIONS).
Definitions. 1. In this Order and in all authorities, vouchers, forms of appli-
cation, directions and other documents issued or deemed to be
issued under this Order the following words and expressions shall
bear the following meanings, viz. : —
" Food Control Committee " shall mean in respect of any area
the Committee constituted for such area in pursuance of the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (b)
" Wholesaler " shall mean a wholesale dealer in sugar or
person obtaining sugar for the purpose of selling the same by
wholesale or a person deemed under this Order to be a wholesale
dealer in sugar and " Wholesale business " shall have a corre-
sponding meaning.
" Retailer " or "Registered Retailer" shall mean a person
registered as a retailer of sugar under the Sugar (Registration of
Retailers) Order, 1917, (o) and " Retail Business " shall bear a
corresponding meaning.
" Catering Business " shall mean the business or undertaking
of an inn, public house, hotel, restaurant, railway buffet, coffee
stall, or other place of refreshment open to the public, or of any
club, boarding house (other than a boarding house in which the
. number of bedrooms let and available for letting does not exceed
10), refreshment contractor or canteen, and " Caterers " shall
bear a corresponding meaning.
A "Manufacturing Business" shall mean any other business
in the course of which sugar is used otherwise than in catering
for the persons engaged therein, including among other businesses
the business of a pastry cook or confectioner or baker and con-
fectioner, and "manufacturer" shall bear a corresponding
meaning.
(a) GENERAL LICENCES UNDER ORDER.— The General Licence of Novem-
ber 8th, 1917, is printed p. 492, and that of January 4th, 1918, p. 512.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(c) SUGAR (REGISTRATION OF RETAILERS) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 480.
Sugar Order, 1917. 483
" Institution" shall include: —
(a) Public or private hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent or
nursing homes, workhouses, infirmaries, asylums,
corporations, or companies not established for the
purpose of trading or profit, religious or charitable
communities, residential schools and colleges, and
non-residential schools and colleges at which meals
other than teas are provided for the pupils or teachers,
and residential hostels of all kinds.
(6) Boarding Houses which are not catering businesses as
lierein- defined, and the catering or kitchen Depart-
ments of businesses where meals other than teas are
provided for the staffs of the business or their guests
but not for other members of the public, and other
like establishments, and establishments of public
utility not carried on primarily for profit and
requiring sugar for any of their purposes —
Provided that in any case a Food Control Committee may
decide that an Institution within the area of such Committee be
treated as private consumers, and so long as any such decision
remains in force the institution shall be exempted from the
restrictions hereinafter contained in relation to Institutions.
2. Upon any application to a Food Control Committee for an FoodControl
authority to procure sugar the Committee shall have power con- Committee
clusively to determine in all cases of doubt whether or not the to decide
application is made on behalf of an Institution or for the purposes
of a catering or manufacturing business, and every such deter-
mination shall be conclusive for all purposes unless and until it
shall have been varied by the Food Control Committee or the
Food Controller.
PART II. — (BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS).
3. A person shall not purchase or take delivery of any sugar after Authorities
the 4th November, 1917, for the purposes of any catering or and vouchers
manufacturing business, or after the 30th December, 1917, for for the
the purposes of any wholesale or retail business or Institution, P"
except under and to the extent specified in an authority issued by
a Food Control Committee or by the Food Controller pursuant to
this Order authorising him to take delivery of the sugar for that
purpose, and a person having the disposal of sugar shall not after
the same respective dates knowingly deliver sugar for any of the
purposes aforesaid except against a voucher issued by a Food Con-
trol Committee or the Food Controller pursuant to this Order
authorising such delivery
4. (a) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for By whom
the purposes of a wholesaler's business may be issued by the Food vouchers are
Control Committee for any area in which he has an office for to be 18sued-
transacting such business, and if he has two or more such offices Wholesalers,
in different areas the Committee for any one of such areas mny
5022 Q 2
484
Sugar Order, 1917.
Retailers.
Manufac-
turers.
Caterers or
Institutions
Forms of
Application.
Food Con-
troller to
regulate the
issue of
Authorities
and vouchers.
Sugar to be
used for
purpose for
which
obtained
Dealer to act
under
directions of
the Food
Controller.
issue authorities and vouchers covering the .whole of his business
or the Committees for different areas may issue authorities and
vouchers covering different parts thereof.
(6) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of a retailer's business may be issued by the Food Control
Committee for the area in which the retailer is registered in
respect of such business.
(c) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of a manufacturing business may be issued by the Food
Control Committee for the area in which the manufacture is
carried on, but a manufacturer who manufactures for sale by
wholesale may if he so desires apply to the Food Controller ior
authorities and vouchers in relation to his business and the Food
Controller may if he so thinks proper issue authorities and
vouchers accordingly.
(d) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of a catering business or an Institution may be issued
by the Food Control Committee for the area in which the catering
business or Institution is situated or carried on.
(e) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for any
purpose may be issued by the Food Controller in any case in which
he thinks proper so to do.
5. Every applicant for authorities and vouchers under this
Order shall furnish to the proper Food Control Committee or — iu
the cases provided for in Clause 4 (c) — to the Food Controller,
upon such form as may be from time to time prescribed for the
purpose by or on behalf of the Food Controller, a true statement
of the particulars required for completing such form.
C. Authorities and vouchers shall be issued in such manner and
in respect of such quantities of sugar and periods of time and
subject to such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed
or directed whether generally or in particular cases by the Food
Controller, and any person requiring the issue of any authority
or voucher shall apply to the Food Control Committee authorised
to issue the same or to the Food Controller, as the case may be,
within such time as may be prescribed by the Food Controller.
7. A person shall not (except as expressly provided by
Clause 13) use any sugar obtained by virtue of an authority
issued pursuant to this Order except for the purposes of the
business or Institution in respect of which the authority has been
issued, and shall until the sugar is so used cause the same to be
stored in the place in which the sugar supplies of such business
or Institution are usually stored, or in such other place as the
Food Control Committee or the Food Controller may direct or
authorise, and permit the same to be inspected upon lawful
demand.
8. A wholesaler or retailer shall in the disposition of sugar
obtained by him for the purpose of his wholesale or retail busi-
ness by virtue of an authority issued pursuant to this Order
observe any directions whether general or special that may from
time to time be given to him by or under the authority of the
Food Controller.
Sugar Order, 1917.
485
9. Every wholesaler shall keep accurate and punctual accounts Dealers'
and records showing the disposition of all sugar dealt with or Accounts
used by him in the course of his business and shall produce all and recorc*s-
such accounts and all relevant vouchers and documents on lawful
demand, and every retailer shall keep all such accounts in
relation to the sugar disposed of by him as the Food Controller
may from time to time prescribe.
10. A wholesaler or retailer shall preserve a'll vouchers received Preservation
by him for the delivery by him of sugar and upon making any ad deP°£
application to a Food Control Committee for authority to take
delivery of sugar, he shall produce such vouchers and deal there-
with as any Food Control Committee may direct, and so long as
any such vouchers are retained by him he shall produce the same
on lawful demand.
11. Any authority or voucher issued 'pursuant to this Order may Revocation
at any time be revoked by the Food Control Committee by whom of authorities
it was issued or by the Food Controller. and vouchers.
12. All authorities and vouchers for the purpose of this Order Form of
shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as the authorities
Food Controller may from time to time direct, and all persons and vouchers.
acting upon any such authority or voucher shall duly comply
with the terms thereof.
13. Notwithstanding clause 7 of this Order a caterer, pastry Use of sugar
cook, baker, or other like manufacturer who provides for his by manure -
household wholly or partly out of the food supplies used or manu- tufers and
factured in his business may (unless the Food Control Committee hou^hoki
otherwise directs) use for the consumption of his household sugar purposes.
or the products of his manufacture containing sugar obtained for
the purpose of his business.
14. — (a) Where an authority is issued under this Order for Brewer's
the purpose of any manufacture in respect of sugar other than 8Ugar and
brewer's sugar, any brewer's sugar supplied thereunder or under 8yniP-
any corresponding voucher shall be reckoned at the amount of
brewer's sugar so supplied less 20 per cent. For the purpose of
this Clause brewer's sugar means sugar which when tested by the
polariscope indicates a polarisation not exceeding 89 degrees but
does not include West India Grocery Crystallised Sugar, or
British West India Muscovado Sugar, or British West India
Grocery Syrup Sugar.
(b) The preparation of sugar syrup whether pure or flavoured
shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be a manu-
facture and the syrup as manufactured, shall be deemed to be
BUgar equivalent to the quantity of sugar contained therein, but
nothing in this Order contained shall prevent a pharmaceutical
chemist or chemist and druggist from obtaining syrup (whether
flavoured or unflavoured) for the purpose only of compounding
medicines : Provided that no person shall use any syrup obtained
i'oi that purpose for any other purpose whatsoever
5022 Q »
486
Sugar Order, 1917.
Branches to
be deemed
separate
Different
businesses
(with excep-
tions) to be
kept
separate.
Institutions
to be kept
separate
from associa-
ted -busi-
nesses.
authorities
and vouchers
and sugar
stores for
separate
businesses.
Purchase of
sugar in bulk
for distri-
bution to
separate
businesses of
same owner.
PART III. — (MULTIPLE AND COMBINED BUSINESSES).
15. A person who carries on a catering, manufacturing or
retail business at two or more places shall for all the purposes of
and incidental to this Order be deemed to carry on a separate
business at each such place.
16. — (a) Where a person carries on the business of a caterer
and in conjunction, therewith the business of a pastry cook or
baker or baker and confectioner or any other manufacturing
business in euch a manner that the sugar consumed in the
separate businesses cannot be distinguished, he may if the Food
Control Committee so decide receive authorities and vouchers
covering a single supply of sugar for the combined businesses.
(b) In every other case in which a person carries on two or more
of the businesses of a wholesaler, a retailer, a caterer or a
manufacturer, whether at -the same premises or not, such busi-
nesses shall be deemed to be separate businesses, and where a
manufacturer carries on the manufacture of two or more classes
of products, the manufacture of each class shall be deemed to
constitute a separate business and manufacturers shall for this
purpose be classified in such manner as the Food Controller may
from time to time prescribe.
17. Where an Institution or a person providing the meals taken
at an Institution carries on any wholesale, retail, manufacturing
or catering business, the business so carried on shall be deemed
to be a separate business and shall be deemed not to be one of
the purposes of the Institution.
18. In every case in which a person or Institution carries on
or is deemed to carry on any two or more separate businesses or
any separate business, separate authorities and vouchers shall be
required in respect of each such business and in respect of such
Institution, and the sugar obtained for the purposes of each busi-
ness or Institution shall be kept and stored wholly separate and
distinguished from the sugar obtained for the purpose of every
other Institution or business, and where the sugar obtained for
different purposes is stored at the same premises, the owner or
other person having control of the sugar shall cause records to
be kept showing the quantities of sugar from time to time taken
out of store for each purpose and the sugar remaining in store and
the records kept pursuant to this Clause shall be o^en for inspec-
tion on lawful demand.
19. A person who carries on two or more separate businesses,
whether retail or manufacturing or catering, or who manages
an Institution having two or more branches, and procures sugar
in bulk for distribution among such businesses or branches, shall
be deemed to procure the same as a wholesaler and to carry on a
separate wholesale business in respect of such sugar, and he shall
deliver for the purposes of each of the manufacturing or retail
or catering businesses or branches so much only of the sugar
obtained by him as wholesaler as shall accord with the authority
held by him in relation to such manufacturing or retail business
Sugar Order, 1917.
487
or branch, and every delivery so made shall be made against and
in satisfaction of a voucher issued in respect of such business or
branch covering the sugar so delivered, and every such person
shall keep a full and accurate account recording all deliveries of
sugar for the purpose of each of such businesses or branches.
20. Where a person carries on a busdness as a caterer and Combined
also as a manufacturer and uses the products of his manufao businesses of
turing business partly in the course of a catering business and ^mT ""*
partly for sale or for use in some other business, he may not- facturer.
withstanding anything contained in this Order use the products
of his manufacturing business in the course of his catering
business.
PART IV. — (MISCELLANEOUS AND SUBSIDIARY PROVISIONS).
21. For the purpose of facilitating a just distribution to private Sugar
persons of the sugar from time to time available for household Registration
consumption there may be issued by or with the authority of the Cards-
Food Controller sugar registration cards to such persons and upon
such application and in such form and to be used in such manner
and to carry such rights or privileges and subject to such con-
ditions as the Food Controller may ftfom time to time prescribe.
Sugar Registration Cards already issued by any Food Control
Committee shall be deemed to have been issued under this Order.
22. No authority, voucher, or card issued under this Order
shall be transferable.
23. A person shall in making and completing any application
or return or other documents issued or to be made in connection
with this Order, follow the instructions relating thereto issued by
or under the authority of the Food Controller.
24. Every Food Control Committee shall in the exercise of the
powers conferred upon the Committee by this Order comply with
such directions as may from time to time be given to them by
the Food Controller, and it shall be the duty of every person to
comply with any requirement or instruction given by the Com-
mittee under the powers conferred by this Order.
Authorities
not transfer-
able.
Applications,
returns, and
other docu-
ments.
Food Control
Committee
to act under
directions of
Food
Controller.
25. A person shall not: —
(a) Knowingly make or connive at the making of any false
statement in any application or return made in con-
nection with or for any of the purposes of this Order ;
(6) Forge or alter any authority, sugar registration card.
voucher, licence or other document issued under or for
any of the purposes of this Order;
(c) Personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom such an authority, sugar registration card,
voucher, licence or other document has been issued or
applies ;
(d) Retain any authority, sugar registration card, voucher,
licence or other document when he has no right to
retain it, or fail to comply with any directions issued
by lawful authority with regard to the return thereof.
False state-
ments, &c.
5022
Q
488
Sugar Order, 1917.
Information
to be
confidential.
Meaning of
" Lawful
Demand."
Forms, &c.,
already
issued to
be dated.
Limits of
Order.
Penalty.
Title and
extent of
Order.
(e) Make or knowingly have in his possession any card or
paper marked so as to resemble or colourably imitate
a sugar registration card or any part of a sugar regis-
tration card, either in blank or wholly or partly com-
pleted, not being a sugar registration card or part of
a sugar registration card issued under this Order ;
(/) Knowingly retain, make use of or deal with any sugar
registration card or any part of a sugar registration
card issued upon any application made or deemed to
be made under this Order containing a statement false
in any material particular, or obtain or attempt to
obtain sugar by means of any sugar registration card
so issued.
26. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member
of or a person employed by a Food Control Committee shall not
without lawful authority communicate to any person any informa-
tion acquired by him from any application, return, sugar card,
voucher, certificate, or other document made or issued in con-
nection with this Order.
27. Whenever in this Order or in any authority, voucher, rules
or direction issued under this Order any person is required to
produce any documents or give any information on lawful
demand, he shall produce or give the same at all reasonable times
and. places on demand of any person empowered by or under the
authority of the Food Controller to make such demand either
particularly or as holding any office or position and either
generally or in the particular case.
28. All forms of application, authorities, vouchers, instruc-
tions and directions issued, whether before or after the date of
this Order, by or under the authority of the Food Controller
purporting to be issued under this Order or headed " Sugar Order,
1917," and all applications made upon any such form, and all
acts to be done pursuant to any such instructions and directions
shall be deemed respectively to have been issued made and done
under and pursuant to this Order.
effect the consignment or
29. Nothing in this Order shall
delivery of sugar to Ireland.
30. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
31. (a) This Order may be cited as the Sugar Order, 1917.
(6) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
Rhondda,
Food Controller,
12th October, 1917.
Sugar (Sales for Ireland Returns) Order, 1917. 489
THE SUGAR (SALES FOR IRELAND RETURNS) ORDER, 1917. DATED
OCTOBER 20, 1917.
1917. No. 1072.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Every person carrying on business in England, Scotland or Returns 10
Wales as a wholesale dealer in sugar who is supplying sugar in be made of
accordance with the Rules of the Royal Commission on the Sugar ^gaj'ied to
Supply (a) as set out in the Schedule to this Order directly to any CUstomers jn
customer in Ireland, and who desires to continue such supply, Ireland,
shall, not later than the 31st October, 1917, make a return to the
Food Controller, on a form to be obtained from the Ministry of
Food, showing (i) the name and address of every such customer
to whom he is so supplying sugar, (ii) the amount of sugar sup-
plied by him tp each customer during the year 1915 as ascer-
tained for the purpose of the said rules, and (iii) whether as
regards each customer such customer is to his knowledge a manu-
facturer and if so of what products.
2. Every person making such return shall communicate to Customer to
each customer shown in the return not later than the 7th Novem- b«mformed-
ber, 1917, a statement of the particulars shown in the return in
relation to such customer.
3. The making of a false return is a summary offence against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
4. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Sales for Ireland Title.
Returns) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th October, 1917.
The Schedule.
4
1. It has been decided to continue, until further notice, the
present scheme of wholesale distribution based on the distribution
of 1915, and that for this purpose the first day of January shall
be considered to be the commencement of a fresh period, no
adjustment being made in this period as the result of any
irregularity in the preceding period.
2. In all calculations the basis is the quantity supplied during
the whole of 1915 and not during any particular portion of that
ye?r.
(a) SUGAR SUPPLY COMMISSION.— For names of Commissioners, Secretary,
&c., see footnote (b) to p. 477.
490 Sugar (Sales for Ireland Returns) Order, 1917.
3. British Refiners will continue to issue sugar only to their
1915 customers. The quantities to be issued will be proportioned
to those of 1915, but the proportion will vary from time to time
in accordance with the general proportion which all available
supplies bear to the total quantity used or distributed in 1915.
4. The Sugar Commission will continue to distribute its im-
ported sugar (and such quantities of British Kefined Sugar as it
may have at its disposal) to its 1915 buyers according to the
index number of each. This will give each buyer as his share
„ of available supplies, the amount proportional to his total use or
distribution in 1915 of all sugar other than British refined.
5. British West Indian Sugar. — The sale of this and other
sugar imported under licence will continue to be regulated by the
West India Brokers' Committee, which will report all sales to the
Sugar Commission. These will be taken into account when de-
termining the quantities of Royal Commission sugar which should
be allotted to the buyers. There will thus be no " free " sugar
in 1917.
6. All wholesale dealers are instructed to distribute to their
customers on the same principle ; that is to say, to let each of their
customers of the year 1915 have his equivalent proportion of the
supplies of all descriptions, and from all sources, which they have
at their disposal.
7. Experience has shown during the past six months that for a
wholesale dealer who has some thousands of customers, a dis-
tribution on the basis of a fixed percentage of each customer's
purchases in 1915 would be the most satisfactory method of
procedure.
It will be readily understood that it is quite impossible under
present circumstances to determine in advance the exact per-
centage of 1915 supplies which will be available, and the Com-
mission accordingly recommends to all wholesale dealers who
experience a difficulty in carrying out the instructions contained
in this Memorandum : —
(a) Forthwith to agree with their 1915 customers as to the
quantity delivered to each in 1915, which is the quan-
tity upon which the distribution for 1917 should be
based. This basis quantity should be the total of all
descriptions obtained from all sources.
(6) To distribute during January on a fixed low basis of, say,
50 per cent. '
(c) To distribute during February on the fixed percentage of
all supplies actually received during January, and so
on from month to month.
This method will tend to obviate the difficulties arising from
the adoption of too high a basis at the commencement, and the
consequent inconvenience caused by subsequent adjustments.
Sugar (Registration of Retailers} (Ireland] Order, 1917. 491
8. The Commission must impress upon all those engaged in
carrying out the distribution the extreme importance of adhering
rigidly to the rules laid down. Haphazard distribution by the
Wholesalers leads to innumerable complications and hardships
for others. Any departure from these rules will render the
offending Wholesaler liable to be excluded from obtaining further
supplies.
9. Copies of this Memorandum may be obtained through the
same sources as those through which sugar is supplied.
THE SUGAR (REGISTRATION OF RETAILERS) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917.
DATED OCTOBER 27, 1917.
1917. No. 1094.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not on or after the 4th December, 1917, sell Registration
or deal in sugar by retail on any premises in Ireland unless he is °f Retailers
the holder in respect of such premises of a certificate of registra- c
tion for the time being in force granted by the Food Control
Committee appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller (herein-
after called the Committee). (a)
2. Every person who applies for a certificate of registration Application
shall furnish on the prescribed form a true statement of the for
particulars therein required to be specified.
3. The Committee shall grant a certificate of registration to Grant by
&ny applicant who makes an application to them before the 18th Committee.
November, 1917, and who or whose predecessor in business was
during the year 1915 dealing in sugar by retail in the ordinary
way of his trade in Ireland, and who at the date of his applica-
tion is so dealing in sugar, and may grant such certificate to
any other applicant in any case in which in their opinion such
certificate should be granted.
4. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form pre- Form of
scribed by the Food Controller. certificate.
5. The Committee may, with the consent of the Food Controller, Revocation,
revoke any certificate of registration if they are satisfied that any
regulation or direction made or given by or under the authority
of the Food Controller relating to sugar has not been observed
by the holder of such certificate or any of his servants or agents,
and shall revoke such certificate if required so to do by the Food
Controller.
6. The Committee shall keep a register of the persons to whom Register.
and the premises in respect of which certificates of registration
have been granted under this Order.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — As to this Co nun it Gee, »M iue
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in
Part III. of this Manual.
492
Transfer of
business.
Information
and
inspection.
Penalties.
General Licence under Sugar Order, 1917.
7. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection
with which a certificate of registration is held, or in the event
of the death "of the holder of a certificate of registration, it shall
be lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate on making an application for a certi-
ficate of registration, to sell and deal in sugar by retail from the
date of such application until the decision thereon is intimated
by the Committee, in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled to deal.
8. The holder of any certificate of registration, his servants
and agents, shall give to the Committee such information, reports
and returns relating to his stocks of sugar and dealings in sugar
as the Food Controller or the Committee may from time to time
require, and shall permit any person authorised by the Food
Controller or the Committee to inspect all relevant books,
documents and accounts.
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
10. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Registration of
Retailers) (Ireland) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
27th October, 1917.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1917, UNDER THE SUGAR
ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1140.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all dealers in Sugar to
deliver against any voucher issued under the above Order sugar
beyond the amount specified in the voucher to such extent as
may be necessary to enable delivery to be made in a usual com-
plete package, provided that the excess amount shall be deducted
on the occasion of the next delivery ; and that the relative invoice
shall clearly state the period which, on the basis of the voucher,
is covered by the whole amount delivered.
The Food Controller hereby authorises persons to take delivery
of sugar pursuant to the terms of this Licence.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
8th November, 1917.
(a) SUGAR ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 482.
General Licence under Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917 ; 493
Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1917, UNDER THE SUGAR
(CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917. (a)
1917. No. 1135.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all persons concerned to
buy and sell by retail Crystallized and Glace Fruits at a price
(including the charge for the box, package or other covering)
not exceeding the rate of 3d. per ounce: Provided that this
Licence may be revoked at any time by the Food Controller either
generally or as respects any particular person.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
9th November, 1917.
THE SUGAR (BREWERS RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEM-
BER 19, 1917, AS AMENDED BY THE SUGAR (BREWERS RESTRIC-
TION) ORDER No. 2, 191.7, DATED DECEMBER 21, 1917.
•
1917 No. 1185, as amended by No. 1312.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
.1. A brewer for sale may, subject to the limitation as to Restriction
quantity hereinafter contained, use in the brewing of beer: — on kinds of
(a) Solid Glucose; sugar which
/ ' T X j ' ' 'ri n • Diay °e USGQ
(<o) Invert ot Low tirade uane bugar ot a polarisation not by brewers,
exceeding 89° from which not less than 40 per cent,
of its weight in the form of Crystal Sugar or Grocery
Syrup or Grocery Honey Sugar has been extracted ;
(c) Any caramelised products of Solid Glucose or of such
Invert of Low Grade Cane Sugar as is hereinbefore
described ; and
(d) Mixtures of Solid Glucose and the Invert and caramelised
products hereinbefore mentioned or of any of them.
But, except that a brewer for sale may use in the brewing
of beer any sugar which at the date of this Order he had in
stock or which was in course of transit to his brewery from any
manufacturer in the United Kingdom, he shall not use any sugar
other than sugar of the kinds hereinbefore specifically mentioned.
2. A brewer for sale shall not during any of the periods here- Restriction
inafter referred to use in the brewing of beer more sugar than on amount of
the amount prescribed for use in that period. sugar which
may be used
by brewer,
(a) SUGAR (CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed p. 475.
494
Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order, 1917, as amended.
Prescribed
amount.
Supply of
sugar to
brewer.
Interpreta-
tion.
Penalties.
Revocation.
Title.
3. The prescribed amount shall be ascertained by reference to
the total amount of sugar used in the year 1915 for the purpose
of brewing beer by the brewer for sale or, in the case where there
has been a transfer of the brewing business from a brewer for
sale in or since the year 1915, by such brewer for sale and his
predecessors in that business.
The prescribed amount shall for each period mentioned in the
first column of the subjoined table be the percentage of such total
amount shown in the second column thereof. (a)
Period for which percentages are applicable.
1st January, 1918, to 31st March, 1918 ...
1st January, 1918, to 30th June, 1918
1st January, 1918, to 30th September, 1918
1st January, 1918, to 31st December, 1918
Percentage of 1915 Sugar
which may be used.
10
20
30
40
4. (a) A person shall not supply to a brewer for sale for the
purposes of his brewery any sugar of a kind not permitted under
this Order to be used in the brewing of beer, and a brewer for
sale shall not take delivery of any s.uch sugar.
^b) Until the contrary be proved, sugar supplied to a brewer
for sale shall be deemed to be supplied for the purposes of his
brewery.
5. In this Order: —
The expression * ' Sugar ' ' includes every description of sugar,
whether cane sugar, or invert, or glucose, or other saccharine
substance or extract or syrup, and partially or fully caramelised
products of the above or any mixture of them.
The expressions " brewer for sale" and "beer" have the
same meaning as in the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1885.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary Offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
7. As from the 1st October, 1917, the Sugar (Restriction)
Order, 1917, as amended, shall cease to apply to brewers for sale
in relation to the brewing of beer, but without prejudice to any
proceedings in respect of any previous contraventions thereof.
8. This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Brewers Restriction)
Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
19th November, 1917.
(a) TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.— This Table is here printed as provided by
the Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order No. 2, 1917 : for the percentages applic-
able until December 31st, 1917, after which the Table as here printed had effect,
see the Sugar (Brewers Restriction) Order, 1917, as originally issued, as St. R. & O.,
1917, No. 1185.
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917. 495
THE SUGAR ORDER (IRELAND), 1917. DATED DECEMBER 24, 1917.
1917. No. 1330.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART 1. — (DEFINITIONS).
1. In this Order and in all authorities, vouchers, forms of Definition*,
application, directions and other documents issued or deemed
to be issued under this Order the following words and expressions
shall bear the following meanings, viz. : —
"Committee" shall mean the Food Control Committee
appointed for Ireland by the Food Controller, (a)
"Wholesaler" shall mean a wholesale dealer in sugar or
person obtaining sugar for the purpose of selling the same by
wholesale or a person deemed under this Order to be a wholesale
dealer in sugar and " Wholesale business " shall have a corre-
sponding meaning.
" Retailer " or li Registered Retailer " shall mean a person
registered as a retailer of sugar under the Sugar (Registration of
Retailers) Ireland Order, 1917, (b) and "Retail Business" shall
bear a corresponding meaning.
" Catering Business " shall mean the business or undertaking
of an inn, public house, hotel, restaurant, railway buffet, coffee
stall, or other place of refreshment open to the public, or of any
club, boarding house (other than a boarding house in which the
number of bedrooms let and available for letting does not exceed
10), refreshment contractor or canteen, and " Caterers " shall
bear a corresponding meaning.
A " Manufacturing Business " shall mean any other business
in the course of which sugar is used otherwise than in catering
for the persons engaged therein, including among other businesses
the business of a pastry cook or confectioner or baker and con-
fectioner, and " manufacturer " shall bear a corresponding
meaning.
" Institution " shall include : —
(a) Public or private hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent or
nursing homes, workhouses, infirmaries, asylums,
corporations, or companies not established for the
purpose of trading or profit, religious or charitable
communities, residential schools and colleges, and
non-residential schools and colleges at which meals
other than teas are provided for the pupils or teachers,
and residential hostels of all kinds.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — As to this Committee, see the
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in
Part III of this Manual.
(b) SUGAR (REGISTRATION OP RETAILERS) (IRELAND) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed p. 491.
496
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917.
(b) Boarding Houses which are not catering businesses as
herein defined, and the catering or kitchen Depart-
ments of businesses where meals other than teas are
provided for the staffs of the business or their guests
but not for other members of the public, and other
like establishments, and establishments of public
utility not carried on primarily for profit and
requiring sugar for any of their purposes —
Provided that in any case the Committee may decide that an
Institution within the area of such. Committee be treated as
private consumers, and so long as any such, decision remains
in force the institution shall be exempted from the restrictions
hereinafter contained in relation to Institutions.
Food Control 2. Upon any application to the Committee for an authority to
Committee procure sugar the Committee shall have power conclusively to
determine in all cases of doubt whether or not the application
is made on behalf of an Institution or for the purposes of a
catering or manufacturing business, and every such determina-
tion shall be conclusive for all purposes unless and until it shall
have been varied by the Committee or the Food Controller.
to decide
cases of
doubt.
Authorities
and vouchers
for the
purchase
of Sugar.
By whom
vouchers are
to be issued.
Wholesalers.
Retailers.
Manufac-
turers.
Caterers or
Institutions.
PART II. — (BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS).
3. A person shall not purchase or take delivery of any sugar
after the 6th January, 1918, for the purposes of any catering or
manufacturing business, or after 3rd March, 1918, for the- pur-
poses of any wholesale or retail business or Institution, except
under and to the extent specified in an authority issued by
the Committee or by the Food Controller pusuant to this
Order authorising him to take delivery of the sugar for that
purpose, and a person having the disposal of sugar shall not after
the same respective dates knowingly deliver sugar for any of the
purposes aforesaid except against a voucher issued by the
Committee or the Food Controller pursuant to this Order
authorising such deli very, (a)
4. (a) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for
the purposes of a wholesaler's business may be issued by the
Committee and if he has two or more offices for transact-
ing such business there may be issued authorities and vouchers
covering the whole of his business or authorities and vouchers
covering different parts thereof.
(b) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of a retailer's business may be issued by the Committee.
(c) Authorities and- vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of the business of a brewer for sale may be issued
by the Food Controller and for the purposes of any other
manufacturing1 business may be issued by the Committee.
(d) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for the
purposes of a catering business or an Institution may be issued
bv the Committee.
(a) DELIVERY AGAINST VOUCHER — By General LicBiice of March 16, 1018
(p. 513), certain excess deliveries of sugar were authorised.
Sugar Order (Ireland}, 1917.
497
(e) Authorities and vouchers for the delivery of sugar for any
purpose may be issued by the Food Controller in any case in which
he thinks proper so to do.
5. Every applicant for authorities and vouchers under this Forms of
Order shall furnish to the Committee or — in the case provided Application
for in Clause 4 (c) — to the Food Controller, upon such form
as may be from time to time prescribed for the purpose by or
on behalf of the Food Controller, a true statement of the par-
ticulars required for completing such form.
6. Authorities and vouchers shall be issued in such manner and Food Con-
in respect of such quantities of sugar and periods of time and troller to
subject to such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed [gf
or directed whether generally or in particular cases by the Food Authorities
Controller, and any person requiring the issue of any authority and vouchers.
or voucher shall apply to the Committee or to the Food
Controller, as the case may be, within such time as may be
prescribed by the Food Controller.
7. A person shall not (except as expressly provided by Sugar to be
Clause 13) use any sugar obtained by virtue of an authority used *or
issued pursuant to this Order except for the purposes of the j^ST6
business or institution in respect of which the authority has been obtained.
issued, and shall until the sugar is so used cause the same to be
stored in the place in which the sugar supplies of such business
or Institution are usually stored, or in such other place as the
Committee or the Food Controller may direct or authorise, and
permit the same to be inspected upon lawful demand.
°f
8. A wholesaler or retailer shall in the disposition of sugar Dealer to
obtained by him for the purpose of his wholesale or retail busi- a?t under
ness by virtue of an authority issued pursuant to this Order ?urep105s
observe any directions whether general or special that may from Controller
time to time be given to him by or under the authority of the
Food Controller.
9. Every wholesaler shall keep accurate and punctual accounts Dealers'
and records showing the disposition of all sugar dealt with or
used by him in the course of his business and shall produce all
such accounts and all relevant vouchers and documents on lawful
demand, and every retailer shall keep all such accounts in
relation to the sugar disposed of by him as the Food Controller
may from time to time prescribe.
10. A wholesaler or retailer shall preserve all vouchers received Preservation
by him for the delivery by him of sugar and upon making any and deposit
application to the Committee for authority to take delivery of
sugar, he shall produce such vouchers and deal therewith as the
Committee may direct, and so long as any such vouchers are
retained by him he shall produce the same on lawful demand.
11. Any authority or voucher issued pursuant to this Order may Revocation
at any time be revoked by the Committee or by the Food of authori-
Controller.
498
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917.
Form of
authorities
and
vouchers.
12. All authorities and vouchers for the purpose of this Order
shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as the
Food Controller may from time to time direct, and all persons
acting upon any such authority or voucher shall duly comply
with the terms thereof.
Use of sugar 13. Notwithstanding clause 7 of this Order a caterer, pastry
co°k> baker, or other like manufacturer who provides for his
household wholly or partly out of the food supplies used or manu-
factured in his business may (unless the Committee otherwise
directs) use for the consumption of his household sugar or the
products of his manufacture Containing sugar obtained for the
purpose of his business.
others for
household
purposes.
Brewer's
gugar and
syrup.
14. — (a) Where an authority is issued under .this Order for
the purpose of any manufacture in respect of sugar other than
brewer's sugar, any brewer's sugar supplied thereunder or under
any corresponding voucher shall be reckoned at the amount of
brewer's sugar so supplied less 20 per cent. For the purpose of
this clause brewer's sugar means sugar which when tested by the
polariscope indicates a polarisation not exceeding 89 degrees but
does not include West India Grocery Crystallised Sugar, or
British West India Muscovado Sugar, or British West India
Grocery Syrup Sugar.
(6) The preparation of sugar syrup whether pure or flavoured
shall for the purposes of this Order be deemed to be a manu-
facture and the syrup as manufactured, shall be deemed to be
sugar equivalent to the quantity of sugar contained therein, but
nothing in this Order contained shall prevent a pharmaceutical
chemist or chemist and druggist from obtaining syrup (whether
flavoured or unflavoured) for the purpose only of compounding
medicines : Provided that no person shall use any syrup obtained
for that purpose for any other purpose whatsoever.
Branches to
be deemed
separate
businesses.
Different
businesses
(with excep-
tions) to be
kept
separate.
PART III. — (MULTIPLE AND COMBINED BUSINESSES).
15. A person who carries on a catering, manufacturing or
retail business at two or more places shall for all the purposes of
and incidental to this Order be deemed to carry on a separate
business at each such place.
16. — (a) Where a person carries on the business of a caterer
and in conjunction therewith the business of a pastry cook or
baker or baker and confectioner or any other manufacturing
business in such a manner that the sugar consumed in the
separate businesses cannot be distinguished, he may, if the Food
Control Committee so decide, receive authorities and vouchers
covering a single supply of sugar for the combined businesses.
(b) In every other case in which a person carries on two or more
of the businesses of a wholesaler, a retailer, a caterer or a
manufacturer, whether at the same premises or not, such busi-
nesses shall be deemed to be separate businesses, and where a
manufacturer carries on the manufacture of two or more classes
Suyar Order (Ireland), 1917. 499
of products, the manufacture of each class shall be deemed to
constitute a separate business and the manufacturers shall for this
purpose be classified in such manner as the Food Controller may
from time to time prescribe.
17. Where an Institution or a person providing the meals taken Institutions
at an Institution carries on any wholesale, retail, manufacturing to be kept
or catering business, the business so carried on shall be deemed separate .
to be a separate business and shall be deemed not to be one of te(j kusi_
the purposes of the Institution. . nesses.
18. In every case in which a person or Institution carries on Separate
or is deemed to carry on any two or more separate businesses or authorities
any separate business, separate authorities and vouchers shall be a
required in respect of each such business and in respect of such storesTor
Institution, and the sugar obtained for the purposes of each busi- separate
ness or Institution shall be kept and stored wholly separate and businesses,
distinguished from the sugar obtained for the purpose of every
other Institution or business, and where the sugar obtained for
different purposes is stored at the same premises, the owner or
other person having control of the sugar shall cause records to
be kept showing the quantities of sugar from time to time taken
out of store for each purpose and the sugar remaining in store and
the records kept pursuant to this Clause shall be open for inspec-
tion on lawful demand.
19. A person who carries on two or more separate businesses, Purchase of
whether retail or manufacturing or catering, or who manages sugar in bulk
an Institution having two or more branches, and procures sugar £ort.dis
in bulk for distribution among such businesses or branches, shall separate
be deemed to procure the same as a wholesaler and to carry on a businesses of
separate wholesale business in respect of such sugar, and he shall iame owner,
deliver for the purposes of each of the manufacturing or retail
or catering businesses or branches so much only of the sugar
obtained by him as wholesaler as shall accord with the authority
held by him in relation to such manufacturing or retail business
or branch, and every delivery so made shall be made against and
in satisfaction of a voucher issued in respect of such business or
branch covering the sugar so delivered, and every such person
shall keep a full and accurate account recording all deliveries of
sugar for the purpose of each such businesses or branches.
20. Where a person carries on a business as a caterer and Combined
also as a manufacturer and uses the products of his manufac- businesses of
turing business partly in the course of a catering business and caterer and
partly for sale or for use in some other business, he may not- nianu"
withstanding anything contained in this Order use the products
of his manufacturing business in the course of his catering
business .
PART IV. — (MISCELLANEOUS AND SUBSIDIARY PROVISIONS.)
21. For the purpose of facilitating a just distribution to private Sugar
persons of the sug-ar from time to time available for household Registration
consumption there may be issued by or with the authority of the Card.
500
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917.
Food Controller sugar registration cards to such persons and upon
such application and in such form and to be used in such manner
and to carry such rights or privileges and subject to such con-
ditions as the Food Controller may from time to time prescribe.
Sugar Registration Cards already issued by the Food Control
Committee shall be deemed to have been issued under this Order.
Authorities 22. No authority, voucher, or card issued under this Order shall
not transfer- fce transferable.
able.
Applications, 23. A person shall in making and completing any application
returns, and or return or other documents issued or to be made in connection
other docu- with this Order, follow the instructions relating thereto issued by
or under the authority of the Food Controller.
ments.
Food Control 24. The Committee shall in the exercise of the powers
Committee conferred upon the Committee by this Order comply with
such directions as may from time to time be given to them by
the Food Controller, and it shall be the duty of every person to
comply with any requirement or instruction given by the Com-
mittee under the powers conferred by this Order.
to act under
directions of
Food
Controller.
False state-
ments, &c.
25. A person shall not: —
(a) Knowingly make or connive at the making of any false
statement in any application or return made in con-
nection with or for any of the purposes of this Order;
(6) Forge or alter any authority, sugar registration card,
voucher, licence or other document issued under or for
any of the purposes of this Order ;
(c) Personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom such an authority, sugar registration card,
voucher, licence or other document has been issued or
applies ;
(d) Retain any authority, sugar registration card, voucher,
licence or other document when he has no right to
retain it, or fail to comply with any directions issued
by lawful authority with regard to the return thereof.
(e) Make or knowingly have in his possession any card or
paper marked so as to resemble or colourably imitate
a sugar registration card or any part of a sugar regis-
tration card, either in blank or wholly or partly com-
pleted, not being a sugar registration card or part of
a sugar registration card issued under this Order;
(/) Knowingly retain, make use of or deal with any sugar
registration card or any part of a sugar registration
card issued upon any application made or deemed to
be made under this Order containing a statement false
in any material particular, or obtain or attempt to
obtain sugar by means of any sugar registration card
so issued.
Sugar Order (Ireland), 1917. 501
26. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member Information
of or a person employed by the Committee shall not without to k®
lawful authority communicate to any person any information confidential-
acquired by him from any application, return, sugar card,
voucher, certificate, or other document made or issued in
connection with this Order.
27. Whenever in this Order or in any authority, voucher, Meaning of
rules or direction issued under this Order any person is required " Lawful
to produce any documents or give any information on lawful Demand-"
demand, he shall produce or give the same at all reasonable times
and places on demand of any person empowered by or under the
authority of the Food Controller or the Committee to make
such demand either particularly or as holding any office or
position and either generally or in the particular case.
28. All forms of application, authorities, vouchers, instruc- Forms, &c.
tions and directions issued, whether before or after the date of already
this Order, by or under the authority of the Food Controller issued to
purporting to be issued under this Order or headed " Sugar
Order, Ireland, 1917," and all applications made upon any such
form, and all acts to be done pursuant to any such instructions
and directions shall be deemed respectively to have been issued
made and done under and pursuant to this Order.
29. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
30. — (a) This Order may be cited as the Sugar Order (Ireland), Title and
1917. extent of
(6) This Order shall apply only to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. <H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
24th December, 1917.
THE ICE CREAM (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 29, 1917.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 11 (" Milk, Butter and
Cheese") (p. 356), restricts the making of ice creams.]
502
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
THE SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918.
1917.
DATED DECEMBER 31,
1917. No. 1352.
Restriction
on supply
and acquisi-
tion of
sugar.
Supply
against sugar
ticket.
Supply
against
Coupons.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I.
DISPOSITION OF SUGAR IN THE HANDS OF RETAILERS.
1. Except where sugar is supplied and obtained pursuant to a
voucher and authority issued under the Sugar Older, 19 17, (a-) no
retailer shall supply or offer to supply to any person and no
per&on shall obtain or attempt to obtain from a retailer any sugar
except under and in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
2. (a) A retailer shall be entitled in any week to supply to a
registered customer in respect of each Retailers' Sugar Ticket
issued to any member of his household and for the time being
available for lawful use, or to a person acting on the behalf of
such a registered customer an amount of sugar not exceeding
the amount of the sugar ration(b) : Provided that where an
arrangement to that effect has been made between the retailer and
the registered customer, the retailer may also in any week supply
to the registered customer, or to any person acting on his behalf
any part of the sugar rations which during the immediately
preceding three weeks the retailer was entitled to supply to the
registered customer and which had not in fact been supplied to
him or to a person acting or purporting to act on his behalf.
(b) The retailer may, if he think fit, require production to
him on the occasion of any supply under this clause of the relative
Retailer's Sugar Ticket. If such ticket is so produced, it shall
be presumed in favour of the retailer that the person producing
the .ticket was the registered customer or a person acting on
his behalf and that such ticket was available for lawful use.
In all other cases any supply purporting to be made under this
clause shall be made at the risk of the retailer as to its law-
fulness.
3. A retailer shall be entitled to supply to a person presenting
a set of Coupons containing the Coupon covering the date on
which the supply is made and containing also all Coupons for
subsequent weeks included in the set, an amount of sugar not
exceeding the amount of the sugar ration, and he shall on the
occasion of such supply detach and retain the Coupon covering
the date on which the supply is made.
(a) SUGAR ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 482.
(b) SUGAR RATION. — By Notice (p. 510) of even date with this Order the
Food Controller fixed the weekly ration at £ Ib.
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918. 503
4. A retailer shall be entitled to supply to a person presenting Supply
such a permit or other authority as is hereinafter mentioned against Navy
sugar to the amount and within the period specified in any ^^porce
permit or other authority issued for the purposes of this Order permits Or
by or under the authority of the Food Controller or by the other
Admiralty, Army Council or Air Council under the power in authorities.
that behalf hereinafter contained, and he shall on the occasion
of such supply retain the permit or other authority or otherwise
deal therewith in such manner as may be thereon directed.
5. To the extent to which a retailer is under this Order Duty of
entitled to supply sugar to any person, he shall be bound on retailer to
demand to sell such sugar to that person so far as the stocks g
for the time being held by him permit, and a registered
customer, in respect of Retailer's Sugar Tickets issued to
members of his household and for the time being available for
lawful use, and a person whose Coupon, Permit or other
authority is for the time being available for lawful use by him,
may obtain such sugar accordingly.
6. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained a Limitation
retailer shall not be entitled to supply or bound to sell sugar °° "i and
to any person where he has reasonable grounds for believing that obligation
the Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Coupon, Permit or other authority to sell.
in right whereof sugar is demanded is not available for lawful
use by the person by or on whose behalf sugar is demanded.
7. (a) A Retailer's Sugar Ticket, shall be available for lawful £*£^J
use only by or under the authority of the registered customer u^ ^ reu
and a Coupon, Permit or other authority shall be available for tailer's sugar
lawful use only by or under the authority of the person in tickets and
respect of whom the same was issued. otner docu-
(6) No Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Coupon, Permit or other K
authority shall be available for lawful use during a week for
the major part of which the person in respect of whom the same
was issued is residing in an institution or on the premises of a
catering business.
(c) A Retailer's Sugar Ticket shall not be available for
lawful use at any time after the person in respect of whom the
same was issued has ceased to be a member of the household to
which he belonged at the date of such issue.
(d) If the Food Controller, on representations made by a
Food Committee, is of opinion that it is expedient that the fore-
going provisions of this clause should be modified within the area
of the Committee as respects any particular person or class of
persons, he may give directions making available for lawful
use within the area of the Committee and subject to any con-
ditions specified in the directions any Retailer's Sugar Ticket,
Coupon, Permit or other authority affecting such person or class
of persons.
8. (a) A person in respect of whom a Retailer's Sugar Ticket Exchange of
has been issued may, on the happening of any of the ™ "/ticket
events hereinafter mentioned, surrender the ticket at f or ration
any Post Office or other office appointed for the paper,
purpose by the Food Controller and may apply for a
Ration Paper in lieu thereof.
504
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
Obtaining
coupons
wrongfully.
Obtaining
sugar
wrongfully.
Issue of
documents.
Navy, Army
and Air
Force.
(6) The events referred to are: —
(i) Upon the person ceasing to be a member of the house-
hold to which he belonged at the date of the issue of
the ticket;
(ii) Upon the removal of the household so that it is no
longer reasonably convenient to obtain sugar from
the retailer;
(iii) Upon the retailer ceasing to be a retailer within the
meaning of the Sugar (Registration of Retailers)
Order, 191T(a) ;
(iv) If the Food Committee are satisfied for good reason that
the person should cease to be the registered customer
of the retailer :
Provided that a Food Committee may in any of the foregoing
events, but subject to and in accordance with any general or
special directions given by the Food Controller, authorise or
require the person to become the registered customer of a
retailer or of some particular retailer in lieu of obtaining a
Ration Paper.
9. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain coupons: —
(a) By virtue of a Ration Paper to which he is not lawfully
entitled; or
(b) At a time when such coupons if issued would not be avail-
able for lawful use by him.
10. A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain sugar by
virtue of a Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Coupon, Permit or other
authority which is not at the time available for lawful use by him .
PART II.
ISSUE OF RETAILER'S SUGAR TICKETS, COUPONS, &c. ,
11. The Food Controller may with a view to the distribution of
sugar from time to time issue or cause to be issued to such persons
and subject to such conditions as he may from time to time think
fit, Retailer's Sugar Tickets, Ration Papers, Coupons, Permits,
Authorities and other documents to be issued for the purposes of
the distribution or rationing of sugar.
12. For the purpose of enabling officers and men of the Naval
and Military Forces and of the Air Force and other persons who
ordinarily are provided by the Naval, Military or Air Force
authorities, to obtain supplies of sugar during periods in which,
owing to their being on leave or for other reasons, the provision
of sugar by those Authorities is not available, the Admiralty,
Army Council and Air Council may, with the consent of the Food
Controller, issue to such persons permits in a form to be approved
by the Food Controller authorising them to obtain the amount of
sugar specified thereon in such manner and subject to such con-
ditions as may be specified thereon or on any document issued in
connection therewith.
(a) SUGAR (REGISTRATION OF RETAILERS) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 480.
augar (Rationing) Order, 1918. 505
13. (a) For the purpose of facilitating the purchase of sugar by Small sales,
persons who are accustomed to purchase it in smaller quantities
than the amount of the sugar ration, a Food Committee may, if
they think fit, prepare and submit to the Food Controller for his
approval a scheme for securing that retailers in whose business
it is a practice to sell sugar in such smaller quantities shall
be required to issue to any customer purchasing a quantity
of sugar less than the sugar ration a credit note or other document
representing the difference between the amount of sugar purchased
and the sugar ration, and that any such document shall be treated
by the retailer by whom it is issued as though it was an authority
for the amount which it represents.
(6) Any scheme so prepared may contain all necessary
incidental and consequential provisions and in particular may
authorise the Food Committee to determine conclusively whether
in any case the business of a retailer is of such a kind as to fall
within the scope of the scheme.
(c) Any scheme approved by the Food Controller shall have
effect in the area of the Committee for the period specified in
the approval subject to such amendments in or additions to the
scheme, if any, as may from time to time be submitted by the
Committee to the Food Controller and approved by him, and it
shall be the duty of all persons to comply with the provisions of
any such scheme as though such scheme was incorporated in this
Order.
14. If any Retailer's Sugar Ticket or any Ration Paper, Lost ration
Coupon. Permit or other authority be defaced, lost or destroyed, Pa^rs and
the Food Controller or a Food Committee in accordance with
the directions of the Food Controller may on such evidence
as he or they think fit renew the same or in the case of a Retailer's
Sugar Ticket issue in lieu thereof a Ration Paper. Any Retailer's
Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Permit or other authority
so renewed and any Ration Paper so issued in lieu of a Retailer's
Sugar Ticket may be issued subject to such conditions as may be
notified thereon or otherwise imposed, and it shall be the duty
of .the person to whom the same is issued to comply with all such
conditions.
PART III.
DEALINGS WITH RETAILER'S SUGAR TICKETS, RATION PAPERS, &c.
15. (a) Every Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Ownership
Permit and other document issued or to be issued under the and custody
provisions of the Sugar Order (No. 2) 1917, (a) or this Order is and j
will, except as otherwise provided by or directed under this Order,
remain the property of the Food Controller.
(6) The registered customer shall be entitled to the custody
of every Retailer's Sugar Ticket issued in respect of a member of
his household, but shall deliver the same to such member, when he
ceases to be a member of the registered customer's household or
otherwise when the custody of the Ticket is required by such
member for the purpose of this Order or of any directions given
(a) SUGAR ORDER (No. 2), 1917.— That Order (printed St. R. & O., 1917,
No. 1256) was repealed by Art. 31 of this Order, p. 510,
506
Sugar (Rationing} Order, 1918.
Persons in
unautho-
rised posses-
sion of docu.
ments
Death of a
person.
under this Order ; but, save as aforesaid, the person in respect of
whom a Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Permit
or other document is issued, shall be entitled to its custody.
(c) The person for the time being having possession of any
such Ticket, Paper, Coupon, Permit or other document shall deal
therewith as provided by this Order or as may from time to time
be directed by or under the authority of the Food Controller.
16. When any person is in possession of a Retailer's Sugar
Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Permit, or other like document and
such possession is not authorised by virtue of this Order, then
unless within 7 days of the same having come into his possession
he shall have returned the same to the person entitled to the
custody thereof or otherwise dealt therewith as provided by this
Order, he shall forthwith deliver the same to the Food Controller,
or to any Food Committee or Post Office.
Retailer's IT. Every Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon or
sugar ticket other like authority shall be inalienable, and no person shall
assign or attempt to assign or otherwise dispose thereof.
18. (a) Where a person dies the person registering the death
shall use his best endeavours to obtain possession of the Retailer's
Sugar Ticket, or Ration Paper and unused Coupons, or Permit
issued in respect of the person so dying and on registering the
death to deliver the same to the person with whom such death
is registered.
(b) The person having possession of such Retailer's Sugar
Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupons or Permit shall deliver the same
to any person who in .his reasonable belief proposes to register
the death but, if he does not do so, shall forthwith deliver the
same to a Food Committee.
Persons 19. (a) A person shall not embark or attempt to embark at
leavingGreat any port in Great Britain as a passenger on a ship unless if so
demanded —
(i) he shall have delivered to an alien's officer at the port
of embarkation the Retailer's Sugar Ticket issued in
respect of him or his Ration Paper and all unused
Coupons; or
(ii) he shall have delivered to the alien's officer a statement
on a form prescribed by the Food Controller giving
such information as is necessary to complete the form
and the alien's officer shall have accepted such state-
ment as true.
(b) This provision shall not apply to any person who satis-
fies the alien's officer that he does not intend to be absent from
Great Britain for more than one month or to any person leaving
Great Britain on naval or military duties.
(c) For the purposes of this clause the expression " passen-
ger " includes any person carried on a ship other than the master
or a person employed in the work or service of the ship.
Britain.
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
507
PART V.
MISCELLANEOUS.
20. Where for the purposes of any application under this Birth certifi-
Grder or otherwise in connection therewith the birth or age of c^tes.
any individual is required to be proved by the production of a
certificate of birth, any person shall, on presenting a written
requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may
from time to time be prescribed by the Local Government
Board(a) for England, or Scotland as the case may be, and, on
payment of a fee of sixpence, be entitled to obtain a certified copy
of the entry of the birth of that person in the birth register
under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar having
the custody thereof.
21. Any act or anything required to be done by a person Acts on
under this Order may in the case of a person under the age of benalf of
16 years be done on his behalf by one of his Parents, or by his go^f^*"
guardian or the person having custody of him, and in the case persons of
of a person of unsound mind by the person for the time being unsound
having charge of his affairs. mind.
22. A person shall in making and completing any application Applica-
or return or other document issued or to be made in connection tions re-
with this Order follow the instructions relating thereto issued tufn8 *nd
by or under the authority of the Food Controller. ments
23. Every Food Committee shall in the exercise of any powers Food Corn-
conferred upon such Committee ,for the purposes of this Order inittee to
comply with such directions as may from time to time be given act m accord-
by the Food Controller, and it shall be the duty of every person
to comply with any directions given by the Committee under
such powers.
24. Nothing in this Order shall affect the disposition by a Sugar not
retailer of sugar which he shall prove has been obtained by him obtained by
for the purposes of some business other than his business as a {^^taii01
retailer of sugar. business.
25. Where sugar is not otherwise obtained for the purposes of Use of sugar
his household by a retailer, he may supply sugar for the purposes ?y ret
of his own household to the like extent and in the like
manner and subject to the like conditions as would be applicable
if he obtained sugar from another retailer, but save as aforesaid
no retailer shall use for his private purposes any part of the
sugar for the time being entrusted to him for the purposes of his
business as a retailer of sugar.
26. Nothing contained in this Order shall entitle a person to Sugar hoard-
acquire any sugar so that the quantity of sugar in his possession ing.
or under his control at any. one time exceeds the quantity which
under the Food Hoarding Order, 1917, (b) he is on titled to hold.
(a) ORDER OP LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. — An Order, dated February 23,
1918, printed p. 511, prescribes form of requisition for copy of birth certificate.
(b) FOOD HOARDING ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 2f'.>.
508 Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
Information 27. A person employed by the Food Controller or a member of
to be confi- or a person employed by a Food Committee or any person
denfcial. whose duty it is to deal with any application, Return,
Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper or other document made or
issued in connection with the Sugar Order (No. 2) 1917, or this
Order shall not without lawful authority communicate to any
person any information acquired by him Irom any such document.
Delivery of 28. Every retailer shall as and when so directed by the Food
coupons, &c. Controller or a Food Committee deliver to them all Coupons,
Permits and other documents delivered to him pursuant to the
Sugar Order (No. 2) 1917, or this Order.
False state- 29. A person shall not : —
forgery, (a) Make or knowingly connive at the making of any false
fraud, &c. statement on any application or return made in con-
nection with or for any of the purposes of this Order ;
(b) Forge or alter any Retailer's Sugar Ticket or any Ration
Paper, Coupon, Permit or other document issued under
or for any of the purposes of the Sugar Order (No. 2)
1917, or this Order;
(c) Personate or falsely represent himself to be the person
to whom such Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Coupon,
Permit or other document has been issued or applies;
(d) Retain any such Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper,
Coupon, Permit or other document when he has no
right to retain it or fail to comply with any directions
issued by or under the direction of the Food Controller
with regard to the return thereof ;
(e). Obtain or attempt to obtain any such Retailer's Sugar
Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Permit or other docu-
ment when he has no right to obtain it ;
(/) Make or cause to be made or without lawful excuse have
in his custody or possession any paper or document so
made as to resemble or colourably to imitate any such
Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon, Permit
or other document ;
(g) Use or attempt to use for the purpose of obtaining sugar
for himself or for any other person any paper or ticket
so made as to resemble or colourably to imitate any
such Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon,
Permit or other document or any forged or altered
Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper, Coupon,
Permit or other document;
(h) Fraudulently alter or attempt to alter or forge any entry
upon any such Retailer's Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper,
Coupon, Permit or other document;
(i) Forge any die or stamp used by or under the direction of
the Food Controller for the purposes of the Sugar
Order (No. 2) 1917, or this Order;
(j) Fraudulently print or make any impression on any
material with such forged die ;
Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918. 509
(k) Fraudulently print or make any impression upon any
material by the genuine die used by or under the
authority of the Food Controller for the purposes
aforesaid ;
(Z) Without lawful excuse (the burden whereof shall lie upon
the person accused) make or cause to be made or have
in his custody or possession any paper in the substance
of which shall appear any words, letters, figures,
threads, marks, lines or other devices peculiar to any
appealing in the substance of any paper provided or
used by or under the direction of the Food Controller
for any such Retailer-' s Sugar Ticket, Ration Paper,
Coupon, Permit or other documents.
30. In this Order and in all authorities, Retailer's Sugar Interpreta-
Tickets, Ration Papers, Coupons, Permits, or other documents tion.
issued by the Food Controller for the purposes of the Sugar Order
(No. 2) 1917, or this Order the following expressions shall have the
following meanings: —
" Food Committee " shall mean in respect of any area
the Committee constituted for such area in pursuance of
the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order
1917. (a)
" Week " shall mean any period of 7 days ending on a
Saturday.
" Sugar Ration " shall mean the amount of sugar for the
time being fixed by the Food Controller as the amount
of the weekly sugar ration, (b)
(< Members of a household " snail mean any persons, whether
being members of a family, lodgers, guests, servants or
other persons ordinarily resident in the same house or
other premises, and sharing in common arrangements
for the purchase of food, but it shall not include any
persons residing in any institution, or on the premises
of a catering business as hereinafter defined, and the
expression " household " shall have a corresponding
meaning.
" Catering Business " shall mean the business or under-
taking of an inn, public house, hotel, restaurant, or
other place of refreshment open to the public, or of any
club, boarding house (other than a boarding house in
which the number of bedrooms let and available for
letting does not exceed 10), or canteen.
'"' Institution " shall include public or private hospitals,
sanatoria, convalescent or nursing homes, workhouses,
infirmaries, asylums, religious or charitable com-
munities, residential schools and colleges, and residential
hostels of all kinds.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That Order
is printed in Part III of this Manual.
(b) SUGAR RATION. — See Notice printed p. 510.
510 Notice under Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
Provided that where in any case a Food Committee
decides that for the purposesof the Sugar Order, 1917, (a)
an Institution within the area of such Committee shall
be treated as private consumers, and so long as any
such decision remains in force the institution shall be
deemed not to be an institution for the purposes of this
Order.
' * Retailer ' ' shall mean a person registered as a retailer of
sugar under the Sugar (Registration of Retailers) Order,
1917, (b) and shall include any person carrying on the
business of the retailer pursuant to Clause 7 of the Sugar
(Registration of Retailers) Order 1917, pending the
issue of a further certificate of registration thereunder.
"Registered Customer" shall mean the head for the time
being of a household in respect of the members of which
the retailer has issued a Retailer's Sugar Ticket or
Tickets.
" Retailer's Sugar Ticket " " Ration Paper " and
" Coupons " mean the several documents issued or to
be issued by or under the authority of the Food Con-
troller for the purposes of the Sugar Order (No. 2),
1917, (c) or this Order and headed with or bearing on
their face the respective titles or descriptions above
mentioned.
Revocation. 31. The Sugar Order (No. 2), 1917,(c) is hereby revoked but
without prejudice to any proceedings in respect of any contra-
vention thereof.
Title and 32. (a) This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Rationing)
extent of Order, 1918.
(6) This Order shall apply only to Great Britain.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
31st December, 1917.
NOTICE, DATED DECEMBER 31, 1917, AS TO SUGAR RATION UNDER
THE SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918. (d)
1917. No, .1353.
In exercise of the powers reserved by the above Order, the
Food Controller hereby determines that, until further notice, the
weekly sugar ration shall be J Ib.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
31st December, 1917.
(a) SUGAR ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 482.
(b) SUGAR (REGISTRATION OF RETAILERS) OIIDEK, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 480.
(c) SUGAR ORDER (No. 2) 1917.— Printed St. R. & O., 1917, No. 1256.
(d) SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918. — That Order is printed immediately
above.
Birth Certificate under Sugar (Rationing) Order, 1918.
ORDER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, DATED FEBRUARY 23,
1918, UNDER ARTICLE 20 OF THE SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER,
1918, PRESCRIBING FORM OF REQUISITION FOR COPY CERTIFI-
CATE OF BIRTH.
1918. No. 236.
64,867
To all Superintendent Registrars and Registrars of Births
and Deaths in England and Wales; —
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by virtue of Article 20 of the Sugar (Rationing) Order,
1918, (a) made by the Food Controller under the Defence of the
Ream Regulations, We, the Local Government Board, are em-
powered to prescribe, as regards England and Wales, the form of
written requisition which shall entitle a person to obtain, on
payment of a fee of sixpence, a certified copy of the entry of the
birth of an individual in the biith register :
Now therefore, We, in pursuance of Our powers in that behalf,
hereby Order and Prescribe that the requisition to be made to
entitle any person to obtain a certified extract from an entry of
a registry of birth under Article 20 of the Sugar (Rationing)
Order, 19 18, (a) shall be in the Form set forth in the Schedule to
this Order.
Schedule.
MINISTRY OF FOOD.
To the Superintendent Registrar or the Registrar of Births and
Deaths : —
I heieby apply for an Extract from the Entry of the Birth of
the person named below : —
Surname
Maiden Surname (in case of married woman)
Christian Names (in full)
Date of Birth (Month) (Day of Month) (Year)
Place of Birth
Name of Father
Name of Mother
Maiden Surname of Mother
Applicant' s Signature
Applicant's Address \
to which Extract
should be sent. /
Date
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Twenty-third day of February, in the year
One thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
//. C. Monro,
Secretary.
(a) SUGAR (RATIONING) ORDER, 1918. See Art. 20 of that Order printed
p. 507.
512 General Licences under Sugar Order, 1917; and under Sugar
(Confectionery] Order, 1917.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED JANUARY 4, 1918, UNDER THE
SUGAR ORDER, 1917. (a)
1918. No. 8.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all dealers in Sugar
to deliver sugar against any voucher issued under the above
Order during a period of not more than seven days after the
expiration of the currency of such voucher.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W . II. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
4th January, 1918.
THE PUBLIC MEALS ORDER, 1918. DATED JANUARY 21, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 14 (" Public Meals ")
(p. 441), prohibits, as from February 3rd, 1918, the consumption
in a public eating place of any sugar except (1) that used for
cooking, (2) that brought by the customer, (3) that supplied to
hotel, &c., residents, and further restricts the amount of sugar to
be consumed in such eating places. For restrictions previously in
force see the now revoked Public Meals Order, 1917, pp. 158-161
of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1918, UNDER THE SUGAR
(CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917.(b)
1918. No. 202.
On a retail sale of chocolate or other sweetmeats there may,
in ascertaining the weight of the articles sold for the purposes of
the above Order, be included the weight of any tinfoil, wax paper
or other like wrappings of a size, weight and character
customarily in use on a sale of the like articles before the
llth January, 1917; and the maximum prices chargeable shall
be ascertained accordingly.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food,
18th February, 1918.
(a)
(b)
SUGAR ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 482.
SUGAR (CONFECTIONERY) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 475.
General lAcence under Su<j(tr Order (Ireland), 1917; Svyar
(Domestic /Vr.vr rrnin ) Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED MARCH 16, 1918, UNDER THE SUGAR
ORDER (IRELAND), 1917. (a)
1918. No. 326.
The Food Controller hereby authorises all dealers in sugar to
deliver against any voucher issued under the above Order sugar
beyond the amount specified in the voucher to such extent as may
be necessary to enable delivery to be made in a usual complete
package, provided that the excess amount shall be deducted on
the occasion of the next delivery and that the relative invoice
shall clearly state the period which on the basis of the voucher
is covered by the whole amount delivered.
The Food Controller further authorises all dealers in suga^ to
deliver sugar against any voucher issued under the above Order
during a period of not more than seven days after the expiration
of the currency of such voucher.
The Food Controller hereby authorises persons to take delivery
of sugar pursuant to the terms of this licence.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
16th March, 1918.
THE SUGAR (DOMESTIC PRESERVING) ORDER, 19.18. DATED
MARCH 28, 1918.
1918. No. 387.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. When any person receives any sugar issued by the Royal
Commission on the Sugar Supply (hereinafter called the Sugar Sugar for
Commission) (b) for the purpose of the preserving of fruit grown J^^
by the preserver, such person shall not dispose of or deal with such
sugar so as to divert the same to any other purpose or use the
same except for the purpose of preserving fruit grown by him.
2. On any sale of any such sugar the vendor shall on the
invoice or package clearly state that the sugar may be used only Statement
/> ,T • ° « p • , ,i "* on invoice,
for the preserving of fruit grown by the preserver.
(a) SUGAR ORDER (IRELAND), 1917.— That Order is printed p. 495.
.(b) SUGAR SUPPLY COMMISSION. — For names of Commissioners, Secretary,
&c., see footnote (b) to p. 477.
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Sugar (Domestic Preserving} Order, 1918.
Sugar 3. Where the invoice relating to or the package containing
deemed to be anv ST1gar bears a statement to the effect that the same may be
usec^ on^ ^or ^e Preservili8> °f fruit grown by the preserver the
sugar shall be deemed to have been issued by the Sugar Com-
mission for the purpose stated.
domestic1
preserving
Disposition
of sugar.
Directions as
to use of
sugar.
Records.
False state-
ments, etc.
Interpreta-
tion.
Infringe-
ments.
4. (a) No retailer shall sell or dispose of any sugar issued by
the Sugar Commission for the purpose of the preserving of fruit
grown by the preserver except to a person named in and to the
amount authorised by a permit issued by or under the authority
of the Food Controller or the Sugar Commission.
(&) Every retailer shall in respect of such sugar comply
with such directions as the Food Controller or the Sugar
Commission may give from time to time.
5. Any person who shall have acquired any such sugar and
who for any cause is thereafter unable to use or fails to use the
same for the purpose for which it was issued shall give notice of
the fact forthwith to the Food Committee for the area in which
he resides and shall hold such sugar at the disposal of such
Committee.
6. Every person dealing with any such sugar shall keep records
of the persons to whom such sugar was supplied and of the
quantities supplied to them and the dates upon which supplies
were made, and such records shall at all times be open to the
inspection of any person authorised by the Food Controller or the
Food Committee.
7. A person shall not —
(a) Acquire or attempt to acquire or apply for any such
sugar except for the purpose for which the same may
be issued ;
(b) Make or connive at the making of any false statement on
any application or declaration to be made in connec-
tion with such sugar;
(c) Forge or alter any permit issued for the purposes of this
Order;
(d) Obtain or attempt to obtain any such sugar on a permit
issued for the purposes of this Order where the
application therefor contained a statement false in any
material particular;
(e) Fail to comply with any conditions subject to which
any permit under this Order is granted to him ; or
(/) Personate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
whom any such permit has been issued or applies.
8. For the purposes of this Order the expression " Food Com-
mittee " means a Food Control Committee established in pursu-
ance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
9. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER,
Order is printed in Part III. (p. 537) of this Manual.
1917.— That
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) Order, 1918.
515
10. The Sugar (Domestic Preserving) Order, 191T,(a) is hereby Revocation,
revoked but without prejudice to any proceedings in respect of ^QR^ ^'
any contravention thereof. 1917.
11. (a) This Order may be cited as the Sugar (Domestic Title.
Preserving) Order, 1918.
(5) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
28th March, 1918.
THE SALE OF SWEETMEATS (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918, DATED
APRIL 12, 1918.
1918. ISTo. 418.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. Except where dealings in sweetmeats are made in or about Registration
premises the rateable value of which does not exceed £40 a year, of retail
and which are used at the date of this Older for the purpose of dealers,
such dealings, a person shall not deal in sweetmeats by retail
(a) after 31st May, 1918, except in or about premises
in respect of which he has applied for a certificate of
registration as a retail dealer in sweetmeats in respect
of those premises ; or
(b) after ,30th June, 1918, except in or about premises in
respect of which he is the holder of a certificate of
registration as a retail dealer in sweetmeats for the
time being in force, granted by the Food Committee
for the district in which the premises are situate.
Upon the refusal of a certificate of registration the
applicant's title, if any, to deal in sweetmeats shall
cease.
2. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be Form of
made on a form to be prescribed by the Food Controller, and application.
every applicant shall furnish on such form a statement of the
particulars required for registration which statement shall be
signed by the applicant or his duly authorised agent.
(a) SUGAR (DOMESTIC PRESERVING) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
p. 291 of the January, 1918, Edition of the Food Controller's Orders.
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R 2
516
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) Order, 1918.
Mode of
application,
Persona
entitled to
receive a
certificate.
Form of
certificate.
Power to
revoke
certificate.
Register of
Holders of
certificates.
Transfer of
a business.
Custody and
production
of certificate.
Determira-
tion of
rateable
value.
3. Every application for a certificate of registration shall be
made to the Food Committee for the district in which the
premises of the applicant in respect of which the certificate of
registration is sought are situate, and when the same person is
applying for registration in respect of premises situate in more
than'Qne district a separate application shall be made in each
district in respect of the premises situate therein.
4. A Food Committee shall not without the consent of the
Food Controller grant a certificate of registration to a person in
respect of any premises unless they are satisfied that not less
than 20 per cent, of the gross receipts during the year 1916 of
all the trades and businesses conducted by the applicant within
the district of the Food Committee within which the premises
are situate were received in respect of retail dealings in sweet-
meats. Where the Food Committee are of opinion that the
foregoing condition has been satisfied they shall not refuse a
certificate of registration to the applicant except with the consent
of the Food Controller.
5. Every certificate of registration shall be in the form
prescribed by the Food Controller and shall be granted and held
subject to such conditions as the Food Controller may determine.
6. A Food Committee may with the consent of the Food
Controller revoke any certificate of registration issued by them
under the provisions of this Order if they are satisfied that any
regulation or direction given by or under the authority of the
Food Controller relating to the trade or business of the holder of
such certificate has not been observed by him or by any of his
servants or agents and shall revoke such certificate if required
so to do by the Food Controller.
7. The Food Committee shall keep in a form prescribed by
the Food Controller a register of the person to whom and the
premises in respect of which a certificate of registration has been
granted under this Order.
8. In the event of the transfer of the business in connection
with which a certificate of registration is held or in the event
of the death of the holder of a certificate of registration it shall
be lawful for the transferee or other person claiming under the
holder of such certificate on making application for a certificate
of registration to deal in sweetmeats by retail from the date of
such application until the decision thereon is intimated by the
Food Committee in the same manner and subject to the same
conditions as the holder of such certificate was entitled by virtue
thereof.
9. Every certificate of registration shall be kept on the premises
to which it relates and every holder of a certificate of registration
shall produce the same for inspection upon demand by any
person authorised by the Food Controller or a Food Committee.
10. Where an application in that behalf is made to them by a
person desiring to deal in sweetmeats by retail, a Food Committee
shall have power conclusively to determine the rateable value
of any premises for the purposes of this Order.
Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction} Order, 1918. 517
11. In determining the rateable value of premises for the pur- Principle of
poses of this Order, there shall be taken into account the rateable ^^rml11
value of every part of the premises in which a trade or business
of any description is being carried on by the applicant.
12. For the purposes of this Order — Interpreta-
" Sweetmeats " shall include chocolate and sugar con-
fectionery.
" Food Committee " shall mean a Food Control Committee
established in pursuance of the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
13. In the application of this Order to Scotland the expression Application
"rateable value" shall mean the yearly value according to the to Scotland
valuation roll.
14. Nothing in this Order shall affect the sale of sweetmeats Exception.
by hawkers from a cart, stall or barrow or sales by means of an
automatic machine used for that purpose at the date of this
Order.
15. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
16. (a) This Order may be cited as the Sale of Sweetmeats Title and
(Restriction) Order, 1918. Jjjjfj °
(b) This Order shall not apply to Ireland.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
12th April, 1918.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed in Part III. (p. 537) of this Manual.
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Tea (Nett Weight) Order, 1917.
18. Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa.
Cocoa-Butter (Provisional Prices) Order, 1918, p. 530.
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918, p. 527.
General Licence thereunder (Sales before June 1, 1918), p. 533.
Coffee (Retail Prices) Order, 1917, p. 520.
Food Control Committees (Local Distribution) Scheme
Order, 1918, p. 532.
Foreign Holdings (Eeturns) Order, 1918, p. 527.
Importers (Returns) Order, 1918, p. 533.
Eaw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 531.
Tea (Distribution) Order, 1918, p. 524.
Tea (Nett Weight) Order, 1917,;?. 518.
Tea (Prices) Order, 1918, p. 525.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 519.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order No. 2, 1917, p. 522.
General Licence thereunder (Green Teas in Bond), p. 527.
THE TEA (NETT WEIGHT) ORDER, 1917. DATED APRIL 5, 1917.
1917. No. 318.
Tea to be
sold nett
weight. (a)
Any state-
ment as to
weight to be
true nett
weights, (a)
Exceptions
from
Articles 1
and 2.
Packers and
Distributors,
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation £F
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders
that, except under the authority of the Food Controller, the
following regulations shall be observed by all persons con-
cerned : —
1. — (a) On and after the 1st July 1917, all tea sold by retail,
whether contained in a package or not, shall be sold by nett
weight and in ounces or pounds or in multiples of ounces or
pounds and not otherwise.
(b) This Article shall not apply to tea sold in a quantity of
less than 2 ounces. (a)
2. Where on or after the 1st July 1917 any package of tea
or any wrapper, band or label on such package contains any
statement as to weight, no person shall sell such package by
retail or offer or have the same in his possession for sale by retail
unless such statement is a true statement of the nett weight of
the tea contained in such package. (a»)
3. Articles 1 and 2 shall not apply to a package of tea proved
to have been delivered to the retailer before the 15th May, 1917,
and to be in the same state as it was when delivered to him.
4. On and after the 1st May 1917 no person shall place on
any package of tea intended for sale or on any wrapper, band
or label affixed thereto any statement as to weight which is not
a true statement of the nett weight of the tea contained in such
package.
(a) WEIGHING BY RETAILERS OP PACKAGES. — As to the powers of an
Inspectors of Weights and Measures, to require the weighing of a package of tea
or its contents in his presence and to prosecute offences against this Order, see
Order of June 11, 1917, printed in Part III., (p. 550), of this Manual.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917. oU>
5. The provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts relating Warranties,
to warranties and invoices shall apply to any proceedings under
Articles 1 and 2 of this Order in the same way as they apply to
proceedings under those Acts. (a)
6. If any person acts in contravention of this Order or aids or Penalty,
abets any other person in doing anything in contravention of
this Order that person is guilty of a summary offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and if such person is a
company every director and officer of the company is also guilty
of a summary offence against those regulations unless he proves
that the contravention took place without his knowledge or
consent, (b)
7. This Order may be cited as the Tea (Nett Weight) Order, Title of
1917.
Devonport,
Food Controller.
5th April, 1917.
THE TEA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917. DATED OCTOBER
17, 1917. (o)
1917. No. 1063.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned: —
1. The "Tea Control Scheme" shall mean the scheme
commonly known as " The 90 per cent. Tea Control, 1917. "(d) tion.
Class A Tea, Class B Tea and Class C Tea shall respectively
mean such Teas as have been or may be so classified under that
scheme, whether as originally framed or as amended.
2. No Class A Tea, Class P Tea, or Class C Tea shall be sold Dealings in
or disposed of at prices exceeding the prices permitted under the Tea of
Tea Control Scheme or except in accordance with the provisions classes A, B
of such scheme. and C-
(a) PROVISIONS or SALE <>F FOOD AND Dunns ACTS AS TO WARRANTIES AND
INVOICES.— See footnote (b) to " Cake and Pastry Order, 1917," p. 76.
(b) LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, &c., OF COMPANY. — Reg. 48A of the Defence
of the Realm Regulations (printed in Part IX, 4 u Miscellaneous Provisions as
to Offences," p. 433, of the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual "i, which
was added to the Code since this Order was made, provides that directors and
officers shall be liable for offences by their corporation or company.
(c) REVOCATION OF ORDER. — This Order which was amended by the Tea
Provisional Prices) Order No. 2, 1917 (p. 522), was revoked by the Tea (Prices)
Order, 1918 (p. 525), so far as regards National Control Tea' on Feb. 18, 1918,
so far as regards other teas, in England and Wales on M»rch 18, and in Scot-
land on April 1 (or locally in Great Britain on such later day as Food Control
Committees may fix), and in Ireland on such later day as the Food Control
Committee for Ireland may fix.
(d) THE 90% TEA CONTROL, 1917.— By arrangement with the trade
30 per cent, of the total imports of tea from India and Ceylon is allocated to be
sold to the public retail at 2s. 4d. per lb., 35 per cent, at 2s. Sd., and 25 per cent,
at 3s. The balance of 10 per cent, consists of fine teas at above 3s. a lb.
5022 R *
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Coffee (Retail Prices) Order, 1917.
Maximum
Price for
oilier Teas.
Charge for
Delivery.
Offer and
fictitious
Trans-
actions.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
3.(«i) No Tea other than Class A Tea, Class B Tea, and Gins* C
Tea shall, after the 31st October, 1917, be sold or be delivered
pursuant to any contract for sale made before that date at a price
exceeding a price at the rate of 4s. per Ib.
Provided that as respects sales in Ireland the Food Control
Committee appointed for Ireland^) by the Food Controller may,
subject to any directions of the Food Controller, vary such rate
either generally or in any particular case or class of cases.
4. Where the purchaser requires Tea to be delivered to his
premises, a reasonable additional charge may be made for such
delivery not exceeding a charge at the rate of \d. per Ib. or any
reasonable sum actually paid by the seller for carriage.
5. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or make
delivery of or knowingly buy or agree to buy or take delivery
of any Tea at a price exceeding the price applicable under
this Order, or in connection with a sale or disposition of
Tea, enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
6. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Eegulations.
7. This Order may be cited as the Tea (Provisional Prices)
Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
17th October, 1917.
THE COFFEE (RETAIL PBICES) ORDER, 1917. DATED DECEMBER
1917. (c)
1917. Ko. 1228.
Maximum
prices.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regula-
tions shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. (a) No roasted or ground coffee maybe sold by retail at a
price exceeding the rate of Is. %d. per Ib. and no raw coffee may
be sold by retail at a price exceeding the rate of Is. 4d. per Ib. ;
Provided that —
(i) a person may sell to a customer roasted or ground coffee
at any rate not exceeding 2s. 6d. per Ib., if at the
(a) REVOCATION OF CLAUSE 3. — Clause 3 was revoked " as on December
17th, 1917 " by Clause 7 of the Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917,
p. 523.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. — See the Food Control Com-
mittee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, printed in Part III (p. 561) of
this Manual.
(c) RETURN OF RAW COFFEE. — The Retail Prices Order was followed by
the Raw Coffee (Returns) Order, 1917, which provided for a return to the Food
Controller giving particulars of all raw coffee in bond on December 31st, 1917.
That Order (St. R. & 0., 1917, No. 1305), is omitted from this Manual as now
" spent."
Coffee (Retail Prices) Order, 19.17. 521
time of such sale there is exhibited in a conspicuous
position in the place of a sale a notice to the effect that
roasted or ground coffee is on sale at a rate not
exceeding Is. 6d. per Ib. and if at the like time he is
able and willing to sell to any customer to the extent
of his reasonable requirements roasted or ground coffee
at a rate in accordance with such notice ; and
(ii) a person may sell to a customer raw coffee at any rate
not exceeding 2s. 4d. per Ib. if at the time of such
sale there is exhibited in a conspicuous position in
the place of sale a notice to the effect that raw coffee
is on sale at a rate not exceeding Is. 4d. per Ib. and if
at the like time he is able and willing to sell to any
customer to the extent of his reasonable requirements
raw coffee at a rate in accordance with such notice.
(b) No additional charge may be made for giving credit or
for making delivery.
2. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale, or buy or Fictitious
agree to buy any Coffee at prices exceeding the prices fixed by transactlons-
this Order or in connection with the sale or disposition of Coffee
enter or offer to enter into any fictitious or artificial transaction
or make or demand any unreasonable charge.
3. Where the Food Controller is of opinion that the price Contracts.
payable imdei a contract for the sale of Coffee subsisting at the
date when this Order comes into force is such that the Coffee
cannot be sold by retail at the prices permitted by this Order,
he may if he thinks fit cancel such contract or may modify the
terms thereof in such manner as may appear to him to be just.
4. For the purpose of this Order, the expression " Coffee " shall Interpreta-
include any mixture of which Coffee forms a part and commonly tlon<
sold under the name of Coffee, but it shall not include Coffee
essence or Coffee and Chicory essence or preparations of Coffee
and milk.
5. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty.
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
6. (a) This Order may be cited as the Coffee (Retail Prices) Title and
der, 1917. commence
ment of
(5) This Order shall come into force on the 10th December, Order.
1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
1st December, 1917.
522
Interpreta-
tion.
Maximum
prices.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917.
THE TEA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, No. 2, 1917. DATED
DECEMBER 14, 1917. (a)
1917. -No. 1295.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned.
1. The "Tea Control Scheme" shall mean the scheme com-
monly known as " The 90 per cent. Tea Control, 1917. "(b)
" Class C Tea " and " Class D Tea " shall respectively mean
such teas as may have been or may be so classified under that
scheme, whether as originally framed or as amended.
" Controlled Tea " shall mean tea which has been or may be
sold under the "Tea Control Scheme." "Uncontrolled Tea"
shall mean tea which has not been sold under the " Tea Control
Scheme."
2. (a) On and after the 17th December and until the 31st
December, 1917, the maximum price on the occasion of any sale
of Class D Tea or of Uncontrolled Tea, whether wholesale or
retail, shall be at the rate of 4?. per Ib. including import duty, or
3$. per Ib. excluding such duty.
(b) On and after the 31st December, 1917, the maximum price
on the occasion of any sale of Class " D " Tea, whether wholesale
or retail, shall be at the rate of 3s. Sd. per Ib. including import
duty, or 2s. Sd. per Ib. excluding such duty.(c)
(c) On and after the 31st December, 1917, the maximum price
on the occasion of any sale of Uncontrolled Tea, whether whole-
sale or retail, shall be at the rate of 2s. Sd. per Ib. including
import duty, or Is. Sd. per Ib. excluding such duty.
(d) On and after the 31st December, 1917, the maximum
price on the occasion of any sale in Ireland of Class C Tea,
whether wholesale or retail, shall be the maximum price for the
time being in force under Sub-Clauses (a) and (b) of this Clause
in relation to Class D Tea. Provided that as respects any sale
of ten in Ireland -the Food Control Committee appointed for
Ireland by the Food Controller may, subject to any directions of
the Food Controller, vary the maximum prices fixed by this
Clause either generally or in any particular case or class of cases.
(a) REVOCATION OF ORDER. — See footnote (c) to Tea (Provisional Prices)
Order, 1917, p. 519.
(b) THE 90 PER CENT. TEA CONTROL, 1917.— See footnote (d) to the Tea
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, p. 519.
(c) PRICE OF GREEN TEA. — By General Licence of March 8, 1918 (p. 527),
the Controller authorised the sale for export of Green Teas in bond at prices
exceeding these maxima.
Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917. -V23
3. The maximum prices fixed by this Order and by the Tea No extra
(Provisional Prices) Order, 1917,(a) shall, as from the 17th c^f^8oror
December, 1917, include all charges for chests or other packages, credit86'
and no extra charge shall be made therefor, or for giving credit.
4. Where the Purchaser requires tea to be delivered to his Charge for
premises, a reasonable additional charge may be made for such delivery.
delivery, not exceeding a charge at the rate of bd. a Ib. or any
reasonable sum actually paid by the seller for carriage.
5. A person shall not on and after the 15th January, 1918, Mixtures of
sell or offer or expose for sale, (a) any controlled tea which has Tea-
been mixed with uncontrolled tea or (6) any mixture of different
classes of controlled tea at a price exceeding the maximum
price of tea of that class included in the mixture which has the
lowest maximum price.
6. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or know- Offer and
ingly buy or agree to buy any tea at a price exceeding the price conditions,
applicable under this Order, or in connection with a sale or
disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any tea enter or
offer to enter into any artificial or fictitious transaction or make
or demand any unreasonable charge.
7. Clause 3 of the Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 19 17, (a) is Revocation,
hereby revoked as on the 17th December, 1917, but without
prejudice to any proceedings in respect of any contravention
thereof.
8. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. This Order may be cited as the Tea (Provisional Prices) Title.
Order No. 2, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food ,
14th December, 1917.
(a) TEA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 519*. As to the extent to which it is revoked nee footnote (c) thereto.
T«r « Stof n ovf roil > Orrfrr. 1
THK TEA tDisrmiBraoy* OKBEE. 1918. DATED FEBHUAKY 14.
1918.
1918. Xo. 193.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the ttealsi Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
For the purpose of this Order, Xational Control Tea shall
afl Indian or Ceylon Tern which may after the 17th
1918, be sold by wholesale on account of the Food
Controller in whatever hands such tea ma? be.
2. («) The Food Controller may from time to time prescribe
of application and other documents to be used for the
or for any other purpose connected with
Xatkmal Control Tea. Any such form or document may contain
to be observed as to the completion of the form or any
Hot
The Food Controller may from time to time issue direc-
resating to the distribution, treatment, blending, sale.
use of any National Control Tea, or as to the price and
which any such Tea may be sold or otherwise disposed
pletion of such form
and in the distribution, treatment, blending, sale,
i use of any National Control Tea comply with the
and directions relative thereto for the time being in
National Control Tea shall keep or
place such records as to Tea
as the Food Controller may from
with all relevant documents and
and shall comply with any directions given by or tinder
the authority of the Food" Controller as to the form and contents
of such records, and shall make such returns and furnish such
to his dealings in Tea as the Food Controller
time lequiie, and shall permit any person
by the Food Controller to inspect the records to be kept
under tikis Clause and all relevant books, documents and accounts.
knowingly connive at the making of any false
J^a«i»»g statement in any application or other
prescribed pursuant to this Order, or used
for the purpose of obtaining or for any other purpose
connected with. National Control Tea :
(b) forge, alter or tamper with any such application CT other
~T9onate or falsely represent himself to be a person to
any such application or other document applies ;
Tea *Pritx*) Order. 1918. ~- "
obtain Xational Control Tea
on tbe reJatire
% or detire:
6. Any form of
be prescribed or any direction purporting to be _
to this Order, or Waded Tern OHstribatioa) Order, 1918,
unless tike contrary be proved be deemed to be prescribed or girca
—:-
of ibis Order are
it ? Defence of the Eeabn Begulations.
8. Tbi* Order may be cited mm tfce Tea OKftribntMp) Order.
ma
B T Order of tbe Food
r.
-
14tb February^ 1918.
THE Tin fPzicEs) O«D«, 1918. DAZKD FDKCAKT 14. 191&
1918-
In exercise of tbe
dE
in tbat tebalf , tbe Food Comtzofler
nder tbe avtbontj of tbe
tioassball beobwrred by all
1. For tbe purposes of tbk Order, tke
Control Tea" sball mean all
after tbe 1 Ttb February, 1918, be sold by
of tbe Food Controller in
8 lao maxrnmam price om tbe occasion of any retail sale of
tea sball, on and after tn* appointed day. be at tke rale at &L
per IK ; provided tbat wbcre tea is Mid la an Tniiilatian at o
Llf - .":--_::rr ;: -:: ;r^ :li- j. I':? :: :. _, ----£ .
any one montb, tbe nconm price sbaD be at tbe rate af ^L (
per Ib. witb an addition *t tae rate »! ^ prr Ib, if tW T
k blended OT if tbe
526
Tea (Prices) Order, 1918.
and credit.
Mixing.
Offers, &c.
Appointed
day.
Delivering 3. Where the purchaser, on the occasion of a retail sale,
requires Tea to be delivered to his premises, a reasonable
additional charge may be made for such delivery not exceeding
\d. per Ib. or any reasonable sum actually paid by the seller
for carriage ; but no charge may be made for packages or for
giving credit.
4. A person shall not mix any National Control Tea with any
other Tea or knowingly sell or offer or expose for sale any
mixture of National Control Tea with other Tea.
5. A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale or know-
ingly buy or agree to buy any Tea at a price exceeding the price
applicable under this Order, or in connection with the sale or
disposition or proposed sale or disposition of any Tea enter or
offer to enter into any artificial or fictitious transaction or make
or demand any unreasonable charge.
6. The appointed day shall be, as respects National Control
Tea, the 18th February, 1918, and as respect all other Teas shall
be as follows: —
(a) In Ireland such day as the Food Control Committee for
Ireland may fix ;
(b) In England and Wales the 18th March, 1918, and in
Scotland the 1st April, 1918, or, as respects any
particular district in Great Britain or any particular
shop in any such district such later day, as the Food
Control Committee for that district may fix.
In fixing any day tinder sub-clauses (a) or (b) of this clause,
a Committee shall comply with any directions given by the Food
Controller.
Revocation. 7. The Tea (Provisional Prices) Order, 1917, (a,) and the Tea
S. R. & O., (Provisional Prices) Order, No. 2, 1917,(b) shall cease to apply to
No. 1063 and anv sa}e of ^ea if and so soon as the provisions of this Order
No. 1295 of apply thereto, but without prejudice to any proceedings in respect
of any previous contravention thereof.
8. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
0. This Order may be cited as the Tea (Prices) Older, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14tii February, 1918.
(a) TEA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed
P'(b) TEA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, No. 2, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 522.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
General Licence under Tea (Provisional Price*) Order, \o. 2, 527
1917; Cocoa Poivder Order, 1918.
GENERAL LICENCE, DATED MARCH 8, 1918. UNDER THE TEA
(PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER No. 2, 19 17. (a)
1918. Xo. 282.
The Food Controller hereby authorises, until further notice, g R &Q^
the sale for export of green teas in bond at prices exceeding the NO. 1295 of
maximum price fixed by Clause 2 (c) of the above-mentioned 1917.
Order.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to cue Ministry of Food.
8th Maich, 1918.
THE FOREIGN HOLDINGS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED
MARCH 8, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 7A (" Foreign Holdings
of Food ") (p. 2.17), requires returns of tea, coffee, cocoa, etc.,
held to foreign account.]
THE COCOA POWDER ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 19, 1918.
1918. No. 341.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
ot the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller, the following regu-
lations shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
PART I.
Manufacture and Sale of Cocoa Powder.
1. No person shall manufacture cocoa powder except such General
cocoa powder as contains restriction.
(a) not more than 5 per cent, of cocoa bean shell ; and
(b) not less than 22J per cent, and not more than 30 per
cent, of cocoa butter.
2. Except as provided by Clause 3 of this Order, no manufacturer Sales by
shall sell any such cocoa powder save as Grade B cocoa powder and manu-
in accordance with the following provisions : — facturer.
(a) The cocoa powder shall be invoiced as Grade B coco:i
powder; and
(a) TKA (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER bo. 2, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 5-2.
528
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918.
Grade A
cocoa
powder.
Records.
O eneral
restriction.
Pales by
wholesale of
Grade B
cocoa
powder.
(b) The cocoa powder shall be packed in barrels or cases ;
Provided that the manufacturer may at the request
of tT'e purchaser pack the cocoa powder in cartons
bearing the words " Grade B Cocoa Powder/'
3. A manufacturer may sell as Grade A cocoa powder any
cocoa powder which contains not more than 2 per cent, of cocoa
bean shell : Provided that
(a) Not more than 60 per cent, of the cocoa powder sold
by him in any month may be sold as Grade A cocoa
powder; and
(6) The cocoa powder shall when sold by him be either —
(i) packed in cartons and sold under the manu-
facturer's name or trade mark; or
(ii) sold to a person duly authorised by the Food
Controller to purchase Grade A cocoa
powder not packed in cartons.
4. Every manufacturer of cocoa powder shall keep accurate
records containing- such particulars as are necessary to show
whether or not he is complying with the provisions of this Order,
and shall within 7 days of the end of each month forward to
the Secretary, Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, Westminster,
London, S.W.I, a return showing as respects the preceding
month : —
(a) the total amount of cocoa powder manufactured ; and
(b) the amount of cocoa powder sold as Grade B cocoa
powder, and the amount sold as Grade A cocoa powder ;
and shall make such other returns as to his manu-
facture of and dealings in cocoa powder as may from
, time to time be required.
PART II.
Maximum Prices.
5. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or buy or
offer to buy any cocoa powder at prices exceeding the maximum
prices permitted by this Order.
6. (a) On the occasion of any sale of Grade B cocoa powder,
other than a sale by retail, the maximum price shall be at the
rate of 196s. per cwt.
(6) The maximum price is fixed on the basis of the follow-
ing terms and conditions being applicable to the transaction :
(i) delivery is to be made at the seller's expense to the
buyer's railway station,
(ii) the cocoa powder is to be packed free of charge in non-
returnable cases or barrels provided by the seller,
(iii) payment is to be made within one month of the date
of the contract subject to discount for payment within
that period of 1J per cent.
(c) Where the cocoa powder is sold on terms or conditions
other than the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing part
of this clause, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918. 529
the maximum price; and in particular, if the seller at the
request of the buyer packs the cocoa powder in cartons, he may
add to the maximum price permitted by this clause a further
sum at a rate not exceeding 37s. 4<^. per cwt.
7. (a) On the occasion of any sale of Grade A cocoa powder Sales by
other than a sale by retail, the maximum price shall be at the wholesale of
rate of 2s. Sd. per Ib. Grade A
(b) The maximum price is fixed on the basis of the follow-
ing terms and conditions being applicable to the transaction : —
(i) delivery is to be made at the seller's expense to the
buyer's railway station.
(ii) the cocoa powder is to be packed free of charge in non-
returnable cartons provided by the sellers,
(iii) payment is to be made within one month of the date
of the contract subject to discount for payment
within that period of 1J per cent.
(c) Where the cocoa powder is sold on terms or conditions
other than the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing part
of this clause, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in the
maximum price.
8. On the occasion of a sale by retail of Grade B cocoa powder, Sales by
the maximum price shall be at the rate of 2s. 2d. per Ib. ; retail of
Provided that if the powder is ^ sold packed in cartons, tho *
maximum price shall be at the rate of 2s. 6d. per Ib. powder.
9. On the occasion of a sale by retail of Grade A cocoa powder, Sales by
the maximum price shall be at the rate of 3s. 2d. per Ib. JLets4? °?
Grade A
cocoa
powder
10. Where the purchaser on the occasion of a sale by retail Delivery
requires cocoa powder to be delivered to his premises, an addi- packages and
tional charge may be made for such delivery not exceeding %d. credlt-
per Ib. or any sum actually paid by the seller for carriage. No
charge may be made for packing or packages or for giving credit.
11. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale by retail any Labels on
Grade B cocoa powder packed in cartons unless such cartons bear Grade B
a label to the effect that the cocoa powder contained therein is coco*
Grade B cocoa powder, and that the price must not exceed 2s. 6d. Powder-
per Ib.
12. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale by retail Labels on
Grade A cocoa powder except in accordance with the following
cocoa
provisions : — "™:
(a) The cocoa powder shall be packed in cartons;
(b) To each carton shall be attached a label to the effect
that the cocoa powder contained therein is Grade A
cocoa powder.
13. On. and after the 22nd April, 1918, on the occasion of a Sales by
sale by retail of any cocoa powder other than Grade A cocoa r<r|a
powder, the maximum price shall be at the same rate as that p0
•applicable to Grade B cocoa powder. Maximum
pries.
530
Cocoa shell.
Fictitious
transactions.
Penalties.
Title and
commence-
ment.
Cocoa Powder Order, 1918.
PART III.
General.
14. (a) No person shall on or after the 8th April, 1918, sell
or offer or expose for sale or buy or offer to buy by retail any
cocoa shell or any mixture, other than chocolate, which contains
more than 5 per cent, cocoa shell at a price exceeding Qd. per Ib.
(b) Where the purchaser on the occasion of a sale by
retail requires any article to which this clause applies to be
delivered to his premises, an additional charge may be made for
such delivery not exceeding \d. per Ib. or any sum actually paid
by the seller for carriage, but no charge may be made for packing
or packages or for giving credit.
15. No person shall in connection with a sale or disposition or
proposed sale or disposition of any cocoa powder, or other article
to which this Order applies, enter or offer to enter into any
fictitious transaction or make or demand any unreasonable
charge.
16. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
17. (a) This Order may be cited as the Cocoa Powder Order,
1918.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 8th April,
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food
19th March, 1918.
THE COCOA-BUTTER (PROVISIONAL PRICES) ORDER, 1918.
MARCH 19, 1918.
DATED
[This Order, which is printed in Group 11 (" Milk, Butter and
Cheese ") (p. 37T), fixes the maximum wholesale and retail prices
of cocoa-butter.]
Raw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1918.
531
THE RAW COCOA (PRICES) ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 19,
1918.(a)
1918. No. 342.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that except under
the authority of the Food Controller the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. No peison shall sell or buy or offer to sell or buy any raw Restriction
cocoa except in accordance with the following provisions : — on Sales.
(a) The price shall not exceed the fair value ascertained as
hereinafter provided, and
(6) The contract shall be in writing and in a form approved
by the Food Controller.
2. For the purpose of ascertaining the fair value, the raw Fair Value,
cocoa shall be graded by a person authorised in that behalf by
the Food Controller, and the fair value shall be ascertained bv
him on the basis of such grading in accordance with general
directions to be issued from time to time by the Food Controller.
The determination of such a person shall be conclusive as to the
fair value.
3. The person so grading shall issue a grading certificate Dealings in
specifying the fair value for each parcel in respect of which a Grading
certificate is issued. The grading certificate issued in respect of Certlficates-
all raw cocoa sold shall be attached to the contract by the seller
prior to delivery of the cocoa, provided that where a parcel of
cocoa has been graded and is sold in more than one lot, a copy
of the grading certificate certified under the authority of the
Food Controller shall be attached to the contract instead of the
original grading certificate.
4. (a) Where at the date of sale, the raw cocoa is outside the Time of
United Kingdom, the sale shall be on the terms that such raw Grading,
cocoa is to be graded upon arrival in the United Kingdom, and
the fair value and limit of price shall be determined accordingly.
(b) Where at the date of sale the raw cocoa is in the United
Kingdom, no sale shall be made thereof unless the fair value has
been ascertained in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
o. No person shall in connection with a sale or disposition or Fictitious
proposed sale or disposition of any raw cocoa enter or offer to transactions,
enter into any fictitious or unreasonable transaction or make or
demand any unreasonable charge.
(a) RETURNS OF RAW COCOA. — The Raw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1918, was
preceded by the Raw Cocoa (Returns) Order, 191H, which provided for a
return to the Food Controller giving particulars of all raw cocoa in bond on
January 22nd, 1918. That Order which is printed p. 329 of the January,
1918, Edition of the Food Controller's Orders, is omitted from this Manual as
now u spei)t."
532
Records.
Exception.
Infringe-
ments.
Title.
Raw Cocoa (Prices) Order, 1918.
6. Every person dealing in raw cocoa shall keep such records
of raw cocoa bought and sold, prices paid and charged, and the
names of buyers and sellers and such other particulars as are
necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the
provisions of this Order are being complied with, and shall make
such returns as to his dealings in raw cocoa as may be required
by or under the authority of the Food Controller. All such
records shall be open to the inspection of any person authorised
by the Food Controller.
7. This Order shall not apply to —
(a) any purchase of raw cocoa where the cocoa is not in the
United Kingdom and also is neither bought for
delivery in the United Kingdom nor otherwise in-
tended to be consigned to the United Kingdom; or
(b) any purchase by a manufacturer of cocoa powder when
both the seller and any agent employed on behalf of
the seller are resident outside the British Islands ; or
(c) such other purchases as the Food Controller may from
time to time determine.
8. Infringements of this Older are summary offences against
tJie Defence of the Realm Regulations.
9. (a) This Order may be cited as the Raw Cocoa (Prices)
Order, 1918.
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 2nd April, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
19th March, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (LOCAL DISTRIBUTION) SCHEME
ORDER, 1918. DATED MARCH 21, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 9A (" Local Distribu-
tion and Requisitioning") (p. 242), provides for the local
distribution by certain Committees of tea.]
General Licence under Cocoa Powder Order, 1918. 533
GENERAL LICENCE, HATKIJ A run. 17, 1918, UNDER THE COCOA
POWDER ORDER, 1918. (a)
1918. No. 447.
The Food Controller hereby authorises until 1st June, 1918, a
person who has bought before 8th April, 1918, (a) any pure cocoa
powder containing more than 5 per cent, of cocoa shell, or (b) any
cocoa powder mixture containing not more than 15 per cent,
of cocoa shell, to sell such pure cocoa powder, or such cocoa
powder mixture by retail at a price not exceeding the maximum
price and subject to the terms and conditions applicable on a
sale by retail of Grade B Cocoa Powder under the Cocoa Powder
Order, 1918. (a) Provided that in any proceedings the burden of S.R. & 0.,
proving that such article was bought before 8th April, 1918, shall No. 341 of
rest on the person selling under this licence, and that in no case
shall the person purchasing from him be concerned therewith.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W , H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
17th April, 1918.
THE IMPORTERS (RETURNS) ORDER, 1918. DATED APRIL 27, 1918.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 8A (" Importers'
Returns ") (p. 221), requires returns to be made of imported cocoa
and coffee.]
(a) COCOA POWDEK OKDKIJ, ItUs. — Thi> Order is printed p. f)27.
534
Waste of Foodstuffs Order, 1918.
18A- Waste of Foodstuffs.
Barley (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 534.
Egg (Restriction) Order, 1918, p. 534.
Waste of Foodstuffs Order, 1918, p. 534.
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) Order, 1917, p. 534.
THE WHEAT, RYE AND RICE (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED
APRIL 20. 1917.
[Tim Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals "), p. 78, prohibits the waste of any flour, or article
containing flour, made from wheat, rye or rice.]
THE BARLEY (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1917. DATED AUGUST 15,
1917.
1917. No. 821.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 3 (" Bread, Flour and
Cereals ") (p. 89), prohibits the damaging, etc., of barley or
barley flour.]
THE EGG (RESTRICTION) ORDER, 1918. DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
1918. No. 200.
[This Order, which is printed in Group 10 (" Meat, Cattle and
Eggs ") (p. 282), prohibits the waste of eggs or egg products.]
THE WASTE OF FOODSTUFFS ORDER, 1918.
1918.
DATED FEBRUARY 21,
Waste of
foodstuffs.
Meaning of
11 Waste."
1918. No. 212.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders that, except under
the authority of the Food Controller, the following regulations
shall be observed by all persons concerned : —
1. A person shall not waste any foodstuff or cause or permit
any foodstuff to be wasted.
2. For the purpose of this Order, foodstuff is wasted : —
(a) Whenever the foodstuff, being fit for use in human food,
is wilfully or negligently damaged or is thrown
away; or
Waste of Foodstuffs Order, 1918. .">:*.
(fe) whenever any person having the control or custody of the
foodstuff omits to take any precaution which ought
reasonably to be taken for its preservation ; or
(c) whenever a person procures for any purpose a greater
quantity of foodstuff than is reasonably required for
such purpose, and any part of such foodstuff becomes
unfit for human food ; or
(d) whenever any person having the disposal of the foodstuff
unreasonably retains the same undisposed of until the
same becomes unfit for human food.
3. For the purposes of this Order every person having control persi>ii>
of the foodstuff in any house, shop, warehouse, or other place in responsible
which any foodstuff is wasted by the act or default of any person
employed in or about the house, shop, warehouse, or other place
shall be deemed to have caused such waste, unless he shall have
taken- reasonable steps to prevent such waste.
4. A Trader shall not be deemed to nave caused waste of any Trade
foodstuffs obtained for the purpose of his business which, become? Waste.
unfit for human food without any want of due care on the part of
himself, his servants 01 agents, if it is proved that he has been
ready and willing at all times to sell such foodstuffs at reasonable
prices and that he could not reasonably have made such foodstuffs
available for human food otherwise than by way of sale in his
business.
5. Any person specially authorised in writing by the Food Powers of
Controller may enter upon any premises in which he has reason to entry,
believe that any foodstuff is being wasted and carry out such
inspection and examination of the premises and take such samples
as he shall think fit.
6. For the purpose of this Order:— Interpreta-
Tho expression " food stuff " shall mean any article which tion.
is used for food by man, or which ordinarily enters into the
composition or preparation of human food.
7. Infringements of this Order are summary offences against Penalty,
the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
8. (a) This Order may be cited as the Waste of Food Stuffs Title and
Order, 1918. Commence
(b) This Order shall come into force on the 25th February, Order
1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintovr,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
21st February, 1918.
536
FART III.
CONSTITUTION, PROCEDURE, AND
ACCOUNTS OF FOOD CONTROL COM-
MITTEES AND ENFORCEMENT OF
ORDERS AND PROSECUTIONS.
ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER
UNDER DEFENCE OF THE REALM
REGULATIONS NOW,
APRIL 30TH, 1918,
IN FORCE, OR COMING INTO FORCE,
AND ORDERS OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ANCILLARY THERETO.
EDITORIAL NOTE.
This Part of this Manual is confined to the Orders relating to the
Constitution, Procedure, Accounts, &c., of Food Control Committees,
and the powers as to Enforcement of, and of Prosecuting under
the Controller's Orders.
The inclusion of the full text of this class of Orders is a new feature
in this Edition : in the previous (January) one only an epitome of
such Orders was given in an Appendix. An outline of the provi-
sions as to Food Control Committees and their powers and the
general system of local organisation (corresponding to such former
Appendix) is now given in section VI of the Introduction to this
Manual.
This Part of this Manual is divided into three sections relating to
England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, and these
are again sub-divided so as to bring together first what relates to
the constitution, &c., of the Committees, and secondly the powers
as to enforcement, &c., of Orders.
Following the plan adopted in Part II of this Manual each sub-group
of Orders is preceded by a list of the Orders falling thereunder
arranged in their alphabetical sequence : in the text the sequence
of each such sub-group is that of their date of issue.
ALEXANDER PULLING.
April 30, 1918.
Constitution of English and Scottish Food Control Cftunnittees. 537
1. England and Wales, p. 537. | 3. Ireland, p. 560.
2. Scotland, p. 555.
1 .— England and Wales ; Committees ;
Enforcements, &c.
(a) Constitution, §Y?., of Com-
in if tees, p. 537.
(b Enforcement of Orders and
Prosecutions, p. 550.
(a) Constitution, &c., of Food Control Committees.
Committees (Disojualification for Membership) Order, 1918,
p. 544.
Food Control Committees (Audit of Accounts) Order, 1917,
p. 543.
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, p. 537.
Food Control Committees (Financial Statement, &c.), Order,
1918,1?. 545.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 541.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER,
1917, DATED AUGUST 22, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CON-
TROLLER.
1917. No. 869.
Iii exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby Orders as follows : —
1. There shall be a Food Control Committee appointed for
the district of every Local Authority and such Committee shall
be appointed by the Local Authority^) :
Provided that a Local Authority may combine with any other
Local Authority or Authorities in appointing a Food Control
Committee and in assigning to such Committee the whole or such
parts of the districts of the constituent Local Authorities as they
may determine.
A person appointed to be a member of the Committee need
not be a member of the Authority by which he is appointed.
At least one member of every Committee shall be a woman, and
at least one other member a representative of labour.
2. The Food Control Committee shall, except in such cases as
the Food Controller may otherwise determine, consist of such
number of persons not. being more than 12 as the appointing
Authority may determine.
3. The Clerk of the appointing Authority shall notify the Food
Controller of the names and addresses of the persons appointed
as members of the Food Control Committee.
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITY. — The definition of " local authority " contained in
this Order is identical with that in all the other Orders relating to
England and Wales and comprised in this Part of the Manual. See footnote
(a), p. 540, which gives detail as to the Authorities and their Districts.
Constitution of English anil Scottish Food Control Committees.
4. The term of office of a person appointed to be a member of
a Food Control Committee shall be one year, and any person on
ceasing to be a member of a Committee may be re-appointed :
provided that —
(a) If a person so appointed is a member of the appointing
Authority, he shall cease to be a member of the Com-
mittee if he ceases to be a member of that Authority ;
and
(6) A member of the Committee may resign by sending to the
Clerk of the appointing Authority notice of his desire
so to do ; and
(c) A member whose office expires by effluxion of time, shall
continue to hold office until his successor is appointed;
and
(d) The appointing Authority may if they think fit at any
time remove any member of the Committee and
appoint another person to be a member of the Com-
mittee in his place.
5. If any vacancy occurs in a Food Control Committee by
death, resignation or otherwise, the appointing Authority shall as
soon as possible fill up the vacancy.
6. A Food Control Committee may subject to the provisions
of this Order meet together for the despatch of business adjourn
and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit.
7. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of a
Food Control Committee may be determined by the Committee
provided that in no case shall the quorum be less than three.
8. A Food Control Committee shall appoint some member
of their body to be their Chairman, and the person so appointed
shall, if he so long remain a member of the Committee, hold
office as Chairman for such period as may be specified in the
resolution of the Committee by which he is so appointed or until
he resign the office. In the absence of the Chairman from any
meeting the Committee may appoint some member of the Com-
mittee to act as Chairman at that meeting.
9. Every question at a meeting of a Food Control Committee
shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of
the Committee present and voting on the question, and, in case
of equal division of votes, the Chairman shall have a second or
casting vote.
10. The proceedings of a Food Control. Committee shall not be
invalidated by any vacancy in their number or by any defect in
the appointment of any member of the Committee or of the Chair-
man.
11. A Food Control Committee shall make to the appointing
Authority or Authorities such reports as to their acts and pro-
ceedings as such Authority or Authorities may require, but no act
direction or decision of a Food Control Committee shall require
confirmation by any such Authority.
Constitution of English and Scottish Food Control Committees. 539
12. A Food Control Committee shall appoint such officers to
hold office during the pleasure of the Committee as they shall
think fit, but no salary shall be payable to any officer during
such time as he is a member of the Committee or of any Authority
appointing any member of the Committee or of any Sub-Com-
mittee appointed by the Committee.
13. A Food Control Committee may appoint such and so many
Sub-Committees consisting wholly or partly of the members of
the Committee as the Committee think fit, and except so far as
the Food Controller may direct a Committee may delegate subject
to such conditions as they may think fit to any such Sub-Com-
mittee any powers and duties of the Committee, and any such
delegation may be for the whole or part of the area for which
the Committee acts.
14. Where a Committee delegates any of its powers or duties
to a Sub-Committee the following provisions shall have effect : —
(a) So far as is practicable at least one member of the Sub-
Committee shall be a woman and at least one other
member a representative of labour.
(6) The Committee shall send notice of the appointment of
the Sub-Committee to the Food Controller, and the
notice so sent shall specify the area for which the Sub-
Committee is appointed to act, and shall state which of
the powers and duties of the Committee have been dele-
gated to the Sub-Committee.
(c) The provisions of this Order relating to the Chairman and
proceedings of a Committee shall apply to a Sub-
Committee as they apply to a Committee with the
necessary modifications.
15. If any difficulty arises with respect to the constitution of a
Food Control Committee or otherwise in relation to the opera-
tion of this Order, the Food Controller may make any appoint-
ment, and do anything which appears to him necessary or
expedient for the establishment of such a Committee or otherwise
for securing the full operation of this Order and of any subsequent
Order relating to the constitution, powers and duties of Food Con-
trol Committees.
16. The powers and duties of a Food Control Committee shall be
such as are from time to time assigned to them by the Food Con-
troller and the Committee shall in the exercise of those powers
and the performance of those duties comply with such directions
as may be given by the Food Controller from time to time. (a)
17. A Food Control Committee shall furnish such reports,
returns and information as may from time to time be required by
or on behalf of the Food Controller.
(a) POWERS AND DUTIES OF FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES. — As to the chief
duties which have (April 30, 1918) been assigned to Food Control Committees
in Great Britain by Orders of the Food Controller, see Section VI. of the Intro-
duction to this Manual.
540 Constitution of English and Scottish Food Control Committees.
18. Powers and duties conferred or imposed on a Food
Control Committee by the Food Controller shall, unless otherwise
expressed, be exercisable and shall operate within and in relation
to the area for which such Committee acts.
19. — (i) Any direction or decision of a Food Control
Committee given under any power conferred by the Food Con-
troller may be proved ;
(a) by the production of a newspaper purporting to contain
a copy of the direction or decision as an advertise-
ment, or,
(b) by the production of a copy of the direction or decision
purporting to be certified as a true copy by the Chair-
man of the Committee or by some person authorised by
the Committee in that behalf.
(ii) A direction, or decision, so proved shall be taken to have
been duly given, unless and until the contrary is proved.
20. A Food Control Committee shall expend only such monies
as are authorised generally or specially by the Food Controller
and such further monies as may be authorised by the appointing
Authority or Authorities, and the expenses of the Food Control
Committee shall be payable in the first instance by the appoint-
ing Authority or Authorities, and so far as not repaid by the Food
Controller shall be borne by such Authority or Authorities.
21. A Committee appointed after the 27th July, 1917,
by a Local Authority or Authorities as a Food Control
Committee, shall, if the Committee conform as to membership
with the provisions of this Order, be deemed to' have been
appointed pursuant to this Order.
22. In the application of this Order to England and Wales the
expression " Local Authority " shall mean the Common Council
of the City of London and the Councils of Metropolitan and
Municipal Boroughs and of urban and rural districts and the
Council of the Isles of Scilly.(a)
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND THEIR DISTRICTS. —
The Common Council, to whom the whole of the powers of the former
Commissioners of Sewers were transferred by GO & 61 Viet., c. cxxxiii.,
are now the Public Health authority for the city.
There are 28 Metropolitan Borough Councils constituted by Jrders in
Council (S. R. & 0., 1900, Nos. 380-407) under the London Government
let, 1899 (62 & 63 Viet., c. 14), the borough areas comprising the whole
administrative county of London except the city. Many of the muni-
cipal boroughs and urban districts are now co-terminous with a single
parish : the rural districts comprise groups of parishes and as originally
constituted, and still in certain cases, are co-terminous with a poor law
union — minus the boroughs or other urban districts within the union. A
statement showing what parishes were on April 1st, 1915, within the
district of each borough, urban, or rural district council (" Statement of the
County Boroughs, &c., in England and -Wales") is published by H.M. Stationery
Office.
The Council of the Isles of Scilly, which was established by 53 & 54 Viet.,
c. clxxvi. (confirming an Order of the Local Government Board), has amongst
other powers those of a Rural District Council.
Functions of English Local Authorities as to Food Control 541
Committees.
23. In the application of this Order to Scotland, the expression
"*' Local Authority " shall mean: —
(i) in each County a Joint Committee of the County
Council and the Town Councils of the Royal, Parlia-
mentary and Police Burghs within the County with a
population, according to the 1911 Census, not exceed-
ing 5,000, provided that the Town Council of any
other Royal, Parliamentary or Police Burgh may, if
it so decides, agree to join the Joint Committee;
(ii) in all other Royal, Parliamentary or Police
Burghs,, the Town Council. (a)
24. (a) This Order may be cited as the Food Control Com-
mittees (Constitution) Order, 1917.
(b) This Order shall not apply to Ireland. (b)
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
22nd August, 1917.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 2), 1917,
DATED AUGUST 22, 1917, MADE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
1917. No. 887.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled; —
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs,
Municipal Boroughs, and other Urban Districts in
England andWales; —
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England
and Wales; —
To the Council of the Isles of Scilly ;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by Regulation numbered 2J of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations(c) it is among other things provided that We,
the Local Government Board, (d) may, by arrangement with the
Food Controller, confer and impose on any local authorities and
their officers any powers and duties in connection with the en-
forcement of certain of the Defence of the Realm Regulations,
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND AND THEIK DISTRICTS. — A statement
showing what parishes are within the district of each local authority forms the
Parl. Paper 1915 [7992]. Since the date of that Return, Findochty has been
" declared to be a burgh."
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND.— For Ireland there is one
general Food Control Committee, see the Food Control Committee for Ireland
(Constitution) Order, 1917, p. 561.
(c) DEFENCE OF THE REALM REGULATIONS.— Reg. 2j is printed in Part I
of this Manual, p. 12.
(d) LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. — This Board was established by the Local
Government Board Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Viet. c. 70). As to the construction and
proof of Orders of the Board, see section IV. 3 of the Introduction to this Manual.
542 Functions of English Local Authorities as to Food Control
Committees.
and any powers and duties necessary to provide for the due dis-
charge of any functions assigned to local authorities by any Order
made by the Food Controller under the said Regulations ;
And whereas the Food Controller has, in pursuance of the
said Regulations, made the Food Control Committees (Constitu-
tion) Order, 1917(a) :
Now therefore, in pursuance of Our powers in that behalf,
and by arrangement with the Food Controller, We hereby Order
as follows : —
ARTICLE I. — In these Regulations, unless the contrary inten-
tion appears : —
(a) The expression "Local Authority" means, as the case
may be, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London in Common Council assembled, the
Council of a Metropolitan Borough, the Council of a
Municipal Borough or other Urban District, the
Council of a Rural District, or the Council of the
Isles of Scilly(b) ;
(ft) The expression " District " means the District subject to
the jurisdiction of the Local Authority for the pur-
poses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or
of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be.
(c) The expression ''Food Control Committee*' means a
Food Control Committee appointed pursuant to the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
1917. (a)
ARTICLE II. — We hereby confer and impose upon the Local
Authority and upon such of their officers as they may designate
or appoint for the purpose the powers and duties necessary to
provide for the due discharge within their District, in conformity
with the Defence of the Realm Regulations, of the functions
assigned to Local Authorities by the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917. (a)
ARTICLE III. — A Local Authority may lend without charge to-
any Food Control Committee wholly or partly appointed by them ,
for the purposes of the powers and duties of the Committee,
and for such period as the Local Authority may from time to time
determine, any premises which the Local Authority may have
available, and the services of any of the officers and servants of
the Local Authority.
ARTICLE IY. — (1) Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority
in the execution of this Order shall be defrayed in like manner
as if the expenses had been incurred in the execution of the
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed p. 537.
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITY. — The definition contained in Art. I is identical with
that in all the other Orders relating to England and Wales and comprised in this
Part of this Manual. See footnote (a), p. 540, which gives details as to the
Authorities and their Districts.
Audit of Account* of English anil Scottish Food Control 543
Committees .
Public Health Act, 1875, or the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, as the case may be. (a)
(2) Where two or more Local Authorities have concurred in
ihe appointment of a Food Control Committee, any expenses
incurred by those Local Authorities under this Order shall be
defrayed in such proportions as may be agreed upon, or in
default of agreement as may be determined by the Local Govern-
ment Board.
ARTICLE V. — This Order may be cited as " The Local
Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 2), 1917."
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Twenty-second day of August, in the year One
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
H. C. Monro,
Secretary.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS) ORDER,
1917, DATED DECEMBER 14, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
1917. No. 1298.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling
him in that behalf, the Food Controller, in pursuance of an
arrangement made with the Local Government Board and the
Secretary for Scotland, hereby orders as follows: — -
1. (a) The accounts of -the receipts and expenditure of Food
Control Committees appointed by Local Authorities in England
and Wales in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Consti-
tution) Order, 1917. (b) (hereinafter referred to as the Order)
shall be made up yearly to the thirty-first day of March, the
first account being made up to the 31st March, 1918.
(6) The said accounts shall be audited by a district auditor, and
the enactments relating to audit by district auditors of accounts
of urban district councils and their officers, and to all matters
incidental thereto and consequential thereon, shall apply to the
audit of the said accounts. (c)
(a) EXPENSES IN EXECUTION OF ORDER. — For enactments referred to see
official " Index to Statutes in Force " (1916 Edit.), sub voc. " District Council,
England, 3 (Financial Provisions) " ; " London County ", 2 (f) (3).
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed, p. 537.
(c) ENACTMENTS AS TO AUDIT BY DISTRICT AUDITORS. — See the District
Auditors Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Viet. c. 6.), and s. 14 of the Local Government
.(Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 12).
544
Disqualification for Membership of Committees by Conviction for
Contravention of Orders.
2. The accounts of the receipts and expenditure of Food
Control Committees appointed by Local Authorities in Scotland
in pursuance of the Order shall be made up yearly to the thirty-
first day of March, the first account being made up to the 31st
March, 1918, and the said accounts shall be audited : —
(a) In the case of the accounts of a Food Control Committee
appointed by the Joint Committee of the County
Council and the Town Councils of the Royal, Parlia-
mentary and Police Burghs within the County for the
purpose of the Order, by the Auditor appointed by thft
Secretary for Scotland to audit the accounts of the
County Council concerned(a) ; and
(b) In the case of the accounts of a Food Control Committee
appointed by a Town Council, by the Auditor of the
accounts relating to the Public Health General Assess-
ment levied by the Town Council. (b)
3. This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committees
(Audit of Accounts) Order, 1917.
By Order of the Food Controller.
W. H. Beveridge,
Second Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
14th December, 1917.
Disqualifica-
tion for
membership.
THE COMMITTEES (DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP) ORDER,
1918, DATED JANUARY 2, 1918, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
1918. No. 2.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders that except
under the authority of the Food Controller the following regu-
lations shall be observer! by all persons concerned : —
1. Where a person has on or before the date of this Order
been convicted or is after the date of this Order convicted of a
summary off ence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations(c)
by reason of any contravention of any Order of the Food Con-
troller or by reason of any act done by him in connection with
any act prohibited by any such Order, he shall be disqualified
to be appointed a member of any Food Committee or of any
Feeding Stuff's Committee or any sub-committee appointed by
(a) AUDIT OF SCOTTISH COUNTY COUNCIL ACCOUNTS. — See s. 69 of the
Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Yict. c. 50).
(b) AUDIT OP BOROUGH ACCOUNTS. — See s. 94 of the Town Councils (S.)
Act, 1900 (63 & 64, Viet. c. 49).
(c) SUMMARY OFFENCE AGAINST THE REGULATIONS.- See Section YII of the
Introduction, p. ix.
Financial Statement by English Food Control Committees. 545
any such Committee ; and if he be a member of any such Com-
mittee or sub- commit tee , he shall immediately after the date of
this Order or the date of such conviction as the case may be,
cease to be a member thereof, and shall be disqualified for
re-appointment,
2. The Food Controller may, on cause shown, if he thinks fit, Removal of
order that the disqualification attaching to any person under this disqualifica-
Order shall cease. tion.
3. In this Order: —
The expression " Food Committee " means a Food Control Interpreta-
Committee constituted in pursuance of the Food Control tion.
Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917,(a) and the Food
Control Committee for Ireland.^)
The expression " Feeding Stuffs Committee " means a Port
Feeding Stuffs Committee or a Provincial Feeding Stuffs
Committee appointed pursuant to the Cattle Feeding
Stuffs (Committees) Order, 1917. (o)
4. This Order may be cited as the Committees (Disqualification Title,
for Membership) Order, 1918.
By Order of the Food Controller.
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
2nd January, 1918.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (FINANCIAL STATEMENT, &c.)
ORDER, 1918, DATED MARCH 20, -1918, MADE BY THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BOARD.
1918. No. 389.
64,874
To every Food Control Committee appointed by Local
Authorities in England and Wales ; —
To every District Auditor and Assistant District Auditor ; —
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by the Food Control Committees (Audit of Accounts)
Order, 1917,(d) made by the Food Controller under the Defence of
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed, p. 537. i. •
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND.— See the Food Control
Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917, p. 561.
(c) CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS (COMMITTEES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is
printed, p. 107.
(d) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS) ORDER, 1917. —
That Order is printed, p. 543.
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546 Financial Statement by English Food Control Committees.
the Realm Regulations, it is provided that the accounts of the
receipts and expenditure of Food Control Committees appointed
in pursuance of the Food Control Committees (Constitution)
Order, 1917, (a) by Local Authorities in England and Wales, shall
be made up yearly to the 31st day of March, and shall be audited
by a district auditor, and the enactments relating to audit by
district auditors of accounts of urban district councils and their
officers, and to all matters incidental thereto and consequential
thereon, shall apply to the audit of the said accounts :
Now therefore, in pursuance of Our powers in that behalf,
and by arrangement with the Food Controller, We, the Local
Government Board, hereby Order and Prescribe as follows; —
Article I. — (1) Subject to any departure to which We may
hereafter assent, or to any direction which We may hereafter
give, the Financial Statement to be prepared and submitted to
the District Auditor, in accordance with Section 3 of the District
Auditors Act, 1879, (b) by every Food Control Committee ap-
pointed by Local Authorities in England and Wales, for the
period from the date when the Food Control Committee came into
office up to the 31st day of March, 1918, and for each succeeding
year, shall, until We otherwise Prescribe, be in the Form in the
Schedule to this Order :
Provided that in the case of the Financial Statement for any
period ending on the 31st day of March, 1918, such verbal
alterations as may be necessary shall be made in the Form witb
respect to the period to which the Financial Statement relates
(2) The Financial Statement shall be made in triplicate, and
shall contain the particulars specified or referred to in the said
Form, so far as they are applicable, and the certificate of the
District Auditor to be appended to each of the Statements shall
be in the form set forth in the Schedule to this Order at the
foot of the Statement; one of the Statements shall, after it has
been duly certified by the District Auditor, be forwarded by him
to the Food Controller, and another of the said Statements,
certified as aforesaid, shall be forwarded by him to Us.
Article II. — In relation to the audit of the accounts of every
Food Control Committee appointed by Local Authorities in
England and Wales, We direct as follows : —
(1) Subsection (10) of Section 247 of the Public Health Act,
1875, (e) shall be modified so as to require the District
Auditor to send to TJs, instead of to the Clerk to the
Food Control Committee, the report on the accounts of
the Committee in that subsection mentioned. The
report shall be made in such form and within such
time as We may direct.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed, p. 537.
(b) DISTRICT AUDITORS ACT, 1879.— i.e. 42 & 43 Viet., c. 6.
(c) PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, lS7b.—i.e. 38 & 39 Viet., c. 55.
Financial Statement by English Food Control Committees. ' 547
(2) Subsection (10) of Section 247 of the Public Health Act,
1875, shall be further modified by the addition thereto
of the following proviso : —
Provided that a food control committee may, on
the completion of the audit, if they think fit, in
lieu of publishing an abstract of their accounts in
some one or more of the local newspapers circulated
in the district, cause to be advertised in some one or
more of those local newspapers notice that the audit
has been completed, and that the audited accounts
and statutory financial statement will be open for
inspection, without payment, by any ratepayer or
owner of property, or by any parochial elector, as
the case may be, in the area of jurisdiction of the
food control committee, at all reasonable times
within the period of fourteen days from a pros-
pective date to be mentioned in the notice.
Article III.— This Order may be cited as " The Food Control
Committees (Financial Statement, &c.) Order, 1918."
The Schedule.
Food Control Committee
appointed by the_ __Council of.
Financial Statement.
THE DISTRICT AUDITORS ACT, 1879 (42 VICT. c. 6), AND
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (AUDIT OP
ACCOUNTS) ORDER, 1917.
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE
of the above-named Food Control Committee for the Year
ended the 31st day of March, 19
Name of Executive Officer^
or other person keeping >
the Accounts.
Office Address.
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548
Financial Statement by English Food Control Committees.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE _ FOOD
RECEIPTS.
Advances by Appointing Authority or Authorities — (names and. amounts
should be specified separately where more than one appointing
authority)
Repayment of Expenditure by the Ministry of Food
Receipts in relief of general administrative expenses :—
(a) Costs recovered in respect of prosecutions for offences against
Orders made by the Food Controller
(6) Other items, specifying them :—
Other receipts, namely* :—
£ s. d.
TOTAL RECEIPTS £
BALANCE AT COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR £
TOTAL INCLUDING BALANCE . £
£ s. d.
* Small items of receipts under this heading may be classed as " Miscellaneous."
I hereby certify that I have compared the entries in this Financial State-
and that the regulations with respect to this Statement have been duly
I hereby further certify that I have ascertained by Audit the correctness of
the year ended the 31st day of March, 19 , included in this Statement, and
As witness my hand this day
•| The amount to be in-
Financial Statement by English Food Control Committees.
CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31sT MARCH, 19
549
EXPENDITUEE.
General administrative expenses—
(i) Salaries and other remuneration of officers and assistants :—
(a) Staff appointed directly by the Committee
(6) Exira remuneration of staff of the Appointing Autho-
rity in respect ot inspections and prosecutions
(ii) Other extra expenses of the Appointing Authority in res-
pect of inspections and prosecutions
(iii) Provision of office accommodation :—
(a) Rent, rates, taxes and insurance
(ft) Lighting, heating, and water
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
(c) Office furniture and fittings
(d) Other items, specifying them :—
(iv) Travelling expenses and compensation for loss of remu
nerative time of members of Food Control Committee . .
(v) Other establishment charges :—
(c) Postages
(d) Travelling expenses of officers
(<?) Other items, specifying them :—
Food Economy Committee : -
E tpenses of food economy campaign . . ,
Other expenses, nameJy :— *
Repayment of advances by Appointing Authority or Authorities : -
( Names and amounts should be specified separately where more
than one appointing Authority)
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
BALANCE AT END OF THE TEAR
TOTAL INCLUDING BALANCE ..
£
.. &
Small items of expenditure under this heading may be classed as " Miscellaneous."
.Executive Office of the Committee,
day of 19
TOTAL EXPENDITURE AS SHOWN
ABOVE
LESS AMOUNT, IF ANY, DISALLOWED AT
AUDIT
AMOUNT ALLOWED AT AUDIT £
£ s. d.
ment with the Accounts of the Food Control Committee relating thereto,
complied with.
this Statement, and that the expenditure of the Food Control Committee during
allowed by me at the Audit, is f .
of _,19 .
Stamp.
eerted in words at length.
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District Auditor.
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550 Powers as to Sampling and Weighing by Inspectors of Weights
and Measures and Prosecutions by them in England and
Ireland for breaches of certain Orders of the Food Controller.
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Twentieth day of March, in the #ear One
thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
Walter T. J erred,
Assistant Secretary.
(b) Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions in England
and Wales.
Enforcement (England and Wales) Order, 1917, p. 551.
Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 3) 1917, p. 553.
Weights and Measures, Order as to Powers of Inspectors,/?. 550.
ORDER, DATED JUNE 11, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER
CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS ON INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES AND AUTHORISING THEM IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND
TO PROSECUTE OFFENCES BEFORE COURTS OF SUMMARY JURIS-
DICTION.
1917. No. 538.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence of
the Realm Regulations the Food Controller hereby authorises
every Inspector of Weights and Measures and Deputy Inspector
of Weights and Measures(a) and every other person performing
the duties of an Inspector of Weights and Measures: —
(a) to take samples of any flour in the possession of any miller
or baker or seller of flour or bread ;
(b) to require any person, having in his possession for sale
by retail any package of tea, to weigh such package or
its contents in his presence ; and
(a) INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — Th-3se are officers of, and
appointed by, the Local authorities,* viz., in the City, the Court of Aldermen, in-
certain English municipal boroughs of over 10,000 population, the Town Council.
in Scottish burghs the Magistrates, in Dublin the Commissioners of Police, in
Irish boroughs the Town Council, and elsewhere throughout the U.K. the
County Councils. See s. 50 and sch. 4 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1878
(41 & 42 Yict. c. 49), as amended by the Local Government Acts.
Enforcement and Prosecution Powers of English Food Control 551
Committees.
(c) in England and Ireland to prosecute any offence against
the Defence of the Realm Regulations occasioned by
any breach of Article 5 of the Manufacture of Flour
and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, the Bread Order, 1917,
the Cake and Pastry Order, 1917, and the Tea (Nett
Weight) Order, 1917, and of any other Order hereafter
to be made by the Food Controller in respect of which
any powers or duties are conferred upon an Inspector
of Weights and Measures. (a)
Devonport,
Food Controller.
llth June, 1917.
THE ENFORCEMENT (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917, DATED
NOVEMBER 9, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
1917. No. 1130.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. The Food Controller hereby confers upon every Food Con-
trol Committee appointed in England and Wales pursuant to the
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917(b) (herein-
after called Food Control Committee) the power of enforcing
within their area all Orders heretofore made or hereafter to be
made by the Food Controller under the powers conferred upon him
by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, other than such Orders,
if any, as the Food Controller may from time to time except from
this Order.
2. The Food Controller hereby authorises every Food Control
Committee and such officers and other persons as they may
designate or appoint for the purpose, to prosecute any summary
offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations occasioned
by any breach of any Order the power of enforcing which is
conferred on the Committee by this Order.
(a) ORDERS, BREACHES OF WHICH MAY BE PROSECUTED BY INSPECTORS OP
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN ENGLAND OR IRELAND. — The following is a list
of such of these Orders as are now (April 30, 1918) in forces showing the page on
which each such Order appears in this Manual : —
Bread Order, 1917, p. 71.
Cake and Pastry Order, 1917, p. 75.
Manufacture of Flour and Bread Order (No. 2), 1917, p. 68.
Tea (Nett Weight) Order, 1917, p. 518.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed, p. 537.
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552 Enforcement and Prosecution Powers of English Food Control
Committees.
3. Subject to the approval of the Food Controller an arrange-
ment may be made between a Local Authority and the Food
Control Committee for the district of that Authority whereby
the power and authority conferred on the Committee by the pre-
ceding clause of this Order shall to the extent specified in the
arrangement be exercisable by such Local Authority either to the
exclusion of or concurrently with, the Committee and where any
such arrangement has been made the Local Authority and such
officers and other persons as they may designate or appoint for
the purpose shall in accordance with the arrangement have the
power and authority to prosecute summary offences occasioned by
any breach of an Order of the Food Controller.
4. In any proceedings taken by a Local Authority or a Food
Control Committee or an officer or other person designated or
appointed by them for the -purpose of prosecution in respect of
a breach of any Order of the Food Controller, it shall be presumed
until the contrary is proved that the authority conferred by
clause 2 or clause 3 of this Order applies in respect of such Order.
5. The Order of the Food Controller, dated 8th May, 1917
(relating to prosecutions by Local Authorities)(a) shall be revoked
as at the 1st January, 1918, but without prejudice to any pro-
ceedings commenced before that date under the authority thereby
conferred.
6. For the purpose of this Order the expression :( Local
Authority n means the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the
City of London in Common Council assembled, the Council of
a Metropolitan Borough, the Council of a Municipal Borough or
other Urban District, the Council of a Rural District or the
Council of the Isles of Scilly.
7. (a) This Order may be cited as The Enforcement (England
and Wales) Order, 1917.
(b] This Order shall extend only to England and Wales.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
9th November, 1917.
(a) ORDER OF MAY 8, 1917.— That Order was printed at p. 192 of the "Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."
Functions of English Local Authorities as to Enforcement of 553
Orders.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 3), 1917,
DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1917, MADE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD.
1917. No. 1176.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled ; —
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs,
Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts in
England and Wales; —
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England
and Wales; —
To the Council of the Isles of Scilly ; —
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas by Regulation numbered 2j of the Defence of the
Realm Regulations(a) it is among other things provided that We,
the Local Government Board, may, by arrangement with the
Food Controller, confer and impose on any local authorities and
their officers any powers and duties in connection with the
enforcement of certain of the Defence of the Realm Regulations,
and any powers and duties necessary to provide for the due
discharge of any functions assigned to local authorities by any
Order made by the Food Controller under the said Regulations;
And whereas by the Local Authorities (Food Control) Order
(No. 1), 1917, (b) made in pursuance of Regulation numbered 2j of
the Defence of the Realm Regulations, We conferred and imposed
upon e\ery Local Authority as therein defined, and upon such
of their officers as they might designate or appoint for the
purpose, the powers and duties of enforcing within their District,
in conformity with the Defence of the Realm Regulations, the
whole or parts of certain Orders made by the Food Controller,
and specified or referred to in the Order;
And whereas the Order has since been applied to the whole or
parts of divers other Orders made by the Food Controller;
And whereas the Food Controller has, in pursuance of the said
Regulations, made the Enforcement (England and Wales) Order,
Now therefore, in pursuance qf Our powers in that behalf, and
by arrangement with the Food Controller, We hereby Order as
follows : —
ARTICLE 1. — In these Regulations, unless the contrary inten-
tion appears : —
(a) The expression "Local Authority " means, as the case
may be, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London in Common Council assembled, the
(a) REGULATION 2j.— This is printed p. 12.
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 1), 1917.— That
Order was printed p. 187 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
(c) ENFORCEMENT (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is
printed p. 551.
Functions of English Local Authorities as to Enforcement of
Orders.
Council of a Metropolitan Borough, the Council of a
Municipal Borough or other Urban District, the
Council of a Rural District, or the Council oi the
Isles of Scilly;(a)
(b) The expression " District " means the District subject
to the jurisdiction of the Local Authority for the
purposes of the Public Health: (London) Act, 1891, or
of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be.
ARTICLE II. — From and after the 31st day of December, 1917,
the Local Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1917,(b) shall,
as respects every Local Authority, be rescinded, except so far as
may be necessary in any case in relation to any proceedings
commenced by the Local Authority before that date.
ARTICLE III. — Where a Local Authority are, in pursuance of
the Enforcement -(England and Wales) Order, 1917, (o) for the time
being authorised by the Food Controller to prosecute a summary
offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations occasioned
by a breach of an Order of the Food Controller, the Local
Authority and such of their officers as they may designate and
appoint for the purpose shall have the power of enforcing such
Order within their District in conformity with the Defence of
the Realm Regulations, and We hereby confer such power
accordingly.
ARTICLE IV. — Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority in
the execution of this Order shall be defrayed in like manner as
if the expenses had been incurred in the execution of the Public
Health Act,. 1875, or the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as
the case may be.(d)
ARTICLE V. — This Order may be cited as " The Local
Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 3), 1917."
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Ninth day of November, in the year One
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
(L.S.) W. Hayes Fisher,
President.
H. C. Monro,
Secretary.
j§(a) LOCAL AUTHORITY. — The definition contained in Article I is identical
with that contained in all other Orders relating to England and Wales and
comprised in this Part of this Manual. See footnote (a), p. 540, which gives
details as to the Authorities and their Districts.
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) ORDER (No. 1), 1917.— That
Order was printed p. 187 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
(c) ENFORCEMENT (ENGLAND AND WALES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is
printed p. 551. 3flU08
(d) EXPENSES IN EXECUTION OF ORDER. — For enactment? referred to set
official "Index to Statutes in Force" 1916 edit. sub. voc. "District Council
England, 3 (Financial Provisions) " ; " London County 2 (f ) (3)."
Functions of Scottish Local Authorities as to Food Control 655
Committees.
2. Food Control Committees in Scotland ; Enforcement
of Orders, &c.
(a.) Constitution, §Y?., of Com- I (6.) Enforcement of Orders,
mittees, p. 555. p. 557.
(a.) Constitution, &c., of Food Control Committees in
Scotland.
Committees (Disqualification for Membership) Order, 1918,
p. 557.
Food Control Committees (Audit of Accounts) Order, 1917,
p. 557.
Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, p. 555.
Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) (No. 2), Order,
1917, jo. 555.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917,
DATED AUGUST 22, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
[This Order which constitutes Food Control Committees for the
district of every Local Authority throughout Scotland applies
also to England and Wales and is printed with other Orders so
relating p. 537 above.]
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) (SCOTLAND) (No. 2)
ORDER, 1917, DATED AUGUST 22, 1917, MADE BY THE SECRE-
TARY FOR SCOTLAND.
1917. No. 864.
>
In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by Regulation 2j
of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and by arrangement
with the Food Controller, I hereby order as follows : —
(1) In this Order :-
(a) the expression " Local Authority " shall mean : —
(i) in each County a Joint Committee of the County
Council and the Town Councils of the Royal,
Parliamentary and Police Burghs within the
County with a population, according to the
1911 Census, not exceeding 5,000, provided
that the Town Council of any other Royal,
Parliamentary or Police Burgh may, if it so
decides, agree to join the Joint Committee ;
(ii) in all other Royal, Parliamentary or Police
Burghs the Town Council. (a)
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND.— The definition is identical with that
in Art. 23 of the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917 (p. 541),
which see, and footnote (a) thereto.
556 Functions of Scottish Local Authorities as to Food Control
Committees .
(b) the expression " Food Control Committee " shall mean
a Food Control Committee appointed pursuant to
the Food Control Committees (Constitution) Order,
19ir.(a)
(2) I hereby confer and impose upon the Local Authority and
upon such of their officers as they may designate or appoint for the
purpose the powers and duties necessary to provide for the
due discharge within their district, in conformity with the
Defence of the Realm Regulations, of the functions assigned to
Local Authorities by the Food Control Committee (Constitution)
Order, 1917,(a)
(3) (i) Any expenses incurred by a Local Authority in the
execution of this Order shall be defrayed out of the public health
general assessment, provided that such expenses shall not be
reckoned in any calculation as to the statutory limit of that
assessment, and where the local authority is a Joint Committee
Sub-sections (8) and (10) of Section 76 of the Local Government
(Scotland) Act, 1889, shall apply as if the Joint Committee were
appointed under that Section, provided that the rate therein
referred to shall mean the public health general assessment. (b)
(ii) Where two or more Local Authorities have combined in
the appointment of a Food Control Committee any expenses
incurred by those Local Authorities under this Order shall be
defrayed in such proportions as' may be agreed.
(4) A County or Town Council, District Committee, Parish
Council, School Board, or other local body may make available,
without charge, to a Food Control Committee, for the purposes
of the powers and duties of the Committee any of their premises
and the services of any of their officers.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That Order
is printed p. 537.
(b) SECTION 76 (8) (10) OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT (S.) ACT, 1889 (52 & 53
VidT. c. 50).— These subsections which provide for the costs of a joint committee
are as follows : —
" 76 (8). The costs of a joint committee shall be defrayed by the councils
by whom any of its members were appointed in the proportion agreed
to by them. The proportion of the costs falling to be defrayed by
any county council or town council shall be paid out of the county
fund or burgh fund, as the case may be, and shall be provided for by
a rate to be imposed and levied as nearly as may be in the same
manner and subject to the same provisions as if the costs had been
incurred by the county council or by a district committee, or by the
town council, as the case may be.
(10). For the purposes of this section town council shall include police
commissioners of a burgh or police burgh."
Section 8 of the Town Councils (Scotland) Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Yict. c. 49),
transferred the powers of police commissioners to the town councils of burghs,
including police burghs.
Enforcement Powers of Scottish Food Control Committees. 557
This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Food
Control) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order, 1917.
(L.S.)
Robert Munro,
His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland.
Scottish Office, Whitehall.
22nd August, 1917.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS) ORDER,
1917. DATED DECEMBER 14, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
[This Order, which also applies to England and Wales, is
printed p. 543.]
THE COMMITTEES (DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP) ORDER,
1918, DATED JANUARY 2, 1918,, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER.
[This Order, which also applies to England and Wales and
Ireland, is printed p. 544.]
(b) Enforcement of Orders in Scotland.
Food Control Committees (Scotland) Powers Order, 1917,
p. 558.
Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order,
1917, p. 558.
Weights and Measures, Order as to Powers of Inspectors,
p. 557.
ORDER, DATED JUNE 11, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER
CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS AS TO SAMPLING AND WEIGHING
ON INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN SCOTLAND.
[This Order, which applies also to England and Wales, is
printed with other Orders so relating at p. 550 above.]
558 Enforcement Powers of Scottish Food Control Committees; Func-
tions of Scottish Local Authorities as to Enforcement of Orders.
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (SCOTLAND) POWERS ORDER,
1917, DATED NOVEMBER 20, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
1917. No. 1189.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. The Food Controller hereby confers upon every Food Con-
trol Committee appointed in Scotland pursuant to the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917, (a) and such
persons as they may designate or appoint for the purpose, the
power of enforcing within their area all Orders heretofore made
or hereafter to be made by the Food Controller under the powers
conferred upon him by the Defence of the Realm Regiilations
other than such Orders as the Food Controller may from time to
time except from this Order.
2. This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committees
(Scotland) Powers Order, 1917.
By order of the Food Controller,
U. F. Wintour,
Secretary to the Ministry of Food.
20th November, 1917.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (Fooo CONTROL) (SCOTLAND) (No. 3)
ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 20, 1917, MADE BY THE
SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND.
1187
1917, No.-
S. 87
Whereas the Food Controller has made an Order (the Food
Control Committees (Scotland) Powers Order, 1917), (b) conferring
upon Food Control Committees and such persons as they may
designate or appoint for the purpose the power of enforcing
Orders made by the Food Controller ;
And whereas it is desirable that Local Authorities in Scotland
should be enabled to assist Food Control Committees in the
exercise by the said Committees of the power conferred upon them
bv the Food Controller ;
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917. — That
Order is printed p. 537.
(b) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (SCOTLAND) POWERS ORDER, 1917. —
This Order is printed above.
Functions of Scottish Local Authorities as to Enforcement of 559
Orders .
And whereas when the requisite arrangements for the enforce-
ment of the Food Controller's Orders have been made by Food
Control Committees it will no longer be necessary for Public
Health Authorities in Scotland to exercise the powers for such
enforcement conferred upon them by the Local Authorities (Food
Control) (Scotland) Order, 1917, made by me on the 14th May,
1917; (a)'
Now therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by
Regulation 2j of the Defence of the Realm Regulations and by
arrangement with the Food Controller, I hereby order aa
follows : —
(1) The Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) (No. 2^
Order(b) shall apply to tlie Food Control Committees (Scotland)
Powers Order, 1917, (a) in like manner as it applies to the Food
Control Committees (Constitution) Order, 1917. (o)
(2) The Local Authorities (Food Control) (Scotland) Order,
1917, (a) shall be revoked as from the 1st January, 1918.
(3) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Food
Control) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order, 1917.
(L.S.) Robert Munro,
His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland.
Scottish Office,
Whitehall,
20th November, 1917
(a) LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FOOD CONTROL) (SCOTLAND) ORDER, 1917. —
This Order was printed p. 194 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
(b) LOCAL AUTHORITIES (Fooo CONTROL) (SCOTLAND) (No. 2) ORDER. —
This Order is printed p. 555.
(c) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, |1917.— That
Order ia'printed p. 537.
560 Nomination of Food Control Committee for Ireland.
3. Food Control Committee for Ireland; Enforcement
and Prosecutions.
(a.) Constitution, §•£., of Com-
mittee and Sub-Committees,
(b.) Enforcement of Orders and
Prosecutions, p. 563.
p. 560.
(a.) Constitution, &c., of Committee and Sub-Committees.
Committees (Disqualification for Membership) Order, 1918,
p. 563.
Food Control Committee for Ireland : Minute Constituting,
p. 560.
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Constitution) Order,
1917,^.561.
MINUTE OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER, DATED AUGUST 31, 1917, AS TO
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND.
The Food Controller on the recommendation of the Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant for Ireland, has appointed the
following to be a Committee under the name of Food Control
Committee for Ireland for the purposes set out below : —
The Rt. Hon. F. S. Wrench (Chairman).
Mr. Robert A. Anderson.
Mr. Harold A. Barbour.
Mr. W. T. Green.
Mr. E. Bourke.
Mr. J. R. Campbell.
Mr. Dominick J. Daly.
Mr. Thos. Farren.
Mr. Patrick Lynch.
Mr. Matthew J. Minch.
Mr. Robert Waugh.
The duties of the Committee will be : —
A.— To advise the Food Controller
(i) as to maintenance of the food supply and its
distribution in Ireland.
(ii) as to any modifications that may be necessary
in Orders made or proposed to be made by
him under the Defence of the Realm Regula-
tions in view of any special requirements of
Ireland.
(iii) as to the steps to be taken for the administra-
tion and enforcement of the Food Controller's
Orders in Ireland,
(iv) and generally as to any question referred to
them by the Food Controller.
B. — To take steps, subject to the direction of the Food Con-
troller, for giving effect in Ireland to Orders issued
by the Food Controller.
Constitution and Proceedings of Food Control Committee for 561
Ireland.
It is in contemplation to set up Local Committees in the County
Boroughs of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Limerick and
Waterford.(a)
Ministry of Food,
Grrosvenor House, W.I.
[This Minute appeared in the Press of September 1st, 1917.]
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND (CONSTITUTION)
ORDER, 1917, DATED NOVEMBER 7, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
1917. No. 1160.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf the Food Controller hereby orders as follows : —
1. The Food Control Committee for Ireland nominated by
Minute of the Food Controller dated 31st August, 1917,(b) (here-
inafter referred to as " the Committee ") shall be subject to the
provisions and exercise the powers herein expressed.
2. The Committee shall consist of the persons nominated as
above mentioned and of such other persons as may from time to
time be nominated in writing for the purpose by the Food Con-
troller, and every member of the Committee shall hold office
until his nomination is revoked by the Food Controller.
3. The Food Controller may in writing nominate a member
of the Committee as Chairman, and another member of the
Committee as Vice-chairman, and may at any time revoke any
such nomination. In the absence of the Chairman from any
meeting, the Vice-chairman shall act as Chairman, and in the
absence of both of them, the Committee may appoint snme
member of the Committee to act as Chairman at that meeting.
4. The Committee may subject to the provisions of this
Order meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn, and
otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit.
5. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business
of the Committee may be determined by the Committee, provided
that in no case shall the quorum be less than three.
6. Every question at a meeting of the Committee shall be
determined by a majority of votes of the members of the Com-
mittee present and voting on the question, and in the case of an
equal division of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall have
a second or casting vote.
(a) IRISH COUNTY BOROUGHS.— The 6 boroughs named are the only count/
boroughs in Ireland.
(b) MINUTE OP AUGUST 31, 1917. — This is printed, p. 560.
562 Constitution and Proceedings of Food Control Committee for
Ireland.
7. The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalidated
by any vacancy in their number.
8. The Committee may appoint such and so many Sub-Com-
mittees whether consisting of members of the Committee or
not, as the Committee may think fit, but the Chairman of the-
Committee shall ex officio be a member of every such Sub-Com-
mittee. Except so far as the Food Controller may otherwise
direct, the Committee may delegate, subject to such conditions as
they think fit, to any such Sub-Committee any powers and duties
of the Committee, and any such delegation may be for the whole
or any part of Ireland.
9. The provisions of this Order relating to the proceedings of
the Committee shall apply to a Sub-Committee as they apply
to a Committee, with the necessary modifications. Ther
Chairman of the Committee shall receive due notice of
every meeting of the Sub-Committee and of the general
nature of the business to be transacted thereat and shall
be chairman of any meeting of a Sub-Committee at which
he is present. A Sub-Committee shall appoint some member of
their body to be their Chairman and the person so appointed
shall if he so long remains a member of the Sub-Committee hold
office as Chairman for such period as may be specified in the
resolution of the Sub-Committee by which he is so appointed, or
until he resigns the office, and shall act as Chairman of every
meeting of the Sub-Committee at which the Chairman of the-
Committee is not present.
10. The powers and duties of the Committee shall be such as
are from time to time assigned to them by the Food Controller
and the powers and duties of a Sub-Committee shall be such as
are from time to time assigned to them by the Food Controller
or delegated to them by the Committee. In the exercise of those
powers and the performance of those duties, the Committee and
every Sub-Committee shall comply with such directions as may
from time to time be given by the Food Controller and also, in
the case of a Sub-Committee, by the Committee.
11. The Committee may make such arrangements as they shall
think fit in relation to the use for the purpose of the Committee
or of any Subcommittee of the services of any officer of police
or police constable or of any officer of any local authority in
Ireland.
12. The Committee shall furnish to the Food Controller, and
every Sub-Committee shall furnish to the Food Controller and
the Committee, such reports returns and information as may from
time to time be required by him or them.
13. (i) Any direction or decision of the Committee given under
any power conferred by the Food Controller and any direction or
decision of any Sub-Committee given under any power conferred
by the Food Controller or delegated to them by the Committee
may be proved : —
(a) by the production of a newspaper purporting to contain
a copy of the direction or decision as an advertise-
ment; or
Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions by Food Control
Committee for Ireland.
(ft by the production of a copy of the direction or decision
purporting to be certified as a true copy by the Chair-
man of the Committee or by some person authorised
by the Committee in that behalf.
(ii) A direction or decision so proved shall be taken to have
been duly given unless and until the contrary is proved.
14. This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committee
for Ireland (Constitution) Order, 1917.
Rhondda,
Food Controller.
7th November, 1917.
THE COMMITTEES (DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP) ORDER,
1918. DATED JANUARY 2, 1918.
•
[This Order, which also applies lo England and Wales and
"Scotland, is printed p. 544.]
(b) Enforcement of Orders and rosecutions in Ireland
Food Control Committee for Ireland (Powers ; Order, 1917
p. 563.
Weights and Measures, Order as to Powers of Inspectors,
p. ,563.
ORDER DATED JUNE 11, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER
CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS AS TO SAMPLING AND WEIGHING
ON INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN IRELAND, AND
AUTHORISING THEM TO PROSECUTE BEFORE COURTS OF SUMMARY
JURISDICTION FOR BREACHES OF CERTAIN ORDERS OF THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
[This Order which applies also to England and Wales is
printed with other Orders so relating at p. 550 above.]
THE FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND (POWERS) ORDER,
1917, DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1917, MADE BY THE FOOD
CONTROLLER.
1917. No. 1138.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations and of all other powers enabling him
in that behalf, the Food Controller hereby orders as follows: —
1. The Food Controller hereby confers on the Food Control
Committee for Ireland the power of enforcing in Ireland all
Orders heretofore made or hereafter to be made by the Food
Controller under the powers conferred upon him by the Defence
of the Realm Regulations except such orders, if any, as the Food
Controller may from time to time determine, and hereby autho-
rises the Committee and such persons as they may designate or
564 Enforcement of Orders and Prosecutions by Food Control
Committee for Ireland.
appoint for the purpose to prosecute any offence committed in
Ireland against the Defence of the Realm Regulations occasioned
by any breach of such Order. In any proceedings in respect of
any breach of any Order made or to be made by the Food Con-
troller it shall be presumed, until the contrary be proved, that the
powers and authorities hereby conferred, apply in respect of such
Order.
2. Where under any Order of the Food Controller made before
the date of this Order and for the time being affecting Ireland
any right or power is expressed to be conferred on a Food Control
Committee established pursuant to the Food Control Committees
(Constitution) Order, 1917, (a) or any Local Authority, the Food
Control Committee for Ireland shall have as respects Ireland the
same right or power and every such Order and any amendment
thereof shall take effect as respects Ireland as if the expression
Food -Control Committee or Local Authority as the case may be
included the Food Control Committee for Ireland.
3. Sub-clause (e) of Clause 7 of the Meat (Maximum Prices)
Order, 1917, (b) and Sub-clause (c) of Clause 5 of the Butter
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, (c) are hereby revoked.
4. The following provisions shall be added at the end of Sub-
clause (/) of Clause 6 of the Flour and Bread (Prices) Order,
1917(d): —
Such Magistrates or other persons shall forthwith send to
the Food Control Committee for Ireland a copy of every
licence issued by them under this clause together with a state-
ment of all the relevant circumstances and shall cancel or
modify such licence if so required by the Committee or the
Food Controller.
6. Nothing in this Order shall prejudice or affect the powers
and duties of any officer of police or any police constable or other
person.
6. This Order may be cited as the Food Control Committee for
Ireland (Powers) Order, 1917.
Rhondda.
Food Controller.
9th November, 1917.
(a) FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES (CONSTITUTION) ORDER, 1917.— That
Order is printed p. 537.
(b) MEAT (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 257.
(c) BUTTER (MAXIMUM PRICES) ORDER, 1917.— That Order is printed p. 323.
By the Butter (Maximum Prices) (Ireland) Order, 1918 (p. 384), the
application of the 1917 Order and of the Butter (Maximum Prices) Amend-
ment Order, 1917 (p. 339), to Ireland was cancelled, and this reference was thereby
revoked.
(d) FLOUR AND BREAD (PRICES) ORDER, 1917. — That Order is printed
p. 90, as so amended.
Defence of the Realm (Food Profits) Act, 1918.
565
APPENDIX
THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM (FOOD PROFITS) ACT, L9I8
(S&9GEO. 5, c. 9).
An Act to provide for the forfeiture to His Majesty of double
the amount received from the sale of goods at prices in
excess of those allowed by the Food Controller (16th
May, 1918).(a)
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows : —
1. — (1) Where a person has, after the passing of this Act, sold Forfeiture of
any goods at a price in excess of that allowed by or under any excess profits
order made by the Food Controller in pursuance of the powers from over-
conferred on him by the Defence of the Realm Regulations, (b) f0^gmg
that person, in addition to any other penalty to which he may be
liable, shall forfeit to His Majesty a sum equal to double the
amount of such excess, and that sum shall be recoverable as a
debt due to the Crown.
(2) In any proceedings in England or Ireland under this Act
against any person in respect of any such sale as aforesaid, the
court, if satisfied that there has been a breach by him of any
order so made by the Food Controller, may order an account to
be taken with respect to that sale, and with respect to any other
sales by that person of any goods to which any such order
applies, and may, upon such account being taken, direct the pay-
ment of double the amount of the excess thereby appearing to
have been realised on the sales.
(3) In any proceedings in Scotland under this Act against any
person in respect of any such sale as aforesaid, the court, if
satisfied that there has been a breach by him of any order so
made by the Food Controller, may proceed in like manner as if
such proceedings were an action of count reckoning and payment
concluding for production of an account of the aforesaid sale, and
of any other sales by that person of any goods to which any such
order applies, and for payment of double the amount of the
excess thereby appearing to have been realised on the sales.
2. This Act may be cited as the Defence of the Realm (Food Short title,
Profits) Act, 1918.
(a) PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. — For reference to the Debates on the Bill
during its passage through Parliament see the Introduction to this Manual.
(b) POWERS AND ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER. — Such of the
Defence of the Realm Regulations as confer powers on the Food Controller
form section 2 (pp. 5-16) of Part I of this Manual. All the Controller's Orders
as to maintenance of food supply in force or coming into force (April 30, 1918)
are printed in full in Part II of this Manual.
566
INDEX.
In this Index the following abbreviations are employed : —
Bd. ... Board. Introd. ... ' ... Introduction to this
D.R. ... Defence of the Volume.
Realm. 0. Order.
Dept. ... Department. Reg Defence of the Realm
E England and Wales. Regulation.
H.M. ... His Majesty the S. Scotland.
King. Sch Schedule.
I Ireland. U.K the United Kingdom.
PAGE.
Account by Order of Court.
Of sales realising excess profits from overcharging (8 & 9 Geo. 5 c. 9)... 565
Accounts of Dealers, dc.c. See RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS.
Accounts of Food Control Committees.
Date of making up, and audit of in E. and S 543
Acorns excepted from general prohibition on feeding of deer with
provided food 115
Admiralty.
Horses exclusively used for purposes of exempted from rationing 149, 150
Meat meal, issue of emergency card or permit for ... ... 304, 309
„ „ serving of to members of Naval forces travelling ... ... 447
Sugar, issue of permits by, for supply of to Naval forces ... 503, 504
Agriculture.
Horses used exclusively for exempted from rationing... ... 149, 150
See also BOARD OP AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ; BOARD OF AGRI-
CULTURE FOR SCOTLAND ; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND.
Aiding: or Abetting*.
Aiding or abetting contravention of Food Controller's orders a
" summary offence " (Reg. 2F (5) ) 9
Air Council.
Meat meal, issue of emergency card or permit for 304,309
Sugar, issue of permits by, for supply of to Air forces 503,504
Alderney. See CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Allies, His majesty's.
Articles destined for forces of H.M. Allies excepted from provisions
of Foreign Holdings (Returns) O. 218
Forces of H.M. Allies excepted from provisions of Meat (Rationing)
0. ; issue of emergency card or permit for meat meal ... 305, 309
Appeals.
From Summary Convictions (Introd.) ... ... ... ... ... xxx
Apple residues.
Use of in horse mixture 115
Apricots. See also JAM.
Dealings in apricot pulp outside U.K. ; returns required 226
Index. 567
FAQI
Arbitrator as to Price of Articles Requisitioned.
By judge as to price of requisitioned factory output (Reg. 7) ... 13
By single arbitrator (appointed by Food Controller's order) as to
compensation for article of food, &c., requisitioned by Controller
(Reg. 2F (2)) 8
Appointment by Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in England,
Lord President of Court of Session in Scotland, and Lord Chief
Justice of Ireland in Ireland, of arbitrator to determine in default
of agreement compensation to be paid for articles requisitioned
by or for Food Controller : —
barley ... 75, 139 oils and fats 394
cheese ... 322,378 oleaginous seeds, nuts and
currants 185 kernels 393
milk at milk factories 331 sultanas 185
Appointment by Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain of arbitrator
to act for purposes of Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Requisition) O. ... 116
Appointment by Lord Chief Justice of England of arbitrator to act
for purposes of Beans, Pease and Pulse (Requisition) O. ... 63
Appointment by Home Secretary of arbitrator to act for purposes of
Margarine (Requisition) O. ... ... ... ... ... ... 362
County court judge (or deputy) in E., and person appointed by
sheriff in S., to be arbitrator under Food Control Committees
(Requisitioning) 0 238
Army Council.
Horses exclusively used for purposes of excepted from rationing 149, 150
Meat meal, issue of emergency card or permit for 304,309
„ „ serving of to members of Military Forces... ... ... 447
Sugar, issue of permits by, for supply of to Military Forces... 503, 504
Arrowroot.
Use and treatment of for any purpose except human food prohibited 80
" Article of Food."
Defined for purposes of Food (Conditions of Sale) O., Food Hoarding
O., Prevention of Corruption O., and Powers of Food Control
Committees (Interpretation) 0 182,219,180,250
" Food " defined for purposes of Ships Stores 0 474
" Food stuff " defined by Waste of Foodstuffs 0 535
" Foodstuffs " defined by Powers of Food Control Committees (In-
terpretation) O. 250
In RegB. 2F, 2G, 2n and 2 J the expression " article " includes animals,
alive or dead (Reg. 2 j (4)) 13
MAINTENANCE OP SUPPLY.
Of articles of food. Returns ; inquiries ; inter-departmental
arrangements (Regs. 2F-2J) 8-13
Returns required of articles of food held to foreign account 217
Use of food stuffs for feeding animals for purposes of experiments,
etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xiii
Auction.
Restriction on sale by auction of whiskey, rum and gin ... 165, 166
Auctioneer.
Licence required after Dec. 31, 1917, by live stock auctioneer in
E. or S. 264
Audit of Accounts of Food Control Committees
Auditors who are to effect audit 543
Form of Financial Statement by English Committees 545
" Authorities."
For delivery of supplies see SHIP'S STORES ; SPIRITS ; WINE.
Automatic machine excepted from provisions of Sale of sweet-
meats (Restriction) 0. 517
568 Index.
PAGE.
Bacon.
Defined for purposes of Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices)
Order ... ... 48
Included in " meat " for purposes of Public Meals 0. 444
Distribution ; forms of application ... ... ... 54
Maximum prices fixed 4?., 59
Authorisation of secondary wholesalers in Ireland ... 55
Returns required of bacon cured during 1917 56
Rations of bacon fixed ... 310,317
Export from Ireland prohibited 292
Export from Great Britain to Ireland prohibited ... ... ... 58
Bagrs. See PACKAGES.
Bait.
Priority of purchases of fish for bait 210
Bar. See PUBLIC BAR.
Barley.
EXPORT from Ireland prohibited... 136
MIXTURE WITH WHEATEN FLOUR. Percentage 69,73
PRICE of Barley of 1916 Crop
Maximum price of 1917 Crop and terms of trading fixed ; sales to be
by weight ; bleaching prohibited ... ... ... ... ... 86
Maximum price of damaged imported barley fixed 101,104
RATIONS. Barley flour and meal included in " flour " for public
meals rationing 444
REQUISITION of Barley 74, 138
TESTING of, under the Testing of Seeds O ... 465
USE of barley restricted to seed and manufacture of flour ; barley
flour only to be used for human food ; prohibition on damaging
barley 89
Feeding of cattle with green crops (except winter sown barley), and
cutting of green crops, prohibited 148
Barrelagre, See BEER.
" Base Price."
Defined for purposes of Potatoes 0. (No. 2) ... ... 427
Beans.
Mixture of with wheaten flour 69,73
Equivalent proportion to oats for rationing horses ... ... ... 149
Beans (except Burmah beans) imported into U.K., requisitioned by
Food Controller 63
Burmah beans requisitioned ... "\ 62
Maximum prices of " large butter " and " haricot" fixed ; to be sold
by weight and for human food only 64
Testing of seed beans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 465
Authorisation of sale and purchase of beans for seed purposes ... 66
" Beast" defined for purposes of Cattle (Sales) and Live Stock (Res-
triction of Slaughter) Orders, as including bulls, bullocks, cows,
and heifers 267,291
Bed.
Rationing provisions of Public Meals O. not to apply where maximum
charge for bed and breakfast does not exceed Is. 6d. ... ... 445
Beef. See MEAT.
Beer
Defined for purposes of Beer (Prices and Descriptions) O., and Sugar
(Brewers Restriction) 0 170,494
Restriction on output of 154,171
Increase of maximum barrelage 162
Sale of draught beer of a certain gravity, in licensed premises having
a public bar, to be by imperial measure and at a fixed maximum
price ... 168
Index.
PAGE.
Beet.
Testing of beet seeds ... 465
Beverag-es and see INTOXICATING LIQUORS ; MINERAL WATERS
Charge for excluded from Is. 2d. meal maximum ... ... ... 444
,, ,, included in bd. tea maximum ... ... ... ... 445
Birds.
Any kind of bird killed for food included in : —
•' Poultry and game," and reckoned as $ quantity of meat for
purposes of Public Meals 0 443, 444
" Meat," for purposes of Meat Rationing O. ... ... 309, 313
Birth Certificate.
Form of requisition of birth certificate prescribed by Local Govern-
ment Board under Sugar (Rationing) O. ... ... ... ... 511
Biscuit.
No biscuit to contain more than 5 per cent, of sugar, 70 per cent, of
flour and 10 per cent, of fat : amount rationed in public eating
place ... 442,443
Registration of manufacturers of biscuits ... ... ... ... 146
Bitter Oranges. See FRUIT.
Black Currant Jelly excepted from Jam (Prices) 0.
Bleaching1 or Torrefying*
of wheat, rye, oats, or barley prohibited
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
As to the Constitution and General Powers of this Board see Introd.
Note. to Pt. V. (p. 258) of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
CERTIFICATE of testing to be given by Board 467
ENTRY. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds O. ... 467
FISH. Power to authorise taking of fish within territorial waters of
E.andW 192
Order varying close season for oysters ... ... ... 193
Power to authorise taking of freshwater fish in E. and W.
by means otherwise unlawful ... ... ... ... 202
Order as to close season for freshwater fish 203
• Order as to pike, eels and kelt ... ... ... ... 203
MEAT. Board's officers authorised to grant licences for slaughter of
animals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 291
OATS. Grant of licences for shipment of oats from Scotland except to I. 118
POTATOES. Power for Board to issue licences for delivery of
potatoes ; returns as to potatoes to be made in E. to Board ... 403
SAMPLING. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds 0. 467
SEED TESTING STATION appointed for E. and W 465
Board of Agriculture for Scotland.
As to the Constitution and General Powers of this Board (Introd. Note
to Pt. VI. (p. 342) of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."
CERTIFICATE of testing to be given by Board 467
ENTRY. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds 0. ... 467
MEAT. Board's officers authorised to grant licences for slaughter of
animals 291
OATS. Grant of licences for shipment of oats from S. to Ireland ... 118
POTATOES. Power for Board to issue licences for delivery of pota-
toes ; returns as to potatoes to be made in S. to Board ...
SAMPLING. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds O. 467
SEED TESTING STA-I ION appointed for S. ... 465
Board of Customs and Excise. See. OISIOMS AND EXCISE
DEPARTMENT.
570 Index.
PAGE.
Board ot Trade.
CHEESE. Particulars to be furnished to Bd. ; cheese bought by Bd.
excepted from provisions of Cheese (Requisition) 0 322
FISH. Permission of Bd. required for placing nets, etc., on tidal
lands in E. and 1 192, 197
[The General Regulations of the Board for the sale of Government
imported cheese and meat are printed in Appendix IV. to the " Pood
(Supply and Production) Manual," pp. 465, 468.]
Boarding- Houses.
Rationing of by bulk ; exception of houses with 5 or less bedrooms ;
ascertainment of gross quantities of meat, flour, bread and
sugar to be used therein ... ... ... ... ... 445
Borough Councils, England.
Appointment by of food control committees ... 537
Bottle.
Defined by Spirits (Prices and Description) 0. 175
Milk Bottle. See MILK CANS AND BOTTLES.
" Bottled Beer."
Extent of application to of Beer (Prices and Description) 0. ... 170
Bran.
Restriction on use of for feeding horses 149
Brandy.
Restriction on sale of British brandj in licensed premises ; maximum
prices fixed ... ... 173
Bread.
MAXIMUM PRICES fixed ; provisions as to contracts ; shipment to
Channel Islands or Isle of Man prohibited ; returns of stocks
and dealings required 90
RATION. Compulsory at public eating places 442,443
REGISTRATION of bakers 145
SALE OR MANUFACTURE of bread made of pure wheaten flour pro-
hibited ; flour to be mixed as prescribed : —
Mixture to be used after March 20, 1917 68
Mixture to be used after April 10, 1917 73
Manufacture of bread and wheaten flour under Bread Acts... ... 71
Sale of new, currant, and milk bread, and use of sugar in manufat-
ture prohibited ; sale by weight, and power to weigh bread ... 71, 72
Sale of loaves of certain shapes and rolls between 1 and 2 oz. per-
mitted 84
Shape, size and weight of bread under Bread Acts of 1822, 1836 and
Use of potatoes in making bread... ... ... ... ... 106, 144
Inspectors of Weights and Measures ... ... ... ... ... 72
WASTE of article containing flour. See WASTE.
Breakfast, no meat to be supplied 441
Breeding Sows excepted from provisions of Pigs (Prices) 0. ... 300
Prohibition on slaughter of 290
Brewer.
Defined for purposes of Part I. of Intoxicating Liquor (Output and
Delivery) O. 157
And see BEER ; SUGAR.
" Brewer for Sale/9
Defined for purposes of Sugar (Brewers Restriction) 0 494
Brewer's Grains.
Restriction on use of dried brewer's grains for feeding horses ... 149
And see CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Index. 571
PAOB.
Brewer's Sugrar. See SUGAR.
Defined for purposes of Brewer's Sugar O. •... ... ... ... 477
Brewing*.
Restriction on output of beer ... 154,162,171
Prohibition on manufacture and use of " malt and malt extract " ... 167
Bribes.
Acceptance of and giving of rewards to obtain preference in food dis-
tribution prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 180
"British Brandy" and "British Gin" defined by Spirits
(Prices and Description) O 176
" British Onions " defined by British Onions 0 432
Buffet. See RAILWAY BUFFET.
Bun.
No bun to contain more than 10% of sugar or more than 50% of
wheaten flour 76
Burmah Beans and Peas.
Certain Burmah beans and peas requisitioned 62
And see BEANS, PEAS.
Businesses. Supply of sugar to businesses 483,496
Butcher. See MEAT.
Butter.
Maximum prices for sale by retail and wholesale fixed ... 323, 384
First-hand prices for certain kinds varied (Butter (Maximum Prices)
Orders (Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5), 1917) 327,332,342
Calculation of wholesale and retail prices ... ... ... ... 339
Distribution, and application for supply of Government butter ... 3^5
Use of cream (except for children, &c.), restricted to butter-making 348
Prohibition on export from Ireland ... ... ... ... ... 357
Rations of butter in public eating place ; percentage to be used in
cakes, etc 442,448
Weekly ration of butter in London and Home Counties ... 449-457
Supply of butter on coupons 458
One-third of butter produced from animals kept by member of house-
hold excepted from rationing scheme ... ... ... ... 462
Prohibition on consumer dealing with retailer except as provided by
butter card 464
Local distribution of butter by certain Food Control Committees 243, 250
Buyer's Railway Station. See RAILWAY STATION.
Cabbag-es.
Testing of seed of field and garden cabbages 465
Cake and Pastry.
Use of sugar or chocolate for covering cakes, &c., prohibited ...72, 476
Making and sale of cakes and pastry controlled and restricted ; per-
centage of sugar and flour ; rationing ... 75, 442-445
Registration of bakers and manufacturers 145
Cakes for Cattle. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Calf.
Defined by Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) 0 291
Live. See CATTLE.
Dead. See MEAT.
Calf Meal. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Camera.
Hearing in of summary prosecution for contravention (Introd.) ... xxx
Canned Meat. See MEAT.
dans, Milk. See MILK CANS AND BOTTLES.
572 Index.
PAGE.
Canteens.
Effect of Certificate by Food Controller authorising excess brewing
for 156,172
Excepted from provisions of Beer (Prices and Description) O. ... 171
Included in provisions of Spirits (Prices and Description) O. ... 176
Cards, sugar registration, issue of 487,499
" Meat card," " supplementary card," and " ration card " defined by
Meat Kationing 0. ... ' 308,309
Issue of emergency cards for meat meals of H.M.'s and allied forces 245,
[304, 309, 447
Butter and margarine cards in London and Home Counties ... 449-457
Prohibition on dealing by consumer with retailer except as provided
by butter and margarine cards 464
Misuse of documents issued under local distribution scheme ... ... 239
Carrots.
Testing of carrot seed 465
Casein.
Returns required of casein held to foreign account 218
Cash Payments.
Retailer empowered to refuse to sell except for cash : —
Butcher's meat 316
Butter or margarine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 458
" Catering" business " defined for purposes of Sugar 0., Sugar O.
(I.), Sugar (Rationing) 0., and Flour (Restriction) (I.) O.,
482, 495, 509, 143
" Catering establishment, residential establishment, and institution"
defined by London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) 0.
and Meat Rationing 0 455,308
Caterers excepted from certain provisions as to local distribution and
requisitioning by Food Control Committees 238
Cattle.
Defined by Meat (Sales) and Meat (Maximum Prices) Orders as
including ram, ewe, wether, lamb and swine 256,261
Defined by Meat (Control) 0. as including ram, ewe, wether, lamb,
goat and swine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 266
Defined by Cattle and Meat (Returns) O, as including ram, ewe,
wether, lamb, deer, goats, and swine 257
Defined by Meat (Retailers' Restriction) O. as including ram, ewe,
wether and lamb ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 274
Defined by Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) O., as including
bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, sheep, goats and swine 132
Defined by Growing Grain Crops O. as including horses, sheep, goats,
deer and swine 149
" Beast " defined by Cattle (Sales) O. and Live Stock (Restriction
of Slaughter) O. as including bulls, bullocks, cows and heifers
267, 291
Purchase of cattle for feeding of Army ... 252
Particulars required from persons engaged in purchase, sale, ship-
ment, &c 257
Actual cost of meat obtained from cattle bought alive to be calcu-
lated in accordance with Art. 6 of Meat (Maximum Prices) 0. as
amended by 0. No. 2 259
Licensing of cattle dealers ... ... ... ... ... ... 264
Issue of priority certificates to owners of cattle for supply of feeding
stuffs ' 113
Prohibition on slaughter of in-calf cows, heifers, or breeding ewes or
sows, and restriction on slaughter of calves and lambs ... c.. 290
Sale of cattle for slaughter 266
Restrictions on slaughter of sheep, and regulations as to sales ... 275
Feeding of " cattle " with growing grain prohibited ... ... ... 148
And see PIGS.
[The Maintenance of Live Stock Act, 1915, and the Orders thereunder
are printed as Appendix III. to the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual," p. 453.]
Index.
PAGE.
Cattle Feeding- Stuffs.
Defined by Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) (Requisition)
(Licensing), and (Maximum Prices) Orders ... 114, 117, 123, 132
Maximum prices for various home-manufactured and imported cakes
and meals fixed ; prohibition on shipment to Channel Islands or
Isle of Man ; prohibition on new businesses
Constitution of Port, and Provincial, Feeding Stuffs Committees ... 107
Regs, as to priority supply of cattle feeding stuffs 113
Requisition of existing stocks, future imports, and output of
factories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 116
Regs, as to licensing of importers, dealers, and makers 120
Return* required as to cattle feeding stuffs held to foreign account... 218
" Cereal Foodstuff."
Defined for purpose of rationing ot horses ... ... ... ... 150
Cereallne.
Maximum retail price for ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 81, 84
Cereals. See BARLEY ; BREAD ; CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS ; DREDGE
CORN ; FLOUR ; MAIZE ; MALT ; OATS ; RICE ; RYE ; WHEAT ; &c.
Certificates. See BIRTH CERTIFICATE ; CANTEENS ; MEDICAL EX-
CEPTION ; PRIORITY SUPPLY ; REGISTER ; SALE OF FOOD AND
DRUGS ACTS.
Chaff.
Horse chaff mixture to be composed of 2/3rds weight of chaff .
Channel Islands.
Prohibition on export from U.K. to of : —
cattle feeding stuffs ... 131
flour or bread 95
malt 153
wheat ... 97
Application of food control legislation to (Introd.) ... ... ... xvi
Cheese.
Possession taken by Food Controller of all cheese arriving in U.K.
from America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ... ... 322
Possession taken of all cheese arriving in U.K. from Holland ... 378
Maximum prices fixed for sale by wholesale and by retail ; prices to
be exhibited ; restrictions on sale 333
Maximum first-hand prices fixed for Dutch cheese 349, 361
Returns to be made of cheese by importers
Chemist.
Certificate of principal chemist of Government Laboratories as to : —
beer 169
spirits 174
Chestnuts excepted from general prohibition on feeding deer with
provided food 115
Children.
Use or sale of cream for children under 5 permitted
Provision of milk for children ... ... ... ... ... 364,366
Rations of meat for children 310, 314, 316, 317
Chocolate.
Milk not to be used in manufacturing 351
Retail price of, fixed ; use of, for covering cakes, &c., prohibited ... 475
Returns required of chocolate held to foreign account ... ... 218
Included in definition of " Sweetmeats " for purposes of Sale of
Sweetmeats (Restriction) O. ... ... ... ... ... 517
Citation of Orders (Introd.) xvi
Close Season for Freshwater Fish. See FISH.
574 Index.
FAGB.
Clover Seeds.
Testing of red, white and crimson clover, alsike and trefoil seed . . . 465'
Clubs.
" Public Eating Places" within Public Meals O. 441
Cake and Pastry 0. applied to articles made or supplied in 77
Excepted from provisions of Beer (Prices and Descriptions) 0.,
Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) 0., and Rum and Gin (Restric-
tion of Sales) 0 171, 165, 166
Included in provisions^ Spirits (Prices and Description) O. ... 176
" Coasting- Ships " excepted from provisions of Ships' Stores O. ;
meaning of expression 473-
Cocoa.
Included in definition of "article of food" and "foodstuffs" for
purposes of various Orders 250
Manufacture and sale of cocoa powder ; maximum prices fixed ... 527
Restriction on dealings in raw cocoa 531
Returns .required of cocoa and cocoa preparations held to foreign
account 218
Returns to be made of cocoa by importers 221
Cocoa Butter.
Provisional prices fixed 377
Cocoanut.
Maximum prices fixed for dessicated cocoanut ; terms of trading
fixed 471
Cocoanut oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Cocoa Shells.
Use of in horse mixture ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 115-
Coffee.
Included in definition of " article of food " and " foodstuffs " for
purposes of various Orders 250
Defined by Coffee (Retail Prices) 0 521
Maximum retail prices fixed 520
Returns required of coffee held to foreign account ... ... ... 218
Returns to be made of coffee by importers ... ... ... ... 221
" Cold Store " defined by Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) O. ... 277
Restriction on taking poultry or game out of cold storage 277
Restriction on delivery of articles into or out of cold storage ... 181
Colouring* matter.
Prohibitions on adding colouring matter to milk or cream ... ... 373
Commission.
Not to exceed on purchase of —
certain fruit, plums, damsons, and greengages, 12s. Qd. per ton... 22&
raspberries 20s. per ton
Commission regulated on sale of onions... ... ... ... ... 434
Certain commission on sale of cattle feeding stuffs 128
Commissioners of Customs and Excise. See CUSTOMS AND
EXCISE DEPARTMENT.
Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
Permission of Commissioners required for placing nets, &c., on fore-
shore under their control ... ... ... ... ... 192, 197
Committees. See FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES ; PORT FEEDING
STUFFS COMMITTEES ; PROVINCIAL FEEDING STUFFS COMMITTEES.
Company.
Director of company to ob°y directions of Food Controller as to
factory, etc., taken possession of (Reg. 2o (2) (5)) 9, 10
[Reg. 48A of the D.R. Regulations p. 483 of the " Food (Supply and Produc-
tion) Manual " provides that directors and officers are liable for offences
by their company.]
Index. 575
PAOB.
Compensation for Commodities Requisitioned.
Royal Commission as to direct loss or damage to property and
business through exercise of D.R. powers ... footnote (a) to p.
for Goods taken under Reg. 2B (Reg, 2s) 5
for use of Patent Jootnote (b) to p. 15
Provision as to compensation for commodities requisitioned generally
by Food Control Committees 238
Provisions as to determination of compensation for specific com-
modities requisitioned by or for the Controller :—
Barley 75 139 Flour : application to be made to
Food Controller by person
Beans, Peas and Pulse 63 holding stocks of flour on
Cattle feeding stuffs... 116 Sept. 15, 1917
flhppsp 009 378 Margarine 362
«"*!»« Milk ... ... 331
Currants 185 Oils and fats 394
Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and ker-
nels 393
Sultanas 185
Condensed Milk.
Defined by Condensed Milk (Returns), Condensed Milk (Distribu-
tion), and Imported Canned Condensed Milk (Requisition)
Orders 352,364,376
Excepted from Milk (Summer Prices) 374
„ „ provisions as to prescribed amount of sugar to be
used in manufactures for sale ... ... ... ... ... 480
Dealings in imported condensed milk restricted ... ... ... 3^2
Not to be used in manufacture of chocolate ... ... ... ... 351 •
Power to prescribe forms of application, &c., for distribution of con-
densed milk ; 363
Requisition of imported and home-manufactured canned condensed
milk .' 375,382
Returns to be made of condensed and dried milk by importers ... 221
Conditions of Sale.
No condition relating to the purchase of any other article to be
imposed on sale of any article of food ... ... ... ... 182
Prohibition on fictitious transaction or unreasonable charge as to sale,
&c. of :—
Bacon, ham and lard 47 Horse mixtures 100
Beans, peas and pulse 64 Maize nieal, &c 81
Butter ... ... 325 Mangels, in Ireland 431
Cattle feeding stuffs 131 Margarine 345,380
Cheese 337 Meat 260,280
Cocoa butter ... 378 Milk 374
Cocoa ... 530,531 Oat meal, &c 137
Cocoanut 472 Pigs 300
Coffee 521 Potatoes 415,423
Damaged grain, seeds Poultry mixtures ... ... 100
and pulse ... 103 Rabbits 269
Dates 187 Rice 119
Dessicated cocoanut 472 Spirits 175
Dredge corn ... 104 Swedes, in Ireland 431
Edible offals ... 271 Tea 520, 523, 526
Flour and bread ... 95 Wheat, rye, barley or oats ...74,88
Fruit and jam 223, 230
Confectionery.
PRICE (retail) of confectionery fixed 475,493,512
USE OF SUGAR in confectionery restricted 479
Restriction on sale of sweetmeats 515
Confidential Information. Sa INFORMATION.
" Consideration " defined by Prevention of Corruption 0 180
Consideration for use of patent 15
576 Index.
PAGE.
Construction of Food Controller's Orders.
[The provisions of the Defence of the Realm Regulations hereto relating
form Part X 2, p. 440, of the "Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
Outline of provisions (Introd.) xv
Container.
Charge for included in maximum retail prices of jam or jelly ... 228
Traders' not to use cans, bottles, etc. for milk bearing others' trade
mark ... 373
Denned by Canned Meat (Maximum Prices) 0. ; charge for included
in prices 280
And see PACKAGES.
Contract
Subsisting contract abrogated or annulled by Food Controller's
Orders as to : —
Beans, peas and pulse 62, 63 Mangels (in Ireland, after Jan. 1,
Beer 170 1918) 431
Burmah beans and peas 62 Margarine 344
Cattle Feeding stuffs 131 Meat 260,280
Cheese (imported) 322 Milk 351,374
Cocoa Butter ... 377 Onions 434
Coffee 521 Potatoes 429
Dessicated Cocoanut 472 Rabbits ,t 269
Edible offals (after Raspberries 225
Jan. 21, 1918) ... 271 Rice 119
Fish 211 Seed Potatoes 403,423
Grain ... ... 74 Swedes (in Ireland, after Jan.
Jam or jelly (after 1,1918) 431
Feb. 1, 1918) ... 230
Application to Food Controller as to special contract milk ; powers
of Food Controller as to existing contracts 330
[The general enactments relating to relief from liability under con-
tracts affected by requirements or restrictions of the Food Controller
form Part XI, p. 443, of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
Outline of enactments as to effect of Orders on contracts ( Introd. ) ... xvii
" Control Licences " for flour in Ireland 140
Corn. See BARLEY ; OATS ; WHEAT.
Corruption.
Prohibition on acceptance and giving of bribes to obtain preference
in food distribution 180.
Cotton Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
County Council, Scotland.
Appointment by joint committee of county and town councils of
food control committee ... ... ... ... ... ... 537
County Court Judg-e, England.
Judge, or deputy, arbitrator under Food Control Committees
(Requisitioning) 0, 1918 ...
Coupon. See RATIONS.
Cows.
Supplies of milk to be measured by number of cows at dairy 329, 330
Prohibition on slaughter of in-calf cows or heifers 200
And see CATTLE.
Cream.
Use or sale of except for butter making or for young children,
hospital patients, or invalids prohibited ... ... ... ... 348
Prohibition on adding colouring matter 373
Manufacture of ice cream. See ICE CREAM.
Index. 677
PAGE.
Crumpet. 7fi
Making and sale of prohibited
Crystallised and Glace Fruits. See SWEETMEATS.
Curers. fi
Returns required by curers of bacon and ham ...
Currant Bread.
Sale of prohibited
Bed and black currant jelly exempted from Jam (Prices) O.
Currants. „
Dealings in dried currants, etc., prohibited
Requisitioning of currants afloat and shipped to U.K. ; returns
required
And see FRUIT.
Customs and Excise Department. And see EXPORT.
Power of Commissioners to control maximum barrelage and to permit
delivery of wine and spirits ••• ••• 154
Appointment of Advisory Committee to advise and assist Dept. in
duties under Part II. of Intoxicating Liquor (Output and
Delivery) 0. ; members, secretary, and address of committee ... 160
Notice to be given to Commissioners by accepting brewers ; power for
Commissioners to inspect records ... 162,164
Compliance with orders of Commissioners as to pre-entry of goods
for export or shipment as stores ; orders of Commissioners ... 474
Dairy.
Restriction on supplies of milk ; supplies to be measured by
number of cows kept ; returns required 329
Issue of priority certificate to keeper of for supply of cattle feeding
stuffs 113
Damag-ed Grain, <kc.
Defined for purposes of : —
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) 0 103
Dredge Corn 0 105
Maximum prices fixed 101,104
Damsons. See FRUIT.
Dari-seed. See SEEDS.
Dates.
Dealings in, etc., prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 183
Dealings in Tunis and Egyptian dates outside U.K., authorised ... 184
Retail price for Persian dates fixed 187
Dealers.
Licensing and Registration of. See LICENCE ; REGISTER.
Summary of provisions as to licensing and registration (Introd.) ... xii
Dealing's in Articles of Food.
General character of the Orders restricting dealings (Introd.) ... x
Deer.
Returns as to deer and venison required 257
Feeding of deer with provided food prohibited 115
Feeding of deer with green crops prohibited 148
Defence of the Realm (Food Profits) Act, 1918.
Forfeiture of double excess profits from overcharging (8 & 9 G. ;">. c. 9.) 565
Debates on Bill during passage through Parliament (Introd.) xxx
5022 T
Index.
PAOH.
Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Regulations 2u, 2E, 2r, 2G, 2GG, 2n, 2j 7, 8c, 8cc and 35A of the
D.R. Regulations as amended to April 30, 1918, reproduced in the
form in which they confer powers on the Food Controller
(Section 2 of Part I) 5-16
Outline of provisions of —
the Enabling Regulations as so printed (Introd.) vi
Regs, providing as to construction, &c. (introd.) xv
Regs, providing as to trial and punishment of contraventions
(Introd.) xxix
NOTE. — The whole of the D.R. Regulations are printed as one Consolidated
Code in the " Defence of the Realm Manual " and in the monthly editions
of the D.R. Consolidated Code.
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
for Ireland.
As to the Constitution and General Powers of this Department sec Introd.
Note to Part VII (p. 380) of the "Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."
CERTIFICATE of testing to be given by Board 467
ENTRY. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds O. ... 467
FISH. Power of Department to authorise :—
Taking of freshwater fish in I. by means otherwise unlawful 189
Orders made by Department under said Order as to particular
waters 190,191
Taking of salmon and sea-trout in 1 194
Orders made by Department under said Order as to particular
waters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 194
Taking of fish within tidal and territorial waters of 1 196
Order as to drift net fishing for herrings 198
OATS. Grant of licences for shipment of oats from Ireland 118
PIGS. Power to grant licences for shipment of live pigs from Ireland 292
SAMPLING. Power to authorise for purposes of Testing of Seeds
Order, 1917 ,,, ... 467
SEED TESTING STATION appointed for 1 465
Designs.
Power of Food Controller to authorise contractor with him to use
design without consent of registered proprietor : payment for
such use (Reg. 8c) 14
Directors. See COMPANY.
Disclosure of Information.
Penalty for unauthorised disclosure or use of information obtained
from particulars of invention, &c., furnished to Food Controller
(Reg.SCC) 16
And see INFORMATION.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894: to 1914.
Slaughter of animals under powers conferred by those Acts ... ... 290
Disqualification for membership of Food Control Committee or
Feeding Stuffs Committee 544
Distribution of Articles of Food.
By Food Control Committees locally under a scheme approved by the
Food Controller 235, 240, 242, 250
Specific distribution of : —
bacon, hams and lard ... 54 milk 347
butter 243,345 pigs 286
condensed milk 363 potatoes ... ...106,436,437
dried fruits 186 sugar ... 482,489,495,502,513
margarine 243 tea 243
" District " defined by Local Authorities (Food Control) Orders
(No. 2) and (No. 3), 1917, and Local Authorities (Food Control) 0.
(No. 2), 1918 ' 542,554,387
District Auditor. See. AUDIT^OF ACCOUNTS.
Index. 679
PAOB.
District Council, England.
Appointment by of food control committee 537
" Dredg-e Corn " defined for purposes of Dredge Corn 0 105
Use restricted to human food ; maximum prices fixed ... ... 104
Feeding of cattle with growing dredge corn prohibited ... ... 148
" Dressed Carcase," defined by Sheep (Sales) 0 276
Dried Fruits. See FRUIT.
Dried Milk. See CONDENSED MILK. .
Dutch Cheese. See CHEESE.
Edible Offals. See MEAT.
Eels. See FISH.
Egrg-s.
Restriction on use of " eggs " and " egg products " 282
Authorisation as to preserving eggs ... ... ... ... ... 220
Returns to be made of eggs by importers ... ... ... ... 221
Enforcement of Food Controller's Orders.
Enforcement by Food Control Committees in England and Wales ... 551
Functions assigned by Local Government Board to local authorities
as to enforcement in England and Wales ... ... ... ... 553
Enforcement by Food Control Committees in Scotland 558
Functions assigned by Secretary for Scotland as to enforcement in
Scotland 558
Enforcement by the Food Control Committee for Ireland in Ireland 563
Xing-land and Wales, Application of Food Controller's
Orders to.
The application of the Sea Fishing (England and Wales) 0. (p. 192),
Freshwater Fish (England and Wales) 0. (p. 202), London and
Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) O. (p. 449), London Central
Markets O. (p. 289), Meat Retail Prices (England and Wales)
O., No. 2 (p. 293), Milk (Mothers and Children) O. (p. 364), is
restricted to England and Wales, that of certain licences
under the potatoes O. (pp. 429, 437) to Midland Counties of
England ; and that of the Potatoes (Distribution) 0., 1918
(pp. 436, 437), to South-west England and part of Wales.
The following Orders and Parts of Orders, apply only to Great
Britain :—
Bacon, &c. Bacon (Prohibition of Export) 0 58
Butter. Butter (Maximum Prices) 0. ; Butter (Maximum Prices)
(Amdt.) 0 ' 323,339
Cattle Feeding Stuffs. Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Committees) O. ;
Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Priority Supply) 0. ; Cattle Feeding
Stuffs (Licensing) O. ... ' ... 107, 113, 120
Fish. Fish (Registration of Dealers) 0. ; Fish (Prices) 0., No. 2 205, 208
Local Distribution and Requisitioning. Food Control Committees
(Local Distribution) Orders and Schemes ; Food Control Com-
mittees (Requisitioning) O. ; Local Distribution (Misuse of
Documents) 0. ; Powers of Food Control Committees (Inter-
pretation) O 235-251
Margarine. Part II. and to an extent Part I., of Margarine (Reg-
istration of Dealers) O. ; Margarine (Retail Prices) O. ... 353, 379
Meat. Meat- Control O. ; Cattle (Sales) O. ; Meat (Retailers'
Restriction) O. ; Sheep (Sales) 0. ; Meat (Licensing of Whole-
sale Dealers) O. ; Live Stock (Restriction of Slaughter) O. ;
Meat Rationing 0 262,266,274,275,278,290,301
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PAGE.
England and Wales, Application of Food Controller's
Orders to — continued.
The following Orders and Parts of Orders, apply only to Great
Britain :—
Milk. Milk Factories (Restriction) 0., Food Control Committees
(Milk Requisition) O. ; Milk (Registration of Dealers) 0. ; Milk
(Summer Prices) 0 329,346,357,370
National Kitchens. The National Kitchens 0 385
Potatoes. Seed Potatoes (Immune Varieties) O. ; Potatoes
(Growers' Returns) 0 402,440
Spirits. Spirits (Prices and Description) O. (as regards sale by
retail in licensed premises) 173
Sugar. Sugar (Registration of Retailers) O. ; Sugar 0. ; Sugar
(Sales for Ireland Returns) 0. ; Sugar (Rationing) 0. ; Sugar
(Domestic Preserving) O. ; Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) 0. 480,
[482, 489, 502, 513, 515
Swedes. Swedes (Prices) 0 401
The Oats (Scotland and Ireland Restriction) 0. (p. 118) applies to
shipments from those countries only.
Part II of Meat (Maximum Prices) 0. (p. 258) applies only to Scot-
land and Ireland.
The other Orders, &c., printed in this Volume apply throughout the
United Kingdom, except those specified under " Scotland " and
" Ireland " as applying only to those countries.
Food Control Committees. See FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES, Eng-
land and Wales.
Outline of food control organisation for England and Wales ... xix
Local Authorities. See LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
Entry authorised for purpose of testing of seeds 467
Evidence.
Of Controller's Orders ; copies printed in this Volume are evidence
(Introd.) xv
Ewe. See SHEEP.
Export, Prohibitions on.
Prohibitions on export imposed by Food Controller's Orders on ex-
portation from one part of British Isles to another of : —
Bacon, ham, lard, &c. ., 58,292
Barley 136
Butter ... " 357
Cattle feeding stuffs ... 131
Flour and bread 95
Malt 153
Oats 118
Pigs and Pig products 58,292
Potatoes 435
Wheat 97
[An epitome revised to Jan. 31, 1918, of the restrictions on exporta-
tion under the Customs Acts, <fec., of articles of food is comprised
in Appendix VI. (7), p. 484, of the " Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."]
Articles duly licensed for export are excepted from provisions of
Foreign Holdings (Returns) O. ... 218
Food Controller empowered to authorise Customs and Excise to take
action in anticipation of Proclamation, &c , prohibiting export
of article of food (Reg. 2 F (4) ) 9
Factory or Workshop.
Liability of actual owner not affected by Food Controller taking
possession of premises (Reg. 2GG (3) ) 11
Delivery, &c., to Admiralty or Army Council or Minister of Muni-
tions of output of factory, &c., in anticipation of order or
requisition, deemed compliance therewith (Reg. 2 F) 8
Index.
PAGE.
Factory and Workshop — continued.
Power for Food Controller to take possession of any factory,
workshop or premises where any article of food is manufactured,
produced, or adapted for sale and to requisition output •
(Regs. 2GG; 7) ... ... ... 10,13
Prohibition on increased supplies of milk to " milk factory "in E.
or S. as defined ; returns required : power of Food Controller to
requisition milk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 329
Flour Mills taken possession of 79,85
Requisitioning of factory output of : —
Condensed milk ... 382
Margarine 361 ,
Oil and fat compounds ... ... ... ... ... ... 399
Refined vegetable oils ... ... ... ... ... ... 396
False Statement, etc., as to : —
Bacon, ham. and lard ... 55 Margarine ' ... 881
Bread 96 Meat 254
Butter (Government) ... 345 Pigs 287
Cattle feeding stuffs 113,122 Potatoes ... 106,428,434,440
Condensed Milk 363 Rationing schemes ... 307,454
Cream 349 Ships' stores 473
Dried fruits 186 Sugar 487,500,508,514
Flour 96, 141 Tea 524
Horse & Poultry Mixtures 100
Any document issued under local distribution scheme ... ... 239
Fancy Bread.
Making and bale of prohibited 76
Registration of manufacturers 146
Fats. 8?e OILS AND FATS.
" Feed Wheat " defined for purposes of Damaged Gram, Seeds and
Pulse ( Prices) O. ... ,,. 103
Feeding* of Game. See VTAME.
Fictitious Transaction. See CONDITIONS OF SALE.
Financial Statement.
Form of Statement of Receipts and expenditure to be submitted by
food control committees in E. to district auditor 545
Fish.
Summary of provisions of Orders as to taking of fish (Introd.) ... xii
DEFINITION of " his own fish " by Fish (Registration of Dealers) O. 208
FRESHWATER FISH. Imported " freshwater fish " authorised to be sold 216
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries empowered to authorise taking
of "freshwater fish" by means otherwise unlawful 202
Orders thereunder as to : —
Close season for freshwater fish 203
Fishing for pike, eels and kelt 203
Dept. of Agriculture, etc., for Ireland empowered to authorise
taking of " freshwater fish " by means otherwise unlawful ... 189
List of local Orders by Dept. under Food Controller's Order 190, 191
MAXIMUM PRICE and terms of sale of sea and fresh water fish except
shellfish, whitebait, smelts, preserved fish, and certain smoked
and cured fish fixed ; cooked fish and live fish not for consumption
excepted from provisions of Order ... ... • ... ... ... 208
PICKLED HERRINGS. See PICKLED HERRINGS.
REGISTRATION OF DEALERS. Licensing of wholesale and registration
of retail dealers in fish ... ... ... ... ... ... 205
RETURNS to be made of canned fish by importers 221
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Fish — continued.
SEA FISH defined as to England and Wales as including Crustacea
• and shellfish 193
Defined for purposes of Sea Fishing (Scotland) 0. ... ... 201
Defined as regards Ireland as including fish of all kinds found in
the sea (except salmon and sea trout), including Crustacea
and shellfish 197
Power for Bd. of Agriculture and Fisheries to authorise taking
of fish within territorial waters of E. and W. 192
Power for Fishery Bd. for Scotland to authorise taking of fish
within parts of the sea adjoining S 201
Power for Dept. of Agriculture, &c., for Ireland to authorise : —
Means of taking salmon and sea trout in Ireland ... ... 194
Taking of fish within tidal and territorial waters of Ireland 196
•Lists of local Orders made by Dept. under Food Controller's
Orders 194,197
Order as to drift net fishing for herrings ... ... ... 198
Time for taking salmon in Irish Fishery Districts altered ... 215
Fishery Board, Scotland.
0. as to taking fish within territorial waters of Scotland 201
Flour.
Defined for purposes of : —
Public Meals 0 444
Flour and Bread (Prices) O. 96
Flour (Restriction) (I.) 0 143
" Wheaten flour " defined for purposes of : —
Cake and Pastry 0 77
Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restriction) 0 78
Wheaten flour to be straight run flour ; prescribed percentage to be
obtained from wheat ; percentage of other cereals to be mixed
with wheaten flour : —
Prescribed percentage and mixture after March 12, 1917 .... 68
April 10, 1917 ... 73
Maximum prices fixed ; provisions as to contracts ; shipment to
Channel Islands or Isle of Man prohibited ; returns of stocks
and dealings required... ... ... ... ... ... ... 90
Extra charge made for bags 114
Prescribed percentage of flour in making of cakes, buns and scones ;
rationing of flour at public meals ; ascertainment of weight 442, 443
Wheat and rye to be used only for seed or flour ; wheat, rye, and
rice flour not to be damaged or used for other than human food 78
Dredge corn to be used only for flour, and such flour to be used only
for human food 104
Directions as to sale and use of imported flour 105
Use of potatoes in flour 106,144
Registration of dealers in flour 145
Restriction on consumption of flour in Ireland 140
Flour Mills. See MILLS.
Food. Defined by Art. 9 of Ships' Stores 0. for purposes thereof ... 474
See also ARTICLE OP FOOD.
Food Commissioners.
[NOTE. — The areas of all the food control committees in England and
Wales are grouped into 13 Food Divisions, each of which is under a
Divisional Food Commissioner, and the whole of the Scottish committees'
areas are similarly grouped into 3 Food Divisions, each under a Divisional
Food Commissioner.]
Powers of Divisional Food Commissioner as to retail sale of oatmeal
in any part of Scotland other than the mainland... 137
Index.
PAOB.
Food Control Committees.
1. Constitution and General Powers. \ 2. Powers as to particular Articles of
I Food.
1. CONSTITUTION AND GENERAL POWERS.
Power for Food Controller to provide for exercise by local bodies
constituted under order of such powers as may be conferred by
order (R3g. 2j (1) ) 12
ENGLAND AND WALES. Establishment of Food Control Committees
for England and Wales 537
Functions of English local authorities as to Committees 541
Audit of accounts of Committees ... 543
Disqualification for membership of Committees 544
Financial statement as to receipts and expenditure of Committees 545
Enforcement and prosecution of Food Controller's Orders by
Committees in England and Wales 550
Functions of English local authorities as to enforcement 553
Provisions as to schemes for local distributions of any article of
food by Committees ; regulation of sales ; restriction on
consumption 235,240
Scheme to be adopted by Committees 242,250
Power for Committees to requisition foodstuffs 237
Prohibition on misuse, etc., of documents issued by Committees ... 239
Interpretation of powers of Committees ... 250
Inspection by Committees of Official Forms issued to licensees
under 39 & 40 V. c. 77. s. 8 (Introd.) xiii
Grouping of areas into food divisions. See FOOD COMMISSIONERS.
SCOTLAND. Establishment of Food Control Committees for Scotland 537
Functions of Scottish local authorities as to Committees ... ... 555
Audit of accounts of Committees ... ... ... ... ... 543
Disqualification for membership of Committees ... ... ... 544
Enforcement and prosecution of Food Controller's Orders by
Committees in Scotland 558
Functions of Scottish local authorities as to enforcement 558
Provisions as to schemes for local distribution of any article of
food by Committees ; regulation of sales ; restriction on con-
sumption 235,240
Scheme to be adopted by Committees 242,250
Power for Committees to requisition foodstuffs 237
Prohibition on misuse, etc., of documents issued by Committees ... 239
Interpretation of powers of Committees ... ... ... ... 250
Inspection by Committees of official forms issued to lisensees under
39 & 40 V. c. 77 (lutrod.) xiii
Grouping of areas into food divisions. See FOOD COMMISSIONERS. -—
^iR^LANDr^C^oSitutlon^f^Food c"ont7(rCo^rmHt^foT][reiand ^60^581
Disqualification for membership of Committee ... ... ... 544
Enforcement and prosecution of Food Controller's Orders by Food
Control Committee for Ireland 563
Power for Committee to give directions as to notices in shops in
Ireland ' ... 390
Inspection by Committee of official forms issued to licensees
under 39 & 40 V. c. 77 (Introd.) xiii
2. POWERS AS TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES OF FOOD.
Powers conferred on Committees as to particular articles of
food by Orders of the Food Controller, printed in this volume as
to:—
BACON. Power to require information and returns 47
Authorisation for Committee in Ireland to license persons
as secondary wholesalers ... ... ... ... ... 55
Power for Committee in Ireland to grant licences for
export _f!L— ••• 292
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Food Control Committees — continued.
BEER. Power for Committee to authorise procuring of
samples for analysis ... ... ... ... ... ... 169
BUTTER (E. AND S.) Power to prescribe scale of maximum
prices of butter sold by retail ... ... ... ... ... 325
Local distribution by certain committees ... ... 243, 250
CHEESE. Power to prescribe scale of maximum prices ... 336
CREAM. Power to require production of statement, informa-
tion, etc 349
EGGS. Power for Committee to control the preservation of
eggs 220
FISH (E AND S.) Power to vary prices 210
Inspection of wholesale dealers' licences ; powers as to
retailers' certificates ... ... ... ... ... 205
FLOUR AND BREAD. Issue of licences under exceptional cir-
cumstances authorising higher prices ... ... ... ... 92
Grant of certificate of registration to manufacturers ;
power to require information and to inspect ... ... 146
Grant of Control Licences by Committee in Ireland for
flour 140
HAM ; LARD. Power to require information and returns as to 47
Authorisation for Committee in Ireland to license persons
as secondary wholesalers ... ... ... ... ... 55
Power for Committee in Ireland to grant licences for
export ... 292
MANGELS. Power for Committee in Ireland to vary maxi-
mum prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 430
MARGARINE, (E. AND S.) Inspection of wholesale dealers'
licences ; powers as to retailers' certificates ... ... ... 353
Local distribution by certain Committees ... ... 243, 250
MEAT. Power to prescribe scale of maximum prices of meat
sold by retail in S. or I. ... ... ... ... ... 259
Application to be made to, for certificate of registra-
tion ; powers as to such certificates (E. and S.) ... 262
Power to vary price of rabbits 268
Powers as to offals revoked ... ... ... ... ... 271
Inspection of retailers' records in E. and S. ... ... 274
Inspection by Committee in Ireland of Irish pig buyers'
licences ; powers as to certificates of Irish bacon curers
and pork butchers, and British importers of Irish pigs 283
Power for Committee in Ireland to grant licences for
export of pig carcases and pig products ... ... ... 292
MILK (E. AND S.) Power (with consent of local authority in
certain cases) to vary maximum price, arrange for distribution,
and control delivery and inspection ... ... ... 346, 372
Inspection of wholesale dealers' licences ; powers as to
retailers' certificates 357
ONIONS. Inspection of authorised dealers' accounts 433
PIGS. See " Meat " above.
POTATOES. Grant of certificates of registration to dealers ;
power to require information and to inspect ... ... ... 405
Supply of potatoes for making bread 106, 144
PUBLIC MEALS. Power for Committees to direct rations ... 444
RABBITS. See " Meat " above.
RATIONING SCHEMES (E. AND S.) Powers of Committees in :—
London and Home Counties 449-462
Elsewhere in Great Britain ... 242, 250, 301-318, 443
SPIRITS. Power for Committee to authorise procuring of
samples for analysis ... ... ... ... ... ... 174
Indea.
PAGE.
Food Control Committee — continued.
SUGAR. Grant of certificates of registration to retail dealers :
power to require information and to inspect 480, 491
Issue of authorities and vouchers for purchase and de-
livery of sugar ; direction of use of sugar ... 482, 495
Powers as to multiple and combined businesses ... 486, 498
Issue of sugar registration cards ... ... ... 487,499
Direction of rationing scheme in E. and S. 502
Inspection of records as to sugar for domestic preserving
(E. andS.) 514
SWEDES. Power for Committee in Ireland to vary prices ... 430
SWEETMEATS (E. AND S.) Grant of certificates of registration
to dealers not less than 20 per cent, of whose gross receipts
are derived from the retail sale of sweetmeats ; powers of
inspection... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 515
TEA (E. AND S.). Local distribution by certain committees 243, 250
Food Controller.
1. Constitution of Ministry of Food. \ 2. Powers and Orders of Food Controller.
1. CONSTITUTION OF MINISTRY OF FOOD.
Outline of enactments establishing Ministry (Introd.) v
Establishment of Ministry of Food (6 & 7 Meo. o, c. 68, s. 3) ... 1
Seal and style of Food Controller (<j & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68, s. 1 1) ... 2
Officers and remuneration (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68, s. 10) 2
Ability of Food Controller and Secretary to sit in House of Com-
mons (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68, , s. 12) 4
Cesssation of Ministry at period after the war (647 Geo. 5, c. 68, s. 13) 4
2. POWERS AND ORDERS OF FOOD CONTROLLER.
Outline of Food Controller's powers (Introd.) vi-viii
Periodic editions of Food Controller's Orders (Introd.) vii
Powers and Duties of Food Controller (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 68, s. 4) ... 1
Food Controller : —
Empowered to take possession of food, and articles used in the
production thereof (Reg. 2s) ... ... ... ... ... 5
Empowered to regulate dealings in food (Reg. 2E) ... ... 7
p]mpowered to make orders as to manufacture, use, distribution,
supply, sale or purchase of any articles for encouraging or
maintaining food supply (Reg. 2F) 8
Orders made under Reg. 2p as to BACON, BEANS, BREAD,
BUTTER. CHEESE, COCOA, COFFEE, EGGS, FISH, FLOUR,
FRUIT, GAME (Feeding of), HAM, INTOXICATING LIQUORS,
JAM, LARD, MEALS (Public), MEAT, MILK, OILS AND
FATS, OATS, PEAS, POTATOES, PULSE, RICE, RYE, SEEDS,
SUGAR, SWEDES, TEA AND WHEAT. [For details see those
headings in this Index, and for outline of the main purports of the
Orders see pp. ix-xiii of the Introduction] ... ... IX, 43-535
Power of Food Controller to authorise Customs and Excise to
act in anticipation of Proclamation prohibiting export of
article of food (Reg. 2F (4)) 9
Food Controller empowered to make orders requiring returns (Reg. 2a) 9
Orders made under Reg. 2G as to BACON, CATTLE, HAM, MEAT,
MILK, PICKLED HERRINGS, POTATOES, and TEA. [For details
see those headings in this Index.]
Power of Food Controller to take possession of any factory,
workshop or premises where any article of food is manufactured,
produced or adapted for sale (Reg. 2GG) ... ... ... ... 10
Orders made under Reg 2ofJ as to Flour Mills. See MILLS.
Power of Food Controller to hold inquiries (Reg. 2H) 11
Inter-departmental arrangements ; power to revoke or vary orders
(Reg. 2J) .. 12'
Power to requisition output of factories (Reg. 7) "... ... ... 13
Authorisation of use by Contractor of registration design ; payment
for such use (Reg. 8c) 14
Power to require particulars of invention, &c., for better production
Of (Reg. 8CC) 15
Power to make safety rules in factories (Reg. 35A) 16
Index.
PAGE.
" Food Stuff" defined by
Powers of Food Control Committees (Interpretation) 0 250
Waste of Foodstuffs O ... ... 535
And see ARTICLE OF FOOD.
Forag-e. See HAY ; STRAW.
Foragre Crop Seeds.
Testing of seeds of certain grasses and clovers, lucerne, sainfoin,
vetches, rape, rye, cabbages and kale ... ... ... ... 465
*' Foreign Holding's" interpreted by Foreign Holdings (Returns) O. 218
Forfeiture of Excess Profits. Forfeiture of sum of double
amount of excess profits from over-charging for food (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 9) 565
Forfeiture of Goods.
in respect of which offence is committed (Introd.) xxx
Fresh Fruit. See FRUIT.
Freshwater Fish. See FISH.
Friday, meatleso day in U.K. 441
Frozen Meat, etc. See REFRIGERATED PRODUCE.
Fruit.
Dealings in dried fruits prohibited outside U.K. ... ... 183
Authorisation of dealings in Tunis and Egyptian dates and French
plums- outside U.K 184,185
Requisition of currants and sultanas 185
Regulation of distribution of dried fruits 186
Retail prices for Persian dates fixed 187
Returns to be made of canned and dried fruit by importers 221
Maximum prices for —
certain stone fruit grown within U.K. and bought by jam
manufacturers 222
raspberries grown in U.K. and bought by jam manufacturers,
fixed at £35 per ton 224
Scotch raspberries to be delivered to Food Controller... ... ... 225
Prohibition on dealings in apricot pulp and bitter or sour oranges
outside U.K. ; returns required 226
Authorization of sale by retail of crystallised and glace fruits at
price not exceeding 3d. per oz. 493
Game.
Defined by various Orders. See POULTRY AND GAME.
Feeding of grain to game birds prohibited ... ... ... ... 68
Feeding of cereals or other provided food to deer prohibited 115
Cold storage of game 277
Returns to be made of canned game by importers 221
Gin.
Restriction on sales by auction and by wholesale ... ... ... 166
Restriction on sale of British gin in licensed premises ; maximum
prices fixed 173
Ging-elly. See OILS AND FATS.
Glace* Fruits. See SWEETMEATS.
Glucose.
Included in definition of sugar 77,494
Manufacture of from maize, or oats prohibited 80
Goats. Included in definition of " cattle " for purpose of Cattle and
Meat (Returns) 0., Meat (Control) O., and Growing Grain
Crops 0 257,266,149
Goat's flesh, when included in u meat." See MEAT.
Index.
PAGE.
Grain. See cross-refs. under CEREALS.
Record to be kept and returns made as to grain dealt with 85
Feeding of " game birds " or deer with, prohibited 68, 115
Dredge corn to be used only for human food ; maximum prices fixed 104
Maximum prices of damaged grain fixed ... ... ... ... 101
Grain after being mechanically treated, a permitted constituent of
horse mixtures, horse chaff mixtures, or poultry mixtures ... 97
Feeding of " cattle " with, and cutting of, growing grain prohibited 148
Grass Seeds.
Testing of seeds of certain grasses, meadow fescue, Italian rye grass
and timothy 465
Great Britain.
Orders restricted to, see under ENGLAND AND WALES.
Greeng-ag-es. See FRUIT.
Grocer.
Restrictions on sales by, see under BACON, BUTTER, SUGAR, TEA and
other commodities dealt in by grocers.
Ground Nut Oil. See OILS ASD FATS.
« Grower" defined for purposes of Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917 and
British Onions O , ... 427,432
<' Grower-dealer" defined for purposes of Potatoes 0 415
Guernsey. See CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Ham.
When included in definition of '' meat." See MEAT.
Maximum prices fixed for sale by importer, manufacturer or curer ... 43, 59
Authorisation of secondary wholesalers in Ireland 55
Returns required of hams cured during 1917 ... ... ... ... 56
Distribution ; forms of application 54
Rations of ham fixed 312,317
Export from Ireland prohibited 292
Export from Great Britain to Ireland prohibited 58
Hardened Fat.
Requisition of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 392
Hares.
Included in " game," and to be reckoned as f quantity of meat for pur-
poses of Public Meals 0 443,444
Hawker.
Sale of sweetmeats by hawkers from cart, stall or barrow excepted
from Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) 0 517
Hay.
No restriction on use of, for feeding horses ... 150
[ The Orders of the Army Council as to Hay, as in force Feb. 28, 1918,
are printed at pp. 99-105 of the 1st Edition of the "War Material
Supplies Manual."]
Hemp Seed. See OILS AND FATS.
Herring's. See PICKLED HERRINGS.
Hig-h Court, England and Ireland.
Appeal to by special case from nummary conviction (introd.) ... xxx
His Majesty's Allies. See ALLIES.
Index.
PAQB.
His Majesty's Forces.
Members excepted from provisions of Meat Rationing 0. ; issue of
emergency card or permit for meat meal 304, 309, 447
Articles destined for H.M. forces excepted from provisions of
Foreign Holdings (Returns) O 218
Issue of sugar cards to members 503,504
Supply of emergency cards for butter, margarine or tea, to members
of H.M. Forces on leave 245
His Blajesty's Ships flying the White Ensign excepted from
provisions of Ships' Stores O. 473
Hoarding* of Food.
Supplies of food beyond those for ordinary use not to be held ;
powers of entry and examination 219
Authorisation as to preservation of eggs ... .-. 220
Home Counties rationing scheme. See RATIONS.
" Home-milled flour" defined as flour manufactured in U.K.
Home Secretary.
Appointment by, of person to act as arbitrator for purposes of Mar-
garine (Requisition) 0.
"Home Trade Ships."
Exemption of from Ships' Stores O.
Hominy.
Maximum retail price for ••• 81, &
Honey excepted from definition of sugar by Public Meals 0. ...
Hops.
Powers of Food Controller as to hops (Keg. 2J (5))
Dealings in restricted
Horseflesh, when included in meat. See MEAT.
Horse Mixture.
Constituents of mixture, and maximum prices fixed ; sales to be by
weight 97,115
Horses.
" Horse " defined by Horses (Rationing) 0 150
Rationing of grains, beans and bran. ... ... ... ... ... 149
Feeding of with green crops prohibited 148
Hospital Patients.
Use of cream for permitted ... ... ... ... ... ... 348
Hotel. See PUBLIC EATING PLACE.
House of Commons.
Ability of Food Minister and Secretary to be elected to or sit in
(6&7Geo. 5.o. 68. s. 12(1)...' 4
Non-vacation of Minister's seat on acceptance of another office
(6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 68. s. 12(2) 4
Relief from disqualification for membership as regards certain
contracts (Introd.)
Household.
" Members of a household" defined by London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) 0. and Sugar (Rationing) O. ... 455, 509
Ice Cream.
Restriction on making, sale, supply or purchase 356
Icing- Sug-ar, use of, on cakes. See CAKE AND PASTRY.
Index.
PAGE.
Importation.
[An epitome, revised to January 31, 1918, of the restrictions on importa-
tion under the Customs Acts, etc., of articles of food is comprised in Ap-
pendix VI, 12, p. 499, of the ''Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
" Importer " defined for purposes of various Orders 47, 103, 221, 325
Returns of certain foodstuffs to be made by importers 221
" Impurities " defined for purposes of Testing of Seeds 0 468
" Industrial purpose " defined for purposes of Flour and Bread
(Prices) 0 95
Information.
Power of Food Controller to require returns as to articles of food
(Beg.2G) 9
Returns required. See RETURNS.
Information as to ships' stores to be given to Food Controller ... 474
Information as to wholesale dealings in dead meat to be given to
person authorised by Food Controller ... 279
Information to be given to Food Control Committee : —
By holder of certificate of registration as to dealings in potatoes ... 409
By retail dealers in bacon, ham or lard 46
By curers of bacon and ham ... .*.. ... ... ... ... 56
By persons supplying cream ... ... ... ... ... ... 349
By wholesale and retail dealers in fish 205,207
By registered manufacturers of flour or bread 147
By wholesale and retail dealers in margarine 355
By wholesale and retail dealers in milk 360
By Irish pig buyers, bacon curers and pork butchers, and by
British importers of Irish pigs ... ... ... ... 283, 285
By registered retailer of sugar 481,492
Information to be regarded as confidential acquired by person
authorised under : —
Flour and Bread ^ Prices ) O 96
Irish Pigs (Control) (I.) O 288
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) O. 454
Meat Rationing 0 307
Sugar O., Sugar O. (I.), and Sugar (Rationing) 0 488, 501, 508
[Reg. 27A of the D.R. Regulations (p. 432 of the "Pood (Supply
and Production) Manual ") makes it an offence to publish any confidential
information obtained from any Government Department or any person
in the service of His Majesty.]
Injurious Weed Seeds. See WEEDS.
Inn. See PUBLIC EATING PLACE.
Inquiry
by appointees of Food Controller as to article connected with Food
supply, or by appointees of Board of Trade as to article not
within Controller's powers ; power to take evidence on oath
(Reg.2H) 1
Inspector .of Weights and Measures.
And see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Powers of as to sampling and weighing throughout U.K., and as to
summary prosecutions under certain Orders in E. and I.... ... 550
Institutions.
" Institution " defined for purposes of Sugar O., Sugar 0. (I.), Sugar
(Rationing) O., and Flour (Restriction) (I.) 0. ... 483, 495, 509, 143
Supply of butter, margarine, tea, etc . to institutions under local
distribution scheme 236
Supply of meat to institutions ... ... ... ... ... ... 303
Supply of sugar to institutions ... ... ... ... ... 483,496,503
590 Index.
PAGE,
Insurance of Articles in which Dealing's are Restricted
Restrictions do not extend to prohibiting insurance of : —
Apricot pulp or bitter or sour oranges or pulp 227
Dried fruits 18$
Sugar ... 478
Intoxicating Liquors.
Charge for when excluded from maximum price for public meal. See
PUBLIC MEALS.
Restriction on output of beer 154,162,171
Restriction on sale of beer 168
„ „ delivery of wine and spirits ;" Authorities " for delivery 157
Treasury Rules as to such " authorities " 159-
Manufacture of malt from cereals for brewing prohibited. See MALT.
Restriction on sale by wholesale and auction of whiskey ... ... 165
Restriction on sales by wholesale and auction of rum and gin ... 166
Restriction on sales in licensed premises of spirits 173
Returns required of all alcoholic beverages held to foreign account ... 218
Invalids.
Use of cream for permitted 348
Medical exception from rationing provisions ... ... ... ... 441
Invention.
Penalty for unauthorised disclosure, &c., of particulars of invention.
&c., used by Food Controller (Reg. 8cc) 1£
Invoices. See WARRANTIES AND INVOICES.
Ireland, Application of Food Controller's Orders to.
Wholesale prices of pig meat in Ireland (p. 319) ; charge for non-
returnable bags on sale of Irish potatoes outsidelreland (p. 430).
The application of the following Orders, etc., of the Food Controller is
restricted to Ireland : —
Authorisation under Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices)
O. (p. 55) ; Barley (Export from Ireland) O. (p. 136) ;
Butter (I.) O. (p. 357) ; Butter (Maximum Prices) (I.)
0., (p. 384) ; Freshwater Fish (I.) 0. (p. 189) ; Fisheries
(I.) O. (p. 194) ; Sea Fishing (I.) O. (p. 196) ; Salmon
Fisheries (I.) (0. (p. 215) ; Flour (Restriction) (I.) 0. (p.
140) : Irish Pigs (Control) (I.) 0. (p. 283) ; Pig and Pig
Products (Prohibition of Export) (I.) 0. (p. 292) ; Mangels
and Swedes (Prices) (I.) 0. (p. 430) ; Margarine (Maxi-
mum Prices) 0. (p. 344) ; Part I. of Meat (Sales) 0.
(p. 254) ; Notice in Shops (I.) O. (p. 390) ; Potatoes (Export
from) (I.) O. (p. 435) ; Sugar (Registration of Retailers)
(I.) O. (p. 491) ; Sugar O. (I.) (p. 495).
Certain Orders (specified under ENGLAND AND WALES and
SCOTLAND) have no application to Ireland ; the residue apply to
the whole United Kingdom.
Food Control Committee for Ireland. See FOOD CONTROL ,_,i-
MITTEES.
Outline of food control organisation for Ireland (Introd.) ... ... xxv
Ireland, Exportation to or from
Export of bacon, ham, lard, etc., from Ireland prohibited 292
Export of bacon, ham, and lard from Great Britain to Ireland
prohibited 58
Shipment of barley from Ireland prohibited 136
Shipment of butter from Ireland prohibited 357
Shipping of malt from Great Britain to Ireland or from Ireland to
Great Britain. Char-^1 Islands or Isle of Man, prohibited ... 153
Shipment of oats fro:, .-jland, or to Ireland from Scotland, pro-
hibited ... ... 118
Export of pigs and pig products feom Ireland prohibited 292
Export of potatoes from Ireland prohibited 435
Index. 591
PAGE.
Isle of Man.
Prohibition on export from U.K. to of : —
Cattle-feeding stuffs 131
Flour or bread
Malt 153
Wheat 97
Application of food control legislation to (Introd.) xvi
Jam and Jelly.
" Jam " defined as including conserve 231
Excepted from provisions as to prescribed amount of sugar to be used
in manufactures ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 480
Excepted from definition of sugar in Public Meals O. 444
Maximum prices fixed for : —
certain stone fruit grown in U.K. bought by jam manufacturers 222
raspberries grown in U.K., bought by jam manufacturers ... 224
jam and jelly sold wholesale or by retail 228
Constituents of jam and jelly regulated 229
Red and black currant jelly excepted from provisions of Jam
(Prices) 0 229
Jersey. See CHANNEL ISLANDS.
. Jury.
Cannot be claimed in case triable summarily (Introd.) xxix
Justiciary Hig-h Court of, Scotland.
Appeal to by case stated from summary conviction (Introd.) xxx
Kale.
Testing of seed of field and garden kale 465
Kapok Seed Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Kelt. See FISH.
Kernels, Oleaginous.
Requisitioned by Food Controller ... ... ... ... ... 393
Kibbling.
Extra charge allowed where cattle feeding cake is kibbled 129
Kitchens. See NATIONAL KITCHENS.
"•Kosher Bleat" defined as meat obtained from cattle slaughtered
by butchers in accordance with the Jewish practice of slaughter 261
Label on package of tea. See TEA.
Lamb.
Live. See SHEEP.
Dead. See MEAT.
Lamb Food. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Lard.
Defined for purposes of Bacon, Ham, and Lard (Provisional
Prices) 0 48
Maximum first-hand prices fixed for sale by importer, manufacturer
or refiner " 43,56,57,59
Authorisation of secondary wholesalers in Ireland 55
Distribution ; forms of application 54
Export from Ireland prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 292
Export from Great Britain to Ireland prohibited ... ... ... 58
And see MARGARINE ; OILS AND FATS.
Latitude.
Scales of psrceutage of pure seed or of seed capable of germination
allowed by Testing of Seeds 0 ' ... 470
592 Index.
PAGE.
" Lawful Demand " defined for purposes of Potatoes 0., Seed
Potatoes (1917 Crop) O., Sugar 0. and Sugar O. (I.)... 415, 423, 488, 501
Lentils. See PULSE.
Leveret. See HARES.
Licence.
Authority to licensees under 39 & 40 V., c. 77, s. 8 to use foodstuffs
for feeding of animals for purpose of experiments, etc xiii
BACON, HAM, AND LARD. Licences of secondary wholesalers in
Ireland 55
CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS. Licences of importers, makers and
dealers 120
FISH. Licences of wholesale dealers 205
Taking of fish without a licence. See FISH.
FLOUR. Issue of " control licences " in Ireland ... ... ... 140
INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Holder of licence for dealings in by whole-
sale excepted from provisions of whiskey (Restriction on Sales)
O. and Rum and Gin (Restriction of Sales) 0 165,166
And see LICENSED PREMISES.
MARGARINE Licences of wholesale dealers ... ... ... ... 353
MEAT. Licences of live stock auctioneers and cattle dealers ... 264
Licence required for delivery of poultry and game out of cold store 277
Licences of wholesale dealers in dead meat ... ... ... ... 27# '
Licensing of Irish pig buyers
MILK. Licences of wholesale dealers ... ... ... ... ... 357
OATS. Licence required for shipment of oats from Scotland or
Ireland to any destination ..
OILS AND FATS. Manufacturers of oil and fat compounds licensed... 399
And see EXPORT.
GENERAL LICENCES of Food Controller under Orders. See BACON,
ETC , BEANS, BREAD, COCOA, FLOUR, FRUIT, HORSE MIXTURE,
ICE CREAM, OATS, MAIZE, MEAT, MILK, PEAS, POTATOES,
POULTRY MIXTURE, SUGAR, TEA.
Licensed Dealer, etc.
" Licensed wholesale dealer " and " licensed distributing dealer "
defined by Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Maximum Prices) O
" Licensed trader '' defined by Spirits (Prices and Description) 0. ... 176
Licensed Premises.
Defined for purposes of Beer (Prices and Description) 0. as
not including any registered club, canteen, theatre, music hall,
passenger vessel, restaurant car or railway buffet 171
Defined by Spirits (Prices and Description) 0. as including club,
canteen and restaurant car 176
Supply of beer to free licensed houses 168
Restriction on sales of spirits, and prices to be charged, in licensed
premises ... ... ... .*. ... ... ... ... 173
Limitation of Time
for summary prosecution of contraventions (Introd.) ... ... xxix
Linseed. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS ; OILS AND FATS.
Live Stock. And see CATTLE.
Licences required after Dec. 31, 1917, to in E. & S. sell by auction or
deal in "cattle"; application for licence to Live Stock Commis-
sioner 264
Prohibition on slaughter of pregnant animals, and restriction on •
slaughter of calves and lambs 290
Ret urns of live stock held to foreign account 218
" Live Stock Commissioner" defined for purposes of Meat (Con-
trol) O. ... 265
Loaf of Bread, shape of. See BREAD.
Index.
PAGE.
Local Authority.
Conferment on, of powers as to enforcing Food Controller's
orders (Reg. 2 j (1) ) ... 12
DeBned as regards England and Wales by : —
Food Control Committees (Constitution) O. 1917 (Art. 22) ... 540
Local Authorities (Food Control) O. (No. 2), 1917 542
Enforcement (England and Wales) O.' 552
Local Authorities (Food Control) O. (No. 3), 1917 553
Local Authorities (Food Control) O. (No. 1), 1918 ... ... 366
Local Authorities (Food Control) O. (No. 2), 1918 387
Details as to authorities and their districts (footnote (a)) ... 540
Defined as regards Scotland by : —
Food Control Committees (Constitution) O., 1917 (Art. 23) ... 541
Local Authorities (National Kitchens) (S.) 0., 1918 388
Local Authorities (Food Control) (S.) (No. 2) O., 1917 ... 555
Arrangement by for supply of food or milk to mothers or
children in E 364-369
Arrangements by, as to National Kitchens in E. and S. ... 385-389
Powers and duties as to Food Control Committees. See LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BOARD ; SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND.
" Local Executive Officer " defined by Flour (Restriction) (I) O. 143
Local Government Board.
Conferment by Board on local authorities of powers as to enforcing
Food Controller's orders (Reg. 2J (1) ) 12
Powers and duties conferred and imposed by the Board on local
authorities as to : —
Food Control Committees ... ... ... ... ... 541
Enforcement of Food Controller's Orders ... ... ... 553
Milk for children and nursing and expectant mothers 364, 366, 367
Expenses for establishment of National Kitchens ... 385,387
0., Feb. 23, 1918, as to form of requisition for copy of birth certi-
ficate, for purposes of Sugar (Rationing) 0. 511
Locust Beans.
Locust beans and products thereof, after mechanical treatment, a
permitted constituent of horse, horse chaff or poultry mixtures... 97
Xiodglng- Houses. See BOARDING HOUSES.
London Central Market. See MARKET.
London, City of, meatless days in ... ... ... ... ... 441
Food control committee for ... ... ... ... ... ... 540
Rationing Scheme in London and Home Counties. See RATIONS.
Lord Chief Justice of Ens land.
Appointment by, of arbitrator to determine in default of agreement
compensation to be paid for beans, peas and pulse requisitioned
by or for Food Controller 63
Selection by, of High Court Judge to arbitrate as to price of
requisitioned output of factory (Reg. 7) 13
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
Appointment by, of arbitrator to determine in default of agreement
compensation to be paid for articles requisitioned by or for Food
Controller in Ireland : —
Barley 75,138 Oils and fats 394
Cheese... ... 322, 378 Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and ker-
Currants 185 nels 393
Milk at milk factories 331 Sultanas 185
Selection by, of High Court Judge to arbitrate as to requisitioned
output of factory 13
594 Index.
Lord Kig-h Chancellor of Great Britain. PAGE.
Appointment by, of arbitrator to determine in default of agreement
compensation to be paid for articles requisitioned by or for Food
Controller in England : —
Barley 75,138 Milk at milk factories 331
Cattle feeding stuffs Oils and fats 34
(in E. and S.) ..... 116 Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and ker-
Cheese 322,378 nels 393
Currants 185 Sultanas 185
Approval by of deputy of county court judge in E., as arbitrator
under Food Control Committees (Requisitioning) 0. ... ... 238
Iiucerne.
Testing of Lucerne seed 465
Macaroni.
Reckoning of weight of flour in, under Public Meals O. ... 442, 443
Maize.
Mixture of maize flour, &c., with wheaten flour ... ... ... 68, 73
Use of, restricted to seed or human or animal consumption ; manu-
facture of glucose from maize prohibited ... ... ... 80
Maximum retail price for maize meal, &c. 81,84
Equivalent proportion to oats for rationing horses 149
Maize flour included in " flour " for rationing under Public Meals 0. 444
Maize Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
" Maker" defined as including blender for purposes of Butter ... 325
Defined by Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) and (Maximum Prices)
Orders 123,133
Malt.
" Malt, or malt extract " defined by Malt (Restriction) 0 167
Manufacture of, from any cereals, for brewing prohibited ... ... 167
Shipping of from I. to Great Britain or vice versa, or from any part
of U.K. either to Channel Islands or Isle of Man, prohibited ... 153
Man, Isle of. See ISLE OF MAN.
Mangels.
Testing of mangel seeds 465
Maximum price of mangels in Ireland 430
Manioc.
Use and treatment of for any purpose except for human food prohibited 80
Manufacture, of Articles of Food.
General character of Orders imposing restrictions on such manu-
facture (Introd.) xi
" Manufacturing* business."
Defined for purposes of Sugar 0. and Sugar 0. (I.) 482, 495
Margarine.
Maximum retail prices of margarine in Great Britain ... ... 379,383
Maximum prices of margarine and " oleo margarine " in Ireland ... 344, 383
Licensing of wholesale, and registration of retail, dealers in margarine 353
Requisitioning of margarine factory output and imported margarine 361
Rations of margarine in public eating places 442
Weekly ration of margarine in London and Home Counties ... 449-457
Supply of margarine on coupons... ... ... ... ... ... 458
Prohibition on consumer dealing with retailer except as provided on
margarine card ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 464
Provision as to distribution of margarine ... ... ... ... 381
Local distribution by certain Committees 243,250
" Market" defined by Meat (Sales) O., Cattle (Sales) 0. and Sheep
(Sales) O. as including fair ... - 255, 267, 276
Restriction on sale of meat in London Central Markets ... ... 289
Market Authority.
Powers and duties of " Market authority " as defined by Meat (Sales)
O. in relation to sales of fat cattle ; written undertaking of
dealer to be retained by : statement as to classification and
weight of sales of dead meat to be given to ... ... ... 253
Index.
595
Marking* of calves for purposes of Live Stock (Restriction of
Slaughter) 0 290
Marmalade. See also JAM ; ORANGES.
Excepted from provisions as to prescribed amount of sugar to be
used in manufacture » 480
Maximum price and constituents... ... ... ... ... ... 228
Maximum Prices.
For public meals to which rationing by bulk provisions do not apply 444, 445
Maximum " importers' prices " for canned meat 279
Orders (applying to the whole of the United Kingdom except where
otherwise specified) fixing the wholesale or retail maximum prices
for certain commodities- : —
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Bacon
Barley, 1916 Crop
„ 1917 Crop
Butter (E. and S.)
.. 43,59
73
86
323, 342
.. 384
266, 275
„ (I.) ...
Cattle (E. and S.)
Cattle Feeding Stuffs 128
Cheese ... 333,349
Cocoa 528,531
Cocoa Butter 377
Damaged grain, seeds
and pulse 101
Desiccated Cocoanut... 471
Dredge Corn 104
Edible offals 270
Fish (c)(d)(E.andS.) 208
Flour, at mill-door ... 87
Fruit 222,224
Ham 43,59
Horse Mixture ... 97
Jam and Jelly (b) ... 228
Lard 43,56,57,59
Mangels, in Ireland (c) 430
RETAIL PRICES.
Bacon 43,59
Beans 65,66
Beer of a certain gravi-
ty, in public bars ... 168
Bread (c) 90
Butter(c) (E. and S.) 323, 342
Margarine, in Ireland . . . 344, 383
Meat ... 257, 270, 279, 319 (I.)
Milk (a) (E. and S.) (Summer
Prices) 370
Oats, 1916 Crop 73
„ 1917 Crop 86
Onions 432
Pickled Herrings 199
Pigs 299
Plums 222
Pork 299,319(1.)
Potatoes 410
Potato bags 434
Poultry mixture 97
Raspberries 224
Rye 86
Seed Potatoes 419
Spirits 173
Swedes, in Ireland (c) ... ... 430
Tea 522
Wheat, 1916 Crop 73
„ 1917 Crop 86
Jam and Jelly (b) 229
Lard ... " 43,59
Maize meal, &c 81,84
Margarine, in E. and S. ... 379
in I. ... 344,383
Meat 258 (S. & I.), 270, 279, 293 (E.),
„ (I.) 384
Cerealine ... ... 81, 84
Cheese (c) 333
Milk,(a) (c) (E. and S.)
Oatmeal ...
[319 (I.)
... 370
137
Chocolate (in U K ) 475 512
Onions . . . .
432
Cocoa 528 531
Peas
65 66
Cocoa Butter 377
Coffee 520
Damaged grain seeds
Potatoes (c)
Poultry Mixture
Pulse
... 410
97
65
and pulse 101
Dates 187
Desiccated Cocoanut... 471
Edible offals 270
Fish(c)(d)(E.andS.) 208
Flour(c) 90
Ham 43,59
Hominy 81, 84
Horse Mixture ' ... 91
Rabbits (c)
Rice
Seed Potatoes
Spirits (E. and S.)
Swedes (E. and S.)
Sweetmeats
Crystallized and glace
Tea
... 268
... 119
... 419
... 173
... 401
475, 512
fruits 493
519, 522, 525
(a) Except condensed, <fec., milfe and milk: sold for consumption on seller's premises.
(b) Except red and black currant jelly and jam or jelly sold for consumption on seller's
premises, or in certain small quantities.
(c) Food Control Committees have power to altar the scale of prices for these article*
locally.
(d) Except live fish and cooked fish.
596 Index.
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Meadow Fescue Seed. See GRASS SEEDS.
Meal for Cattle. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Meals, Public. See PUBLIC MEALS
Measures. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Meat.
DEFINITION OF " MEAT." Meat includes beef, veal, mutton, lamb and
pork for purposes of : —
Meat (Sales) Order 256
Cattle and Meat (Returns) Order (goat's flesh and venison are
also included) 257
Meat (Maximum Prices) and Meat (Control) Orders (sausages
and edible offal are included, but bacon, ham, preserved and
potted meats and cooked meals are excluded) ... 261, 266
Public Meals Order, 1918 (sausages, bacon, ham, pork, venison,
preserved and potted meats, offals, etc., and fats bought as
part of the meat, are included, but soup not containing
meat, poultry or game in solid form is excluded) 444
Meat (Retailers' Restriction) Order (offals are included, but
pork, preserved and potted meat and cooked meat are
excluded) 274
Meat (Licensing Wholesale Dealers) Order (sausages, edible offal
and goat's flesh are included, but bacon," ham, and preserved
and potted meats are excluded) 280
Meat Rationing Order (suet, offal, sausages, ham, bacon, horse-
flesh, venison, canned, preserved and potted meats, rabbits,
hares, any kind of bird killed for food, and bones of such
meat are included) ... ... ... ... ... ... 309
" Butchers meat " and " meat meal " defined by Meat Rationing
0 309
DEALINGS.
Restriction on sale of lamb and veal 290
Particulars required from persons engaged in production,
purchase, sale, distribution, transport, storage, or shipment 257
Restriction on retail sales of meat 274
Sale of mutton 275
Cold storage of poultry and game 277
Restrictions on sale of meat in London Central Markets ... 289
Use of dried meat unfit for human food in poultry mixture per-
mitted 115
LICENSING.
Licensing of live stock auctioneers and cattle dealers 264
Licensing of wholesale dealers in dead meat 278
PRICES.
Prices of dead meat controlled ; statement of classification and
weight of meat to be given to Market Authority ; record to
be kept of all dealings in 253
Maximum prices fixed for meat sold wholesale and by retail 257,
293, 299, 319
Maximum price of rabbits 268
Maximum price of edible offals * ... 270
Maximum prices of canned meat 279
RATIONS.
Meat not to be eaten in public eating places between 5 a.m. and
10.30 a.m. or on meatless days (Tuesdays and Fridays in
City of London and Metropolitan Police District ; Wednes-
day and Friday elsewhere in U.K.) ... • 441
General restrictions on use and supply of meat in Great
Britain 301
Directions to butchers and retailers : —
in London and Home Counties ... ... ... 459-462
elsewhere in Great Britain ... 310-318
Index. 597
PAGE
Bleat — continued.
REGISTRATION.
Registration of retail meat dealers and keepers of slaughter-
houses ... ... ... ... ... ... •'• ••• 262
RETURNS of canned meat, canned poultry, game and rabbits to be
made by importers
Returns required by persons engaged in sale, distributions, etc., of
meat 257
Meatless Days. See PUBLIC MEALS.
Medical Exception.
Certificate of medical practitioner allows consumption of meat,
poultry, game, or milk in public eating place notwithstanding
rationing provisions 441
Authorisation by medical practitioner allows supply of cream to
invalid ... 348
Supply of food or milk to mothers or children on certificate of
Medical Officer of Health or Medical Officer of a Maternity or
Child Welfare Centre 364,366
•
Melah. See OATS.
Metropolitan Police District, meatless days in 441
Military Forces. See His MAJESTY'S FORCES.
Milk.
Defined by Milk (Mothers and Children) 0 365
Use of milk in manufacture of chocolate prohibited
Maximum prices retail and wholesale during the summer months ... 370
Particulars to be furnished to Food Controller from time to time ... 323
Prohibition on increased supplies to "milk factories" in E. and S.;
returns required ; power for Food Controller to requisition
factory milk ... 329
Condensed and dried milk or milk preparations and milk sold for
consumption on seller's premises excepted from provisions as to
prices 374
Milk to be sold retail by imperial measure ; prohibition on adding
colouring matter or water ; provisions as to containers ... ... 373
Registration of wholesale and retail dealers in Great Britain 357, 363, 370
Requisition of certain milk by food control committees ... ... 346
Supplies of milk to children or to nursing or expectant mothers 364, 366, 367
And see CONDENSED MILK.
Milk Bread.
Sale of prohibited 71
Milk Cans and Bottles.
Bearing trade marks of other firms, &c., not to be used ... ... 373
" Milk Factory " defined for purposes of Milk Factories (Restric-
tion) Order 331
Millers' Offals.
Maximum prices fixed ; prohibition on shipment to Channel Islands
or Isle of Man ... 128
Certain millers' oifals excluded from provisions of Cattle Feeding
Stuffs (Requisition) O ... 117
See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Millet-seed. See SEEDS.
598 Index.
PAGE.
Milling- of Flour. See FLOUR.
Mills.
Certain flour mills taken possession of under Reg. 2GG 79
All other flour mills in U.K. taken possession of ; particulars and
returns required, and records to be kept 85
Maximum price of grain purchased by miller 87
Prohibition on smoking in flour mills ... ... ... ... ... 140
Mineral Waters.
Supply of sugar to manufacturers under General Licence 479
Minimum Prices.
For potatoes (wholesale) fixed at £6 per ton ... ... ... 410
Payment to growers of difference between receipts and minimum 427
Sale by growers at prices below minimum allowed 427
[Minimum prices for wheat and oats are fixed by ss. 1-3 of the Corn
Production Act, 1917, printed as Part IV. (1), p. 210, of the Food
(Supply and Production) Manual."]
Ministry of Food. See FOOD CONTROLLER.
Mixture.
Of cereals &c. with wheaten flour. See FLOUR.
Horse mixture. See HORSE MIXTURE,
Poultry mixture. See POULTRY MIXTURE.
Prohibition on mixing National Control tea with other teas ... ... 526
Molasses. See SUGAR.
Mothers.
Provision of milk for expectant and nursing mothers 364,366
Movement of Articles of Food to or from parts of U.K.
General character of Orders imposing restrictions on such movement
(Introd.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xi
Muffin.
Making and sale of prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 76
Mules.
Rationing of 150
Music Halls.
Excepted from provisions of Beer (Prices and Description) 0. ... 171
Mutton. See MEAT.
" National Control Tea," defined by Tea (Prices) 0 525
National Kitchens.
Provisions of, by local authority ; power for local authority to
delegate powers to Food Control Committees, &c. ... ... 385
Functions as to expenses assigned to local authorities : —
in England ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 387
in Scotland ... 38
Naval Forces. See His MAJESTY'S FORCES.
Neutral Lard. See LARD ; OILS AND FATS.
New Bread.
Sale of prohibited ... 71
Nigrerseed Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Index. 599
Notice by Retailer of Prices.
Notice of prices to be displayed on premises of retailer of : —
Bacon, ham and lard ... 46 Meat ............ 260
Butter ......... 342 Potatoes ......... 412
Cheese ......... 337 Rabbits ......... 269
Fish ... ....... 211 Rice ............ 119
Jam and Jelly ...... 230
Notice as to retail prices in Irish shops ... ... ... ... ... 390
Notice to be displayed at public eating place where no meal is served
at a price exceeding Is. 2d., and where the maximum charge for
bed and attendance does not exceed 1 8. Qd. ......... 444
Nuts, Oleaginous.
Requisitioned by Food Controller ............... 393
Oats.
Defined for purposes of Oats ( Scotland and Ireland Restriction) O. ... 118
DEALINGS in oats outside U.K. prohibited ............
MAXIMUM PRICE for 1916 Crop fixed by Food Controller ...... 73
for 1917 Crop and terms of trading fixed ; sales to be by weight ;
bleaching prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 86
for damaged imported oats fixed ............... 101
retail prices for oatmeal ' .................. 137
MIXTURE of oat flour with wheaten flour ......... ... 68, 73
Oat flour included in definition of " flour " by Public Meals 0.... 444
SHIPMENT of oate from Scotland or Ireland prohibited ... ... 118
TESTING of oats under the Testing of Seeds Order, 1917 ...... 465
USE of oats restricted to seed or human or animal consumption ;
manufacture of glucose from oats prohibited ... ... ... 80
Restriction on use of oats for feeding horses ... ... ... ... 149
Restriction on use of oatmeal ... ... ... ... ... ... 126
Feeding of " cattle " with, and cutting of, growing oats prohibited ... 148
Offals.
Meat. See MEAT.
Miller's offals. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
Offences.
Trial and prosecution for contravention of Order ... ... ... xxviii
Conviction for summary offence disqualifies for membership of
Committee ........................ 544
Oils and Fats.
Splitting, otherwise than in manufacture into soap, of certain oils
prohibited ........................ 391
All oils, oilcakes, meals, and residues produced from crushed oleagin-
ous seeds, nuts, and kernels requisitioned ............ 392
Hardened fats requisitioned .................. 392
Certain oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels requisitioned ...... 393
Oil-seeds excluded from definition of seeds in Damaged Grain, Seeds
and Pulso (Prices) 0. .................. 103
Requisitioning of oils and fats, and returns required ... ... ... 394
Requisitioning of refined vegetable oils ............... 396
Rations of fats used in public eating places ; provision as to salad
oil ........................ 442,443
Certain oils and fats to be used only for human or animal food or
drink ...... ... ... " . ............ 398
Manufacturers of oil and fat compounds licensed and certain com-
pounds requisitioned ; returns required ............ 399
Oil cakes and meals. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
*' Oleo Margarine " defined for purposes of Margarine (Maximum
Prices) 0 ......................... 345
600 Index.
PAGE.
Oleo Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Olive Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Onions.
Testing of onion seeds 465
Onions to be sold by authorised dealers only ; purchases limited ;
maximum prices fixed 432
Oranges.
Dealings in bitter oranges outside U.K. prohibited : returns required 226
" Original Consignees" defined by Order requisitioning Burmah
beans and peas 63
Overcharging for Food.
Additional penalty of double excess profits resulting from (8 & 9 Geo. 5.
c.9) 565
Oysters. See FISH.
Packages.
Charge for included in all maximum prices for canned meats ... 280
Charge for included in maximum retail prices for :
Bacon, ham, and lard 46 Fish 209
Beans 64 Jam and Jelly 229
Butter 341 Maize products 81
Cheese 337 Meat 280
Chocolate and other Oats products 137
sweetmeats 512 Peas 64, 65
Crystallised and glace Pulse 64
fruits 493 Rabbits 269
Dates 187 Rice 119
Desiccated Cocoanut ... 471 Swedes 401
Edible offals 270 Tea ... 523,526
Seller entitled to charge a deposit on bags sold with : —
Cattle feeding stuffs ... 130 Onions 433
Damaged grain, seeds and Potatoes 413,430,434
pulse 102 Poultry mixture 126
Flour and bread ...91, 114
Use and price of potato bags supplied by Food Controller 434
Returns of sacks, bags (other than paper bags), casks, barrels and
baskets capable of containing any agricultural produce, or
foreign holdings of certain articles ... 218
Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Parsnips.
.Testing of parsnip seed ... ... 465
Partridges.
Feeding of grain to prohibited ... 68
" Passenger " defined by Sugar (Rationing) 0 506
Passenger Vessels.
Excepted from provisions of Beer (Prices and Description) and
Spirits (Prices and Description) Orders ... 171,176
Pastry. See CAKE AND PASTRY.
Patent.
Consideration for use of 15
Index. 601
PAGE.
Peas.
Equivalent proportion to oats for rationing horses ... ... 149
Peas (except Burmah peas) imported into U.K. requisitioned by
Food Controller ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63
Burmah Peas requisitioned ... ... ... ... ... ... 62
Maximum prices of blue and green (whole and split) and yellow
split fixed ; to be sold by weight and for human food only ... 64
Authorisation of sale and purchase by retail in packages ... (55
Testing of seed peas ... :.. ... ... ... ... ... 465
Authorisation of sale and purchase for seed purposes ... ... 66
Penalty.
On contravention of Food Controller's Orders (Introd.) xxx
Additional, on over-charging for food (7 & 9 Geo.5, c. 9) 565
Personation.
Prohibition on personation of person to whom : —
form of application for distribution of —
bacon, ham, or lard applies ... ... ... ... ... 55
butter applies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 346
condensed milk applies 364
dried fruit applies ... 186
margarine applies ... ... ... ... ... ... 381
tea applies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 524
cattle feeding stuffs priority certificate or licence has been issued 1 14, 123
flour licence, authority, etc., has been issued ... 96,141
licence, etc., for dealings in Irish pigs has been issued ... 287
ration card, etc., has been issued 307, 454
sugar card, ticket, ration paper, &c., has been granted ... 508
any document applies under local distribution scheme ... ... 239
Pheasants.
Feeding of grain to prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 68
Pickled Kerring-s.
Particulars required by Food Controller monthly of dealings in ... 195 .
Maximum prices fixed • ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 199
Pig1 Meal. See CATTLE FEEDING STUFFS.
PiC«.
Swine included in definition of cattle for purpose of Meat (Sales)
O., Meat (Maximum Prices) O., Meat (Control) O., Cattle and
Meat (Returns) O., and Growing Grain Crops 0. 256, 261, 266, 257, 149
" Pig " and " Pig buyers " defined by Irish Pigs (Control) (I.) 0. ... 287
Maximum prices fixed ... 299
Breeding sows and small pigs excepted from provisions of Pigs
(Prices; 0 300
Prohibition on slaughter of breeding sows ... ... ... ... 290
Licensing of Irish pig buyers ; registration of Irish bacon curers and
pork butchers, and British importers of Irish pigs ; allocation
of supplies 283
Prohibition on export from Ireland of live or dead pigs and pig
products 292
Prohibition on export to Ireland from Great Britain of carcases of
pigs and pig products ... ... ... ... ... ... 58
See also BACON ; HAM ; PORK.
Pike. See FISH.
Pit Ponies.
Extra ration for 151
Plums. See also FRUIT.
Maximum price fixed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 222
General Licence as to dealings in French 'plums ... ••• 185
Police.
Inspection by, of horse rationing records ... ... 150
Ponies.
Rationing of grains and beans to 150
602 Index.
PAGH.
Poppy Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Pork. See BACON ; HAM ; MEAT.
Maximum prices 299,31.9'
Rations of pork. fixed 310, 3H, 461
Export from Ireland prohibited 292
Export to Ireland from Great Britain prohibited ... 58
Porridgre cereal products used as at breakfast, excepted from definition
of flour by Public Meals O. 444
Port Feeding- Stuffs Committees.
Constitution, staff , proceedings and expenses of 107
Application to for, and issue by, of licences to importers and makers
of and wholesale dealers in cattle feeding stuffs 121
Disqualification for membership 544
Possession taken by Food Controller of certain Com-
modities, &.c. See REQUISITION OP COMMODITIES.
Potatoes.
DEFINITIONS :—
"Ware potatoes " defined for purposes of Potatoes 0 406
Potatoes 0. (No. 2) ... 427
„ „ to be separated from seed potatoes 410
" Seed potatoes defined for purposes of Potatoes 0 406
„ „ - „ „ „ Seed Potatoes (1917
Crop)0. ... * ... 419
BAGS. Charge for certain non-returnable bags ... ... ... 430
Use and price of potato bags supplied by Food Controller ... 434
EXPORT. Prohibition on export of potatoes from Ireland after
Feb. 3, 1918 436
PRICES. Minimum prices for growers fixed at £6 per ton ; maximum
prices for growers of seed potatoes fixed at £6 10s. per ton ;
limitation on wholesale dealer's prices for potatoes other than
seed potatoes ; maximum price fixed for retailers ; records to be
kept of wholesale and retail dealings ... ... ... ... 410
Maximum prices of seed potatoes dealt in as or for seed 420
Claims by grower to Food Controller for payment as to ware
potatoes delivered 428
PROTECTION. Reasonable precautions to be taken to protect potatoes
from frost, damp, &c., in the ground, storage, or transport ... 438
REGISTRATION OF DEALERS. Persons entitled to registration as
wholesale and retail dealers, and dealers in seed potatoes' ; power
for Food Committee to grant certificates, and to revoke the same
with consent of Food Controller ; registration and inspection of
such certificates 407
RESTRICTIONS ON DEALINGS. Restrictions on delivery of certain
potatoes ; returns required of such varieties 401
Certain Ware potatoes to be sold only for human food and by
weight ; registration of dealers ; limitation of wholesale trans
actions ; restriction on sale of seed potatoes and various kind
of potatoes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 405
General Licences under the Potatoes Order, 1917 427, 429, 430, 431, 437
Rules for restricting wholesale dealings and adjusting terms of
Order to case of wholesale dealers who are also growers or
retail dealers 415
Prohibition on removal of potatoes from S. Wales, Radnor and
South-west England 436,437
Ware potatoes to be used only for seed or human food ; other
potatoes to be used only for seed, human or animal food ;
manufacture of spirits from potatoes prohibited 439
RETURNS. Monthly returns as to potatoes required from growers 418, 440
USE of potatoes in making bread... ... ... ... ... 106, 144
Index. 6C3
PAGE.
Poultry and G-ame.
Defined for purposes of Public Meals 0., as including rabbits and hares,
and any kind of bird killed for food ; 2i oz. of to be reckoned as
1 oz. of meat ; uncooked weight ... ... ... ... 443, 444
"Poultry" defined by Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) 0., as in-
cluding chickens, fowls, ducks, turkeys, guinea fowls and geese... 277
"Game" defined by Poultry and Game (Cold Storage) O., as in-
cluding rabbits, hares, and any kind of bird killed for food other
than poultry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 277
No poultry or game to be eaten in public eating places between 5 a.m.
and 10.30 a.m., or on meatless days ... ... ... ... 441
Cold storage of poultry and game ... ... ... ... ... 277
Returns to be made of canned poultry and game by importers ... 221
Poultry Mixture,
Constituents of mixture fixed by Order ; maximum prices fixed ; sale?
to be by weight 97,115
Charge for bags 126
Premier Jus. See MARGARINE ; OILS AND FATS.
" Premises " defined as including van, stand, cart or other vehicle, for
purposes of Meat (Maximum Prices) 0., and Margarine (Registration
of Dealers) 0 261,356
Premises on which Food is Sold. See NOTICE BY RETAILER.
Prices.
Arbitration as to for article requisitioned. See ARBITRATOR.
Maximum. See MAXIMUM PRICES.
Minimum. See MINIMUM PRICES.
Notice of to be displayed by the Retailer. See NOTICE BY RETAILER
OP PRICES.
Priority Supply.
Regs, as to issue of certificates for priority supply of cattle feeding
stuffs 113
" Producer" defined by Fish (Registration of Dealers) 0 208
Proof of Food Controller's Orders.
[The provisions on this subject form Part X. 1. p. 437, of the " Food (Sup-
ply and Production) Manual."]
Outline of provisions as to (Introd.) xv
Prosecutions by English food control committees (or English local
authorities by arrangement with committees) for contraventions
of Food Controller's Orders ... 551
Prosecutions under certain Orders in England and Ireland by inspec-
tors of weights and measures 550
Prosecutions by Food Control Committee for Ireland for contraven-
tions of Food Controller's Orders ... ... ... ... ... 563
Defence in case of prosecution of beer retailer under Beer (Prices and
Description) 0. 169
Defence in case of prosecution of "licensed trader" under Spirits
(Prices and Description) 0 175
Defence on short weight by retailer of jam or jelly 230
JThe provisions of the Defence of the Realm Regulations as to Trial
Punishment of Contraventions of the Pood Controller's Orders
form Part IX, pp. 409-436, of the "Food (Supply and Production)
Manual."]
Salient features of provisions as to summary prosecutions (Introd.)... xxix
Provincial Feeding- Stuffs Committees.
Constitution, staff, proceedings and expenses of ... 107
Application to for, and issue by, of licences to distributing dealers in
cattle feeding stuffs ...
Disqualification for membership ... ... ... ... ••• 544
604 Index.
PAGE.
Public Bar.
Defined for purposes of Beer (Prices* and Description) 0 170
Defined for purposes of Spirits (Prices and Description) 0 175
Sales of certain beer in public bars controlled ; maximum price fixed 168
Sales of certain spirits in public bars controlled ; maximum price
fixed 173
Public Bating- Place.
" Public eating place " defined as including inn, hotel, restaurant,
refreshment house, club, boarding-house, and . every place of
refreshment open to the public ... ... ... ... ... 441
Rationing by bulk, exception of railway buffets, certain boarding
houses, and places where maximum charge for any meal is Is. 2d.
or for tea is bd. 441
Public Meals.
Compulsory rationing by weight at public eating places ; certain
boarding houses, places where no meal served at price exceeding
Is. 2d. (exclusive of beverages) and meals begun before 5 a.m. or
after 9.30 p.m. excepted ; form of register to be kept by manager
of public eating place ; maximum ration of li oz. of bread or
cake, &c., at meal between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. (or maximum price
of meal to be 5t/., inclusive of beverages) at tea shops exempted
from Public Meals O. as adopting 1*. 2d. tariff ; meatless days... 441
Serving of meat meals to members of H.M. forces ... ... ... 447
Serving of meat meals at catering establishments ... ... ... 303
Pulse.
Prohibition on feeding of "game birds " with 68
Pulse imported into U.K. requisitioned by Food Controller 63
After being mechanically treated, a permitted constituent of horse
chaff mixtures, or poultry mixtures ... ... ... ... 97
Maximum prices of large and small manufactured lentils fixed ; to be
sold by weight and for human food only ... ... ... ... 64
Maximum price of damaged imported pulse fixed ... ... ... 101
Punishment (Summary)
for contravention of Food Controller's Orders (Introd.) xxx
Quail.
Feeding of grain to prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... 68
Quaker Oats.
Licence to sell, under Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) 0. ... 82
Quarter (of corn).
Number of 11*. by which quarter is to be calculated ... 73, 75, 88, 101, 139
Quarter (of year).
Defined for purposes of Part I. of Intoxicating Liquor (Output and
Delivery) 0 157
Babbits.
Included in " game " and to be reckoned as * quantity of meat for
purposes of Public Meals O.... 443, 444
Maximum prices and terms of trading ... ... ... ... ... 268
Returns to be made of canned rabbits by importers 221
Bacehorses.
Rationing of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 151
Railway Buffet.
Exempted as regards food served over counter from provision* of
Public Meals 0. as to rationing in bulk ... ... ... ... 443
And railway restaurant car exempted from provisions of Beer (Prices
and Description) 0. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 171
Railway restaurant car included in provisions of Spirits (Prices and
Description) 0 176
Index. 605
| PAGE.
Railway Station.
" Buyer's Railway Station " defined for purposes of Milk (Summer
Prices) O -~ 375
Raisins. See FRUIT.
Ram. See SHEEP.
Rangoon Beans. See BURMAH BEANS.
Rape Seed. And see OILS AND FATS.
Testing of 465
Raspberries. And see FRUIT ; JAM.
Maximum price of raspberries grown in U.K. and bought by jam
manufacturers ... "" 224
Scotch raspberries to be delivered to Food Controller 225
" Rateable value " defined by Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) 0. in
its application to Scotland 517
Rations, Compulsory.
Of meat, sugar, flour, bread and fats in public eating-places ... 442, 443
Of horses, ponies and mules ... ... ... ... ... ... 149
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES RATIONING SCHEME. Limit on con-
sumption and acquisition ; supply to establishments ; provi-
sions as to cards, coupons, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 449
Rations of butter and margarine ;. ... 457
Supply of butter and margarine on coupons by retailers 458
Position of self -suppliers under rationing scheme 462
Directions to consumers of butter and margarine 464
Directions to butchers and retailers of meat as to supply ... 459-462
THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN. Meat rationed ; supply to estab-
lishments ; provisions as to cards, coupons, etc. ; equivalent
weights of meat 301-314
Directions to butchers and retailers of meat as to supply ... 314-318
Regulations as to sugar rationing scheme ... ... ... ... 502
Amount of weekly sugar ration 510
Distribution of butter, margarine and tea by certain local committees
243, 250
" Recognised Dealer."
Defined for purposes of, Grain (Prices) Order, 1917 89
Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse (Prices) Order, 1917 ... ... 103
Permissible addition to fixed maximum price of damaged grain, etc.,
on purchase by ' ... 101
Records and Accounts of Transactions.
Records "to be kept by manager of public eating place, etc. ... 443, 304
Records to be kept by licensees under 39 & 40 V. c 77, s. 8, of amount
of foodstuffs used for feeding of animals for purposes of experi-
ment, etc ^ xiii
Records to be kept by dealer of transactions in : —
Bacon, ham and lard ... 47 Cocoa 528,532
Butter ... 325 Dried fruits 186
Cheese 337 Fish 205,207
Grain, &c. Records of oats, maize, beans and peas used for feeding
certain horses ; inspection by police, etc. ... .. ... ... 150
Record by manager of mill of grain received or used 85
Record of damaged grain, seeds and pulse 103
Horse mixture 100 Potatoes... 106,144,411,412,422
Margarine ... 355,381 Poultry mixture 100
Meat 260,274 Ships' stores 474
Milk 330,358,360 Sugar 485,497,514
Pigs 299 Tea (National Control) ... 524
Accounts to be kept by authorised dealer in onions 433
Red Cross.
Articles of food destined for the Red Cross excepted from the
provisipns of Foreign Holdings (Returns) O 218
606 Index.
PAGE.
Red Currant jelly excepted from Jam (Prices) 0 229
Refreshment House. See PUBLIC EATING PLACE.
Refrigerated Produce.
Requisitioning of insulated spaces in ships for carriage of 252
Register.
FISH. To be kept by Food Control Committees of persons to whom
certificates have been granted under Fish (Registration of
Dealers) 0 207
FLOUR AND BREAD. To be kept by Food Control Committees of
persons to whom certificates have been granted under Flour and
Bread (Registration) 0 147
MARGARINE. To be kept by Food Control Committees of persons to
. whom certificates have been granted under Margarine (Registra-
tion of Dealers) 0 355
MEALS. To be kept by person or persons having management of
any public eating place, for purposes of Public Meals O. ... 443
Form of such Register • 446
To be kept by person having management of catering establishment
or institution, for purposes of London and Home Counties
(Rationing Scheme) and Meat Rationing Orders 452, 304
MILK. To be kept by Food Control Committees of persons to whom
certificates have been granted under Milk (Registration of
Dealers) O ... 359
PIGS. To be kept by Food Control Committee for Ireland of
persons to whom certificates have been granted under Irish Pigs
(Control) (I.) 0 285
POTATOES. To be kept by Food Control Committee of persons to
whom certificates have been granted under Potatoes 0. ... ... 409
SUGAR. To be kept by Food Control Committee of persons to whom
certificates have been granted under Sugar (Registration of
Retailers) and Sugar (Registration of Retailers) (Ireland)
Orders 481,491
SWEETMEATS. To be kept by Food Control Committee of persons
to whom certificates have been granted under Sale of Sweetmeats
(Restriction) 0. 516
" Registered Customer " defined by Sugar (Rationing) 0. ... 510
Registration of customers and retailers in E. and S. under Food
Control Committees (Local Distribution) O., 1917 235
Registration of customers and retailers in London and Home
Counties for supply of butter and margarine ... ... 458,464
And see REGISTER.
Registrar of Births and Deaths. See BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
Requisition of Commodities and Premises.
Commodities and premises requisitioned throughout the United King-
dom (save as indicated below) by or for the Food Controller : —
Barley... 74,138 Milk (Food Control Committees,
Beans (imported) ... 63 E. and S.)
Burmah beans and peas 62 Oils and fats 394
Cattle feeding stuffs... 116 Oil and fat compounds ... 399
Cheese (imported) 322,379 Oils, oil cakes and meals ... 392
Condensed milk 375, 382 Oleaginous seeds, nuts and
Currants and Sultanas 184 kernels 393
Flour Mills 79,85 Peas (imported) 63
Hardened Fat ... 392 Pulse (imported)
Margarine 361 Raspberries grown in Scotland 225
Milk at milk factories, Refined vegetable oils 396
E. andS 330
General character of Orders requisitioning articles (Introd.) |ix
General requisitioning powers of Food Control Committees- in E.
andS. 237
Index.
PAGE.
Restaurant. See PUBLIC EATING PLACE.
Restrictions on Use, Dealing's, dec., in Articles of Food.
Outline of general character by Orders imposing such restrictions
(Introd.) ••• x, xi
" Retailer," " Retail Dealer," "Retail Sale," etc.
Meaning of these expressions in various Orders : —
"Retail business" and "retailer" in Sugar O. and Sugar
0. (I.) 482,495
"Retail dealer" and "wholesale and retail dealer" in Pota-
toes O 405,415
"Retail sale" in Butter (Maximum Prices) 0 325
" Sale by retail " in Jam (Prices) 0., and Spirits (Prices and t
Description) 0 231,176
" Retailer " in Sugar (Rationing) 0., and London and Home
Counties (Rationing Scheme) 0. and Meat Rationing 0.
510,456,308
Restrictions by Food Control Committees on retail sales in E. and S.
under Local Distribution Orders ... ... ... ... 235, 240
" Retail Seed Dealer " defined for purposes of Seed Potatoes (1917
Crop) O ... 419
Returns.
Power for Food Controller to require returns (Reg. 2G) 9
[Such of the Food Controller's Orders as related solely to returns to be
made by a day now past and which are therefore " spent " are omitted from
this volume and this Index.]
Returns required under Reg. 2& of : —
Certain foodstuffs by importers
Apricot pulp ... ... 227
Bacon 47
„ (by curers) ... 56
Bread ... 147
Cake, etc 147
Cattle 257
Cattle feeding stuffs ... 116
Cocoa 532
Condensed milk 376, 382
Currants 185
Damaged grain, seeds
and pulse .-.. ... 103
Dried fruits 186
Flour, manufactured 147
Flour, output capacity 85
Foreign holdings ... 217
Rice.
Mixture of with wheaten flour
221
Ham 47
„ (by curers) 56
Horse mixture 100
Lard 47
Margarine 355,362,381
Meat 257,279
Milk 323,360
Oils and fats 395
Oil and fat compounds ... 399
Oleaginous seeds, nuts and
kernels 393
Oranges and orange pulp ... 227
Pickled herrings 195
Potatoes ... 106, 403, 409, 418, 440
Poultry mixture ... ... 100
Sugar ... 481, -488, 489, 492, 501
Sultanas 185
.. 68.73
Rice or rice flour to be used for .human food only ; damage or waste
prohibited 78
Retail maximum price fixed
119
•' Robinson's Groats."
Licence to sell, under Oat and Maize Products (Retail Prices) 0. ... 82
Rolls of Bread.
No roll weighing not less than 1 oz. or more than 2 oz. weight to be
offered for sale 72,84
Roots.
No restriction on use of roots for feeding of horses ... ... ... 150
608 Index.
PAGE,
Rum.
Restrictions on sale by auction and by wholesale 166
Restriction on sale in licensed premises ; maximum prices fixed ... 173
Rye.
Mixture of rye flour w^h wheaten flour 68,73
Rye to be used only for seed or flour ; rye flour to be used for human
food only ; damage or waste of rye or rye flour prohibited ... 78
Maximum price and terms of trading fixed ; sales to be by weight ;
bleaching prohibited 86
Maximum price of damaged imported rye fixed 101
Testing of seed, under Testing of Seeds 0 465
Included in definition of " flour " by Public Meals O. 444
Rye1 Grass Seeds, Testing of. See GRASS SEEDS.
Saccharin exempted from definition of Sugar by Public Meals 0. ... 444
" Sack " defined for purposes of Grain (Prices) 0 88
And see PACKAGES.
Sagro.
Use and treatment of for any purpose except human food prohibited 80
Sainfoin.
Testing of sainfoin seed 465
Salad Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
" Sale " defined in Meat (Sales) 0. as including barter 256
Sale of Food and Drug-* Acts.
Provisions as to warranties, etc. See WARRANTIES AND INVOICES.
Certificates of analyst appointed under Acts as to beer 169
» „ „ ,, „ spirits 174
Salt excepted from general prohibition on feeding of deer with provided
food 115
excepted from provisions of Foreign Holdings (Returns) O. ... 218
Samples.
defined for purposes of Testing of Seeds Order ... ... ... 468
of seeds to be taken and tested by or on behalf of seller or at a
Government seed testing station " 465
to be taken by person authorised by Food Controller, of any article,
where suspected of being used in contravention of : —
Barley p (Restriction) Oatmeal (Restriction) 0. .. 127
0. 89 Spirits (Prices and Description)
Beer (Prices and 0 174
Descriptions) 0 169 Wheat, Rye and Rice (Restric-
Cake and Pastry 0. 77 tion) 0 78
Maize,Barley and Oats
(Restriction) 0.... 80
Saunders' Scotch Porridge Meal. See OATS.
Sausages.
Returns of sausages and other casings held to foreign account ... 218
And see MEAT ; PORK.
Scone.
Not to contain any sugar nor more thar» 10% of flour ... ... 443
" Score."
Defined for purposes of Pigs (Prices) O. as meaning 20 Ibs 300
Index. 609
PAG2.
Scotland, Application of Food Controller's Orders to.
Certain uses of imported flour in Scotland excepted from general
directions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105
Shipment of oats from Scotland or to Scotland from Ireland without
a licence prohibited ... 118
Special provisions as to price of jam delivered in certain parts of
Scotland 227, 230
The Sea Fishing (S.) O. (p. 201), and Raspberries (S.) Delivery O.
(p. 225), apply only to Scotland. As to Orders applying to the
whole of Great Britain, see ENGLAND AND WALES.
Food Control Committees. See FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES.
Local Authorities. See SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND.
Outline of local food control organisation (Introd.) xxiii
Sea Fishing* Orders. See FISH.
Seamen in certain cases excepted from provisions of Meat Rationing O. 309
Secretary for Scotland.
Consent of required for authorisation by Fishery Board under Sea
Fishing (S.) 0 201
Conferment by Secretary for Scotland on local authorities of powers
as to enforcing Food Controller's Orders (Reg. 2j (1)) 12
Powers and duties conferred and imposed by Secretary for Scotland
on local authorities as to : —
Food Control Committees 555
enforcement of Food Controller's Orders ... ... ... 558
expenses for the establishment of National Kitchens ... 388
Audit by auditor appointed by of accounts of " county " food control
committees in S. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 543
Secretary of State. See HOME SECRETARY.
Seed Potatoes. See POTATOES.
Seeds. See also OILS AND FATS.
"Seeds" detin d for purposes of Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse
(Prices) 0 103
Particulars required as to, and samples of to be taken and tested 465
After being mechanically treated, a permitted constituent of horse
mixtures, horse chaff mixtures, or poultry mixtures 97
Maximum prices of damaged imported seeds fixed 101
Dealings in seed beans and peas 66
" Self-raising: Flour."
Defined for purposes of Flour and Bread (Prices) 0. .. ... %
Self-Suppliers.
Directions as to rations of butter in London and the Home Counties 462
" Selling- Price."
Defined for purposes of Potatoes Order (No. 2), 1917 428
Sesame. See OILS AND FATS.
Session, Court of, Scotland.
Appointment by the Lord President of Arbitrator to determine in
default of agreement compensation to be paid for articles re-
quisitioned by or for Food Controller in Scotland : —
Barley 75,139 Oils and fats ... , :>><)4
Cheese 322,378 Oleaginous seeds, nuts, and
Currants 185 kernels 393
Milk at milk factories :}-}l. Sultanas 185
Arbitration by juduo of, MS to price of requisitioned output of
factory (H'V7.i 13
Shape of Loaf of Bread. See BREAD.
610 Index.
Shea Oil or Butter. See OILS AND FATS.
Sheep.
Defined by Sheep (Sales) 0 276
When included in definition of cattle. See CATTLE.
Prohibition pn slaughter of breeding ewes, and restriction on sale of
meat derived from lamb 290
Restriction on slaughter of sheep, and regulations as to sales ... 275
Mutton and lamb. See MEAT.
Sheriff, Scotland. Appointment by of arbiter. See ARBITRATOR.
Shipping* of :—
bacon, ham, lard, etc., to or from Ireland prohibited ... ... ...58, 292
barley from Ireland prohibited 136
butter from Ireland prohibited ... 357
cattle feeding stuffs to Channel Islands or Isle of Man prohibited... 131
flour or bread from U.K. to Channel Islands or Isle of Man 95
malt from I. to Great Britain or vice versa, or from any part of
U.K., either to Channel Islands or Isle of Man, prohibited ... 153
oats from Scotland or Ireland prohibited 118
pig carcases or pig products to or from Ireland, prohibited 58, 292
pigs (live) from Ireland prohibited 292
potatoes from Ireland prohibited ... ... ... ... ... 435
wheat to Channel Islands or Isle of Man, prohibited ... ... ... 97
" Ship's Stores" defined for purposes of Flour and Bread (Prices) 0. 95
Supply and delivery of " food " for consumption on ship as ships'
stores or otherwise ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 473
Slaughter-houses.
Registration of keepers of by food control committees in E. and S.... 262
Smoking- in flour mills prohibited 140
Soap, manufacture of. See OILS AND FATS.
Soup
not containing solid meat, etc., not " meat " within Public Meals O. 444
Soya Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Special Case
Appeal by to High Court, E. or I., from summary conviction (Introd.) xxix
Spirits.
Restriction on delivery of ; " authorities " therefor 157
Treasury Rules as to " authorities " for such delivery 159
Restriction on sales by wholesale and auction of whiskey 165
Restriction on sales by wholesale and auction of rum and gin ... 166
Restriction on sales of spirits in licensed premises ; maximum prices
fixed 173
Manufacture of spirits from potatoes prohibited 439
Starch
Returns of starch held to foreign account ... ... ... ... 218
Stearine. See OILS AND FATS.
" Stone " of Dead Meat.
Defined for purposes of Meat (Sales) O., and Meat (Maximum
Prices) O., as « Ibs 256,261
Stone Pruit. See FRUIT,
Index. till
I'AC.I .
Straw.
No restriction on use of for feeding horses 150
To be placed in trucks for transport of potatoes during winter and
spring months... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 438
[The Orders of the Army Council as to Straw, as in force Feb. 28, 1918,
are printed at pp. 99-105 of the 1st Edit, of the " War Material Supplies
Manual ".]
Sug-ar.
Defined for purposes of Public Meals O. as including glucose and all
sweetening matter except honey, jam, treacle, syrup, saccharin,
or sweetened beverage 444
Defined for purposes of Sugar (Brewers' Restriction) O. ... ... 494
"Brewer's Sugar" defined for purposes of Brewers' Sugar O. and
Sugar O. and Sugar 0. (I.) ... 477,485,498
PRESERVING. Sugar issued by the Sugar Commission for the purpose
of the domestic preserving of fruit not to be diverted to any
other purpose ; sales of such sugar by grocers or retailers con-
trolled ; records to be kept by persons dealing in such sugar ... 513
PRICES. Retail price of chocolates and sweatmeats fixed ; use of
sugar for covering cakes prohibited ... ... ... 475, 512
Sale by retail of crystallized and glace fruits at not more than
3d. peroz. 493
Maximum price fixed of brewers' sugar 477
RATIONING of sugar at public meals ; ascertainment of weight ... 441
Regulations for sugar rationing scheme 502
Amount of sugar ration 510
RESTRICTION. — Dealings in sugar outside U.K. prohibited ; ins'ur-
ance of sugar excepted 478
Brewers' sugar to be warehoused ... ... ... ... ... 477
Amount of sugar to be used in manufacture (except of jam, marma
lade and condensed milk) restricted ... ... ... ... 479
Not to be used in making bread ... ... ... ... ... ... 72
Maximum percentage of sugar to be used in making cakes, buns,
scones and biscuits 76,442,443
Restriction on kinds of sugar, and amount, to be used by brewers 477, 493
RETURNS to be made of sugar supplied to customers in Ireland ... 489
ROYAL COMMISSION on sugar supply ; names of Commissioners,
Secretary, and address ... ... ... ... ... ... 477
Rules of Commission as to sugar supply ... ... ... ... 489
SUPPLY. — Retailers of sugar to hold certificate of registration granted
by Food Control Committee 480,491
Supply of sugar to manufacturers, businesses, etc. ; purchase and sale
482, 495
Licences as to delivery thereunder 492,512,513
Issue of sugar registration cards 487,499
Supply of sugar to brewers 493
Supply for rationing scheme ... ... ... ... ... 502-511
Registration of retail dealers in sugar confectionery ; restriction on
sales ... 515
Sugar Syrup.
Defined for purposes of Sugar O. (E. and S.) and Sugar O. (I.) 485, 498
Sultanas.
Dealings in sultanas, etc., prohibited ... ... ... ... ... 183
Requisitioning of sultanas afloat and shipped to U.K. ; returns
required ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1K4
Summary Jurisdiction, Courts of.
Powers of as to forfeiture of doub'e the excess profits from over-
charging for food (8 A: iMu'o. fi .-. (.h 565
612 Index.
Summary Prosecutions.
Outline of provisions as to summary prosecutions for contraventions
of Food Controller's Orders (Introd.) ...xxviii
[The D.R. Regulations thereto relating form Part IX (1) and (4) pp. 410-
418, 429-436 of the " Food (Supply and Production) Manual."]
Prosecuting powers in England and Wales and Ireland of—
food control committees 551,563
inspectors of weights and measures 550
SUMMARY OFFENCES. Contravention or non-compliance with orders
of Food Controller as to articles of food, &c. (Reg. 2F (5) ) ... 9
Contravention or non-compliance with orders of Food Controller
as to Returns (Reg. 2G (3) ) 10
Failure to comply with directions of Food Controller as to
management and user of premises taken possession of (Reg.
2GG) 10
Summer Time.
Provision as to taking of salmon in Ireland during certain hours ... 215
Sunflower Seed and Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
Swedes.
Price of restricted to IK per Ib.
Testing of swede seeds ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... 465
Maximum price in Ireland ... ... ... ... ... ... 430
Sweetmeats.
Defined by Sale of Sweetmeats (Restriction) O. , 5.17
Retail price of fixed 475,512
„ „ of crystallized and glace fruits ... ... 493
Registration of retail dealers ; restriction on sale 515
Syrups and Juices.
Returns of syrups and juices held to foreign account ...
Tallow. See OILS AND FATS.
Tapioca.
Use and treatment of for any purpose except human food prohibited
Tares. See VETCHES.
Tea.
Included in definition of " article of food" and '-food stuffs" for
purposes of various Orders ... ... ... ... ... 250
To be sold nett weight, and in multiples of ounces or pounds ;' state-
ment on wrappers as to true weight 518
Maximum price fixed 519,522,525
Power to prescribe forms of application, &c., for distribution of tea ;
records, &c., of National Control tea to be kept
Returns of tea held to foreign account
Local distribution by certain Committees ... ... 243, 250
Tea Shops
Rationing of, or minimum charge of 5d. for meals (including beverages
but 'excluding meat, &c.) between 3 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. ... 444, 445
" Territorial Waters."
Defined for purposes of English and Irish Sea Fishing Orders 193, 197
Testing1. See SAMPLES ; SEEDS.
Theatre.
Excepted from provisions of Beer (Prices and Distribution) 0. ... 171
Tickets, sugar.
Issue of sugar tickets, coupons, etc. ; disposition by retailers, etc.,
againsr sugar tickets ; production of tickets, papers, etc., in event
of holder's leaving Great Britain or dying ... 502-509
A /td Me CAKDS.
Index. 613
PAGE.
" Tidal Waters."
Defined for purposes of English and Irish Sea Fishing Orders 1(J3, 197
Timothy. See GRASS SEEDS.
Torrefying- of Grain. See BLEACHING.
Town Councils, Eng land and Scotland.
Appointment by of food control committees 537
Treacle excepted from definition of sugar by Public Meals 0 444
Treasury.
Power of to make rules as to " authorities " for the delivery of wines
and spirits 157
Treasury Rules in pursuance of Food Controller's Order 159
Trefoil Seed. See CLOVER SEEDS.
Tuesday, meatless day in City of London and Metropolitan Police
District 441
Turnips.
Testing of seed of field and garden turnips 465
United Kingdom (i.e., England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland)—
Application of Food Controller's Orders to whole or particular parts
of U.K. See ENGLAND AND WALES ; SCOTI AND ; IRELAND ...
General statement as to application of Food Control Legislation to
U.K., Isle of Man and Channel Islands (In+rod.)
Veal. See MEAT.
Veg-etable Oils. Refined Vegetable Oils requisitioned 396
Vegetables. See also ONIONS ; POTATOES ; SWEDES.
Testing of certain vegetable seeds ... ... ••• ... ... 465
Venison, when included in " meat." See MEAT.
Venue.
jHuJti For summary prosecutions of contraventions of Orders (Introd.) ... xxix
Vetches.
Testing of vetch seed 465
Vouchers.
To be kept at public eating places 443
For the purchase and delivery of sugar 487, 492, 500, 512, 513
Misuse of vouchers, etc., issued under local distribution scheme ... 239
Wales, Application of Orders to. See ENGLAND AND WALES.
Ware Potatoes. See POTATOES.
Warranties and Invoices.
Application of provisions of Sale of Food and Drugs Acts to pro-
ceedings as to sale of —
Cakes and pastries ... ... ... ... ... 76
Tea ...519 Jam and Jelly ... ... ... 229
Waste.
Prohibition on waste of wheat, flour, rye, or rice or article contain-
ing same 78
Prohibition on damaging barley, or using except as seed, or as flour
BOOHG for human consumption 89
Prohibition on waste of eggs or egg products 282
General prohibition on " waste " of foodstuffs... 534
614 Index.
PAGE.
Water.
Prohibition on adding water to milk for sale 373
Water Ice. See ICE CREAM.
Wednesday, meatless day everywhere in U.K. except Metropolitan
Police District and City of London ... ... ... ... ... 441
Each coupon on meat card available till Wednesday in following week 314
Weeds.
" Injurious weed seeds " defined for purposes of Testing of Seeds 0. 466
No scale of latitude allowed by Testing of Seeds 0., in respect of
percentage of injurious weed seeds 470
Week
defined by Public Meals 0. as calendar week ending on Saturday
midnight (S. 156 of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, contains defini-
tion to like effect) ... 444
defined by Meat (Retailers' Restriction) O., British Onions O., and
London and Home Counties (Rationing Scheme) 0., Sugar
(Rationing) O., as the 7 days ending on a Saturday 274, 432, 455, 509
defined by Flour (Restriction) (I.) O., and Meat Rationing O., as the
7 days ending on Saturday midnight ... ... ... 142, 308
Weekly rations for : —
butter and margarine 243,449-459,462,464
meat 301-318
sugar 502-510
tea 243
Weigrhts and measures.
Sale of bread by weight only, except for consumption on premises ... 72
Ascertainment of weight of meat, sugar, bread and flour, for pur-
poses of Public Meals O 442,443
Tea sold by retail after July 1, 1917, in quantities of 2 oz. and over
to be sold nett weight and in multiples of ounces or pounds ... 518
Percentage of sugar and flour in cakes, etc., to be ascertained by
weight any time after baking 76,443
Certain beans, peas and pulse to be sold only by weight ... ... 64
Wheat, rye, oats and barley to be sold only by weight ... ... 88
Sale of horse mixtures and poultry mixtures to be by weight only ... 98
Cattle feeding stuffs to be sold only by weight 131
Potatoes to be sold only by weight 406
Sale of beer by imperial measure 168
Sale of spirits in licensed premises to be by imperial measure ... 173
Wholesale sale of milk by imperial measure ... ... ... ... 370
Directions as to weighing for purposes of Cattle (Sales) 0 267
Provisions as to weighing of edible offals 270
Provisions as to weighing of sheep 275
Defence on short weight by retailer of jam and jelly ... ... ... 230
Tables of equivalent weights of cooked and uncooked meat ... ... 311
" Stone " defined for purposes of Meat (Sales) O. and Meat (Maxi-
mum Prices) O. 256,261
" Quarter " defined for purposes of Wheat, Barley and Oats (Prices) 0. 73
„ „ „ Barley (Requisition) Orders 75, 139
„ „ „ Grain (Prices) O 88
„ Damaged Grain, Seeds and Pulse
(Prices) 0 103
Powers of Inspectors of Weights and Measures as to sampling and
weighing, and as to summary prosecutions in E. and I. ... 550
List of Orders breaches of which can be prosecuted by inspectors of
weights and measures 551
Whale Oil. See OILS AND FATS.
[The Orders as to whale oil for munitions, etc., purposes, as in force
Feb. 28, 1918, arc printed pp. 90-98 of the l*t Edit, of the "War
Material Supplies Manual."]
Index.
PAGE.
Wheat.
DEALINGS. Terms of trading fixed ; sales to be by weight ; bleaching
prohibited , 86
EXPORT of wheat to Channel Islands or Isle of Man prohibited ... 97
FLOUR. See FLOUR.
MILLS. Flour mills used in making flour from wheat taken posses-
sion of 79,85
MAXIMUM PRICE OF WHEAT :—
Harvested in U.K. in 1916 73
1917 86
Damaged imported wheat 101
Imported feed wheat ... 101
Dredge corn 104
ROYAL COMMISSION on wheat supplies, address, etc. ... footnote (b) 93
Particulars of beans, peas and pulse requisitioned to be furnished to ... 63
Power to license sale of imported cattle feeding stuffs 123
STRAW. See STRAW.
TESTING of Wheat under Testing of Seeds 0 465
USE. Feeding of game birds with wheat prohibited ... .;. ... 68
Wheat to be used only for seed or flour ; wheaten flour to be
used for human food only ; damage or waste of wheat or
wheaten flour prohibited 78
Feeding of cattle with, or cutting of, growing wheat prohibited 148
Whiskey.
Restriction on sales by auction and wholesale dealings 165
Restriction on sales in licensed premises ; maximum prices for
certain whiskey fixed 173
" Wholesale," " Wholesale Dealer " and " Secondary
Wholesaler," etc.
Meaning of these expressions in various Orders : —
" Wholesaler " in Sugar O. and Sugar O, (I.) 482, 495
" Wholesale Dealer " in Potatoes 0 405
Invoice to be furnished by wholesale dealer in potatoes 431
"Wholesale Seed Dealer " in Seed Potatoes (1917 Crop) 0. ... 419
" Secondary Wholesaler " in Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional
Prices) 0. 47
Authority to Food Control Committee for Ireland to licence
persons as secondary wholesalers of bacon, ham or lard ... 55
" Wholesale sale," " wholesale purchase " and " wholesale dealing "
in whiskey (Restriction on Sales) 0. and Rum and Gin
(Restriction of Sales) 0. ... ' 165,166
" Sale by wholesale" in Jam (Prices) 0 231
Dealings in milk by wholesale in Milk (Registration of Dealers)
O. 360
" To sell by wholesale " in Cattle Feeding Stuffs (Licensing) O. 123
" Regular wholesale dealer" in British Onions 0. ... ... 432
"Licensed wholesale dealer" in Catile Feeding Stuffs
(Maximum Prices) 0 133
" Wholesale dealer," " sale by wholesale," and " sold in bulk,"
defined by Spirits (Prices and Description) O. ... 175, 176
Wild Duck.
Feeding of grain to, prohibited 68
"Wild Rabbit "defined by Rabbits (Prices) 0 269
Wine.
Restriction on delivery of ;" authorities " therefor 157
Treasury Rules as to •' authorities " for such delivery 159
Woods and Forests. See COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS.
Wrapper. See also PACKAGES.
On package of tea. See TEA.
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