306341-1941-Defence-Regulations-1940-Prices-for-Steel-or-Iron-Plates-etc- — Page 1

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1941.

No. 1400.

1831

Order.

I, the METALS CONTROLLER, by virtue of the powers conferred on me by regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the approval of His Excellency the Governor, hereby make the following order-

1. Without the written permission of the Metals Con- troller, no person shall sell any of the following metals at a price greater than the price specified in this order namely

(1) Steel or Iron Plates (other than ship or boiler plates)

in thickness-

(a) Not less than of an

inch or more than of

C.

an inch

(b) 3/16 of an inch

per lb.

0.20

39

0.22

(2) Iron or Steel Sheets (Black) in thickness-

(a) 1/8 of an inch

(b) 3/32

22

J

(c) 1/16

>"

""

9

(d) 1/32

39

>>

per lb.

0.23

وو

23

0.24

وو

0.25

> J

0.271/

(3) Steel or Iron Ship Plates conform- ing to Lloyds requirements, in length not more than 20 feet, in width not more than 5 feet, and in thickness not less than of an inch and not more than an inch

...

(4) Steel or Iron Boiler Plates con- forming to Lloyds require- ments, and in thickness not less than of an inch and not more than å of an inch.

per lb.

0.24

25

"

0.30

(5) Iron or Steel Sheets (Black) in thickness-

(a) No. 20 B.W.G.

(b) No. 22

(c) No. 24

(d) No. 26

J

(e) No. 28

(f) No. 30

per lb.

0.28

وو

0.29

""

0.30

وو

0.31

J

0.32

J

22

0.33

(6) Iron or Steel Sheets (Galvanized) in size 3 feet by 7 feet or 4 feet by 8 feet, and in thickness-

(a) 3/16 of an inch

(b) 1/8

(c) 3/32

رو

,,

""

per lb.

0.26

33

J

>>

>>

0.271

وو

0.29

(d) 1/16 (e) 1/32

J

J

0.30

"

,,

0.33