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THE CUBA REVIEW 



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 J. T. MONAHAN 

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 L. G. JONES - 



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 Vice-President 

 Cashier 

 Asst. Cashier 



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SOUTH AFRICAN SUGAR 



Government Notice No. 769, which ap- 

 peared in the Union Government Gazette of 

 June 15, 1917, superseding Notice No. 693, of 

 May 23, 1917, is issued in connection with 

 the Government's control of the price of 

 sugar. The provisions of the notice are: 



No producer or agent of a producer of sugar 

 in the Union of South Africa shall on or after 

 Jime 15, 1917, sell any sugars to any wholesale 

 merchant or agent of any wholesale merchant 

 at a price exceeding a maximum price which 

 is hereby fixed at 26 shillings per 100 poimds 

 for No. 1 refined, and 25 shillings per 100 

 pounds for other sugars (including in both 

 cases the excise duty of 1 shilling per 100 

 pounds f. o. r. Durban (shilling, $0.24.) 



No wholesale merchant or agent of any 

 wholesale merchant in the Union of South 

 Africa shall on or after June 15, 1917, sell 

 any sugars at a price exceeding a maximum 

 price which is hereby fixed at 27 shillings and 

 9 pence per 100 pounds for No 1 refined, and 

 26 shUUngs and 9 pence per 100 pounds for 

 other sugars, plus only actual trnasport ex- 

 penses and cost of insurance incvu-red in 

 respect of the particular transaction. 



No retailer of sugar in Durban shaU on or 



after June 15, 1917, sell to the pubUc any 

 sugars, refined or other, at a price exceeding 

 a maximum price which is hereby fixed at 4 

 pence (8 cents) per pound, and no retailer 

 of sugar in the Union of South Africa else- 

 where than in Durban shall on or after the 

 date above mentioned sell to the pubUc any 

 sugars, refined or other, at a price exceeding a 

 maximum price which is hereby fixed at 

 43^ pence per pound. 



No dealer shall on or after June 15, 1917, 

 in the Province of the Transvaal sell any 

 sugars, refined or other, the produce of 

 Mozambique, at a price exceeding a maximum 

 price which is hereby fixed at 4^^ pence per 

 pound. 



In the case of traders at a distance from the 

 railway, when the maximum retail price 

 fixed does not allow of profit being made, 

 the magistrate may on appUcation grant such 

 addition to such retail price as wiU allow of a 

 profit being made, such profit to be calculated 

 to the nearest halfpenny per pound gross. 



The prices mentioned shall not be taken as 

 applying to imported sugars other than those 

 the produce of Mozambique nor to cube 

 castor or icing sugars manufactured in the 

 Union. — Consul General George H. Murphy, 

 Cape Town. 



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