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AGENTS IN EVERY TOWNSHIP. —Yates’ 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds in Packets 
are obtainable from the Stores in your 
town especially appointed for the sale 
of same. Names of those in your centre 
are given on application. These stores 
will also be pleased to obtain for you 
any varieties not in stock, including bulk 
garden and farm seeds, plants, bulbs, 
manures and sundries. Any Store, Mer¬ 
chant, Stock and Station Agent or trad¬ 
ing Co-operative Company with whom 
you are accustomed to deal, may obtain 
for you supplies of anything, with the 
exception of our Packet Seeds. Ask your 
store for a quotation when you are on 
the market. 
SEALED CONTAINERS. —For the protec¬ 
tion alike of the users of our seeds, 
dealers in our seeds and of ourselves, 
we seal every container before des¬ 
patch. Customers cannot be sure that 
the seeds they buy are Yates’ Reliable 
Seeds unless the sack, bag or package 
received is sealed and intact. 
MAIL ORDERS. —For the benefit of those 
who prefer to deal direct with us we 
have established a special Retail Mail 
Order Department to deal carefully and 
expeditiously with direct orders. Each 
order must be accompanied by a remit¬ 
tance for full value of goods and for 
any carriage where chargeable or where 
it has to be prepaid. 
PRICES QUOTED ARE NETT. — Sales 
Tax is included in the very few items 
which are not exempt. When cash is not 
sent with order, goods will be invoiced 
at our booked prices (74% higher), but 
the whole of this 74% discount may be 
deducted for payment within ten days of 
date of invoice. For payment by 25th of 
month following delivery, we allow 5 % 
discount off booked prices only. 
All Prices quoted in this Catalogue are 
those ruling on 1st June, 1939, and are 
subject to alteration. 
ACCOUNTS. — We will be pleased to 
open charge accounts for the conveni¬ 
ence of our customers. Kindly furnish 
references to avoid delay. 
DELIVERY. —We deliver daily free in 
Auckland City and Suburbs any quantity 
(heavy goods, i.e., potatoes, manures, 
grain, etc., up to 281b. only). Vegetable 
and flower seeds in 3d. and 6d. 
packets post free. Heavy goods we 
deliver free to rail, post or steamer. 
Carriage charges on all lines, including 
Heavy Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Implements, 
etc. (except where post paid prices are 
specially mentioned), is to be paid by 
purchasers, and goods are at purchasers’ 
risk after we have obtained clean receipt 
from the railways, shipping companies 
or carriers. 
FORWARDING INSTRUCTIONS. — Cus 
tomers are requested to give full and 
careful directions with each order as to 
the method they wish goods forwarded, 
and we will do our utmost to comply 
with them. When no instructions are 
received, we send according to our judg¬ 
ment. 
QUANTITIES. —If quantities are wanted 
smaller than the minimum listed here 
the rate charged will be slightly higher. 
For larger quantities write for our 
Current Price List, which is issued 
monthly. 
SUBSTITUTING. —Where, on account or 
the difficulty in obtaining full supplies 
of any line, or owing to the failure or 
crops, we are unable to supply the exact 
variety ordered, we will substitute for 
it some other variety of a similar nature, 
which will, in our opinion, give satis¬ 
factory results. Should customers wish 
us not to follow this plan with their 
orders, it Is only necessary to state on 
the order: “Do not substitute.” 
ADVISORY SERVICE. —We are pleased 
to give advice to our customers concern¬ 
ing varieties, time to plant, method of 
cultivation and means of combating 
diseases and pests. It is desired that 
letters be as concise as .possible and be 
written separately from orders. 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. —The description under which our see ds, plants, bulbs and tubers are sold signifies no more than 
that we believe they have been taken from reliable stocks, and in no case does the description signify that the resultant crop 
will grow true to our description. Owing to the many difficulties beyond human control and other causes, we give no warranty, 
expressed or implied, as to the description, growth, quality, purity or productiveness of, and will not be responsible for, the 
resultant crop. Moreover, the liability (if any) in respect of the goods actually delivered is limited to the price paid to us for 
the specific seed or other goods, in respect of which any claim may be made, or £2, whichever is the greater. If these con¬ 
ditions of sale are not acceptable, the buyer must immediately return the goods. 
FREE PUBLICATIONS.—Yates’ Autumn Farm Catalogue (published in February), Yates’ Autumn Reminder (published in 
February), Yates’ Nursery Catalogue (published in May), Yates’ Garden Annual (published in July), Yates’ Garden Calendar 
(published end December), Yates’ Spring Farm Catalogue (published in August). Numerous special offers to farmers and 
others and regular revised price lists are published throughout the year. 
FREE BOOKLETS and LEAFLETS on Lucerne, Onions, Tomatoes, Sweet Peas, Shelter and Timber Trees, Tobacco, Growing. 
A full list of Gardening and Sundry Books will be found on Page 72. 
CARRIAGE RATES 
A number of items in this catalogue are quoted carriage extra. To enable customers to ascertain the cost of carriage, we 
publish below the new Parcel Post Rates and Railway Rates. 
PARCEL POSTAGE RATES 
Maximum weight 281b., and delivered 
to your door. Full details from Post 
Offices. 
Weight not 
Exceeding s. d. 
31b. 0 7 
71b. 1 2 
I 41b.1 9 
211b. 2 4 
281b.3 0 
RAILWAY PARCELS RATES. 
Weight 
not 
Exceeding 
30 
Miles 
50 
Miles 
100 
Miles 
200 
Miles 
300 
Miles 
Over 300 
Miles 
31b. 
7d. 
7d. 
7d. 
7d. 
7d. 
7d. 
71b. 
7d. 
Id. 
i/i 
1/1 
f/l 
1/1 
141b. 
7d. 
lOd. 
i/i 
1/8 
2/2 
2/2 
281b. 
lOd. 
l/l 
1/8 
2/2 
3/4 
3/4 
In addition to these rates, a delivery charge of Sixpence, for each hundredweight or 
part of a hundredweight, will be made on all parcels consigned to Auckland, Frankton 
Junction, Hamilton, Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, 
Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill. 
For South Island, 1/6 for Boat Freight to main ports (i.e., Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, 
Tlmaru, etc.) plus railage as above from port. 
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AIR MAIL POSTAGE 
We receive letters from South Island 
next morning which ensures immedi¬ 
ate delivery of goods. 
GOOD 
FOR 
1940 
All Yates’ Packets bear a date 
stamp on the back. Watch it 
lor your own and our protec¬ 
tion. We destroy old seeds in 
our agents’ stores every year. 
