AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 361, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 381, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 382, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 404, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An Act declaring national policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose,” and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Section 1. Section 4 of Executive Order No. 382, dated December 12, 1950, in so far as it sets up the maximum selling prices of Mello-Cup Coffee, is hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling prices as follows:
FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED) | ||||
Commodity | Unit | Importer’s price | Wholesaler’s price | Retail ceiling price |
Beverages: | ||||
Coffee Roasted: | ||||
Mello-Cup brand | 24/1-1b. | P55.11/cs. | P59.71/cs. | P2.78/1b. |
Section 2. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 361, dated November 3, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Kleenex and Kotex as follows:
DRUGS, MEDICINES AND HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES (IMPORTED) | ||||
Commodity | Unit | Importer’s price | Wholesaler’s price | Retail ceiling price |
Kleenex | 72/200’s | P37.40/cs. | P44.33/cs. | P0.73/ea. |
Kotex | 48/12’s | 49.18/cs. | 58.31/cs. | 1.44/ea. |
Section 3. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 381, dated December 8, 1950, and section one of Executive Order No. 404, dated January 18, 1951, in so far as they set up the maximum selling prices of Locally Produced White Bond Paper, are hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling prices as follows:
PAPER AND PAPER PEODUCTS (LOCAL) | ||||
Commodity | Importer’s price | Wholesaler’s price | Retail ceiling price | |
Locally produced paper: | ||||
White Bond Paper: | ||||
Specifications: | ||||
21' x 32' — 29 lbs . Ream/500 | P13.92 | P15.12 | P16.91 | |
22' x 34' — 32 lbs . Ream/500 | 15.36 | 16.68 | 18.66 | |
22' x 34' — 40 lbs . Ream/500 | 19.20 | 20.85 | 23.32 | |
22' x 34' — 48 lbs . Ream/500 | 23.04 | 25.02 | 27.99 | |
25' x 38' — 41 lbs . Ream/500 | 19.68 | 21.37 | 23.91 | |
26' x 32' — 36 lbs . Ream/500 | 17.28 | 18.77 | 20.99 | |
26' x 34' — 38 “lbs Ream/500 | 18.25 | 19.81 | 22.16 | |
28' x 34' — 41 lbs . Ream/500 | 19.68 | 21.37 | 23.91 | |
28' x 34' — 51 lbs . Ream/500 | 24.48 | 26.58 | 29.74 | |
28' x 34' — 61 lbs . Ream/500 | 29.28 | 31.80 | 35.57 | |
8' x 10-1/2'-Sub 16 Ream/500 | 2.39 | 2.64 | 2.93 | |
8' x 13' -Sub 16 Ream/500 | 2.81 | 3.11 | 3.46 | |
8-1/2-” x 11'-Sub 16 Ream/500 | 2.39 | 2.64 | 2.93 | |
8-1/2' x 13'-Sub 16 Ream/500 | 2.81 | 3.11 | 3.46 |
Section 4. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax on Kleenex, Kotex and Mello-Cup Coffee.
Section 5. This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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