By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled œAn 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No. 382, dated December 12, 1950, in so far as it sets up the maximum selling prices of Mello-Cup Coffee, is hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling prices as follows: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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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January 18, 1951, in so far as they set up the maximum selling prices of Locally Produced White Bond Paper, are hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling prices as follows: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 œlbs 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

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary