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. The following essential commodities shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for importers, wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer ™s         price	Wholesaler ™s         price	Retailer ™s         price
Without 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange:
WHEAT FLOUR:
American Flour
1st Class	Bag/50 lbs.	P8.14/bag	P8.39/bag	P0.39/kilo
2nd Class	Bag/50 lbs.	7.69/bag	7.94/bag	0.37/kilo
3rd Class	Bag/50 lbs.	7.69/bag	7.94/bag	0.37/kilo
Australian Flour
1st Class	Bag/50 lbs.	8.40/bag	8.65/bag	0.41/kilo
2nd Class	Bag/50 lbs.	7.86/bag	8.11/bag	0.38/kilo
Canadian Flour
1st Class	Bag/50 lbs.	8.40/bag	8.65/bag	0.41/kilo
2nd Class	Bag/50 lbs	7.86/bag	8.11/bag	0.38/kilo
CANNED FISH:
Sardines in Tomato Sauce, Oval
Brand
Morjon	48/15-oz.	P21.80	P23.78	P0.56
Sardines in Tomato Sauce and Olive Oil
Brand
Portola	48/15-oz	25.66	28.00	0.66
Sardines in Natural Sauce
Brand
Morjon	48/15-oz.	16.12	17.58	0.41
With 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
CANNED SOUP:
(Net contents: 10-1/2 to 11-oz.)
Heinz Brand
Beef with Vegetable         Chicken Noodle         Cream of Chicken         Cream of Mushroom         Chicken with Rice         Clam Chowder	Cs./24	13.75	15.00	0.70
Vegetable Soup	Cs./24	10.77	11.75	0.55
BAKING POWDER:
Brands
Calumet	24/8-oz.	8.50	9.25	0.43
Clabber Girl	4/10#	19.48	21.25	5.98

POULTRY FEED (IMPORTED)

With 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
POULTRY FEED:
Digesta Bone Meal Bag	Bag/100#		16.06	18.25

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (IMPORTED)

With 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
Manila Paper in Sheets
Manila Sulphite Wrapping Paper
20 x 30 -37.4#	Rm./500 shts	P17.70	P19.25	P0.05
30 x 40 -74.8#	Rm./500 shts	35.40	38.50	0.10

SCHOOL SUPPLIES (IMPORTED)

With 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
CARBON PAPER:
Kee Lox Brand
8-1/2 x 11  Lightweight         8-1/2  x 11  Standardweight	Box/100 Sheets	3.18	3.46	3.87
8-1/2 x 13  Lightweight         8-1/2 x 13 Standardweight	Box/100 Sheets	3.18	3.46	3.87
Volume Brand
8-1/2 x 13  Lightweight         8-1/2 x 13 Standardweight	Box/100 Sheets	3.64	3.95	4.43

SEC. 2. Section one of Executive Order No. 331, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Fresh and Salted Duck ™s Eggs and Hen ™s Eggs (Native) as follows:

FOODSTUFF (LOCAL)

EGGS:
Duck ™s Fresh	Each	0.15	0.17	0.19
Duck ™s Salted	Each	0.16	0.18	0.20
Hen ™s Native	Each	0.10	0.12	0.14

SEC. 3. Section one of Executive Order No. 353, dated October 6, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Asbestos Cement Board as follows:

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (LOCAL)

Commodity

Unit	Wholesaler ™s         price	Retailer ™s         price
BUILDING BOARDS:
Asbestos Cement Board
Sizes:
3/16 x 4 x 8	Each	P7.55	P8.25
1/4 x 4 x 8	Each	9.85	11.00

SEC. 4 Section one of Executive Order No. 447, dated June 9, 1951, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Dari-X Powdered Skimmed Milk, Milkmaid Condensed Milk and Portola and Morjon Sardines and Sombrero Dry Yeast as follows:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity

Unit	Importer ™s         price	Wholesaler ™s         price	Retailer ™s price
Without 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
Powdered Skimmed Milk:
Dari-X	Drum/1258#	P17.19	P76.15
MILK PRODUCTS:
Condensed Milk
Milkmaid	144/4-oz.	31.20	33.35	0.25
CANNED FISH:
Sardines in Tomato Sauce, Oval Brand
Portola	48/15-oz.	23.03	25.18	0.50
Sardines in Tomato Sauce in Tall Round Tins Brand
Portola	100/5-oz.	22.57	24.62	0.28
Morjon	100/5-oz.	21.66	23.63	0.27
With 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange
DRY YEAST:
Sombrero and All Other Brands	12/2#	36.54	39.86	3.74

SEC. 5. Executive Order No. 379, dated December 5, 1950, is hereby repealed by setting up new ceiling price for Pan de Sal, as follows:

FOODSTUFF (LOCAL)

Commodity	Unit	Retail         ceiling price
BREAD:
Pan de Sal	3 pieces ( 20 grams each)         2 pieces ( 30 grams each) or	P0.05

SEC. 6. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include for wheat flour, canned fish, poultry feed, condensed milk and pan de sal the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax; for canned soup, baking powder, Manila paper, carbon paper and dry yeast the 17 per cent special excise tax on foreign exchange, 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax; and, for locally produced eggs and building boards the 1 per cent municipal tax.

SEC. 7. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary