[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 253, February 14, 1940 ]

FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 233, DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1939, ENTITLED œFIXING THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY 



1. The maximum prices fixed in Executive Order No. 233 (table 92) for native rice, Macan No. 2 or its equivalent, are hereby amended as follows:

Per Back
(56 kilos)

Manila

P5.90

Albay, Legaspi

6.19

Cebu, Cebu

6.12

Davao, Davao

6.34

Leyte, Tacloban

6.22

Masbate, Masbate

6.15

Occidental  Negros, Pulupandan

6.18

Oriental Negros, Dumaguete

6.20

Palawan, Puerto Princesa

6.21

Romblon, Romblon

6.25

Samar, Catbalogan

6.30

Tayabas, Lucena

6.06

Batanes, Basco

6.67


2. This Executive Order shall take effect in the manner and form provided under paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 233.

Done at the City of Manila this 14th day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President