[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 278, June 07, 1940 ]

FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 233, DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1939, ENTITLED œFIXING THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY,  AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 237, DATED NOVEMBER 29, 1939



1. The maximum prices fixed in Executive Order No. 237 (Table 112) amending Executive Order No. 233 (Table 88), are hereby further amended as follows:

Place

Per Barrel
In Bags

MANILA

P6.00

Abra, Bangued

7.85

Agusan, Butuan

7.05

Albay, Legaspi

7.35

Antique, San Jose

7.45

Baguio, City of

8.56

Bataan, Balanga

8.85

Batanes, Basco

8.22

Batangas, Batangas

6.67

Bohol, Tagbilaran

6.72

Bukidnon, Malaybalay

7.16

Bulacan, Malolos

6.45

Cagayan, Tuguegarao

8.17

Camarines Norte, Daet

7.52

Camarines Sur,Naga

7.26

Capiz, Capiz

7.20

Cavite, Cavite

6.50

Cebu, Cebu

5.80

Cotabato, Cotabato

P7.00

Davao, Davao

7.10

Ilocos Norte, Laoag

7.95

Ilocos Sur, Vigan

7.75

Iloilo, Iloilo

6.55

Isabela, Ilagan

7.90

Laguna, Sta. Cruz

6.57

Lanao, Iligan

6.94

La Union, San Fernando

7.00

Leyte, Tacloban

6.72

Marinduque, Boac

7.11

Masbate, Masbate

6.74

Mindoro, Calapan

6.85

Mountain Province, Bontoc

9.15

Nueva Ecija, Cabanatuan

7.62

Nueva Vizcaya, Bayombong

7.77

Occidental Misamis, Oroquieta

6.98

Oriental Misamis, Cagayan

7.72

Occidental Negros, Bacolod

7.70

Oriental Negros, Dumaguete

7.70

Palawan, Puerto Princesa

7.32

Pampanga, San Fernando

6.47

Pangasinan, Dagupan

6.87

Rizal, Pasig

6.45

Romblon, Romblon

6.75

Samar, Catbalogan

6.70

Sorsogon, Sorsogon

7.70

Sulu, Jolo

7.33

Surigao, Surigao

6.80

Tarlac, Tarlac

6.67

Tayabas, Lucena

6.68

Zambales, Iba

9.30

Zamboanga, Zamboanga

6.92



(If shipped in barrels add fifty centavos (P0.50) to the above prices).

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 Baguio, this 7th day of June, 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