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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 1 of Executive Order No. 331, dated July 7, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Hills Bros. and Mello-Cup coffee and Pork and Beans, as follows.

FOODSTUFFS (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s price	Wholesaler’s price	Retail ceiling price
COFFEE ROASTED:
Hills Bros. Coffee	24/1-lb	P52.67/cs.	P57.18/cs.	P2.66/tin
Mello-Cup Coffee	24/1-lb	43.79/cs.	47.53/cs.	2.22/tin
MEAT, CANNED:
Pork and Beans	48/1-lb.	19.28/cs.	20.93/cs.	0.49/tin

SEC. 2. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 343, dated August 14, 1950, is hereby amended by increasing and setting up new ceiling prices for Gold Medal Enriched Flour as follows:

FLOUR WHEAT:
Gold Medal Enriched Flour	25/2-lb.	11.85/cs.	12.86/cs.	0.58/pkg.
Gold Medal Enriched Flour	10/5-lb.	10.55/cs.	11.46/cs.	1.28/pkg.
Gold Medal Enriched Flour	5/10-lb.	10.16/cs.	11.03/cs.	2.47/pkg.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


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