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WHEREAS, in view of the shortage of food, other articles of prime necessity, and services caused by the war, it is essential to the welfare of the people that the fixing of the maximum selling prices of such articles as promulgated on October 2, 1941, be continued with such modifications as circumstances may require;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe and promulgate the following schedule of maximum prices in the Province of Leyte:

MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES

Product	Unit	Price paid by wholesaler	Price paid by retailer	Price paid by consumers
1. Rice-elon	cavan	P7.20	P7.30
	ganta			0.32
	litro			.11
2. Rice native unhusked (palay)	cavan	3.00
3. Corn-milled	cavan	4.45	4.60
	ganta			.21
	litro			.07
4. Corn-grain	cavan	3.62	3.73
	ganta			.18
	litro			.06
5.Wheat-flour-American or Australian	49-lb sack	3.01	3.10
	kilo			.15
6. Vegetable lard	kilo	.32	.33	.35
7. Corn beef, canned	12 oz. tin (case 48)	15.50	15.98
	12 oz. tin			.35
8. Sardines, canned	15 oz. tin (case 48)	6.91	7.15
	15 oz. tin			.35
9. Sugar, brown refined	picul (63.25 kilo)	8.34	8.60
	kilo			.14
10. Salt	ganta	.08	.09	.10
	kilo			.05
11. Milk-condensed	case 48 cans (14 oz.)	13.38	13.79
	14 oz. can			.30
12. Milk evaporated	case 48 cans (14 oz.)	7.58	7.73
	14 oz. can			.30
13. Vienna sausage, canned	case 48 cans (4 oz.)	6.88	7.09
	4 oz. can			.16
14. Pork and beans, canned	case 48 cans (16 oz.)	4.05	4.18
	16 oz. can			.09
15. Pork	kilo			.40
16. Beef				.60
17. Carabao meat				.45
18. Fish (fresh) :
First class	kilo			.40
Second class	kilo			.30
Third class	kilo			.20
Fourth class	kilo			.10
19. Fish (dried) :
First class	kilo			.80
Second class	kilo			.60
Third class	kilo			.40
Fourth class	kilo			.20
20. Fish (salted but not dried):
First class				.60
Second class				.45
Third class				.30
Fourth class				.15
21. Fish; salted, small, such as ginamos, bolinaw, bagon, etc.	Petroleum can (5 gal.)			5.00
22. Eggs	Dozen			.36
23. Vegetables:
Camotes	1 petroleum can (5 gal.)			.50
Hantao	Small bundle			.01
Patola	For each 3			.10
Upo	Each			.10
Ceguedilla	Bundle			.01
Tancong	Bundle			.01
Tomatoes	For each 2			.01
Holabtog	For each 5			.01
Gabi	Each			.05
24. Chickens	Each depending on size			.25-1.20
25. Bananas	Each			.01
26. Soap:
Large size bars (approximately 1 kilo)	Each			.30
Small size bars (approximately 1 kilo	Each			.16
27. Laundry:
Pants	Each (pair)			.15
Slacks	Each			.15
Shirt	Each			.15
Drawers	Each			.05
Under shirt	Each			.05
Towel	Each			.05
Wash cloth	Each			.02
Handkerchief	Each			.02
Sox	Each (pair)			.02
Sheet	Each			.15
Pillow case	Each			.05
Mattress cover	Each			.20
Denims per suit	Each			.25
Cap	Each			.05
Minimum charge	Each			.50
28. Haircut				.50
29. Shave				.20

The maximum selling prices herein fixed will supersede the prices provided for in Executive Order No. 371.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell any article, included in the above schedule at prices in excess of the maximum selling prices herein fixed shall be punished as provided in Section 3 of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred as amended.

Done in the seat of Government in the field, this 6th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-four, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the ninth.