By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 609, 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. The following essential commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling price for importers, wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s price	Wholesaler’s price	Retail ceiling price
Roasted ground coffee:
Reliance	24/1-lb.	P49.25/cs.	P53.42/cs.	P2.49/tin

SEC. 2. The ceiling price fixed in this Order includes the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect five days from the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and pf the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


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