(xiii.) Each of the parts, into which (under Regulation 7) the sample is to be divided, shall be packed in a dry clean bottle, or jar, or (except in the case of a fertiliser) in a dry clean tin, or in some other suitable manner, so that the original composition of the fertiliser or feeding stuff may be preserved.

(xiv.) Each of the said parts of the sample shall be so packed and secured that it cannot be tampered with, and shall be sealed and initialed by the person taking the sample. It may also be sealed by the purchaser and the seller, if present and so desiring. If the seller does not attend, the witness shall initial it. It shall be marked with the name of the article, the date and the place of the sampling, and with some distinguishing number, in such a manner that the particulars so marked can be seen without breaking the seal or seals.

(xv.) Where a sample is taken in the presence of, and sealed by, the seller as well as the purchaser, it shall be deemed, as between the purchaser and the seller, to have been taken in accordance with these Regulations.

DIVISION OF SAMPLE, &C.

7. Where a sample has been taken, under s. 3 of the Act, with a view to the institution of any civil or criminal proceeding, the person taking the sample shall divide it into three parts, as nearly as possible equal, and shall cause each part to be marked, sealed, and fastened up, and shall forthwith deliver or send by post two parts to the Agricultural Analyst and one part to the seller.

SHORT TITLE.

8. These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Sampling, &c.) Regulations, 1906.

In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have hereunto set their official seal, this twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six.

(L.S.)

T. H. Eliott,

Secretary.

The Schedule.

FORM.

Appointment by Purchaser of Agent for the purposes of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906.

I, A.B., of

hereby appoint C.D., of

or the Secretary for the time being of the

Association

[or as the case may be] to do on my behalf all things necessary for the purpose of obtaining an analysis under the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, of the fertiliser or feeding stuff bought by me under an invoice, a copy of which is annexed.

THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS (LIMITS OF ERROR) REGULATIONS, 1906. DATED DECEMBER 27, 1906.

1906. No. 946.

The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906,* hereby make the following Regulations:

COMMENCEMENT.

1. These Regulations shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1907, and remain in force until altered or revoked by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.

DEFINITIONS.

2. In these Regulations

"The Act" means the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act,

1906.

"Purchaser" and "seller" include their respective agents.
"Fertiliser "
means any article sold for use as a fertiliser
of the soil, which has been subjected to any artificial
process in the United Kingdom or imported from
abroad.

"Feeding stuff" means any article sold for use as food
for cattle (as defined by the Act, i.e., bulls, cows,
oxen, heifers, calves, sheep, goats, swine, or horses)
or poultry, which has been artificially prepared
otherwise than by being mixed, broken, ground, or
chopped.

Other expressions have the same respective meanings as in the Act.

* 6 Edw. 7, c. 27.

LIMITS OF ERROR.

3. For the purposes of the provisions of Section 1 of the Act, concerning the effect, as a warranty, of the statements made in the invoice of a fertiliser or of a feeding stuff (as above defined in Regulation 2) respecting the percentages of nitrogen, phosphates, and potash contained in the fertiliser, or of oil and albuminoids contained in the feeding stuff, the limits of error shall be as set forth in the Schedules hereto.

SHORT TITLE.

4. These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Limits of Error) Regulations, 1906.

In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have hereunto set their official seal, this twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six.

(L.S.)

First Schedule.

1. H. Elliott,

Secretary.

FERTILISERS.

Note. In this Schedule the figures relating to Limits of Error represent percentages of the whole bulk.

Example of Application of Schedule.-e.g. In the case of a Bone Compound, if the percentages stated in the invoice are, soluble phosphates, 20; insoluble phosphates, 8; nitrogen, 1; then the warranty implied under s. 1 (1) of the Act will be that the fertiliser contains:-soluble phosphates, 19 to 21 per cent.; insoluble phosphates, 7 to 9 per cent.; nitrogen, 7 to 1.3 per cent.

That is, soluble in a solution of Citric Acid of the prescribed strength.

Second Schedule.

FEEDING STUFFS.

Note. In this Schedule the percentage of albuminoids is to be taken as the percentage of nitrogen multiplied by 6.25.

Example of Application of Schedule.-e.g. In the case of a linseed cake, if the percentages stated in the invoice are, oil, 10; albuminoids, 30; then the warranty implied under s. 1 (2) of the Act will be that the linseed cake contains:-oil, 8-75 to 11-25 per cent.; albuminoids, 26-25 to 33.75 per cent.

THE SUMMARY JURISDICTION (ALIENS) RULES, 1906,
DATED JANUARY 3, 1906.

1906. No. 1.

Aliens.

1. Proceedings under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Aliens Act, 1905, Proceedings (relating to the expulsion of pauper Aliens, and Aliens convicted to expel abroad of extradition crimes), shall be commenced by complaint, Pauper, &c., and the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts with reference to proceedings on complaint shall, in so far as applicable, apply accordingly.

* 5 Edw. 7, c. 13.