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Part YIII.

— Miscellaneous.

287

Sect. 11. stuff, made after the 1st January, 1907, in an invoice Sale and such article, or in any circular or advertisement descriptive of Adulterasuch article, has effect as a warranty by the seller (notion. where an article sold for use as a fertiliser or as a feeding stuff consists of two or more ingredients which have been mixed at the Feeding stuff request of the purchaser, it is sufficient, with respect to percentages, consisting of mixed if the invoice contains a statement of percentages with respect to ingredients. the several ingredients before mixture, and a statement that they have been mixed at the request of the purchaser (s).

in

any feeding

of

631. The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries must appoint a Appointment agricultural analyst (liereinafter referred to as the chief of analysts and samplers. analyst), who may not while holding his office engage in private and every county council must, and the council of any practice county borough may, appoint an official agricultural analyst (hereinafter referred to as an agricultural analyst) and one or more official samplers for their county or borough. The council of any county or county borough may also appoint a deputy agricultural analyst, who shall, in case of illness, incapacity, or absence of the agricultural chief



analyst, have all the powers and duties of the agricultural analyst. The appointment of an agricultural analyst, deputy agricultural analyst, or official sampler is subject to the approval of the Board and a person whilst holding the office of Agriculture and Fisheries of agricultural analyst may not engage or be interested in any trade,

manufacture, or business connected with the sale or importation fertilisers or feeding stuffs

of

{t).

632. A purchaser of any fertiliser or feeding stuff who has taken a sample thereof within ten days after delivery of the article to or receipt of the invoice by him, whichever is later, is entitled, on payment of the required fee, to have the sample analysed by the agricultural analyst (it) An official sampler must at the request of the purchaser and on payment by him of the required fee, and may without any such request, take a sample for analysis by the agricultural analyst of any fertiliser or feeding stuff which has been sold or is exposed or kept for sale but, in the case of an article which has been sold, the sample must be taken before the expiration of ten days after the delivery of the article to, or receipt of the invoice by, the purchaser,

Eight of purchaser to analysis by agricultural analyst.

Duty

of

official

sampler.



whichever is later (x). Where a sample has been taken

with, a view to the institution of Division of sample into criminal proceeding, the person taking the sample must three parts. divide the sample into three parts as nearly as possible equal, and cause each part to be marked, sealed, and fastened up, and deliver or send by post two parts to the agricultural analyst and one part to the seller {y).

any

civil or

(r) Fertilisers (s) {t)

{u)

(x) ly)

1906,

Ibid., s, Ibid., s. Ibid., s. Ibid., s. Ibid., s. para. 7.

and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906

(6

Edw.

7, c. 27), s. 1 (5).

1 (6). 2.

3 (1). 3 (2). 3 (3) ; Fertilisers

and Feeding Stuffs (Sampling

etc.)

Eegulations,