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II. The amount of such contribution is to each association at the rate of 

 10s. for each full analysis, and 5s. for each partial analysis* of manure 

 or feeding stuff affected, or such proportion thereof as the above annual 

 contribution may permit of. The pecuniary assistance thus offered is 

 suljject to the following conditions being complied with to the satisfaction 

 of the Chemical Committee : — 



1. That the rules of the association are submitted to and approved of by 

 the Chemical Committee. 



2. That it is a condition of participating in the grant that the association 

 make analyses for members of the Highland and Agricultural Society, being 

 farmers and not members of the local association, charging them the cost 

 price to the association, less the amount recovered from the Society. 



3. That the association is managed by a committee of practical farmers 

 owning or occupying land in the district. 



4. That the analyst employed is of acknowledged standing. 



5. That the benefits of the grant apply only to analyses made for farmers, 

 and that these subscribe towards the expenses of the association, subject to 

 the exception in No. 2". 



6. That each analysis represents at least one ton of bulk actually pur- 

 chased and delivered to one or more members under guarantee, or at a 

 specified price per unit of valuable ingredients. 



7. That the analysis has been made from a sample drawn after delivery, 

 in accordance with the published instructions of the Society, and that a 

 sealed duplicate sample has been retained. 



8. That all analyses are reported according to forms furnished by the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society, and that valuations of manures, if any 

 are made, are calculated on a uniform standard to be issued periodically by 

 the Society, and at least once a year. 



III. (a) A general report regarding the analyses for which the Society 

 has contributed . payment is submitted to the general meeting in January, 

 and full detf^ils concerning manures and feeding stuffs whose analyses 

 show any of the valuable constituents to be deficient to the extent of one- 

 tenth of the amount guaranteed, or whose total deficiencies represent as 

 mu.ch as one-tenth of the value of the manure or feeding stuff, are published 

 annually in the Transactions. 



(b) In the case of every analysis showing the deficiency above described, 

 the secretary of the association must obtain confirmation of the deficiency 

 from the chemist. The deficiency having been confirmed, the duplicate 

 sample must be forwarded to the Secretary of the Highland and Agricul- 

 tural Society. A copy of the analysis mast at once be sent to the seller, 

 and any explanations received from him forwarded in due course to the 

 Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society. 



(c) Should the seller be dissatisfied with the results obtained by the 

 analyst of the association, a further analysis may, at his option, be made 

 from the duplicate sample by ariother analyst to be chosen by the Society, 

 and at its cost if the further analysis exonerates the seller ; if otherwise, at 

 the seller's cost. 



IV. The report of each analysis for which a grant is claimed must be 

 sent to the Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society on or before 

 the 1st November of each year, written on a schedule issued by the Society, 

 and accompanied by a form of guarantee (also issued by the Society), which 

 must be filled up and signed by the seller. 



* A partial analysis is one in which only one important constituent has been 

 determined by the chemist or guaranteed by the seller. 



