540 JOUKNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



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,, Lo^v Grade. Smaller sizes than the above. 



(g) Walnuts, almonds, pecan nuts, or any other nuts which may be 

 either soft shell or hard shell shall be divided into the two classes, 



(a) " soft shell " and (5) " hard shell," and the class shall be 

 indicated on the exterior of the box or bag in which the fruit is 

 shipped. The fruit shall be sorted to sizes. 



It is recommended that these fruits be shipped in double-linen 

 clean bags, and that the packages be not less than 56 lb. 



(11) (a) Stalk or Cluster Raisins. — The fruit must be of uniform 

 colour and size according to grade, and for a high-class pack must 

 be free from blemishes, and must not contain any foreign matter. 



(b) A first-class sample of the above shall have the skin supple 

 but fairly tough, the flesh firm and slightly crisp, and the surface of 

 the berries dry and without the slightest sign of stickiness. 



(c) Raisins shall be made from the following varieties of grapes : 

 Hanepoot, Waltham Cross, Rozaki, Sultana, Thompson's Seedless, 

 and any other grape that may from time to time be added by the» 

 Minister of Agriculture to this list. 



(12) Currants shall be made from the Zante currant and the 

 ordinary Cape currant. 



(13) The consignor shall, within seven days of the date of the 

 inspector's notice (which notice shall be given forth Avith) remove 

 from the place of inspection any fruit which the inspector has refused 

 to brand or which, having been referred to the Board of Reference, 

 has been decided upon by the Board in favour of the inspector. 



(14) Boxes of fruit branded so as to represent a grade higher than 

 the correct grade shall be rebranded by the inspector, and, if other- 

 wise complying with these regulations, branded or stamped by the 

 inspector as provided in these regulations. 



(15) In case any variety of fruit not specified in Regulation No. 

 (4) be offered for inspection, it shall, if otherwise complying with the 

 regulations, be branded by the inspector, at his discretion, and there- 

 after the inspector shall forthwith report the fact to the Secretary 

 for Agriculture. 



(16) Not less than two boxes of each consignment, but in no case 

 less than 1 per cent, of the total consignment, shall be opened by the 

 inspector for examination, and all boxes opened shall be stamped by 

 the inspector to that effect. 



(17) Only new and clean boxes or packages shall be used by 

 exporters. 



(18) The Board of Reference appointed by the Minister of Agri- 

 culture, to which an exporter may appeal if he is aggrieved by any 

 decision of, or action taken by, the inspector, are: — In Capetown: 

 Messrs. Maynard Nash, A. A. Persse, and E. F. Bird. 



[Note. — The charge of 5s. stated in paragraph (3) above is to be 

 raised to 10s. — Editor.] 



