Notes on the Fertilizer Act. 



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the article to be registered, these forms are signed by the Head of the 

 Department or by some one acting on Jjis behalf, one form being 

 returned to the sender and the other filed in the register kept by the 

 Department. No fee is charged for such registration. No person 

 may sell any fertilizer or farm food in respect of which such a certi- 

 ficate has not been issued. (Regulation No. 1.) 



Any vendor in the second place must be in possession of an invoice 

 or other evidence of registration before he may sell a fertilizer or farm 

 food. (Regulation No. 30.) 



Invoices. 



Having duly registered his wares the seller must, as prescribed 

 by Section 3, give the purchaser an invoice setting out the registered 

 particulars of the fertilizer or farm food ; this invoice is by Section 3 

 a guarantee. 



It is to be noted that a vendor in the second place miLst also give 

 an invoice. 



For his own protection the puichaser should see that he gets an 

 invoice in the form prescribed by Regulation No. G or by Regulation 

 No. 20. The forms are as follows: — 



1. — For Fertilizers. 



* To be filled in in the case of raw phosphate rock. 



Note. — Plain percentages must in all cases be inserted, not a 

 range of figures. Percentages must not be stated beyond the first 

 decimal place. 



2. — For Farm Foods. 



Protein. 



Fat (Ether 

 Extract). 



Fibre. 



Moisture. 



Ash. 



Phosphoric 

 Acid. 



" Only to be filled in in the case of bone meal, bone dust, and bone flour. 



Note. — Plain percentages must in all cases be inserted, not a 

 range of figures. Percentages must not be stated beyond the first 

 decimal place. 



It is to be noted that in addition to the particulars of the chemical 

 composition of the fertilizer or farm food the invoice must bear the 

 name or brand under which the article is registered. 



