Journal of Agriculture , Victoria. [lo Aug., 1912. 



BASIS WINES. 



The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture ha.s received from the Agent- 

 General a copy of the new regulations which were foreshadowed in the 

 letter we reproduced in our May issue (p. 322). 



It will be noted with satisfaction that these provide protection against 

 fraudulent practices, which were i)re\iously only too easy. 



The full text of the regulations is as follows: — 



British Wines. 



The Commissioners of Customs raid Excise, in {)ursuance of the j)0\vers vested 

 in them by Section 10 of the Finance Act iqii, hereby prescribe the following 

 Regulations which are to be observed on and after the first day of Ajiril, iqi2 : — 



1. A manufacturer f r r sale of British wines or sweets or made wines (hereinafter 

 referred to as British wine) must not — 



[a) mix anv British wine with anv foreign wine except in the course of 



manufacture ; or 

 (5) in course of manufacture mix with anv British wine any foreign wine 



in any quantitv exceeding the jiroportion of 15 gallons of foreign wine 



to 100 gallons of British wine ; or 

 (c) mix anv spirits with anv British wine except for the sole purpose of 



fortifving the wine. 



2. Everv manufacturer for sitle of British wme must, on sending out anv British 

 wine, enter in the entrv book obtained by him from the Officer of Customs and 

 Excise the following particulars, that is to say : — 



[a) The name and address of the person to whom wine is sent out ; and 

 [1}) the quantity and description of the wine sent out ; and 

 [c] the date when the wine is sent out. 

 The entries must be made before the exjnration of :he dav on which the wine 

 is sent out, and are additional to the entries required to be made in the book, 

 pursuant to the regulations made on the 8th day of August, 1906, under sub-section 

 (2) of section 7 of the Revenue Act 1906. 



3. A dealer in or retailer of foseign wine or British wine must not — 

 [a] mix for sale anv foreign wine v^-ith any British wine ; or 



\b) sell or expose for sale an}- British wine which contains foreign wine \\ 

 anv quantity exceeding the proportion of 15 gallons of foreign wine 

 to 100 gallons of British wine; or 



[c] sell or expose for sale anv British wine to which spirits have been added 

 except for the sole purpose of fortifying the v.dne. 



4. A rectifier or compounder of spirits must not mix anv British wine with any 

 spirits, either for the manufacture of British compounds or for any other purpose. 



5. A dealer in or retailer of spirits must not mix any British wine with any 

 spirits exce]it for the sole purpose of colouring or fining the spirits. 



6. British wine manufactured in conformity with these Regulations must not, 

 by reason of the admixture therewith of foreign wine, be sent out 01 sold or exjiused 

 for sale, otherwise than under the designation of a British wine. 



Dated this 8th day of March, 1912. 



Signed bv order of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, 



J. P. Byrne, Secretary. 



Custom House, London. 



Sec. '^ 

 191Z. 



Stable manure when stored in heaj^s may soon lose about one-half of its 

 nitrogen. This loss is greatly diminished by compacting and wetting the 

 bean, and covering it with a thin layer of earth until it can be applied to 

 the land. 



