REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4 08 J 



instances the weight shall be clear avoirdupois, exclusive of salt and 

 pickle. 



20. There shall he branded or marked on the head or butt of each 

 cask of pickled or dry-salted fish, in plain, legible letters after the same 

 has been inspected, culled, classed, weighed, and packed, in accordance 

 with this act, the description of the fish, the weight and quality con- 

 tained in the package, the initials of the Christian name or names, and 

 the whole surname of the inspector or deputy inspector by whom the fish 

 was inspected, and the name of the place where he acts as inspector, 

 and the month and the year of inspection. 



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 Standards of fish oils, how fixed and kept. 



67. The boards of examiners of inspectors of fish and fish oils shall 

 fix and have in charge the standard of fish oils in Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, respectively; and the same shall be 

 classified and branded or marked according to such standards, as fol- 

 lows: 



1. Whale oil shall be free from adulteration of every kind, and shall 

 be branded as such with the class according to quality appointed by 

 standard— if No. 1, "Pale"; if No. 2, "Straw"; if No. 3, "Brown." 



2. Seal oil shall be free from adulteration of every kind, and shall be 

 branded as such, with the quality per standard — if No. 1, "Strictly 

 Pale " ; if No. 2, " Pale " ; if No. 3, " Straw " ; if No. 4, " Brown " ; if No. 5, 

 "Dark Brown." 



3. Porpoise oil shall be free from adulteration of every kind, and shall 

 be branded as such, with the quality per standard — if No. 1, "Pale"; 

 if No. 2, "Straw"; if No. 3, "Brown." 



4. Cod oil shall be free from adulteration, and be branded as such — 

 first quality, "A"; second quality, "B." 



5. Herring, halcc, pollock, and dog-fish oil, and all other oils, shall be 

 branded as such, — first quality, "A"; second quality, " B." 



6. An inspector or deputy inspector shall determine the gauge of each 

 cask, and the outs thereof, and shall mark the same on the cask; and 

 the barrels shall be in good order and condition, sound and staunch, 

 and shall be made of hard wood, and if any cask or casks be found to 

 contain water or other adulteration, such shall be scribed or branded 

 by the inspector or deputy inspector on the cask. 



7. Casks containing fish oils shall be scribed or branded with such 

 quality, the month and the last two figures of the year when inspected, 

 the initials of the Christian name or names, and the entire surname of 

 the inspector, and also the place of inspection, and the initial letters of 

 the name of the province in which it was inspected. 



8. The designation "Fish oils" in this act shall include whale, seal, 

 porpoise, cod, herring, sturgeon, siskawitz, and all other kinds of oil 

 derived from fish and marine animals. 



