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that, as soon as a sample has been taken from any car, the 

 car is dispatched to the head of the lakes without delay, it 

 is necessary that reinspection of a car shall be made not 

 at Winnipeg but at Fort William or Port Arthur. The 

 negotiations to secure reinspection take place, therefore, 

 whilst the car to be reinspected is moving forward to 

 its destination. When a car is to be reinspected, the In- 

 spection office at Fort William is notified, and, as soon 

 as the car arrives, a new sample is taken from it and 

 graded. There is no extra charge for reinspection. 



If, after reinspection, the owner of the grain is still 

 dissatisfied, he may appeal to the Winnipeg Survey Board. 

 The members of the Board are recommended for their 

 positions by the Winnipeg Board of Trade and by the 

 Ministers of Agriculture of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and 

 Alberta ; and they are all appointed by the Board of Grain 

 Commissioners. The rules and regulations of the Survey 

 Board are made by the Grain Commission. Xo appeal 

 can be made on grain which has lost its identity by being 

 mixed with other grain. If the inspector's grade is con- / 

 firmed, the owner of the grain pays three dollars for the / 

 survey; but, if the gi'ade is altered, there is no charge.-^ 

 A Survey Board, when once appointed, is independent 

 during its period of office, and, in cases of contested grade, 

 its verdict is final. 



When the crop is of high grade, very few appeals are 

 made ; but, when the crop is of low grade, appeals may be 

 as numerous as 2 per cent. Most of the appeals are made 

 on what are known as line grades, i. e., on samples which 

 stand very high in a grade, near the line between its 

 grade and the next higher one. When a sample is near 

 a dividing line, the government inspector must decide the 

 delicate question as to which grade the sample really be- 

 longs. Here, occasionally, there is some room for a dif- 



