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with respect to the several ingredients before mixture, and a statement that they 

 have been mixed at the request of the purchaser. 



Article 2 provides for the appointment of a chief agricultural analyst by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and of analysts by county councils and 

 county borough councils. 



Every purchaser of any article used for fertilising the soil or as food for 

 cattle or poultry who has taken a sample thereof within ten days after delivery 

 of the article or of the invoice, whichever is later, is entitled, on payment of a 

 fee, to have the sample analysed by the agricultural analyst. 



An official sampler may take a sample for analysis by the agricultural 

 analyst, with or without the request of the purchaser, of the above-mentioned 

 articles which have been sold or are exposed or kept for sale ; the ten days' 

 limit applies in the case of articles that have been sold. 



Where a sample has been taken with a view to the institution of any civil 

 or criminal proceedings, the person taking the sample shall divide the sample 

 into three parts, and shall cause each part to be marked, sealed and fastened up, 

 and shall deliver or send by post two parts to the agricultural analyst and one part 

 to the seller. 



If the sample has not been divided into parts and sealed, the analyst must 

 send a copy of his certificate to the person who submitted the sample. If it 

 has been divided into parts he is to analyse one of the parts and retain the 

 other and send a certificate of his analysis to the person who submitted the 

 sample, and if this person is not the purchaser also to the latter. In every case 

 a copy of the certificate is to be sent to the seller, or, if his address is not known, 

 then to the purchaser to be forwarded by him. A report of the analysis is also 

 to be sent to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



The Act contains further regulations with regard to legal proceedings, 

 power of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to make regulations, provisions 

 as to county and county borough councils, penalties for breach of duty by the 

 seller, &c. 



RIVERS POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1876. 



This Act provides for the prevention of the pollution of rivers. It deals 

 with four classes of pollution Solid Matter, Sewage Pollution, Trade Effluents 

 and Mining Effluents. 



Prohibition as to putting Solid Matter into Streams. No solid refuse of any 

 manufactory, manufacturing process or quarry, or any rubbish or cinders, or 

 any other waste or any putrid solid matter may be put into a stream so as to 

 interfere with its due flow or to pollute its waters. 



Sewage Pollutions Prohibition as to Drainage into Streams or Sewers. 

 No solid or liquid sewage matter may be allowed to flow or fall into a stream 

 unless such flow was practised before 1876, and then the persons responsible 

 must take the best and most practical means to make the sewage harmless. 



Manufacturing and Mining Pollutions Prohibition as to Drainage into 

 Streams from Manufactories. No poisonous, noxious or polluting liquid pro- 

 ceeding from any factory or manufacturing process may be allowed to fall or 

 flow into a stream. Where such flow existed before the passing of this Act, 

 it may continue if the persons concerned use the best practicable and reasonable 

 available means to render such liquid harmless. 



Prohibition as to Drainage from Mines. No solid matter from mines may 

 pass- into a stream in such quantity as to interfere with its due flow, nor any 

 poisonous, noxious or polluting liquid or solid matter proceeding from any mine 

 other than water in the same condition as that in which it has been drained or 

 raised from such mine, unless in the case of poisonous, noxious or polluting 

 matter the persons concerned show that they are using the best practicable and 

 reasonably available means to render harmless such matter. 



Definitions. " Stream " includes the sea to such extent, and tidal waters to 

 such point, as the L.G.B. (Ministry of Health) may determine, and also rivers, 

 streams, canals, lakes and watercourses, other than watercourses at the passing 



