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Department of Agriculture and Commerce or answer the 



inquiries of the same Department. When it will not answer 

 these inquiries and there is any one will not join the co-opera- 

 tive society in spite of the fact that lie pursues the same calling 

 as the members of the co-operative society, a fine varying from 

 2 yen to ioo yen is imposed on the offender. And those who 

 use certificates on their commodities in a fraudulent manner, or 

 apply forged certificates to them are punished with a fine of 15 

 yen, together with the imprisonment of less than 6 month or 

 are simply fined from 10 yen to 20 yen. All these severities 

 are meant to rectify the abuses attending the transactions 

 and to promote the interests of this industry. Of the 

 co-operative society which have been established according 

 to this law, those which deal with forest products number 

 109, the aggregate number of the member amounting to 



Herewith are given the chief features of the internal 

 conditions of these co-operative society with one or two princi- 

 pal modes of conducting their business. 



Owashi Forest Products Co-operative Society in the pre- 

 fecture of Miye which has been established with the one object 

 above mentioned is to resort to the following modes in conduc- 

 ting its business. 



1. Commodities are examined with due care to prevent 

 and careless production and fraudulent transactions. 



2. The unification of the measure, capacity and the 

 process of the preparation of goods. 



3. Convenient arrangements for the benefit of those 

 customers who haw: newly established themselves as timber 



