324 HOPS. 



sealing to servants of the community, police officers, or any- 

 unauthorised persons, without the supervision of the above- 

 named officials, is prohibited. 



The packets or bales are then marked vyith serial numbers, 

 the name of the community and the year of production, the 

 marks being inscribed over one of the side seams and in the 

 upper third of the package, care being taken that no package 

 leaves the community, even if sold direct to a consumer, 

 without bearing the serial sale number. This sale number 

 and the year must be legibly marked in black printers' 

 ink. 



Any producer or group of producers previously accustomed 

 to mark their packages with any special design, or desirous 

 of doing so in future, may carry out their intentions in this 

 respect ; and it is even desirable that the name of the com- 

 munity should appear. Nevertheless, such inscriptions should 

 be as clear and legible as possible, and affixed over the vacant 

 side seam within the upper third of the package. Naturally 

 the sale number on the bale must correspond with that on 

 the certificate and in the sale register, and any inaccuracy 

 must be rectified at once. 



For each package of hops a certificate of origin and 

 weight ticket, principally to denote the weight of the hops, 

 is issued for the information of the Institute. This certificate 

 has to be signed by the local chairman or his deputy, 

 by a delegate, an official, and the grower (or growers if the 

 package contains mixed produce). It is then dated and 

 stamped with the official stamp of the community — obtain- 

 able from the Institute and bearing the name of the com- 

 munity in legible type. This certificate forms the central 

 portion of a triple sheet, one section of which is retained 

 at the Institute, the certificate being issued with the parcel 

 when sold, and the counterfoil, properly filled up, remaining 

 in the custody of the community. 



