326 HOPS. 



per package for the certificate, sealing, etc., such charge 

 being payable by the buyer. 



The following rules apply to marking and certifying 

 hops brought to the Institute : — 



■ At the request of the owner and purchaser of hops 

 grown within the jurisdiction of the Union, the goods will 

 be marked and certified by the Institute, provided they are 

 eligible under the regulations. 



The marking consists in legibly inscribing with printers' 

 ink on the side seams of the package — 



(1) The year of production. 



(2) The district to which the hops belong, whether the 

 inner or outer section of the Saaz country. 



(3) The corresponding serial number of the Institute. 



(4) The name of the Union. 



All marks indicating hops produced in the inner zone 

 (Bezirk) of the Saaz district shall be in blue ink, and those 

 relating to hops from the outer zone (Kreis) in red. (The 

 town of Saaz marks its hops with green ink.) 



A leaden seal is affixed to the head of the package, 

 and bears a plain imprint of the name of the Institute 

 and the seal of the Union in blue or red wax, according 

 to the origin of the hops, as just mentioned. 



For each package, after being hall-marked, the person 

 who has applied for and paid the cost of the said marking 

 receives a despatch ticket certifying, for commercial pur- 

 poses, the purity of origin of the goods in question. This 

 ticket, which contains a description of the hops in the 

 package, must be signed by the superintendent or his 

 deputy, by the meter and the managing officials. 



In the case of hops that are to be sulphured or packed 

 in any other than the usual kind of package, notice must 

 be given to the management, and the goods must be weighed 

 in the Institute, examined for quality, and then sulphured 



