CONTENTS 



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SECTION 



505. Transvaal and Orange Free State shipments 



506. Some difficulties encountered 



507. Inter-colonial conferences .... 



508. Pretoria conference, 7 and 8 January, 1908 



509. Establishment of a clearing house at Durban 



510. Bloemfontein conference, 18 and ig January, 191c 



511. Annual maize committee 



512. Government facilities for export . 



513. Government regulations and railage rates 



514. American railage rates 



515. Amounts and sources of supply of South 



1906-12 .... 



516. Details of exports, ign and igi2 



517. Monthly exports 



518. Destination of maize exported 

 5ig. South African ports of export 



Varieties and classes of maize exported 



Grading at the ports . 



Effect of grading at the ports 



Description of grades . 



Grader's certificate 



Weevily maize .... 



Removal of rejected maize at ports 



Re-bagging .... 



528. Marking grades on bags 

 52g. Uniformity in practice of handling and 



Bag handling of grain 



Quality of grain bags . 



Bulk handling .... 



Time saved by bulk handling 



534. Saving in cost by bulk handling . 



535. Accumulation and storage at inland ce 



536. Transit silos and elevators . 



537. Payment to farmers . 



538. Trucking in bags and in bulk 



539. Storage at ports of export . 



540. Electric belt-conveyors for bagged graii 



541. Wharf-shed storage charges 



542. Construction and capacity of elevators 



543. Cost of erection of elevators 



544. Firms of elevator engineers . 



545. Elevator systems 



546. The working of elevators . 



547. Elevator charges .... 



548. Elevator certificates . 



549. Qualifications for managership of local 1 



550. Heating of grain in the elevator . 



551. Heating caused by moisture 



552. Loss of weight due to heating 



553. Degree of dryness required for export . 



554. Conditioning wet maize 



555. Ocean freight . . • ■ 



556. Shipping 



557. Tonnage 



558. Importing ports of Europe . 



559. Bulk handling at ports of import 



560. British elevators .... 

 56i. New silo and grain-handling plant at Immingham Dock 



562. New silo for the Manchester Ship Canal Co. 



563. Continental elevators 



520. 

 521. 

 522. 



523- 

 524. 



525- 

 526. 



527- 



53°- 

 53i- 

 532. 

 533- 



ntres 



elevators 



exported, 



PACE 

 530 

 531 

 532 



532 



537 

 537 

 543 

 544 

 545 

 557 



558 

 558 

 563 

 563 

 565 

 568 

 568 

 568 

 570 

 57i 

 572 

 572 

 572 

 572 

 572 

 573 

 573 

 575 

 576 

 576 



577 

 578 

 582 



582 



584 

 584 

 586 

 587 

 589 



58g 



5 8g 

 59i 

 59i 

 593 

 594 

 594 

 594 

 595 

 595 

 598 

 600 

 601 

 602 

 604 

 604 

 606 

 606 

 6og 

 610 



