54° MAIZE 



CHAP 5. Export Traffic. 



Standard official documents. 

 Resolution VI — 



" This Conference recommends that a form of certificate, applicable to all 

 ports in connection with the export of maize, shall be prepared by the Committee 

 referred to in Resolution No. 3, in consultation with the chief grader. Any certifi- 

 cate to be issued must bear no alterations or erasures. The committee should 

 further consider the advisability that all certificates be filled in with ink or type- 

 written." 



6. Bags. 



(a) Purchase of. 



(b) Use of old bags. 

 It was agreed — 



" That the Chairman obtain information relative to the correct methods of 

 sewing up bags, and that he have diagrams prepared for the information ol 

 producers ". 



Resolution VII — 



" This Conference is of opinion that old or second-hand bags shall not be 

 used for export purposes, and also urges that at least 2 J lbs. reputed shall be 

 insisted upon for the present, but that actual 2^ lb. bags of " A" quality twill, or 

 heavier bags if necessary, be used at the earliest possible date ; such bags to be 

 of a given measurement to carry 200 lbs. of maize ". 



7. Bags of Maize. 



Limiting weight to 200 lbs. 

 Reduction of weight to 160 lbs. 

 Resolution VIII — 



" This Conference recommends that the contents of bags of maize be limited 

 to 200 lbs." 



■S. Marks and Certificates. 



(a) Grade marks as leading marks. 



(h) Reduction in number. 



(t) Stencils to be used by different Provinces. 



(d) Use of distinctive colour at each port for shipping marks. 



(c) Full truck loads of one grade without marks. 



(f) Grader's certificates and bills of lading. 



(g) Weight certificates. 



(h) Rejected grain certificates for maize rejected at ports. 

 Resolution IX — 



Resolutions passed by sub-committee formed by this Conference and sub- 

 sequently adopted by general conference : — 



(a) That the various grades and sub-divisions thereof be indicated by run- 

 ning numbers from 1 to 15, such numbers to be stencilled in red and placed 

 in a circle on the upper side of the mouth of the bag. 



(/)) That the leading mark and the port mark be one, and that the shipping 

 companies be requested to submit to the committee appointed as per 

 Resolution No. 3 the lettering they desire adopted for the different ports 

 of discharge. 



(c) That a uniform system of stencilling or stamping be adopted for marking 



purposes, such to be decided by the Chief Grading Officer. 



(d) That the following colours be adopted by the several ports of shipment 



for indicating the port marks ; — 



