552 MAIZE 



CHAP. 47- ° n 'y clean trucks, or those not likely to stain or taint the grain, must 



XII. be used. 



48. All grain for export must be loaded properly, the loading to be in rows 

 and tiers, according to the particular class of truck utilized. This will facilitate 

 checking the numerical quantity of bags by the staff. 



49. (a) No export grain should be dispatched from stations and sidings un- 

 less the trucks be properly and securely sheeted to prevent wet and consequent 

 danger of heating of the grain. All open trucks should be double sheeted, and 

 roofed cattle trucks single sheeted. Windows of cattle trucks must be securely 

 closed, to remain thus throughout the journey. Consignments loaded in open 

 trucks should be " ridged " to prevent sagging of sheets, accumulation of water, 

 its subsequent percolation, and damage to the consignment. 



(6) Sending stations having an insufficient supply of tarpaulins should send 

 special advice to the nearest depot station requesting trucks to be sheeted when 

 en route to destination. 



50. All the special rates which have been quoted for oversea export trade 

 are owner's risk. 



51. Although all the special export rates quoted herein are owner's risk, the 

 Administration will accept responsibility for numerical shortage on grain export 

 traffic loaded at stations where staff is available, at an extra charge of id. 

 per bag. Consignors desirous of taking advantage hereof must endorse the con- 

 signment note, " Administration to accept responsibilty for numerical shortage ". 

 Stations must enter up these extra charges separately on the invoice, and give 

 the " numerically checked "receipt. 



52. The attention of station masters and others is specially directed to the 

 fact that serious exception will be taken if bags of grain should arrive at the port 

 dirty, soiled with coal dust, or droppings, etc., of animals, or stained with oils, 

 such as paraffin, etc., owing to the unclean state of the truck prior to loading the 

 grain. Particular care must be exercised as regards the cleanliness of the trucks 

 when loading gram for transport. 



Should any carelessness in this respect on the part of the staff be brought to 

 light suitable notice will be taken. 



53. (a) Stations must not certify as to the " quality " of the grain when 

 giving sender's receipts for consignments. 



(b) Seeing that the duplicate consignment note is commonly utilized by the 

 mercantile community in its banking transactions, care must be taken when re- 

 ceipting to also date and stamp the duplicate consignment note with the station 

 rubber stamp, as well as endorse whenever possible the truck number in which 

 the consignment is loaded. 



54. Samples of grain dispatched by the Agricultural Department to stations 

 for the purpose of exhibiting grades will be conveyed " O.R.S. ". Cartage, when 

 performed, should be debited to the Agricultural Department. 



55. No export maize or kaffir corn traffic must be accepted if the bags 

 weigh more than 208 lbs. gross. Test weighing on the station scales should be 

 made from time to time during the loading of the consignment. 



56. (a) Maize for two different consignees or of two different classes should 

 not be loaded in the same truck, but when this is unavoidable, each class and 

 consignment must be loaded separately and truck labels endorsed showing 

 position. 



(b) Consignment notes should be endorsed that the grain is thoroughly ripe 

 and dry, and should also state the class of grain and number of bags of each 

 class, i.e. Hickory King, Ion<a Silver-mine, white (round or flat), yellow (round 

 or flat), red, mixed, or any other class, and should also furnish the year it was 

 reaped, i.e. " Reaped. 1912 " or " Reaped. 1913," as the case may be. 



