572 MAIZE 



CHAP. Shipment per s.s 



XII. Consigned to port of 



Consignor 



Number of bags 



Condition of bags 



Shipping marks 



Class and grade 



Grade mark shown on bags 

 Remarks 



This certificate is issued by the Government of the Union of South Africa 

 without involving any responsibility whatever on the part of the said 

 Government. 



Government Grader. 



Chief Inspector of Grain. 



525. Weevily Maize. — The Maize Committee (191 1) 

 recommended, and the Government approved, that in the 

 event of grain developing weevil after it has been graded, the 

 consignee shall, upon receipt of notice thereof from the grader, 

 remove the same forthwith ; this stipulation has been embodied 

 in the grading regulations. 



526. Removal of Rejected Maize at Ports. — A regulation 

 was promulgated by the Railway Administration, in 191 1, to 

 the effect that all grain rejected by the grader shall be removed 

 from the wharf sheds not later than the fourth day after such 

 rejection, but consignees were allowed to dry wet maize on 

 premises provided by themselves, and to again tender same 

 to the grader, for export. 



527. Re-bagging. — The Annual Maize Committee (191 1) 

 resolved that if a consignment arrives at a port, and the grader 

 cannot pass the bags, the consignee shall be permitted to re- 

 bag ; this was accepted by the Government, and the necessary 

 instructions were issued to the graders. 



528. Marking Grades on Bags. — In the season of 1910 

 there was some complaint about the ink used for marking 

 grades on bags; a new ink was introduced in 1911, which 

 seems to be satisfactory, no complaints having reached the 

 Department during that year. 



529. Uniformity in Practice of Handling and Storing at 

 Wharves. — At the time when the export trade was inaugur- 



