REGULATIONS, FISH INSPECTION ACT, 1914 18S 



8. Every barrel hooped entirely with wooden hoops shall be full-bound on 

 both ends, that is, from the quarter to the end. 



9. Every barrel hooped partly with wooden hoops and partly wjtli iron hoops 

 shall have an iron hoop on each end, two inches wide of wire gauge No. 16 if 

 of black iron and No. 17 if of galvanized iron, and shall have not less than 

 thre.e good wooden hoops on each quarter. 



10. Every barrel hooped entirely with iron hoops shall have an iron hoop on 

 each end as defined in Clause 9, and shall have two iron hoops black or galva- 

 nized on each quarter, one and one-fourth inches wide of wire gauge No. 18, 

 and there shall be one and one-half inches between the upper and lower quarter 

 hoops, on each quarter. 



11. Every half -barrel hooped partly with wooden hoops and partly with iron 

 shall have an iron hoop on each end one and one-half inches wide of wire gauge 

 No. 17 if of bljck iron and No. 18 if of galvanized iron, and shall have three 

 good wooden hoops on each quarter. 



12. Every half-barrel hooped entirely with iron hoops shall have an iron 

 hoop on each end as defined in Clause 11, and shall have two iron hoops, black 

 or galvanized, one inch wide of wire gauge No. 18 on each quarter, and there 

 shall be one and one-quarter inches between the upper and lower hoops on 

 each quarter. 



13. Every barrel shall have a space of ten inches, and every half-barrel a 

 space of nine inches across the bilge between the quarter hoops. 



14. The wooden hoops on every barrel and half -barrel shall be of sound 

 hardwood, and be not less than three-fourths of an inch for barrels, and five- 

 eighths of an inch for half-barrels in breadth at the small end; and each hoop 

 shall be properly notched, perfectly fitted and firmly driven to its place. 



15. Every barrel and half-barrel shall be made perfectly tight and before 

 they leave the maker's hands he shall bore a hole, three-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter, through the head of every barrel and half-barrel, and by blowing into 

 them test their air-tightness. A half pint of weak pickle should be poured into 

 every barrel and half-barrel before the head is put in, to assist in the detection 

 of leaks. 



16. The staves of every barrel, intended to be filled with cured herring or 

 alewives shall be twenty-seven inches in length and the heads seventeen inches 

 in diameter, i.e., a seventeen-inch cut head ; every such barrel shall be twenty 

 inches in diameter at the bilge, outside measurement, and be capable of contain- 

 ing not less than twenty-two gallons imperial measure. 



17. The staves of every half-barrel intended to be filled with cured herring 

 or alewives shall be twenty-two inches in length, and the heads fourteen inches 

 in diameter, i.e., a fourteen-inch cut head; and every such half-barrel shall be 

 seventeen inches in diameter at the bilge, outside measurement; and be capable 

 of containing not less than eleven gallons imperial measure. 



18. The staves of every barrel, intended to be filled with cured mackerel or 

 salmon, shall be twenty-nine inches in length and the heads seventeen inches in 

 diameter i.e., a seventeen-inch cut head; and every such barrel shall be twenty- 

 one inches in diameter at the bilge, outside measurement, and be capable of 

 containing not less than twenty-six gallons imperial measure. 



19. The staves of every half-barrel intended to be filled with cured mackerel 

 or salmon shall be twenty-four inches in length, and the heads fourteen inches 

 in diameter, i.e., a fourteen-inch cut head; and every such half-barrel shall be 



