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8. (i.) The owner of honej' for export shall, before sending it to an appointed 

 grading-store, cause the cases to be clearly and indelibly branded with an export 

 brand to be approved and registered by the Director as hereinafter provided. 



(2.) The brand shall contain the words " New Zealand Produce. — Pure Honey," 

 and the name of the o'W'ner ; provided that either in lieu of or in combination with 

 the name of the owner there may be used such other words or such designs as the 

 Director may approve for the purpose. 



(3.) The net weight of the honey shall also be branded on the cases. 



(4.1 A shipper's brand or mark may also be branded upon the cases. 



(5.) One end of each case shall bfe kept clear for the grade-mark to be placed, 

 thereon by the Grader. 



9. (i.) Every person intending to ship honey for export shall make applica- 

 tion to the Director in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto, or to the 

 effect thereof, for the registration of the export brand prescribed in clause 8 of 

 these regulations. 



(2.) The Director may, if in his opinion the use of the brand to which the 

 application relates is not likely to lead to mistakes or confusion, approve and 

 register the brand, and shall forthwith notify the applicant of the result of his 

 application. 



(3.) No person shall use any export brand unless and utitil he has been notified 

 by the Director that it has been registered. 



(4.) The Director may at any time, after giving one month's notice in writing 

 to the owner thereof, cancel the registration of any export brand if satisfied that 

 it has not been used during the preceding two years in connection with the export 

 of honey. 



10. For the purposes of grading, honey will be divided into four classes accord- 

 ing to colour — viz., white, light amber, medium amber, and dark. 



11. For the purposes of the grading of honey the maximum number of points 

 that may be allotted in respect of the several qualities is as follows : Flavour, 40 ; 

 colour, 10 ; condition, 15 ; grain, 12 ; aroma, 8 ; freedom from scum and froth, 10 ; 

 packing and finish, 5 : total, 100 points. 



12. (i.) The following will be the standards upon which the grades of honey 

 will be determined : A or Special Grade, 94 to 100 points, both inclusive ; B or 

 Prime Grade, .88 to gj-J points, both inclusive ; C or Good Grade, 80 to 87J points, 

 both inclusive ; D or Manufacturing Grade, 65 to 79J points, both inclusive. 



(2.) No charge will be made for grading. 



13. As soon as possible after grading any honey the Grader shall stamp on the 

 cases containing the honey a mark (herein called the " grade-mark ") indicating 

 the. grade of such honey determined in accordance with these regulations ; and 

 shall also sign and deliver to the owner a certificate of the grade (herein called the 

 " grade-certificate "), in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto ; provided, 

 however, that no grade-certificate shall be issued in respect of honey scoring less 

 than 65 points in the grading, and no grade-mark shall be placed on any case con- 

 taining any such honey, but in any such case a notification of the result of the 

 grading shall be sent by the Grader to the owner of the honey. 



14. No person shall remove from an^' appointed grading-store, except for the 

 purpose of immediately shipping it for export beyond New Zealand, any honey for 

 which a grade-certificate has been issued unless the grade-certificate is surrendered 

 to the Grader and the grade-mark upon the case has been erased. 



15. If any honey, after being .graded and prior to its export from the Do- 

 minion, is damaged or, in the opinion of any Grader, deteriorates, the owner of 

 such honey shall, if and when directed bj' the Grader to do so, submit such honey 

 for re-examination, and shall surrender to the Grader the grade-certificate issued 

 in respect thereof. 



16. No honey in respect of which the grade-certificate has been or ought to- 

 have been surrendered in accordance with th* two last preceding regulations shall 

 be exported until it has been resubmitted for grading and a new certificate has 

 been issued in respect thereof. 



17. No hone}' shall be exported from the Dominion which scores less than 

 65 points in the grading. * ^ 



18. No honey shall be exported from the Dominion if the tins containing it 

 show any signs of leakage. 



19. The decision of any Grader as to the quality, condition, or grade of any 

 honey shall be conclusive, and no action or other proceeding shall lie against any 

 Grader or against any other officer of the Crown, or against the Crown, in respect 

 of any erroneous decision of a Grader as to such quality, condition, or grade. 



20. Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, no person shaB alter or 

 obliterate wholly or partially, or cause to be altered or obliterated, any grade- 

 mark ; nor shall any person counterfeit or improperly impress any such grade- 

 mark on any case containing honey or intended to contain honey. 



21. Any person committing or concerned in committing a breach of these 

 regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. 



4. — Bee-culture. 



