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contain, when level-full one or other of the following quan- 

 tities: — 



{a) fifteen quarts or more; 



{d) eleven quarts, and be five and three-quarter inches 

 deep, perpendicularly, inside measurement, as nearly exactly 

 as practicable; 



(c) six and, two-thirds quarts, and be four and five-eighths 

 inches deep, perpendicularly, inside measurement, as nearly 

 exactly as practicable; or 



(d) two and two-fifths quarts, as nearly exactly as practi- 

 cable. 



(3) Every person who neglects to comply with any pro- 

 vision of this section, and any person who sells or offers for 

 sale any fruit or berry boxes in contravention of this section, 

 shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not less 

 than twenty-five cents for each basket or box so sold or offered 

 for sale. 



(4) This section shall come into effect on the first day of 

 February, one thousand nine hundred and two. 



CANADIAN FRUIT MARKS ACT OF I9OI 



Chapter 27, statutes of 1901, assented to May 23, 

 1 901, makes the following provisions: 



X. This Act may be cited as TAe Fruit Marks Act, igoi. 



2. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of 

 July, 1901. 



3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: — 

 (a.) The expression "closed package" means a box or 



barrel of which the contents cannot be seen or inspected when 

 such package is closed; 



{b.) The expression "fruit" shall not include wild fruit, 

 nor cranberries whether wild or cultivated. 



4. Every person who, by himself or through the agency 

 of another person, packs fruit in a closed package, intended 

 for sale, shall cause the package to be marked in a plain and 

 indelible manner, before it is taken from the premises where 

 it is packed, — 



