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export shall bear on one end at least the following marks impressed 

 by the proper officer of the Forestry Department with a marking 

 hammer : 



2. Six marking hammers, numbered consecutively from i to 6 

 shall be assigned as under for the purpose of marking timber for export- 

 ation. Hammer 



Port. Nfimhers. 



Half Assinie . . . . . . . . i 



Axim . . . . . . . . . . 2 and 3 



Seccondee . . . . . . ■ ■ A ^'^^ 5 



Accra . . . . . . . . . . 6 



3. For the purpose of assessing export duty on timber exported 

 from the Colony, the average cubical dimensions of the logs shipped 

 as ascertained periodically in the Forestry Department, shall be 

 accepted by the Customs Department for duty purposes subject to 

 the following test checks. Three per cent, of the logs shipped on an 

 entry shall be measured by the Customs Officer on export duty, for 

 the purpose of ascertaining whether the Bill of Lading and Export 

 Entry particulars are substantially accurate and whether the totals in 

 such documents agree with the cubical dimensions in the manifest 

 which the master of the exporting vessel is required to deliver to the 

 Customs Department under Section 5 of " The Timber Export Duty 

 Ordinance, 1921 " (No. 7 of 1921). A less percentage may be 

 measured at the discretion of the Comptroller. 



4. Until further notice the undernoted average measurements 

 furnished by the Conservator of Forests shall be accepted for duty 

 purposes by the Officers of Customs at the following ports. 



Each log to he accepted- 

 Port, as measuring. 

 Half Assinie . . . . . . . . 126 cubic feet. 



Axim . . . . . . . . . . 78 „ 



Seccondee . . . . . . . . 100 ,, 



Accra and unenumcratcd ports . . By actual measurement 



of three per cent, of the 

 logs intended for 

 exportation. 



