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of the Agricultural Depai-tment, whicli have as their object the general 

 improvement of our export fruit bxisiness. 



The following extract from these regulations is inserted to show 

 just what is required of exporters and the procedure necessary to 

 ensure the prompt inspection and dispatch of fruit: — 



1. Every person who intends to export fruit from the Union to a 

 place outside the limits of the Union, b\it not declared by Proclama- 

 tion No. 148 of 1914 to be an exempted place, shall give notice of 

 such intention to the Government Fruit Inspector at Capetown, Mossel 

 Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, or Durban (as the case may be), 

 in the f oUowinaf form : — 



Address. 

 Date 



I /We hereby give notice that I /we intend to export 



through the port of commencing on oi 



about the day of next. 



My /Our boxes of fruit will bear the following distinctive mark, 

 namely : 



.Signature. 



2. The name, address, and distinctive mark of the applicant shall 

 be registered by the inspector, by whom the applicant shall be informed 

 of such registration. 



3. For each consignment of fruit examined by the inspectol' the 

 exporter shall pay at the rate of Is. 4d. per 40 cubic feet on all boxes 

 going 25 or less to the ton, and 2s. on all boxes going over 26 to the 

 ton. 



4. The exporter shall make his own arrangements for the disposal 

 of his fruit oversea. 



5. Citrus fruits shall be packed in boxes, the size of which shall 

 be: — 



Oranges: 26 x 12 x 12 inches, or 26 x 12 inches (depth 

 optional) for single-layer boxes only. 



Naarijes : 18 x 12 inches, depth optional, and 24 x 12 x 6 



inches for half -boxes. 

 All fruit boxes shall be cleated on the top. 



6. Every box of fruit submitted for inspection shall be clearly 

 marked on one end thereof with 



(a) the registered mark of the exporter (or his name or other 

 means of identification) ; 



