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(b) tbe variety and the kind of fruit, the grade thereof, and 

 the exact number of fruits contained in the box; 



(c) in the case of loose-skin or green-skin naartjes, the word 



" loose-skin " or " green-skin," as the case may be; 



(d) in the case of oranges the consignee's brand on the top and 

 also on one end of the box. 



7. Every box of fruit submitted for inspection must be consigned 

 to the Dock Goods Superintendent, Capetown ; the Goods Agent, Mossel 

 Bay ; the Port Goods Manager, Port Elizabeth ; the Port Goods 

 Superintendent, East London; or the Port Manager, Durban, direct 

 or to him through an agent, and bear on the top of the box the 

 shipping mark of the agent appointed by the exporter to dispose of 

 his fruit oversea. 



8. (a) Each orange, naartje, or any other kind of citrus fruit 

 shall be wrapped in or surrounded by tissue or other more or less 

 similar paper. 



(b) All fruit, excluding apples and citrus fruits, may be placed 

 in wood wool or cork dust (in the case of Almeria grapes only) or 

 other material considered by the Department of Agriculture to be 

 suitable for packing 



9. All fruit shall be in sound condition, fully developed, not too 

 unripe, free from disease, bruises, cuts, or from other blemishes affect- 

 ing its appearance and be of the characteristic shape of its variety. 



10. All fruit in one box shall be of uniform size and of one 

 variety, except fruit consigned to private order, in which latter case 

 the box shall be marked on the end thereof " private order." 



11. All fruit, other than citrus and pine fruits, and other than 

 fruit intended to be shipped in ventilated hold, shall, forty-eight 

 hours previous to shipment, be in a cold store approved by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and in the case of fruit placed in a private cold 

 store, so approved, the exporter or his agent shall produce to the 

 inspector a certificate to that effect signed by a person approved by 

 the said Department for the purpose. 



Citrus and pine fruits shall be delivered for inspection not less 

 than twenty-eight hours prior to the sailing of the vessel by which the 

 exporter intends such fruit to be shipped. 



12. The following shall be the grades for the fruits mentioned : — 



Oranges shall be packed so as to contain in the box of 26 x 12 

 X 12 inches (outside measurements) standard packs of 80, 

 96, 112, 126, 150, 176, 200, 216, 252, 288 oranges, as the 

 case may be, or such additional standard packs as may be 

 prescribed by notice in the Gazette. 



Naartjes (Grades) — 



Extra selected : Not less than 2| inches in diameter. 

 Selected : Not less than 1^ inch in diameter. 

 Graded : Less than If inch in diameter. 



The receptacles of loose-skin and green-skin naartjes shall 

 be marked "giaded" and shall not be marked by any othea: 

 grade term. 



