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13. The Boards of Eeference to which an exporter may appeal if 

 the inspector refuse to brand or stamp any box of fruit belonging to 

 such exporter are : — 



In Capetown: Messrs. Maynard Nash and A. A. Persse. 



In Mossel Bay: Messrs. J. C. Goldsbury, H. Kitching, and F. 



Dickinson. 

 In Fort Elizabeth : Messrs. J. W. Whitehead, A. Baldie, and 



C. H. Mackay. 

 In East London : Messrs. David Rees and C. P. Perks. 

 In Durban : Messrs. F. L. White and W. R. Hansen. 



14. A fee of 10s. shall be deposited by the consignor with the 

 inspector in respect of each consignment of fruit which the consignor 

 may require the inspector to obtain the decision of the Board of 

 Reference upon under the provision of section five of the Act. 



15. The consignor shall, within seven days of the date of the 

 inspector's notice, remove from the place of inspection any fruit 

 which the inspector has refused to brand or stamp, or which, having 

 been referred to the Board of Reference, has been decided upon by 

 the Board in favour of the inspector. 



16. Boxes of fruit marked so as to represent a grade higher than 

 the correct grade shall be re-marked by the inspector, and, if otherwise 

 complying with these regulations, branded or stamped by the inspector 

 as provided in section four of the Act. 



17. In case any variety of fruit not specified in Regulation No. 12 

 be offered for inspection, it will, if otherwise com^plying with these 

 regulations, be branded or stamped by the inspector as provided in 

 section four of the Act. 



18. Not less than 5 per cent, of the boxes of fruit in each consign- 

 ment shall be opened by the inspector for examination, and all boxes 

 so opened shall be stamped by the inspector to that effect. 



19. Only new and clean boxes or packages shall be used by 

 exporters, except in the case of melons. 



It may be noticed that some slight difference exists between the 

 size of the standard orange box in these regulations and those 

 previously issued in the 1915 bulletin ; also that an alteration has been 

 made in the sizes of the orange packs and an addition made in the 

 inclusion of the 28S-pack. The latter change is due to a demand in 

 England for smaller oranges, and as there are plenty of them in South 

 Africa there is no reason why they should not be exported. It was 

 considered well to delete the 226-pack entirely as being too near the 

 216 in size, a difference of just 10 oranges in a box, so now the small 

 sizes are 216, 252, and 288. It is not by any means impossible that 

 a demand for still smaller sizes will arise, and when that time comes 

 the necessary diagi-ams for packing purposes will be supplied by this 

 Department. Another reason for the very slight alteration is that 

 as the citrus industry develops, we shall, at any rate for a time, import 

 most of our machinery, such as box-makers, graders, and presses from 

 oversea, and as California is headquarters for these goods it is reason- 

 able to suppose that the bulk will come from that State. Naturallj, 

 if our sizes with regard to boxes and grades are identical with those 

 in use in California, no trouble at all will arise in having to adapt 

 them to our use, but if we had retained the original standards there 

 would be some difficulty in using this machinery, and alterations 



