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Section 33, Paragraph 6, of the By-Laws. 



"When the parties to a contract, on which margin has been 

 deposited through the instrumentahty of the Superintendent, 

 as above set forth, cannot agree as to the distribution and 

 payment of such margin, or in case one or both of the con- 

 tracting parties die or make an assignment, or otherwise be- 

 come incapacitated, or refuse to perform promptly any act 

 necessary for the adjustment and payment of such margin, 

 the Finance Committee is hereby authorized and directed to 

 ascertain the person or persons to whom such margins should be 

 paid, and instruct the Superintendent to endorse the deposit 

 certificate for payment, or exchange it for other checks, to 

 correspond in amount with the Committee's decision, drawn 

 to the order of the person or persons entitled thereto, and 

 deliver the same to said person or persons without unnecessary 

 delay; and in case, for any cause whatever, the said deposit 

 certificate is not immediately forthcoming, so that such en- 

 dorsement and distribution may be made, the Finance Committee 

 shall instruct the Superintendent to procure from the said 

 bank or trust company that issued it, a duplicate thereof, 

 as provided for in the original, and endorse it as he would 

 have endorsed the original if it had come into his possession." 



Export Butter. 



The observations of the authors have been that the reputa- 

 tion of the American butter is not all that is desirable on the 

 English market. Some American butter is good enough to 

 sell on an equality with Danish butter, and in some instances 

 it is palmed off for such. Much poor butter, however, has been 

 allowed to go onto the English market, and this has in some 

 measure ruined the reputation of our butter. 



Butter for export purposes should be of the very best, and 

 made in such a way as to insure good keeping qualities. 



The standing of the different kinds of butter, as observed 

 on the English market, were as follows: 



