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and to delay the steamer would add to the cost. The grain 

 must be graded as it runs from bin to boat. 



" An inspector with assistants is placed in charge of 

 each elevator, and he is held responsible for the grading 

 out. The grain is sampled at three places: in the tun- 

 nels as the grain runs from the storage bins to the work- 

 ing house, on the floor of the working house, and on the 

 steamer as it pours from the shipping bin into the hold. 



" If any grain is seen at any of these places which is 

 not up to the required grade, the stream is stopped in- 

 stantly. While the grade is given by the inspector in 

 charge of the elevator, all the three samples are sent to 

 the inspection ofiice at Fort William and examined there. 

 In this way the grading by the inspector in the elevator 

 is checked by the grading of the inspector who has charge 

 of all the inspection at the terminal points, Mr. Symes. 

 A sample of every cargo with the Fort William inspection 

 is also sent to the Chief Inspector at Winnipeg." ** 



XIX. Beinspection 



The certificates of grade for each car-load are sent out 

 to those who should receive them as soon as they have 

 been written, and the corresponding samples are filed in the 

 sample room. The owners of the grain, , or their repre- 

 sentatives, then have the privilege of examining the sam- 

 ples in the sample room and thus of judging whether in 

 their opinion the grades are satisfactory. Nearly all the 

 samples which have been graded in the government grad- 

 ing rooms thus come to be checked over privately. 



If the owner of the grain in a car, or his representative, 

 is dissatisfied with the grade given by the Winnipeg in- 

 spector, he may ask for reinspection. Owing to the fact 



34 E. Magill, loc cit., pp. 41-42. 



