1922.] 



Increased Seed-Testing Fees. 



The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries desires to give 



notice that the " Seeds Regulations, 1921," which were made 



^ , ^ , . . in pursuance of the provisions of the Seeds 

 Seeds Regulations, . t -,r^^r. ^ t ^^ 



1922 1920, were withdrawn as from the 



10th August, 1922, and have been replaced 

 bv the " Seeds Regulations, 1922." The terms of the new 

 Regulations are practically identical with those of the previous 

 Regulations, except as regards- the foUow^ing points: — 



1. Grass and Clover Seed when sold, or exposed for sale,, 

 for other than agricultural purposes {e.g., as lawn grass seed), 

 will be excluded from the operations of the Seeds Act. 



2. A statement as to the percentage of pure germinating 

 seed or ' ' real value ' ' of grasses and clovers is no longer 

 required. 



3. Alsike and White Clover, when grown together, may be 

 treated, for the purpose of the Regulations, as one seed, pro- 

 vided they are declared to have been grow^n together. 



4. Sprouted Cereal Seeds are not to be treated as impurities 

 for the purpose of testing, that is to say, they are not to be 

 picked out of the sample put up for the germination test. 



5. The authorised minimum percentage of germination in 

 the case of Broccoli and Cauliflower Seed is reduced from 

 65 per cent, to 60 per cent. 



6. Seed Potatoes, the variety of which is less than the Stan- 

 dard Purity of 97 per cent, may now be sold as seed potatoes, 

 provided such potatoes are declared as being of mixed varieties. 



Copies of the Seeds Act, 1920, and of the Seeds Regulations, 

 1922, may be obtained through any bookseller, or directly 

 from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, 

 net price 3d. each. 



* * * * * 



As from 1st x\ugust, 1922, the following increases were made 

 in the fees charged by the Official Seed-Testing Station for 



testing samples of seeds : — 

 Increased oid Fee. \ow i\c. 



Seed-Testing Fees. ^' ■'^^^^^ ■'^"^ Clovers - 4s. 5s. per sample. 



° Mixtines of Gi-a^ses and 



Clovei's ... 4s lOs!. 



Mixtures of Perennial and Italian Ryegrass, and mixtures of 

 Alsike and White Clover, when stated to have been grown 

 together, will not be regarded as mixtures and will be tested 

 for 5s. per sample. 



