464 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. [nov., 



Provisions relating to taking Samples and obtaining 

 : ^ • - - Analyses. 



Appointment of Analysts. — The Act provides for the appoint- 

 ment of a Chief Agricultural Analyst by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries, and of Official Agricultural Analysts and 

 Official Sanaplers by Councils of Counties and County 

 Boroughs. 



Joint Appointment —CoVincWs may concur in a joint appoint- 

 ment of an analyst or sampler, and any Council may contribute 

 towards any expenses incurred by an agricultural body or 

 association in causing samples to be taken for analysis by the 

 agricultural analyst. 



The fees for analysis and sampling by official samplers may 

 be fixed by the Council appointing the analyst or sampler, 



A nalysis of Sample take^i by the Purchaser. — Every purchaser 

 of any article used for fertilising the soil or as food for cattle or 

 poultry who has taken a sample thereof within ten days after 

 delivery of the article to him or receipt of the invoice by him, 

 whichever is later, is entitled, on payment of the required fee, to 

 ^have the sample analysed by the agricultural analyst, and to 

 receive a copy of the certificate of analysis. 



Sampling by an Official Sampler. — An official sampler shall, 

 at the request of the purchaser and on payment by him of the 

 required fee, and may without any such request, take a sample 

 for analysis by the agricultural analyst of any such article as 

 aforesaid which has been sold or is exposed or kept for sale. In 

 the case of an article which has been sold, the sample is to be 

 taken before the expiration of ten days after the delivery of the 

 article to the purchaser, or the receipt of the invoice by the p.ur- 

 chaser, whichever is later. 



Sampling zvith a View to the Institution of Proceedings. — 

 Where a sample has been taken with a view to the institution 

 of any civil or criminal proceeding, the person taking the 

 sample is to divide the sample into three parts, and to cause 

 each part to be marked, sealed, and fastened up, and is to 

 deliver or send by post two parts to the agricultural analyst 

 and one part to the seller. 



The agricultural analyst is to analyse one of the parts of the 

 sample delivered or sent to him and retain the other, and to send 



