6o8 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs. [Jan., 



invoice is sent to Uie Chief Analyst or to an Agricultural 

 Analyst in pursuance of the Act, there may be omitted from 

 such copy the name and address of, and any other matter which 

 would identify or disclose, the seller of the article to which the 

 invoice relates. The prescribed part of the invoice shall be the 

 whole thereof except such name, address, and other matter as 

 aforesaid. 



Sampling. — 6. Where, for the purposes of the Act, a sample is 

 required to be taken in the prescribed manner, or in accordance 

 with regulations made under the Act, the following provisions 

 shall apply : — 



{a) The person taking the sample shall give to the seller 

 at least three days' notice in writing of his intention to take 

 the sample, with particulars as to the place, day, and hour 

 of sampling. If the seller does not attend, the sample shall 

 be taken in the presence of a witness. 



(/;) The sample shall be taken in the following manner : — 



• In tJie Case of a Fertiliser — 



(i.) When the fertiliser is delivered in bags or other pack- 

 ages, a number of bags or packages shall be selected 

 as follows, viz. : — 

 Not less than 2 bags or packages where the quantity of 



the whole consignment does not exceed i ton. 

 Not less than 3 bags or packages where the quantity of 

 the whole consignment exceeds i ton and does not 

 exceed 2 tons. 



Not less than 4 bags or packages where the quantity of 

 the whole consignment exceeds 2 tons and does not 



♦ exceed 3 tons ; 



and, where the quantity exceeds 3 tons, one additional! 

 bag or package for every additional ton or part of a 

 ton ; provided that in no case need more than 10 bags 

 or packages be selected. The selection shall be made 

 from different parts of the whole consignment, 

 (ii.) The selected bags or packages shall be emptied 

 separately on a clean and dry floor, worked up with 

 a spade, and one spadeful from each set aside. The 

 spadefuls so set aside shall then be thoroughly mixed 

 together and any lumps broken up by the hand or 



