1907.] Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs. 



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statements made in the invoice of a fertiliser or of a feeding 

 stuff (as above defined in Regulation 2) respecting the per- 

 centages of nitrogen, phosphates, and potash contained in the 

 fertiliser, or of oil and albuminoids contained in the feeding 

 stuff, the limits of error shall be as set forth in the Schedules 

 hereto. 



Short Title. — 4. These Regulations may be cited as the Fer- 

 tilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Limits of Error) Regulations, 1906, 

 In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 

 have hereunto set their official seal, this twenty-seventh 

 day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six. 



T. H. Elliott 



Secretary, 



First Schedule. 



FERTILISERS. 



Note. — In this Schedule the figures relating to Limits of Error represent percent- 

 ages of the whole bulk. 



Example of Application of Schedule. — e.g. In the case of a Bone Compound, if the 

 percentages stated in the invoice are, soluble phosphates, 20 ; insoluble phosphates, 8 ; 

 nitrogen, I ; then the warranty implied under s. i (i) of the Act will be that the 

 fertiliser contains : — soluble phosphates, 19 to 21 per cent.; insoluble phosphates, 

 7 to 9 per cent.; nitrogen, "] to i'3 per cent. 





Limits of Error. 



Description of Fertiliser. 



Soluble 



Insoluble 









Phos- 



Phos- 



Nitrogen. 



Potash. 





phates. 



phates. 







I. Superphosphate 











2. Dissolved Bones (Vitriolized 











or Vitriolated) made from 











Raw Bones and Acid only : — 











(I.) When the total of the 











percentages of Phos- 











phates (soluble and in- 











soluble) stated in the 











invoice amounts to 32 











or more, then — 











{a) If the excess of the 











actual percentage of 











insoluble Phosphates 











over that stated in the 











invoice is 3 or more ... 



4 





•3 





{b) If such excess is not less 











than 2 , but is less than 3 



3 





•3 





{c) If such excess is not less 











than I , but is les? than 2 



2 





•3 





(II.) In all other cases 







•3 





