6/4 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. [fee., 



Local Authorities for reports to them on all other samples 

 analysed under the Act, similar to the provision made in the 

 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) Regulations, 1906, for 

 reports to the Board of the samples above referred to, and the 

 Board would be glad to receive copies of these reports. The 

 Board believe that if any considerable number of these samples 

 are taken without the knowledge of the seller, the collection 

 and tabulation of information regarding such samples will be 

 ©( material assistance to them in considering any question as to 

 prosecution which may come before them, and will enable them 

 to co-operate effectively with Local Authorities in obtaining the 

 evidence necessary to secure convictions against sellers who are 

 found to be carrying on a fraudulent trade. 



In cases where the Local Authority have reason to believe 

 that a seller is carrying on a fraudulent trade they should in- 

 struct an Official Sampler to procure a sample with a view to 

 criminal proceedings. The powers conferred by the Act (ss. 3 

 ('2) and 8) on Official Samplers with regard to sampling articles 

 which have been sold or are exposed or kept for sale as ferti- 

 lisers or as foods for cattle or poultry will probably be found 

 sufficient to enable them to take the necessary sample, which 

 should not only be divided and dealt with in the prescribed 

 manner, but should be taken in accordance with the Fertilisers 

 and Feeding Stuffs (Sampling, &c.) Regulations. 



On receipt of a communication from an Official Sampler who 

 intends to take a sample with a view to a prosecution, the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries will be glad to instruct one of their 

 Inspectors to confer with him and give him any information in 

 their possession with regard to the seller of the article in question 

 which may be of assistance to him. 



Sampling by Official Samplers. 



The Act (s. 3 (2)) provides that the Official Sampler shall at 

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

 required fee, take a sample for analysis by the Agricultural 

 Analyst. If an Official Sampler were frequently called upon to 

 take samples of articles supplied by firms of good repute, much 

 time might be wasted and useless expense incurred, and it will 

 probably be necessary for this reason to fix at a considerable 



