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issue certificates as to origin, quality, &c, and each bale is duly sealed 

 by means of a distinctive label. 



Germany. — There are no Imperial laws or regulations of any kind 

 relating to the cultivation or marketing of the hop crop, but legislation 

 exists in Bavaria, which is the principal district in Germany where hops 

 are produced. Under the terms of a Royal Decree which came into 

 force on the ist July, 1862, any person who sells sulphurised hops, 

 either pure or mixed with unsulphurised hops, must expressly declare 

 this nature of the goods to the purchaser, or he must make the fact 

 generally known by affixing to each package a certain sign which is 

 prescribed by law. Infringements are punishable by fines not exceeding 

 150 marks. The Bavarian legislation does not prescribe the marking 

 of hops according to their place of origin, but in certain districts 

 authority exists to affix to the goods certain seals, which, to a great 

 extent, indicate the origin of the better kinds of Bavarian hops. 



New Zealand. — The Government is authorised by the Produce 

 Exports Act of 1908 to institute compulsory grading, but the law has 

 not yet been put into operation. 



No legislation exists in France, Russia, the United States of 

 America, Canada, Victoria, or Tasmania. 



As regards the use of hop substitutes, legislation may be briefly 

 summarised as follows :— 



Germany. — The use of hop 5 substitutes in the manufacture of beer 

 is prohibited in Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden, and Alsace-Lorraine. 



Australia. — There is no special legislation dealing with the subject, 

 but it is unlawful to import "hop aromas, hop bouquets, hop extracts, 

 hop flavours, hop oil, and any articles of a like nature, and of any 

 substitutes for or imitations of any such articles, whether simple or 

 compounded in any manner with other material, and being capable 

 of use in the making of beer, or in any brewing process, or for addition 

 to beer." 



Canada. — The use of hop substitutes is restricted by the 

 "Adulteration Act" of the Dominion which prohibits the addition to 

 potable liquors of articles such as picric acid, strychnine and Cocculus 

 indicus which have been employed, or are capable of being employed, 

 as substitutes for hops. The only Provincial law which also contains 

 restrictions is the Liquor License Act of Ontario. 



Cape Colony. — The law provides for the flavouring of beer with 

 hops only, and the use of any substitute is illegal. 



No legislation on this subject exists in Natal, the Orange River 

 Colony, the Transvaal, Newfoundland, or in New Zealand. 



IMPORTATION AND OTHER REGULATIONS. 



Importation of Live Stock into Canada. — An Order-in-Council, dated 

 30th November, 1909, has been issued which rescinds the previous 

 Order-in-Council of 14th January, 1907, together with all amendments 

 thereto, and substitutes amended regulations in lieu thereof. 



These amended regulations provide, inter alia, that persons con- 

 templating the importation of animals into Canada from any part of 

 the world (except the United States and Newfoundland) must first 

 obtain a permit therefor from the Canadian Minister of Agriculture. 



