796 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, Dec., 1898 . 
Warranty ori sale of fertiliser. 
1. — (1.) Every person who sells for use as a fertiliser of the soil any 
article manufactured in the United Kingdom or imported from abroad shail 
give to the purchaser an invoice stating the name of the article and whether 
it is an artificially compounded article or not, and what is at least the 
percentage of the nitrogen, soluble and insoluble phosphates, and potash, if 
any, contained in the article, and this invoice shall have effect as a warranty 
by the seller of the statements contained therein. 
(2.) For the purposes of this section an article shall he deemed to be 
manufactured if it has been subjected to any artificial process. 
(3.) This section shall not apply to a sale where the whole amount sold 
at the same time weighs less than half a hundredweight. 
Warranty on sale of feeding stuff. 
2 . — (l.) Every person who sells for use as food for cattle any article 
which has been artificially prepared shall give to the purchaser an invoice 
stating the name of the article and whether it has been prepared from one 
substance or seed, or from more than one substance or seed, and this invoice 
shall have effect as a warranty by the seller of the statements contained 
therein. 
(2.) Where any article sold for use as food for cattle is sold under a 
name or description implying that it is prepared from any particular substance, 
or from any two or more particular substances, or is the product of any 
particular seed, or of any two or more particular seeds, and without any 
indication that it is mixed or compounded with any other substance or seed, 
there shall be implied a warranty by the seller that it is pure, that is to say, 
is prepared from that substance or those substances only, or is a product of 
that seed or those seeds only. 
(3.) On the sale of any article for use as food for cattle there shall 
be implied a warranty by the seller that the article is suitable for feeding 
purposes. 
(4.) Any statement by the seller of the percentages of nutritive and 
other ingredients contained in any article sold for use as food for cattle, 
made after the commencement of this Act in an invoice of such article or in 
any circular or advertisement descriptive of such article, shall have effect as 
a warranty by the seller. 
Penalties for breach of duty by seller. 
3 . — (1.) If any person who sells any article for use as a fertiliser of the 
soil or as food for cattle commits any of the following offences, namely : — 
(a) Fails without reasonable excuse to give, on or before or as soon 
as possible after the delivery of the article, the invoice required by 
this Act ; or 
( b ) Causes or permits any invoice or description of the article sold by 
him to be false in any material particular to the prejudice of the 
purchaser; or 
(c) Sells for use as food for cattle any article which contains any 
ingredient deleterious to cattle, or to which has been added any 
ingredient worthless for feeding purposes and not disclosed at the 
time of the sale, 
he shall, without prejudice to any civil liability, be liable, on summary 
conviction, for a first offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and for 
any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds. 
