MEDICINES TO FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS. 
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1. As regards the Producer and Merchant. 
4 . The following particulars must be given in writing by producers or merchants with 
each and every sample, viz.— 
( a ) Name and address of the bonded warehouse in which the juice is placed. 
(i) Quantity of juice and number of casks. 
(c) Whether lime or lemon juice. 
( d ) Whence obtained. 
(e) Reputed age of juice. 
(f) Whether mixed with spirit or not. 
( g) If mixed, with what kind of spirit. 
Forms in which a report of these particulars are to be given will be provided, and 
may be obtained on application to the medical officer or collector of customs. 
5. The regulations issued by the Commissioners of Customs direct that “ lime- or 
lemon-juice be received into any customs bonded warehouse approved for the deposit of 
ship's stores on a written request being handed to the controller of accounts or warehouse 
keeper (as the case may be), who shall, upon the receipt of such request, issue a book 
in which the necessary particulars of quantity, etc. shall be recorded by the proper 
officers of the out-door department.” 
6. “ That such juice be deposited in the bonded warehouse at the expense of the per¬ 
son making the request, and after it has been duly inspected, passed, certified, and for¬ 
tified, it be subsequently shipped from the warehouse under the regulations applicable 
for bonded stores.” 
7 . That the juice, “ after being deposited in the customs’ warehouse, shall be first 
inspected by an officer appointed by the Board of Trade for that purpose, who is to 
record his inspection and approval of the juice, and of the spirit to be used for fortifying 
the juice, in the customs’ book, and that then the operations of fortifying and battling, 
as directed by the 3rd clause of the 4th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1867, be 
performed in the presence of the proper officers of customs, who are to record in the 
book issued by the controller of accounts or warehouse keeper the strength, description, 
and quantity of spirit used for fortifying.” 
8. In all cases the juice should be examined by the inspector before it is fortified, as 
the process of testing is more easily conducted when the juice to be tested is unmixed, 
and moreover, much time will be saved in obtaining the necessary certificate. 
9. The juice will not be inspected by the Board of Trade inspector unless the full 
particulars named in paragraph 4 above are forwarded to him in the printed forms pro¬ 
vided for the purpose ; nor will it be passed by the Board of Trade inspector unless it 
is a pure natural product of the fruit by expression, without dilution or addition of any 
acid or other foreign substance. 
10. All lime- or lemon-juice deposited in a customs’ bonded warehouse, and failing, 
under the tests referred to in section 13 below, will be rejected. Producers will there¬ 
fore do well not to send any for inspection that may fail in any of the particulars 
indicated. 
2. As regards the Spirit Dealer. 
11. The regulations provide that the juice shall be bottled after inspection by an 
officer appointed by the Board of Trade, and after being fortified with 15 per centum 
(calculated at proof strength) of proper and palatable spirits approved by such officer. 
The spirit dealer should supply for this purpose— 
Sound rum of s. g. from 874 to -920; or 
Sound brandy of s. g. not less than -920. 
These spirits alone will be accepted by inspectors as proper and palatable proof 
spirits, with which the juice is to be fortified. 
3 . As regards the Tests applied by the Medical Officer. 
12. The quality of lime- and lemon-juice will be inspected by an officer appointed by 
the Board of Trade, and will be tested for— 
(a) Specific gravity at 60° F. 
( b ) Taste. 
(c) Colour. 
( d ) Odour 
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