Regulations as to Samples taken by the Buyer. 4. When the buyer intends to take the samples himself he is to give six days' notice in writing of such intention to the seller, with particulars as to the place, day, and hour of sampling. If the seller does not attend, the samples are to be taken in the presence of a witness, who is to initial each sample. 5. The buyer is immediately to deliver or send by post to the district analyst, one of such samples, with a report of the case, the invoice or a copy thereof, and also in the case of a feeding stuff, any circular or advertisement of the seller descriptive of the article to be analysed which the buyer may wish the district analyst to consider in making his analysis and giving his certificate. 6. One of the remaining samples is to be delivered or sent by post to the seller, and the other is to be retained by the buyer. Regulations as to Samples taken by District Analyst. 7. When the buyer or the seller desires that the samples shall be taken by the district analyst he is to give notice in writing to that effect to the district analyst. Such notice is to contain the names and addresses of the buyer and the seller, and such particulars as may be necessary to enable the district analyst to identify the article to be analysed. A copy of any such notice given by the seller is to be sent at the same time to the buyer. 8. The district analyst is to give six days' notice in writing to the seller and to the buyer, as to the place, day, and hour of sampling, to enable them to be present at such sampling, if they so desire. 9. One of the samples taken by the district analyst is to be retained by him, another delivered or sent to the seller, and the third delivered or sent to the buyer. 10. Any notice or sample required by these regulations to be given or sent by the district analyst to the buyer or the seller may be sent by post to the respective names and addresses stated in the above-mentioned notice to the district analyst. 11. The district analyst, at or before the time of sampling, is to be supplied by the buyer with the invoice or a copy thereof, and also in the case of a feeding stuff, with any circular or advertisement of the seller descriptive of the article to be analysed, which the buyer may wish the district analyst to consider in making his analysis and giving his certificate. 12. The district analyst is to provide any receptacle or other thing required by him for the samples. General Regulations for taking Samples. 13. When the fertiliser is delivered in bags or other packages a number of bags or packages are to be selected as follows, viz. Not less than 2 bags or packages where the quantity does not exceed half a ton. Not less than 3 bags or packages where the quantity does not exceed 2 tons. Not less than 5 bags or packages where the quantity does not exceed 5 tons. Not less than 10 bags or packages where the quantity exceeds 5 tons. 14. The selected bags or packages are to be emptied separately on a clean and dry stone or wooden floor, worked up with a spade, and one spadeful from each set aside. The separate spadefuls are then to be thoroughly mixed and any lumps broken up by the hand or spade. From this mixture three samples of from lb. to 1 lb. are to be taken and carefully and securely packed, a sufficient quantity of the mixture for such purpose being in the first place separated from the bulk. 15. When the fertiliser is delivered in bulk, then in like manner portions are to be taken from different parts of the fertiliser, and thoroughly mixed together, and the samples taken from a portion of such mixture. 16. When the fertiliser consists of bulky materials, uneven in character and likely to get matted together, such as shoddy, wool, refuse, hair, &c., portions are to be taken from the selected bags or packages, or from different parts of the fertiliser, if in bulk, the matted portions torn up, and the whole mixed as above directed, but the samples are to be somewhat larger. 17. When the feeding stuff is in the state of meal or grain, it is to be sampled in the same manner as prescribed for fertilisers. When the feeding stuff is in the state of cake, a number of cakes are to be selected as follows: Not less than 3 cakes where the quantity does not exceed 1 ton. Not less than 5 cakes where the quantity does not exceed 5 tons. Not less than 10 cakes where the quantity exceeds 5 tons. 18. A section of about four inches wide, across the whole breadth, is to be taken from the middle of each selected cake, and these sections subdivided, also across the whole breadth, into three parts. Three samples shall then be taken each containing one of these subdivided parts of each selected cake. 19. If the cakes be much broken up, samples are to be taken in as nearly as possible the same manner as in the case of entire cakes. 20. In the case of a feeding stuff, if any appreciable portion be mouldy, sour, or otherwise unsuitable for feeding purposes, or if cakes be full of hard lumps, or have cotton or hair attaching to them, separate samples are to be taken of such portion or cakes and of the residue of the feeding stuff. An estimate is to be formed as to the proportion of the feeding stuff represented by each sample. 21. When the feeding stuff is in a fluid or semi-fluid condition, a number of packages, in the same proportion to the total quantity as in the case of meal or grain, are to be selected, and a portion taken from each. The several portions are then to be well mixed together in a clean vessel, and three samples taken therefrom as in other cases. General Directions. 22. In every case the sampling is to be done as quickly as is possible consistently with due care, and the material is not to be allowed to be exposed any longer than is absolutely necessary. 23. The object of the person taking the samples is to obtain samples fairly representing the bulk from which they are drawn, and therefore no bag, package, or cake is to be selected which has apparently been damaged while in the possession of the buyer. 24. Each sample is to be packed in a dry clean bottle or jar, or (except in the case of a fertiliser) in a dry, clean tin, or in some other suitable manner so that the original composition of the fertiliser or feeding stuff may be preserved. 25. The samples are to be so packed and secured that they cannot be tampered with, and to be sealed and intialled by the person taking the sample, and numbered consecutively. They may also be sealed by the buyer and the seller, if present and so desiring. Each sample is to be indorsed with the name of the article, and the date and place of the sampling. Regulation as to Samples Sealed by seller and Buyer. 26. Where any samples are taken in the presence of, and sealed by, the seller as well as the buyer, such samples are to be deemed, as between the buyer and seller, to have been taken in accordance with these regulations. Short Title. 27. These regulations may be cited as "The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1894." Given at the Council Chamber, Dublin Castle, this 6th day of January, 1894. MacDermot, A.G. Joseph M. Meade. Thomas A. Dickson. ORDER OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT IN COUNCIL, DATED JANUARY 6TH, 1894, PRESCRIBING FORMS OF CERTIFICATE OF DISTRICT ANALYST UNDER THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1893.* 1894. No. 49. By the Lords Justices and Privy Council of Ireland. S. Walker, C. Wolseley, Gen. We the Lords Justices-General and General Governors of Ireland, by and with the advice and consent of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893,* do hereby direct as follows :— 1. The certificate of a district analyst under the abovementioned Act is to be in such one of the forms set forth in the schedule hereto annexed as may be applicable to the case, and to contain the particulars therein mentioned with such variations as the circumstances require. 2. This direction is to take effect from and after the 6th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and to remain in force until altered or revoked by the Lord Lieutenant in Council. Given at the Council Chamber, Dublin Castle, the 6th day of January, 1894. MacDermot, A.G. SCHEDULE. Forms. FORM A. Certificate for Fertiliser where the Samples are not taken by the District Analyst. in pursuance I, the undersigned district analyst for the (') of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, do hereby certify that I received on the (2) a sample of (3) sealed, and fastened up and marked (1) day of 189 from for analysis, which was duly and was accompanied by the annexed (5) (copy of an) invoice, and that at the request of (6) (1) Here insert the name of the county, borough, or district. (2) Here insert the name of the person delivering the sample, and if so, add, if applicable," the person duly authorised by me to take samples." (3) Here insert the name of the article as stated on the sample.. by post," and also Here insert the distinguishing mark on the sample, consisting of initials and a number. (5) The invoice or copy invoice will be initialled by the analyst for purposes of identification and annexed to this certificate. (*) Here insert name of the buyer requesting the analysis. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 56. I have analysed the same and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows: I am of opinion that the said sample contained the parts as under :Nitrogen per cent. per cent. per cent. (9) per cent. (7) The phosphates in both cases to be given according to the trade practice in terms of tribasic phosphate of lime Caz (PO4)2. (*) The potash to be given in terms of potassium oxide, KO. (2) If the invoice or description of the article be false in any material particular to the prejudice of the buyer, here state in what respect. FORM B. Certificate for Fertiliser where the Samples are taken by the District Analyst. I, the undersigned district analyst for the (1) in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1893, do hereby certify as follows: day of (a.) That on the and in the presence of (3) accordance with the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1894, three samples of a parcel of (*). identified by the said (6) 189, at the request of (2) I took, in , lying in (5) and as the fertiliser sold under the 189, I delivered to the [by post] another of the invoice (a copy of) which was supplied to me by the said (7) - [by post] one of the said samples marked (1o) and to the said (1) said samples marked (10) (c.) That at the request of the said (9) I have analysed the remaining sample, and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows: I am of opinion that the said sample contained the parts as under: (2) Here insert name of person requesting analyst to take the samples. (3) Here insert names of buyer and seller, or their representatives, present. (*) Here insert name of article. (5) Here insert description of place where the samples are taken. (6) Here insert name of person identifying the parcel. (7) Here insert name of person supplying the invoice or copy invoice. (8) The invoice or copy invoice will be initialled by the analyst for purposes of identification and annexed to this certificate. (2) Here insert name of buyer. (16) Here insert the distinguishing mark on the sample in question, consisting of initials and a number. (11) Here insert name of seller. (12) The phosphates in both cases to be given according to the trade practice in terms of tribasic phosphate of lime, Caş (PO4)2. (13) The potash to be given in terms of potassium oxide, K2O. (14) If the invoice or description of the article be false in any material particular to the prejudice of the buyer, here state in what respect. |