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(iv.) Agricultural Credits Act No. 40 of 1926 which makes 
provision for granting credits also for the disposal of Crops. 
B. Municipal MARKETS. 
Municipal markets in South Africa are under the direct control 
of Municipalities to whom the monopoly has been granted under 
various Provincial Ordinances. Market Regulations are, however, 
submitted “to the Provincial Administration for approval. The 
markets are under the supervision of Market Committees of Town 
Councillors—appointed annually. The Market Master is the 
business manager bound down by rules and regulations and the 
whims of the Council. 
In the majority of cases Market Masters also undertake agency 
services in their official capacity. This system has been more 
tully developed in the case of the Durban Borough Market where the 
Market Master exercises a monopoly of agency business. The 
private market agent is not recognised, and producers selling through 
them are penalised with a hich commission. 
These markets serve as a source of general revenue for the 
Municipalities concerned. 
Port Elizabeth Wool Market. 
A feature of South African wool marketing is the successful 
system of catalogue sales held regularly by the Municipality of Port 
Elizabeth. 
C. Maize aNp PrrisHaBne Propucts. 
The Government Grain Elevator System has already in its first 
year of its operation proved of vital importance in the marketing of 
maize and the success of the first year’s operations has justified an 
extension of the system. 
Elevator receipts are issued by the Elevator authorities against 
which the banks are prepared to make advances to the holders. 
D. CoLDp STORAGE. 
The new Government cooling plant erected by the Railway and 
Harbour Administration in Table Bay Docks is the dawn of a new 
era in the marketing (especially export) of perishable products. 
5 THE CONTROL OF THE NATIVE COTTON INDUSTRY 
AND HOW FAR THE REGULATIONS IN FORCE FOR 
SUCH CONTROL, IN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES 
REPRESENTED ARE PRACTICAL AND ADEQUATE. 
(Note by Mr. H. C. Sampson of the Empire Cotton Growing 
Corporation.—T.C.(C)Cot.1.) 
The following countries have under their Cotton Ordinances 
issued regulations for the control of the native cotton industry: 
Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland. and Swaziland. 
These regulations can be classified under the following heads : 
1. The supply of seed for sowing. 
2. The cultivation and care of the crop. 
3. The control of insect and fungoid pests. 
4. Marketing. 
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