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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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