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shall be conveyed to and from the room upon such notice as the
officer of Excise shall appoint.

5. The maltster shall provide secure rooms in his malt-house,
to be approved in writing by the supervisor, for grinding the
malt made by him in such malt-house, and mixing and storing the
same when mixed; and all such rooms shall be properly secured
and kept locked by the proper officer of Excise.

6. All malt before removal from the malt-house shall be ground
and thoroughly mixed with one-tenth part at least of its weight
of ground linseed-cake or linseed-meal, and ground to such a
degree of fineness and in such manner as the commissioners shall
approve, and mixed together in a quantity not less than forty
bushels at a time in the presence of an officer of Excise.

7. The maltster shall keep account of the quantity of all malt
mixed as aforesaid which he shall from time to time send out or
deliver from his malt-house, with the dates and addresses of the
person for whom such mixed malt shall be so sent or delivered.

8. If any person shall attempt to separate any malt from any
material with which the same shall have been mixed as aforesaid,
or shall use this malt for the brewing of beer or distilling of
spirits, he shall forfeit the sum of L200.

9 and 10. The penalties of existing Acts are recited.

11. This Act shall continue and be in force for five years.

Some samples of malt and barley examined in May, 1865, by Dr. Voelcker
for the Central Anti-Malt Tax Association, afforded the following
results:--

-------------------------+-------+---------------------------------------
|Barley | Malt marked
|marked |
| No. 1.| No. 5.| No. 7.| No. 9.|No. 14.|No. 16.
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
Moisture | 11.76| 8.72| 7.43| 7.76| 8.35| 7.06
Sugar | 3.75| 4.29| 5.48| 7.85| 9.46| 9.86
Starch and dextrine | 70.40| 71.03| 69.70| 67.57| 67.53| 67.67
[*] Albuminous compounds | | | | | |
(flesh-forming matters)| 7.75| 8.44| 8.81| 9.37| 8.60| 8.31
Woody fibre (cellular) | 4.46| 5.22| 6.38| 5.38| 4.14| 5.11
Mineral matter (ash) | 1.88| 2.30| 2.20|