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tions so far as applicable to contracts of sale, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined accordingly. Part. V. — Terms of Employment of Brokers. 40. In respect of every contract for the purchase of wheat by a Government broker on account of the Government, the broker shall be entitled to receive from the Government a commission of |d. for every bushel delivered in pursuance of and in conformity with that contract. 41. In respect of every contract for the sale of wheat by a Government broker on account of the Government, the broker shall be entitled to receive from the Government a commission of £d. for every bushel delivered in pursuance of and in conformity with that contract. 42. It shall not be lawful for a Government broker to receive, directly or indirectly, any additional commission or remuneration from any party other than the Government in respect of the making of any such contract of purchase or sale ; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the broker from receiving from any such party remuneration for services rendered in respect of storage or otherwise howsoever in. addition to the service of making the contract of purchase or sale. 43. It shall not be lawful for any Government broker to give, offer, or promise to any person any rebate, refund, commission, allowance, gratuity, or other valuable consideration as an inducement to that person to sell or purchase wheat to or from the Government through that broker, or for the reason that he has so sold or purchased wheat. 44. It shall not be lawful for a Government broker to purchase, whether for himself or on account of any other person, any wheat of a quality inferior to good milling-wheat except under the authority of a license issued to the broker in that behalf by the Wheat Controller and in accordance with the terms of that license. Any such license may be at any time cancelled by the Controller for any reason which in his absolute discretion he thinks sufficient. 45. In all matters within the scope of their employment and not specifically provided for by these regulations Government brokers ■ shall act in accordance with directions from time to time received from the Wheat Controller. 46. Government, brokers shall from time to time make to the Wheat Controller such returns relative to the business done, by them as the Controller may require. 47. Every appointment of a Government broker shall be deemed to incorporate, as a contract between the broker and the Government, the provisions of these regulations so far as they relate to the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of such brokers. Part VI. — Disputes. 48. When any dispute arises as to whether any wheat offered to a Government broker for sale to the Government is good milling-wheat, or when any dispute arises as to whether any wheat delivered in fulfilment of any contract of purchase or sale entered into by Government brokers on account of the Government is in accordance with the contract in respect of kind, quality, or condition, the dispute shall be determined by a Government grader appointed for this purpose by the Board of Trade, and his decision shall be final, 49. When any dispute, other than as mentioned in the last preceding clause, arises between the parties to any contract entered into by a Government broker on account of the Government, or between a Government broker and the Government, or between a Government broker and any seller or purchaser of wheat to or from the Government, touching the meaning or operation of these regulations or of any contract so entered into, the dispute shall be determined by the Wheat Controller, whose decision shall be final. 50. Nothing in the last two preceding clauses shall apply to any prosecution for an offence against these regulations. 51. (I.) Subject to the foregoing provisions as to the settlement of disputes, the following weights shall be accepted by all parties as the basis of settlement in all contracts for the purchase or sale of wheat by or to the Government: — Wheat delivered direct to a mill—flour-millers' weights : Wheat delivered free on board —customary free-on-board weights : Wheat delivered ex store either to mills or free on board —ex-store weights. (2.) The only deduction from such weights shall be 31b. tare per sack. Part Vll. — Offences. 52. Every person shall be guilty of an. offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly, who does or attempts or conspires to do any act declared by these regulations to be unlawful. 53. Every Government broker shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly, who commits any wilful breach of his contract with the Government under these regulations. 54. Every seller of wheat to the Government or purchaser of wheat from the Government under these regulations who commits a wilful breach of his contract with the Government shall be guilty of an offence against these, regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly. 55. Every person who, being a servant or agent of any Government broker or of any such seller or purchaser of wheat, wilfully does any act whereby or in consequence of which such Government broker, seller, or purchaser breaks his contract with the Government shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.