366 MODERN PAPER-MAKING
contract. In the event of the works of the buyer or seller being totally
destroyed, and not rebuilt or replaced within twelve months, the contract
.shall be considered null and void. In the case of contracts for delivery in in-
stalments, each delivery shall be considered a separate contract.
Delayed Deliveries.— (i) Specification of makings shall be sent to the seller
in reasonable time for delivery on due date. If the paper contracted for be
ready for delivery on the specified date, and the buyer does not take delivery
when requested by the seller to do so, it shall be invoiced forthwith and invoice
taken to account. If the whole of the delivery be not ready, the seller shall not
be entitled to invoice any portion. (2) Paper stored at mill shall be subject to
a rent charge of 6d. per ton per week for any period it lies at mill after 14 days
from date of invoice, except in cases where delay is due to causes beyond buyer's
control Maximum period for storing at mill shall be 3 months.
Complaints of Quality, etc.—Claims for defective quality, short, weight etc.,
shall be made in writing within 14 days after delivery, but this is not to operate
in cases where defective quality cannot reveal itself during this period. Such
protection shall not be given beyond 3 months. In cases where delivery
is within the British Isles, at least half the parcel must be available for exami-
nation. For export business, six representative outturn sheets shall be supplied
with invoice, but the English exporter is entitled to return to the question
of quality in cases where his export buyer subsequently reports any defect
not revealed by outturn sheets.
Contracting Out.—Any or all of these terms may be varied or made in-
applicable by the terms of the contract or order.
Arbitration.— (i) All disputes arising under any contract or order shall be
submitted to arbitration in the United Kingdom. (2) Each party shall appoint
his arbiter, and the arbiters shall choose their umpire before proceeding. If
the dispute relates to quality, the arbiters and umpire must be experts in paper,
and they shall "decide whether the paper complained of is a fair commercial
match of quality to be supplied. Should they decide that it is not, they may
authorise rejection, or they may order acceptance subject to stated allowance,
in which latter case they shall state whether the allowance shall apply to all
or part of such portion as has been used before their examination, and their
decision shall be final and binding on both parties. Should either side fail to
appoint his arbiter within the prescribed 14 days, the arbiter appointed by the
other party shall act for both, and his award shall be binding on both parties
as though he had been appointed with their joint consent. The costs of such
reference shall be borne as the arbiters and umpire decide.
Note.—The trade customs as codified in January, 1906, are hereby can-
celled.