RS 51:643
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RS 51:643
§643. Shipping containers; restrictions; marking
All match boxes or packages shall be packed in strong shipping containers or cases. The number of match boxes or packages contained in any one shipping container or case shall not exceed the amount below:
Number Number
of boxes of matches
1/2 gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700
1 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
2 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
3 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
5 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12 " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
20 " over 50 and under . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
25 " under . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
No shipping container or case constructed of fibreboard, corrugated fibreboard, or wood nailed or wire bound, shall exceed, including its contents, seventy-five pounds, and no lock-cornered wood case containing matches shall exceed, including its contents, eighty-five pounds. No other articles or commodities shall be packed in the same container or case. On the outside of all containers and cases in which are packed strike-anywhere matches, the words "Strike-Anywhere Matches" shall be plainly marked.