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that estimate by the Secretary of the Interior it shall be the estimated cost per unit of helium for use as indicated in Section 6 hereof for computing deposits.  Such estimates may be revised from time to time during the year as changing conditions may warrant, and each revised estimate, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall become the estimated cost per unit of helium for use (until revised again) in computing deposits to accompany subsequent contracts and determining required additions to deposits under contracts previously made: Provided, however, that in computing the deposit required under an application for a quantity of helium large enough to have material effect on the actual cost per unit of helium, the Bureau of Mines may use revised estimate of the cost per unit of helium, that has not yet been approved by the said Secretary; in which event, however, such revised estimate shall be submitted to the said Secretary for approval prior to or simultaneously with submission for final execution of the contract arising of said application.

(b) Upon the receipt of each application for purchase of helium, the Bureau of Mines shall estimate the service charges applicable to such helium and its delivery, based upon the volume of helium to be delivered, types of containers to be supplied, method of transportation, and other pertaining factors; and the said Bureau shall make such estimates known to the applicant.

Section 6.
DEPOSITS

(a) The initial deposit to be made by the purchaser, before final execution on behalf of the Government of any contract for purchase of market helium, shall be one hundred twenty percentum (120%) of the estimated cost plus service charges applicable to the helium (and delivery thereof) to be delivered under such contract; said estimated cost plus service charges being,

(1) The estimated cost per unit of helium (as estimated by the Bureau of Mines and approved by the Secretary of the Interior) multiplied by the number of units of helium to be delivered, plus

(2) The estimated service charges applicable to the helium to be delivered:

Provided, however, that in no event shall the amount included for item (1) above be less than $10.00: Provided further, that if such a contract is for the purchase of more than 1000 units of helium, the deliveries of which are to be extended over a period that in the judgment of the Bureau of Mines warrants application of this proviso, the initial deposit may be a sum not less than sixty percentum (60%) of the estimated cost plus service charges applicable to all helium to be delivered under said contract, or the amount estimated by the Bureau of Mines to be necessary to meet obligations incurred or to be incurred in producing and delivering the helium called for by such contract, whichever amount is the greater.

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