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Under the scheme reports have been received on the chemical examinations of
1,090 samples of supplies to Council's institutions and schools, of which number 24
were deficient in butter-fat.
In addition to the above, results have been received of the bacteriological
examinations of 209 samples of pasteurised milk, of which 9 failed to comply with
the requirements of the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923, and of 119 samples
of raw milk, 23 of which fell below the adopted standards.
Drugs.

These figures show a small improvement compared with the previous year,
when 9.6 per cent. of the samples analysed were either unsatisfactory or below
standard. Although deficiencies have in the majority of cases been comparatively
small, it is essential that supplies of drugs and medical stores should be kept strictly
up to the required standard.
Fertilisers
and feeding
stuffs.
In connection with the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act,
1926, 282 samples have been examined during the year under the supervision of
the chemist, who is the official agricultural analyst for those parts of the county
which do not come within the purview of the City Corporation or Port Sanitary
Authority. The results of the analyses were :
Samples of feeding stuffs.
Complied with guarantee 135
Deficient 43
Constituents in excess of guarantee 34
Guarantee incorrect in form or no guarantee 13
Total 225
Samples of fertilisers.
Complied with guarantee 21
Deficient 5
Constituents in excess of guarantee 22
Guarantee incorrect in form or no guarantee 9
Total 57
Compared with the figures for last year there is a considerable improvement in
the number of samples of feeding stuff's which complied with the guarantee, although
the number showing a deficiency remains almost the same. The Fertiliser and
Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1932, which amended those issued in 1928 have been in
force throughout the year; one outstanding feature has been the number (17) of
samples, described as meat meal or meat and bone meal, which have been found
to contain less than the minimum amounts of albuminoids (protein), required by
these regulations, and which do not, therefore, legally, come under these
descriptions.
Two samples, one of meat meal and one of meat and bone meal, were adversely
reported on as containing wood fibre, probably sawdust; while two samples of meat
and bone meal had more than the legal maximum (4 per cent.) of salt. One sample
submitted as sulphate of ammonia was found to consist entirely of impure potassium
chloride. A French gluten feed contained 11 per cent. mineral matter, mainly
calcium phosphate, and was excessively acid, and a sample of linseed meal, although