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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907.— The following
Table shows the number and nature of articles purchased
and submitted for analysis during the year. The preliminary
or test samples were examined by the Council's Analyst.

A large number of samples which would ordinarily have
been included in the above were obtained and submitted for
analysis at the instruction and expense of the Food Control
Committee, up to the middle of the year.
Petroleum Acts.— Fifty-one applications were received for
permission to keep petroleum, 46 being for the renewal of
existing licences, and 5 for new ones.
Fifty-eight inspections were made of the various premises
in respect of which licences had been issued.
No breach of these Acts was discovered during the year.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894-1911.
Parasitic Mange.— Notifications as required by the above
Acts were received in ten cases, sixteen horses being affected
with the disease.
Five of the infected horses were killed and the remaining
eleven recovered.
In each case the premises were kept under strict observation
and the necessary disinfection and cleansing carried out
at the completion of the case.
Notices requiring detention, disinfection, etc., were served,
and the usual returns rendered to the Board of Agriculture.
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