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deleterious substances has yet been reported in this Parish. The
following information, regarding the milk supply, may not be
without interest.
A respectable cowkeeper and dairyman in the parish called
upon the Vestry Clerk and handed him a sample of an article
which somewhat resembled cream, though thicker and whiter than
the real article. It had the taste of milk, and mixed fairly with
tea, &o., similar to condensed milk. The dairyman said it was
largely used in the trade, not only to mix with milk, but, when
mixed with three times its bulk of water, was sold as milk,
that the Analysts could not determine its composition, and
that although it was represented as an imported article he believed
it was manufactured in this country, and was not milk at all,
and its use was a serious injury to the home-producing dairy
interest. This and also a second sample were sent to the Analyst,
Dr. Stevenson, with a request that he would make a complete
analysis and report. He did so. The result of his analysis is
given below. He stated that it was nothing but condensed milk
with a small addition of boracic acid, probably as a preservative;
that it yielded cream, but slowly, as is the case with condensed milk,
but in other respects it was good and genuine milk. It was
probably imported from Italy, as such an article had been in the
market for some time. Dr. Stevenson's opinion has since been
corroborated in a communication to the Vestry Clerk by another
eminent Analyst, and by one of the largest dairy producers in the
country. It is satisfaction therefore to know that this strange milk
apparition is at least of a harmless character,