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"admixed with foods of one and another class that may
"have come, or may during the next few months come,
"to your notice in connection with your work under the
"Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
"The Committee are especially desirous of learning of
"any fresh experiences in the direction indicated during
"the prevalence of hot weather, and also of receiving
"data as to the relative frequency and amounts of
"admixtures of the sort in question in foods which form
" the subject of Sunday trading.
"The Committee will accordingly be glad to receive
"any information with which you will be good enough
"to furnish them at an early date, and from time to
"time during the ensuing twelve months, with reference
"to the foregoing points, or any of them.
"I am, Sir,
"Your obedient Servant,
"CHAS. J. HUDDART,
"Secretary of the Committee.
"Dr. Sedgwick Saunders,
"Public Analyst."
It appears that at the outset of their inquiries,
the Committee found they did not possess the
proper machinery for collecting samples from
merchants and others. In this difficulty the
Secretary addressed a letter to the Town Clerk
inviting the assistance and co-operation of my
Department.