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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST
FOR THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1904.
SAMPLES SUBMITTED.—During the period under review
528 samples were submitted to me for analysis. Of this number,
416 were purchased by your Inspectors in conformity with the
provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. The remaining
112 samples were purchased as test samples, and without declaration
to the vendors.
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ADULTERATED SAMPLES.—Of the 416 official samples
submitted, 39, or 9.38 present were, adulterated, compared with
13.5 percent, in the, previous year (1903) and 15 percent, in
1902. This continued decrease in the number of adulterated
samples is most satisfactory.
TEST SAMPLES.—Of the 112 test samples submitted, 39,
or 13.39 per cent., were adulterated. Samples were subsequently
purchased in official form, resulting in prosecution in some cases.
(See Table I, Nos. 1,044, 1,047 1,146).
MILK.—Of the 250 samples submitted, 27, or 10.8 per
cent., were adulterated, or below the standard fixed by the Board
of Agriculture. This result compares favourably with the two
previous years, when the adulterated samples were 17.4l per
cent, in 1903, and 20.6 per cent, in 1902.
Sunday Samples.—Seventy-two samples were purchase 1
on Sundays, of which only two were adulterated.