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which was done. Proceedings were also taken in one case where
Margarine was sold from a bulk supply which was itself unlabelled.
These proceedings resulted in fines and costs being imposed
in all cases but 5, in which cases warranties were established to
the satisfaction of the Court. One other cautionary letter was
sent in the case of a sample of Coffee Mixture which was purchased,
the Analyst certifying that the mixture consisted of 25
per cent. Coffee and 75 per cent. Chicory. The question was
considered as to whether this was not a fraudulent mixture, but
in view of the fact that the paper containing the sample bore the
following words, " This is sold as a mixture of Chicory and
Coffee," it was thought that the letter of caution would be
sufficient.
Of the total number of samples, 42 were taken in course of,
and at the place of delivery, by an Officer of this Council direct,
of which number 11 were certified to be adulterated ; 3 were
bought by an Officer of the Council direct, all of which were
not adulterated ; the remaining 355 samples were taken by agents
employed by the Officers of this Council and a small number of
samples not included in the above were taken in an informal
manner.
It may be of interest to put on record here that during the
year a series of samples were taken of the milk supplied to one
of the Public Institutions in the Borough, when it was found that
adulterated milk was being delivered. Our suspicions had been
aroused in this respect for some considerable time, but we had
been unable to definitely prove the matter. By adopting certain
tactics however, we succeeded on obtaining a series of 7 samples,
which were adulterated, and it was in connection with the
taking of these samples that the two adulterated samples were