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suggested that no firm should be allowed to keep whole milk and
separated milk on the same premises. *
Forty-seven prosecutions were taken with regard to adulteration—
32 for fat abstracted, 12 for added water, and 3 for both fat abstracted
and added water. Sixteen cautions were given to sellers whose milk
contained less than 5 per cent. of added water, or had less than 5 per
cent. of fat abstracted. Warranties were set up as a defence in
21 instances, but in 3 instances defendants were unable to prove
them. In one, there was a period between delivery by the wholesale man
and taking in of the milk in the early morning; another admitted the
addition of colouring matter. Details of the proceedings taken are
appended.
Sunday Samples.—186 of the samples of milk were taken on 17
Sundays during the year; 17 (9'1 per cent.) were found to be
adulterated. In the three previous years the figures were 10 6, 11*0
and 10'5 per cent, respectively.
Samples taken in course of Delivery—
(a) At Railway Stations.—102 samples of milk were taken on
arrival at Victoria and Charing Cross Railway Stations. Forty-one
were reported of good quality, 37 fair, 16 poor, and 8 adulterated.
(b) On Delivery at Shops, &c.—30 samples of milk were taken as it
was being delivered by wholesale firms to retail customers. Of these
samples, 6 were good, 16 fair, 6 poor, and 2 adulterated (12 and 21
per cent, of fat abstracted). These samples were taken in consequence
of the milk sold by the retailer having been previously sampled and
found below the limit.

Infringement of Scction 9 Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899.—
Six persons were cautioned for failure to have name and address on
milk can or barrow.
Refusal to Sell.—A street seller refused to sell to the Inspector from
a hand can, which was three parts full, until he had filled it up from the
churn. The contents of the hand can previously must have been much
better quality than that in the churn, as analysis from samples taken