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No legal action could be taken, all the samples having
been purchased informally for the purposes of a special
report (vide infra).
(e) Coffee.
39 samples of coffee were taken, but none were declared
by the Analyst to be adulterated.
(f) Mustard.
25 samples of mustard were taken, but none were declared
by the Analyst to be adulterated.
(g) Other Groceries.
8 samples of sago, 10 of chocolate powder, 29 of pepper,
1 of cayenne pepper, 5 of tapioca, 8 of cocoa and 4 of
arrowroot were taken, but none were declared by the
Analyst to be adulterated.
(h.) Drugs.*
71 samples were taken and of these 16 (i.e., 22.5 per cent.)
were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated as follows :
1 camphorated oil, devoid of camphor.
2 lime water, 12 and 32 per cent, deficient in lime.
1 boracic acid ointment, 5 per cent, deficient in boracic
acid.
1 beeswax, 10 per cent, paraffin wax.
1 Seidlitz powder, 2 parts lead per million.
3 carbonate of magnesia, 4, 10 and 10 parts lead per
million.
3 Epsom salts, 2, 4, 14 parts lead per million.
1 oxide of magnesia, 4 parts lead per million.
* Consisting of eucalyptus oil, tinct. quin. am., orange quinine
wine, Blaud's Pills, sweet spirit of nitre, compound liquorice powder,
white precipitate ointment, beeswax, turpentine, Sal Volatile, boric
ointment, zinc oxide, iodine, lime water, sulphur ointment, camphorated
oil.