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require, are printed in large and legible type. Under
Section 8 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, condensed
milk, whether full cream, skimmed, or machineskimmed,
if sweetened, must bear on the label a declaration
as to the added sugar, whilst, if made abroad, under the
Merchandise Marks Act, the origin must be declared.
All these requirements had been complied with in the cases
of all the six samples submitted, as shown by the labels
and the analytical figures given in Table I., as also had the
descriptions given on the labels, and the samples were,
consequently, passed as "genuine."
In the case of condensed milk, two important consideralions
arise, viz.:—
(a) Their use in infant feeding;
(b) Economical considerations in comparison with the
use of fresh milk.
Speaking generally, the Tables would appear to shew,
T)y the results of the analyses, that diluted condensed milks
are (a) deficient in milk fat, (b) contain a different type of
sugar (viz. : cane sugar) from that normally present in cow's
milk (viz. : milk sugar), and (c) cost more, bulk for bulk,
than cow's milk as ordinarily retailed at 4d. to 5d. a quart.