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"Milk-blended" butter can only be manufactured for sale and sold to the
public under a name to be approved by the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries.
In the course of the year the undermentioned names for mixtures of
butter and milk have been approved by the Board:—

The permissible amount of water in these mixtures is limited by Section 4
(2) of the Act to 25 per cent.
A sample of "Pearks' Own" was certified by your Public Analyst to
contain 23.3 per cent. of water. A sample of Pearks' "Milk-blended Butter,"
taken on the 16th May, 1906, before the passing of the Butter and Margarine
Act, 1907, contained no less than 28.0 per cent. of water. It is noteworthy
that the price per pound of the article was 1s. 2d. in each instance.
Seventeen samples of margarine were examined as to their water content,
but none were found to exceed the statutory limit of 16 per cent.
COFFEE.
Of 38 samples examined, 37 were pronounced genuine, and one was found
to contain no less than 56 per cent of chicory. In this case the vendor was
fined £5 and 19s. 6d. expenses.
The amount of Coffee adulteration in the City during the last eight
years is here given.

MUSTARD.
One sample out of 39 was adulterated. The sample reported against was
certified to contain 23 per cent. wheat flour coloured with turmeric. The
offender was proceeded against, and fined £2 and 19s. 6d. expenses.