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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875-1907.
1913.
RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS.
4
First Quarter.
Sample Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
*36 Butter 90 per cent, margarine £8 and 21s. 6d. expenses.
73 „ 66 per cent, margarine 10s. and 17s. 6d. expenses.
Second Quarter.
306 Milk 6 per cent. added water £1 and 17s. 6d. expenses.
312 ,, 21 per cent. added water £3 and 17s. 6d. expenses.
331 „ 11 per cent. added water£10 and £55*. expenses.
396 Butter 100 per cent. margarine 7s. 6d. and 17s. fid. expenses.
421 Milk 11 per cent. fat abstracted. 2s. 6d. and 17s. 6d. expenses.
*485 Butter . 90 per cent. margarine . £4 and 21s. 6d. expenses.
Third Quarter.
658 Milk 33 per cent. fat abstracted Dismissed. Warranty.
616 Gin37-4 degrees under proof20s. and 31s. 6d. expenses.
†617 Whisky30.1 degrees under proof 20s. and 31s. 6d. expenses.
784 Butter 100 per cent. margarine 40s. and 17s. 6d. expenses.
Fourth Quarter.
875 Whisky28.8 degrees under proof Expenses 17s. 6d.
890 „ 27.9 degrees under proof Expenses 21s,
†943 Gin 43.2 degrees under proof Expenses £2 2s.
944 Whisky 25.9 degrees under proof
1124 Milk 8 per cent. added water Dismissed.
SUMMARY.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
First Quarter: Fines 8 10 0 Expenses 1 19 0
Second Quarter „ 18 10 0 „ 9 16 6
Third Quarter „ 4 0 0 „ 4 0 6
Fourth Quarter „ — „ 4 0 6
£31 0 0 £19 16 6
* Second Offence. † Both samples supplied by the same defendant.