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The samples taken during 1934 included :—
433 milk (4 informal) ; 23 sausages (21 informal) ; 14 bread and butter (12 informal) ;
20 whiskey ; 17 butter ; 10 vinegar ; 5 gin ; 4 dried mint (3 informal) ; 4 self raising
flour ; 2 rum ; 2 fish paste ; 2 ground ginger ; 2 ground arrowroot ; 1 chopped meat ;
1 dried sage ; 1 brandy ; 1 margarine. Informal samples were also taken as follows:—
8 dripping ; 8 cream ; 6 boracic ointment B.P. ; 6 chocolate ; 6 cheese ; 6 tomato
puree ; 4 herrings in tomato sauce ; 4 meat paste ; 4 mineral water ; 4 ice cream ;
4 cider ; 4 castor oil B.P.; 4 tomato soup ; 4 cocoa ; 3 condensed milk ; 3 jam ;
3 tinned peas ; 3 lemonade powder ; 3 tea dust ; 3 liquid paraffin ; 3 pickles ;
3 cordials ; 3 non-alcoholic wine ; 2 sauce ; 2 tinned fruit; 2 coffee and chicory ;
2 Parrish's chemical food B.P. ; 1 Parrish's chemical food (Parrish's formulae) ;
1 zinc ointment B.P. ; 1 tomato ketchup ; 1 tinned salmon ; 1 tinned crab ; 1 tinned
sardines ; 1 cod liver oil emulsion B.P.C. ; 1 dried milk full cream ; 1 dried milk
half cream ; 1 coffee ; 1 chicory and coffee.

An informal sample of mint sauce was found to contain 35 per cent. of leaf
other than mint leaf. A formal sample was obtained from the same source and was
certified to also contain 35 per cent. of leaf other than mint leaf. Legal proceedings
were instituted and defendant was ordered to pay 10s. 6d. costs.
An informal sample of bread and butter was certified to have margarine
substituted for butter. A formal sample was taken from the same source and the
same substitution was found. Legal proceedings were instituted and defendant
was fined £2 0s. Od. and ordered to pay £2 2s. Od. costs.
The majority of the samples taken were of milk which was represented by 433
samples during the year. Of these 16 or 3-70 per cent, were found to be below the
standard fixed by the Board of Agriculture. The following table shows the results
of analysis :—