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of their Fat, but the amounts left did not admit of the samples
being reported as adulterated, having regard to the existing
necessity for calculating results upon low standards of quality
which has been alluded to above ; but it is altogether misleading
to report Milks of this description as " Genuine," and it is
important to ascertain, for administrative purposes, where and
under what circumstances they were sold. A permanent record
of these sales is of much value in the working of the Acts.
16. " Genuine " Mill;. — Of the 22 samples of Milk reported as
"genuine," 6 were of good quality, 12 were of fair average
quality, and 4 were poor Milks.
BUTTER.
24 Samples.
1888.89. 1889.90.
Genuine, 37.5 Per Cent. 45.8 Per Cent.
Adulterated, 62.5 Per Cent. 54.2 Per Cent.
17. The thirteen samples reported as adulterated were
all certified to be Margarine, under the Margarine Act of 1887.
They were seized under the provisions of that Act, and each
sample consisted chiefly of foreign fat; that is, each sample contained
at least 90 per cent. of fat other than the fat of Butter; with
one exception ; namely, a sample containing at least 70 per cent.
of foreign fat. Under the Act a sample containing any proportion
of fat other than butter.fat is to be regarded and certified as
" Margarine."
18. The Act defines "Butter" as "the substance usually
known as butter, made exclusively from Milk or Cream, or
both." The word " Margarine " means "all substances, whether
compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of Butter, and
whether mixed with Butter or not, and no such substance shall
be lawfully sold, except under the name of ' Margarine,' and
under the conditions set forth in the Act." Any such substance
not being marked according to the directions laid down in the
Act is to be considered as being consigned, or exposed for sale, as
" Butter."