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If the public would only discourage the use of
colored teas, it would be greatly to the common
advantage, as thus inferior and even spent leaves
may be made to do service again. In several cases
the leaves were very much broken, and the teas were
of such a quality that they could be sold at a low
price.
I have also examined 11 varieties of brown
Sugar. None of these were adulterated; but I
should have thought that the appearance of No. 136
would have insured its rejection. The same remark
applies to No. 126. Nos. 139, 133, and 177, were
very good.
Since my first Report I have examined five
samples of Mustard. Four out of the five samples
were sold as admixtures. Flour was the chief
admixture, but turmeric was also very distincly
present. As a condiment, such admixture is of little
consequence, although the public would find the
pure mustard far more economical, as a very little
would be required. When used for medicinal purposes,
the uncertainty about the amount of admixture
renders its application utterly unreliable. If a lable