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specimens to be taken at night, and by different
agencies, and on the same night. You would then
have a better understanding of the danger to which
society is subject, and might assist the government
by supplying facts upon which legislation might be
based.
In several parts of the kingdom, publicans have
been fined for selling spirits below a certain alcoholic
strength; but, as long as the strength is not fixed, I
should never consider it my duty to furnish an Inspector
with a certificate of prosecution.
Any further information will be furnished by the
certificates themselves.
Trusting that I may be supplied with some
regularity with articles for analysis,
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
ALBERT J. BERNAYS,
Professor of Chemistry at the St. Thomas's Hospital
Medical and Surgical College, &c.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas's Hospital, S.E.