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mens were taken between the 12th December, 1870,
and the 9th January, 1877; and again, between the
28th March and the 24th April last.
In the present quarter, I have given Certificates
of Adulteration in eleven cases. In addition, four
others were slightly adulterated, and yet another was
skimmed, but whether the skimming was of intention
or not, I could not positively assert. So then we
have nearly 41 per cent. of adulterated milk, exclusive
of the doubtful cases.
In not a single case, however, have we had to
deal with diseased milk, as far as the microscope can
indicate, and doubtless the water employed for
adulteration is tap water. As to the amount of added
water for which I have given Certificates to our
Inspectors, it varied from 9 per cent. in No. 11, to
26 per cent. in No. 55.
Of two samples of Butter and one sample of
Coffee, I have no more to report than that they
were good of their kind. Eight samples of Bread
and three specimens of Flour have also been examined.
In three samples the logwood test gave
such indications, that quantitative analyses for alum