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should be thrown without reason. The mere statement
that the Somerset House Chemists, without giving
the results of analysis, should pronounce an article
genuine, is an unheard-of feature of English justice.
I therefore trust that the Vestry will support me in
any future case, and will ask of the Magistrate an
adjournment for further information.
One of the butters only just came within the
limits of the allowed quantity of salt.
The Lards, four in number, were of good
quality. They were totally free from metallic contamination.
I have only examined two Breads, but both
were of very good quality. The methods of analysis
have been very much improved, and although they
are more costly, they are more satisfactory in every
way.
Of Sweetmeats I have analyzed two specimens;
a Mixture and Gum Pastilles. Both were of fair
quality, coloured with harmless pigments and quite
free from injurious characteristics.
A crystalline powder, Sherbet, scarcely calls for
remark. The effervescing part was somewhat under
the usual proportion, but this is a matter of no
importance.