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104
Christmas, 1879.
By some mistake the unusual number of
sixty-seven articles of consumption have been supplied
during the last quarter, and I trust that a diminution
will be made in The coming Quarter.
I have analysed thirty-one samples of Milk, and
of these no fewer than seven have been examined in
duplicate. All of these seven were more or less
adulterated with water. But, owing to the larger
percentage of butter, no legal notice could with
wisdom be taken of several of them. Besides these
seven, one of them contained 18 per cent. of cream,
doubtless a top-skimming. And yet another was
skimmed so as almost to constitute a case for
prosecution.
Many of the milks were of excellent quality, and
the same may be said of all the Breads, sixteen in
number. Not one of the breads gave any indication
of the presence of alum, nor did the microscope
exhibit any admixtures.
Besides milk and bread, I have examined one
specimen of ground Coffee (123) which contained
nearly 50 per cent. of chicory.
Of Cocoas, three have been analysed. They
were admixtures of the usual character, with added