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140, in imitation of bird eggs, contained as nucleus
oats, from which in many cases the husks had not been
removed. I could not give a Certificate against them,
but anything more indigestible or injurious to young
children I can scarcely imagine.
Lastly, four Malt Liquors have been examined.
One of these, No. 189, a porter, contained upwards
of 74 grains of the chlorides of sodium and potassium,
and exhibited the source, the sugar, from which the
liquor had been manufactured. I have in former
reports remarked on the inferiority of beers brewed
with sugar, and the necessity for looking into the
character of the sugars employed in the manufacture.
This will become increasingly necessary, now that the
malt tax is abolished. All the certificates are in the
hands of our Inspectors.
Lady-Day, 1881.
During the Quarter just passed, I have analyzed
fifty-five articles.
Milk, as usual, takes the first rank. The amount
of adulteration is very considerable, and this has involved
no fewer than twelve duplicate analyses, so