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respectively, 8, 15, 15 and 33 per cent, of added
water: on the 23rd, I received four milks, one
of which was good, the others contained, respectively,
25, 25 and 34 per cent, of added water.
When I use the word genuine, of course, I
would not have you suppose that no water has
been added to the genuine milks, but that they
fully come up to the standard of the Public
Analysts. And again, as to the skimming, I am
thankful to say that the great majority of Camberwell
milks contain butter beyond the standard.
Of eight Butters, only one was a complete
imitation of butter fat, the others were genuine.
Four Coffees were genuine. Two Cacaos, sold
as such, and not as mixtures, have been successfully
prosecuted. With reference to them, the
Magistrate considered "that they were not cacao,
but 30 per cent, cacao, made up with arrowroot
and sugar. Where could the line be drawn if a
mixture was so to be termed ? a person might have
a mixture consisting of only, perhaps, 2 per cent,
of cacao, and the rest starch and sugar." This
is also my contention, and I maintain that the