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thinnest slice of bread and butter, taken with a
cup of genuine cacao, would far more than
compensate for the thickening with starch and the
sweetening with sugar.
Of a sample of Chocolate Powder nothing could
be said, as it contained cacao, and there is no fixed
composition recognized.
One Mustard of very good quality, and four
Spices of good composition complete the list.
Lady-Day, 1882.
During the past Quarter I have analysed thirtyone
Milks. One of them was skimmed, and several
were a little suspicious. Eleven were adulterated
with, respectively, 16, 16, 11, 16, 24, 15, 9, 18,
18, 12, and 12 per cent, of water. Two of the
milks were taken by Inspector Stevenson at a
railway station, and were found to be adulterated
with 18 per cent, of water in each case. The
farmer brought me sample of the milk as obtained
from the herd, and it was curious as containing