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sugar used, but this cannot be the case, as the amount
of actual sodium present corresponds to the quantity of
chlorine present. This would be a case in which the
brewer could help us. He would know what water he
uses, and how much of the salt is attributable to the
water. The amount of salt coming from malt and hops
accounts for about 3 grains per gallon.
The four Sherries answer to their names. No wines
are more doctored than sherries. By the method of
"plastering," a very sour wine can be rendered drinkable,
although the dose of sulphate of potash is sometimes
excessive. All these sherries are plastered. but not
excessively. When the sulphate of lime (plaster of Paris)
is added to the wine containing acid tartarate of potash,
the tartarate of lime is separated from the wine, and so
much of its acidity removed as to render it more palatable
to a perverted taste.
The analysis of four spirits completes my list. All of
them come up to the alcoholic standard.
All the certificates are in the hands of the Inspectors.
Lady-day. 1885.
The subject of Milk has been an interesting study
during the past quarter. Besides such as contained,
respectively, 18, 6, 8, 7 and 6, per cent. of added water,
no fewer than nine were somewhat adulterated. Two of
the milks were extraordinary, as containing cream to the
extent of 29 and 34 per cent., so that somebody's milk
must have been unfairly skimmed.
No. 185, milk, has been strongly contested in the
Lambeth Police Court. Not only has it been analysed
and approved as genuine by another Public Analyst, but