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RATES AND LOANS.
As stated in the first paragraph of this Report the
Board submit particulars of the Loans at Lady-day, 1884;
but a special Return having been made during the year,
for the information of the Secretary of State, the Board
deem it advisable to append a copy of the same to this
Report for general information (see page 11).
SALE OF FOOD, &c., ACTS.
Notwithstanding the facilities offered, enabling the ratepayers
to avail themselves of these Acts for the detection of
adulteration of food, milk, &c., very few have taken advantage
thereof. Full particulars of these facilities, as given
in a public notice issued by the Board, are set out in
previous Reports; and for convenience the Board again
repeat the same:—
The Notice referred to.
"The attention of the Board having been called to the desirability
of giving greater facilities than at present exist to the
general public in aid of the working of 'The Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts', they have now made arrangements with the Public
Analyst of the District, Mr. C. Heisch, of 79, Mark Lane, E.C.,
whereby samples and articles desired by any resident in the
District to be analysed may be left with the Secretary of the
Board during office hours, at their Offices, and no further trouble
in the matter need then fall on such resident, as, in the event of
such sample proving upon analysis to be adulterated, the resident
is not compelled to prosecute the seller. A fee of 2s. 6d., which
must be paid at once, will be charged for each sample brought by
a resident for analysis, the balance of the Analyst's fee of 10s. 6d.
will be paid by the Board.
"Care should be taken that the samples brought for analysis
are in the same condition as when bought. The name and address
of the seller must be supplied, and the buyer must sign the proper
form, which will be prepared at the Board's Offices. All samples
received for analysis are accepted in strict confidence, and the
result will be communicated to the buyer direct by post.
"The only expense to the buyer is the payment of the beforementioned
fee of 2s. 6d.
"If residents within the District have reasonable grounds for
suspecting any seller of adulterating, they may write to the Board,
giving the name and address of the seller and the article suspected