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was by the instruction of the secretary of State for Home for Home Affairs,
the subject of an enquiry by Mr. Cubitt Nichols. This was an
enquiry into the correctness of my Representaltion, and was held in
the Board Boom at your Offices. It commenced on 16th April.
lasted all day, and was adjourned to the 25th, when, after again
lasting all day, it was closed. Toward, the end of the year, nothing
further having transpired. the Board addressed a letter to the Home
Secretary requesting him to call the attention of the Meteropolitan
Board to the great delay, and to ask then to come to a speedy
decision. Up to the present time no decision has been communicated
to your Board, although I believe there is no doubt about the
correctness of my Replantation.
Cow and Slaughter Houses.
These structures were again licensed after conforming with the
requirements of the Board.
Sale of Food and Drugs' Act.
Ninety-nine samples of Food and Drugs were examined at the
Laboratory. Of these 8 were Coffees, 1 of which was adulterated
with Chicory to the extent of 25 per cent. Twenty-seven were
Milks, of which three were mixed with. Two were Cocoas,
of which one was mixed with Sago. Six were Quinines, of which
one contained a small quantity of Cinchonine. Eight were Butters,
of which one was adulterated with 86 per cent. of foreign fat, and
six were Mustards, of which 1 was mixed with 40 per cent. of