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Offences other than Adulteration.
Margarine.—In 16 cases the vendor had not complied with the requirements
of the Butter and Margarine Acts with regard to labelling. In 7 cases
the sample had been purchased informally, in 2 cases the vendor was
cautioned, and in the remaining cases legal proceedings were taken.
D 31 Improperly labelled. Vendor paid £1 3s. costs.
H 59 Unstamped wrapper. Vendor fined 7s. 6d.
E 38 Improperly labelled. Vendor cautioned.
N 58 Unstamped wrapper. Vendor cautioned.
C 52 Improperly labelled. Vendor paid 7s. 6d.
C 53 Improperly labelled. Vendor paid 7s. 6d.
M 88 Improperly labelled. Vendor fined £l with 10s. 6d. costs.
G 89 Unstamped wrapper. Vendor fined £1 with £2 2s. costs.
J 94 Unstamped wrapper. Vendor fined £1 with £2 2s. costs.
Milk.—In three cases for offences in connection with the omission of,
or incorrect inscription of, the name and address of the vendor on the receptacle
from which milk was sold, fines totalling £2 were imposed and costs amounting
to £3 7s. were paid.
In nine cases for offences in connection with the bottling of milk otherwise
than on registered premises, fines totalling £9 10s. were imposed and costs
amounting to £5 15s. 6d. paid.
In one case in which "Grade A, Tuberculin Tested" milk was sold
without a distributor's licence, the vendor paid £l 3s. costs.
Miscellaneous Samples,
Borough Electrical Engineer.—1 sample of Carbon Deposit was examined.
The deposit was obtained from the cylinder of a motor vehicle which had been
running on Ethyl Petrol, which contains Lead Tetraethyl. The sample
was found to contain 17.1 per cent. of lead or 21.3 per cent. of lead on the
oil free substance. From the total sample 2.86 jgrammes (=one tenth of
an ounce) of metallic lead, mostly in a very finely divided state, were
obtained.