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Department or Person from whom Sample received. Date received. Nature of Sample. Adulteration suspected, or for what analysed. Eesult of Analysis. Chief Health Officer Dr. Mason 1906. i Aug. 18 . Milk . General analysis .. Chief Health Officer Ditto „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 i „ 21 „ 24 24 . Corn-cob Punch , O.T.Punch Sugar of milk "Pink Pills" Hearne's Bronchitiscure , Alcohol General analysis " . No. 2 adulterated with 15 per oent. water. No preservatives in either. . Proof-spirit, 1-48 per cent. 1-90 . Contains over 99 per cent, of sugar of milk. . Thin coating of pink sugar, under which is a layer of staroh. Pill-mass is composed of oarbonate of iron and sulphate of potash, with little powdered liquorice-root. . Contained spirits of chloroform, ipecacuana, syrup 7-28 per cent., and apparently vinegar of aquilla. . Contained aloohol (10-81 per cent.), gallic acid, phosphoric acid, sodiumsalicylate, magnesium-sulphate, am-monium-ohlorido, syrup of hypophosphate of lime, and oil of wintergreen. It contains neither iodides nor alkaloids. . Proof spirit: No. 1, 2658 per cent.; No. 2, 26-16 per cent. ; No. 3, 24-39 per cent.; No. 4, 18-16 per cent. . Contained only 0-4 per cent, of fat. Warner's Safe Cure I Insp. of Police i „ 29 Wines Aloohol Chief Health Officer Ditto 31 Sept. 13 Condensed milk Sausagj preservatives and colouring Fat Nature . No. 1, mixture of two or more aniline colours; No. 2, sodium-sulphite; No. 3, borax and salt; No. 4, borax, salt, and nitre, coloured with zylidric scarlet; No. 5 is camwood. No trace found. ii . • Health Dept... 15 „ 26 „ 27 Oct. 16 „ 18 Cigarettes.. Cough-lozenges Tank-effluent Water Morphia General analysis Nothing objectionable in effluent. Good quality. No. 1 good, No. 2 unfit for human consumption. 1-45 per cent of fat. Above the standard. Insp. of Police „ 23 „ 23 Nov. 6 22 „ 22 22 „ 22 „ 24 Condensed milk Tea Water Fat General analysis .. Health Dept... Of very good quality. Dr. Makgill . '. Dec. 14 15 „ 17 "„ "Mineral"!! Condensed milk Stewed steak Milk Iron General analysis Mineral poisons General analysis tf Fair quality. Rather bad water. Contains no appreciable amount of iron. Putrid. None found. Adulterated with 15-3 per oent. of water. None found. Contains 1 per cent, of fat. A dilute aqueous solution of aniline colour. None found. Dr. W. InRp. of Police Dr. Frengley .. „ 19 19 20 Cuticura Resolvent Condensed milk Egg-yolk .. Poisons Fat Nature Dr. W. B. „ 28 Ginger-beer and lemonade Ginger-beer Cream Poisons Health Dept... 29 „ 29 „ 29 1907. Jan. 3 Tyrotoxicon found. Contained tyrotoxicon. Dr. Frengley, Public Health Dept. Health Dept... Chief Health Officer (per Justice Dept.) Chief Health Officer District Health Officer Insp. Bennett.. 14 „ 18 „ 23 " Hamburger Preservative Water Dressing for wound Ale Nature General analysis .. Poisons General analysis .. Impure sodium-sulphite. Of inferior quality. None found. „ 31 Water Of very inferior quality. Fib. 4 Nitrates high in both, but water otherwise good. Above standard. Dr. Makgill ..' I Insp. Johnson Dr. Makgill .. 5 6 7 ,' 7 25 „ 27 Milk Water Milk Water Antiseptic telephone- . cover Water .. .. i Of inferior quality. Above standard. Pair quality. None found. Chie'f Health) Officer Insp. Gardiner Public Health I Dept. per C. Hoinold „ 28 . Mar. 14 . Antiseptic General analysis .. ! Dangerous. Fair quality. 31st May, ; 1907. J. 8. MaCLAI lUrin, D.Sc, F.C.S., Analyst,