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SECTION 5.—WORKING OF THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. Table 1. —Showing Samples respectively of Milk and other Foodstuffs taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

Table 2.—Showing the Results of Weighing of Bread, Butter, and other Foodstuffs respectively during the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

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Samples not complying. Number of Samples Number ol v en( j or3c Number of Warninei Number of ,t Number of Samples. M warnings Prosecutions Health District. issued. recommended. Milk. | Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk- Other. Milk. Other. I - I 1 I " North Auckland 211 37 196 j 37 17 6 8 3 7 3 Central Auckland .. 1,137 1 217 1,131 1 168 73 46 71 25 1 18 South Auckland .. 191 93 189 j 88 6 21 5 6 1 6 Coromandel-Opotiki 42 17 41 j 17 4 2 3 1 1 1 Taranaki-Horowhenua 33 74 33 12 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 Taranaki .. .. 100 29 76 ! 25 6 .. .. .. 6 Wanganui-Horowhenua 116 36 114 31 7 2 3 4 5 Wairarapa - East Cape 368 82 362 62 9 5 5 4 5 Central Wellington .. 1,603 66 1,577 82 31 12 11 3 19 9 Nelson-Marlborough 200 61 187 48 10 5 5 1 5 2 Westland .. .. 147 27 104 27 11 11 9 5 2 6 Canterbury .. 1,634 168 1,525 141 129 52 64 37 55 23 Otago .. .. 408 67 211 58 61 18 32 11 8 5 Southland .. .. 209 32 .117 31 31 21 13 18 3 3 Totals, 1927 .. 6,399 1,004 5,863 827 395 203 227 115 117 82 Totals, 1926 .. 5,833 667 5,239 531 383 130 236 59 114 54 Note.—Taranaki-Horowhenua figures are for four months only. Taranaki and Wanganui-Horowhenua figures are for eight months only.

Samples weighed. Samples not complying. Health District. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors. Number of Samples. Warnings Bread. Butter. I Other. Bread, j Butter. Other. Bread. Butter. | Other. Bread. Butter, i Other. Bread. I Butter. Other 1 j I I I I i North Auckland.. 58 66 .. | 6 11 .. 6 13 .. 1 2 .. .. Central Auckland 102 .. .. I 9 .. .. 12 .. .. 2 .. South Auckland.. 289 24 26 3 .. 35 4 1 .. 1 Coromandel-Opo- 24 30 .. 3 3 tiki Taranaki - Horo- 61 .. .. 5 .. when; id Taranaki .. 70 . . .. 7 . . Wanganui - Horo- 50 .. .. 5 .. whenua Wairarapa - East 207 .. . . 24 .. .. 9 . . . . .. .. .. 3 Cape Central Wellington 194 .. 70 21 .. .. .. j .. Nelson - Marl- 382 2 .. 48 .. .. 12 .. .. 1 .. .. l .. ! .. borough Canterbury .. 12 .. . . 1 .. Westland .. 18 6 22 : 1 1 4 ,. | Otago .. .. 160 .. .. j 11 .. .. .. | .. Southland ".. 3 .. .. 3 .. .. ..j.. Totals, 1927 .. 1,630 128 92 ! 170 18 4 74 17 5 2 5j .. ; 1 I I Totals, 1926 .. 6,564 '4,466 314 687 480 55 j 463 [430 3 29 j 27 I 9 11 i [ J 1 1 I I I Note. —Taranaki-Horowhenua figures are for four months only. Taranaki and Wanganui-Horowhenua figures are for eight months only. The weighing of bread, butter, and other foodstuffs was taken by the Department of Labour as from the 1st July, 1927.