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TOXICOLOGICAL,
2. Among the chemico-legal investigations conducted were 12 cases of suspected human poisoning. Opium was present in 5 cases, and fish-poisoning was the cause of 3 deaths,
WATERS.
3. The results of the analyses of samples taken each month from the Pokfulum, Tytam and Kowloon reservoirs, indicate that these supplies continue to maintain their excellent qualities.
DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.
4. Of petroleum oil and liquid fuel 114 samples were tested during the year. Most of the oil that now arrives here is already covered by certificates, so that there has been a large decrease in recent years in the number of oil examinations.
FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE.
5. The following Table gives the results of 53 analyses made at the instance of the Police and the Sanitary Board:
Description. No. of Samples. No. found Genuine. No. found Adulterated. Beer, Brandy, Milk, Rum, Whisky, 6 6 0 4 3 1 23 23 0 4 3 1 16 15 1Many other samples were examined for the public, mostly at the low fee prescribed by the Ordinance.
MINERALOGICAL,
6. Coincidently with the recent rise in the value of tin, a much larger amount of the refined metal was shipped than in recent years. From the increased number of samples of ores and metals submitted for analysis it would appear that the Chinese are becoming more alive to the value of the mineral resources of their country.
LIQUORS ORDINANCE.
7. Several samples of European liquor and of denatured spirit were examined during the year, also a very large number of Chinese wines. The figures given include only those samples tested in the Government Laboratory; the results of very many examinations.