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THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
REPORT BY MR. E. R. DOVEY, F.C.S., A.R.C.sc., A.L.C., Government Analyst.
The number of analyses performed during the year was 1,311 as against 1,502 in 1920.
The following classification shows the nature of the work done :—
Chemico-legal. 1921 1920 Toxicological examinations (including 22 stomachs) 65 48 Articles for stains 2 7 Corrosive liquids 0 1 Explosives 1 1 Damaged mail bags 1 ... Half sovereigns 1 ... Liquids 2 ... Fragments 1 ... Materials from Fire enquiries 6 ... Dust from face 1 0 Hypodermic syringes 1 0 Food and Drugs Ordinance 1921 1920 Port wine 9 ... Rum 6 ... Sherry 2 2 Sugar ... 48 Vinegar 0 1 Whisky 6 10 Aerated waters 2 ... Beef suet ... 1 Beer 12 9 Brandy ... 10 Burgundy ... 1 Champagne ... 1 Chinese sance 1 ... Chinese wine 3 ... Flour 1 9 Fruit syrup 4 ... Chinese ointment 1 0 Fruit wine 2 ... Gin ... 14 Infants' Food ... 1 Lard 35 46 Lemon juice 3 0 Liqueur 1 ... Meat, (Dried) 1 0 Milk, fresh 80 61 Milk, condensed 4 0 Waters. 1921 1920 Public supplies 36 36 Wells 42 22 Sewage effluents 2 ... Septic tank effluents 124 ... Seawater 35 ... Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1921 1920 Crackers 1 ... Ingredients for explosives 0 2 Liquid fuel 40 74 Petroleum oil 95 124 Ships for inflammable vapour ... 29 Building Materials 1921 1920 Asphalts ... ... Cement ... ... Paint ... ... Pigment ... ... Varnish ... ... Wood Preservative 2 0 Pharmacy Ordinance 1921 1920 Antimony oxide ... 1 Cantharides 0 1 Cinchona tincture 0 ... Cocaine 0 ... Glycerine 0 ... Medicine for poison 3 ... Morphine 0 1 Neoarsamninol 0 1 Nux Vomica Seeds 0 1 Pills 1 ... Potassium cyanide 0 ... Quinine sulphate ... ... Tincture of Opium ... ... Zinc Sulphate 1 0