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In March, a Chinese woman put poison in a wine bottle used by her mother-in-law. The latter, on drinking the liquid, found it bitter and reported the matter to the Police. Lysol was found in the liquid.
DANGEROUS Goods.
The Clowes-Redwood apparatus for the detection of inflammable vapour has been used on 73 ships during the year.
A considerable number of samples of fuel oil have been examined for the Naval Authorities; the determinations required including viscosity at 32°, 40°, 60°, and 100°F, sulphur content, water content, flash point, ash, hard asphalt content, suspended water, and Specific Gravity.
A number of samples have been submitted by the Police Department in connection with fire-crackers and fire-cracker factories. These have included complete crackers, mixed explosives, and ingredients for explosives. In many cases, illegal ingredients were found.
FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE.
The following table gives the results of 298 samples of articles of food submitted by the Sanitary Department:
Substance Number Examined Number found Genuine Number found adulterated Butter-Fresh 28 27 1 Butter-Tinned 6 6 0 Bread 22 22 0 Cocoa 28 28 0 Cheese 15 15 0 Cream 28 27 1 Flour 35 33 2 Jam 14 13 1 Lard 1 1 0 Milk-Fresh 52 50 2 Sugar 34 33 1 Tea 21 18 3 Treacle 14 14 0 Total 298 287 11