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Materials from various departments for testing:-
1936 1937 Oils from P.W.D. 2,913 2,812 Coals from P.W.D., Harbour Department & K.C.R. 11 249 235 Building materials from P.W.D. 5 Foodstuffs from Medical Department, Police Department, etc. 86 74 Pharmaceutical samples from Government Apothecary 7 18 Chemicals from Medical Department, P.W.D. etc. 22 16 Battery acids from P.W.D. 11 1 Minerals & metals 9 11 Septic tank effluents 95 27 Harbour waters 24 26 Miscellaneous samples 22 37 Total 3,454 3,274The value of work done for Government Departments, as determined under the Tariff of Charges (Government Notification No. 837 of 1932), was $60,525.00 as against $60,150.00 for 1936.
(4) A considerable amount of the official work comes under the heading of chemico-legal. Practically the whole time of the Government Analyst is spent on this work, and during the year under review, owing to a large increase of toxicological examinations (including post mortem materials from seventy persons), the Senior Assistant Analyst had to give assistance on many occasions and to give evidence in several enquiries.