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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO THE GOVT. OF MADRAS

        certified as inaccurately dispensed. This figure shows that there has been a
great improvement since sampling commenced. Thirty-six per cent of the
samples submitted in 1929-30 were condemned.

        The food samples consisted of milk, bread, butter, ghee, coffee, tea, sugar
and gingelly oil. Five samples of milk were adulterated with added water vary-
ing from 8 to 40 per cent. Five samples of ghee contained foreign fat in amounts
between 15 and 70 per cent. Two samples of coffee were added with 25 and
27 per cent of chicory. Five sugars were found inferior in quality. Two samples
of gingelly oil consisted entirely of arachis (groundnut) oil while a third
contained 60 per cent arachis. Two butters contained excess water of 7.6 and
18.8 per cent respectively,

  KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY,
   15th February 1932.

HERBERT HAWLEY, M.SC., F.I.C.,       
Public Analyst to the Government.