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The Company's Stores as seen from the Beach. 



eminent chemist, Mr. Sidney Harvey, to conduct an exhaus- 

 tive analytical and bacteriological examination of the oyster 

 beds, grounds, and the sea water at Whitstable. He 

 reported an entire absence of any noxious matter communi- 

 cable by sewage, and of any injurious impregnations 

 whatever. He particularly experimented with the oyster 

 itself, to discover any injurious bacilli, but utterly failed to 

 do so, and expressed the decided opinion that the Royal 

 Whitstable native oyster could be safely used as an article 

 of food. It must have been to prevent any suspicion of 

 their oysters being unwholesome that caused an Irish firm 

 to recently advertise them as " sanitary oysters," approved 

 by an analyst and carefully packed in seaweed. This is a 

 hint which might perhaps be useful to jam makers and 



