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to give evidence before the Committee on their behalf : 

 Colonel Le Roy-Lewis (Hants), Mr. B. B. Sapwell (Norfolk), 

 Mr. 0. D. Johnson (Suffolk), Mr. H. W. Wells (Berks), Mr. 

 A. E. Mansell (Shropshire), Mr. Chris. Middleton (Yorkshire), 

 Mr. C. F. Paddison (Lincolnshire) and Mr. Henry Stopes. 



In May, 1899, the Council unanimously passed a resolution 

 strongly approving the Minority Report, and requesting the 

 Government to give effect to the suggestions made in both 

 reports as to the form of publication of Returns of Brewers 

 for Sale, and of the use of hop substitutes. This request 

 has since been given effect to in the Annual Licensing 

 Return issued early in each session. 



In view of what took place in 1900, extracts from the two 

 reports are given in parallel columns. 



EXTRACTS FROM MAJORITY 

 REPORT. 



"It is fairly certain that no 

 ingredients whatever are used on 

 any considerable scale without 

 the cognisance of the Revenue 

 officers." 



" We believe all impurities 

 which might be injurious to health 

 are eliminated from glucoses used 

 in brewing. We may trust to 

 the vigilance of the Inland 

 Revenue Authorities who have 

 full power to prohibit the use of 



EXTRACTS FROM MINORITY 

 REPORT (MR. READ'S). 



It has been shown that in the 

 past, certain ingredients (such 

 as cocculus indicus, quillaia 

 bark, grains of paradise, capsi- 

 cum, tobacco, copperas, &c. ), 

 which are commonly known to 

 be of a poisonous nature, have 

 been used ; and there is strong 

 ground for stating that, at the 

 present time, materials which are 

 possibly of an injurious nature 

 are still employed. For instance, 

 sulphuric acid is largely em- 

 ployed for inverting sugar, and 

 the use of salicylic acid as a 

 preservative is open to grave 

 objections. It is significant that 

 it is forbidden in Germany, 

 except in beers destined for 

 exportation. 



It is certain that hardly any of 

 the glucoses used are pure, par- 

 ticularly those made from pota- 

 toes, which Dr. Schidrowitz told 

 us he knew to be still imported 

 from Germany and sold in this 

 country for brewing purposes. 



