34 FOOD LEGISLATION, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



than two hundred and twenty-five (225) grams of fusel oil (higher alcohols as 

 amylic) not more than twenty (20) grams of aldehydes, not less than fifteen 

 (15) nor more than one hundred (100) grams of ethers (as acetic ether), not 

 less than two (2) nor more than twenty-five (25) grams of volatile acids (as 

 acetic) to one hundred (100) litres of proof ethyl alcohol (50 per cent ethyl 

 alcohol by volume). 



1 1. scotch whiskey is Scotch new whiskey which has been stored in wood for 

 not less than four years and mixed only with pure water at the time of its 

 preparation for consumption, and contains not less than one hundred and fifty 

 (150) nor more than four hundred anr 1 fifty (450) grams of the secondary prod- 

 nets of distillation congeneric with ethyl alcohol, not less than one hundred 

 (100) nor more than two hundred and fifty (250) grams of fusel oil (higher 

 alcohols as amylic) not more than twenty-five (25) grams of aldehyde, not less 

 than twenty-five (25) nor more than one hundred and twenty-five (125) grams 

 of ethers (as acetic ether), not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) 

 grams of volatile acids (as acetic) to one hundred (100) litres of proof ethyl 

 alcohol (50 per cent ethyl alcohol by volume). 



15. Irish ncic irhiskcy is whiskey made in Ireland either from barley malt, or 

 malt and unmalted barley, or other cereals, and contains not less than one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five (125) nor more than three hundred and fifty (350) grams 

 of the secondary products of distillation congeneric with ethyl alcohol, not less 

 than ninety (90) nor more than two hundred and twenty-five (225) grams of 

 fusel oil (higher alcohols as amylic), not more than twenty (20) grams of alde- 

 hydes, not less than fifteen nor more than one hundred (100) grams of ethers 

 (as acetic ether), not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-five (25) grams 

 of volatile acids (as acetic) to one hundred (100) litres of proof ethyl alcohol 

 (50 per cent ethyl alcohol by volume). 



16. Irish ichiakey is Irish new whiskey which has been stored in wood for not 

 less than four years and mixed only with pure water at the time of its prep- 

 aration for consumption, and contains not less than one hundred and fifty (150) 

 nor more than four hundred and fifty (450) grams of the secondary products 

 of distillation congeneric with ethyl alcohol not less than one hundred (100) nor 

 more than two hundred and fifty (250) grams of fusel oil (higher alcohols as 

 amylic), not more than twenty-five grams of aldehydes, not less than twenty- 

 five (25) nor more than one hundred and twenty-five (125) grams of ethers (as 

 acetic ether), not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) grams of volatile 

 acids (as acetic) to one hundred (100) litres of proof ethyl alcohol (50 per cent 

 ethyl alcohol by volume.) 



IT. \nc rum is distilled spirits made from the fermented juice of the sugar 

 cane, the massecuite made therefrom, molasses from the massecuite or any inter- 

 mediate product save sugar, and contains not less than one hundred and twenty- 

 five (125) nor more than three hundred and fifty (350) grams of the secondary 

 products of distillation congeneric with ethyl alcohol, not less than sixty (60) 

 nor more than one hundred and fifty (150) grams of fusel oil (higher alcohols 

 as amylic) not more than thirty (30) grams of aldehydes, not less than thirty 

 (30) nor more than one hundred (100) grams of ethers (as acetic ether), not 

 less than twenty (20) nor more than (50) grams of volatile acids (as acetic) "to 

 one hundred (100) litres of proof ethyl alcohol (50 per cert ethyl alcohol by 

 volume). 



18. Rum is new rum stored not less than four (4) years in wood, and con- 

 tains not less than one hundred and seventy-five (175) nor more than five hun- 

 dred (500) grams of the secondary products of distillation congeneric with ethyl 

 alcohol, not less than eighty (80) nor more than two hundred (200) grams of 



