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four hours after the time within which the milk collected 

 at the next succeeding morning milking is required to be 

 removed : 



(b) That any person supplying milk as set forth in subsection 



(a) hereof shall keep an exact record of the milk obtained 

 by him at his dairy, and of the milk sold by him in the 

 city, and shall from time to time furnish to the Council 

 returns in the prescribed manner and form, verified by a 

 statutory declaration, showing how much milk he has 

 from time to time sold : 



(c) That any person so supplying milk shall from time to time, 



and not less than once in any week, furnish samples of 



milk to the milk-station, or to an inspector for testing at 

 the milk-station : 



(d) That no person shall sell milk in the city pursuant to the 



provisions of this section unless he is the holder of a 

 licence granted for that purpose under by-laws made by 

 the Council. 



5. (1) No milk shall be passed at the milk-station which does 

 not come within the definition of or reach the standard prescribed 

 by the regulations made under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 

 1908. 



(2) If any milk tested be found by the responsible oflScer in 

 charge of the milk-station to be unfit for human consumption it 

 shall be destroyed or disposed of as the Council may think fit, but 

 no such milk shall be sold or used for human consumption. 



(3) If, on testing, any milk shall be found not to reach the 

 specified standard, but to be in no other way unfit for human con- 

 sumption, it shall be separated. The cream shall be the property 

 of the owner of the milk, and the balance of the milk shall be 

 destroyed or disposed of as the Council shall think fit : 



Provided that, in the absence of evidence of skimming or 

 watering, any milk in which the percentage of butter-fat is found to 

 be less than three point twenty- five, but not less than three, may be 

 delivered by the responsible officer in charge of the milk-station to 

 the vendor, if accompanied by a written statement giving the actual 

 percentage of butter-fat found. 



6. The Council may, subject to the approval of the Minister of 

 Public Health, fix fees and charges for testing the milk, bottling, 

 storage, etc. 



G-eographical considerations allow the milk-station to be 

 in such a position as to capture all the milk on its way to 

 the city. This would be a difficult matter for many English 

 cities. 



Dr. Frengley estimates that the municipal milk-station 



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