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coloured to resemble butter, while only id. per lb. is payable 

 on oleomargarine not so coloured. 



The term 11 adulterated butter " is to be applied to any butter 

 produced by mixing or rechurning in milk or cream, refining or 

 remelting and mixing butter or butter-fat to obtain an improved 

 product ; to butter in which any chemical or other substance is 

 introduced for the purpose of removing rancidity, or with the 

 object of cheapening the product ; and to butter which has 

 undergone any process by which it has absorbed abnormal 

 quantities of water, milk, or cream. Butter which has been 

 subjected to any other process by which it is melted, clarified, 

 or refined, and made to resemble genuine butter is to be 

 known as " process butter " or " renovated butter." Manu- 

 facturers, wholesale and retail dealers in adulterated butter are 

 subjected to the same taxation as those dealing in artificially 

 coloured oleomargarine, while the tax on manufacturers of 

 renovated or process butter is £10 yearly. 



All adulterated butter is to be packed by the manufacturer 

 in wooden packages not before used for that purpose, each con- 

 taining not less than 10 lb., and marked as prescribed. 

 Dealers in adulterated butter must sell only original or 

 from original stamped packages, and when such original stamped 

 packages are broken, the adulterated butter sold therefrom shall 

 be placed in suitable packages marked as prescribed by the 

 Revenue authorities. All process or renovated butter must 

 be so marked, and any other marks, labels or brands added in 

 such a manner as ma)' be prescribed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. The Act further provides for the inspection of 

 the manufacture of this substance. 



Workmen's Compensation Acts. 



The Home Office have recently issued statistics of pro- 

 ceedings during 1901 under the Workmen's Compensation 

 Acts, 1897 and 1900, and the Employers' Liability Act, 1880. 

 In an introductory note it is pointed out that the return leaves 

 untouched the great body of cases of compensation to workmen ; 

 the majority of such cases being settled by agreement, no 



