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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



Board of Agriculture. — Annual Report of Proceedings under the 

 Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, Merchandise Marks Acts, &c. 

 [Cd. 1,215.] Price 2d. 



This Report contains an account of the work carried on by 

 the Intelligence Division of the Board during the year 1901. 



The Board's Inspectors interviewed during the past year 

 the officials of 274 Local Authorities in Great Britain with 

 regard to the administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs 

 Acts. The Inspectors also visited the premises of 1,150 manu- 

 facturers and wholesale dealers in margarine and margarine 

 cheese, and examined the registers of sales kept in accord- 

 ance with the requirements of Section 7 of the Act of 

 1899. During the year further notifications were received by 

 the Board from 105 Local Authorities of the registration of 494 

 such premises under Section 7 of the Act. The total number 

 of registrations in Great Britain under this Section up to 

 December 31st, 1901, was 2,657. 



In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by Section 4 

 of the Act of 1899, the Board issued on August 5th, 1901, 

 Regulations relating to the sale of milk in Great Britain, 

 which came into operation on September 1st. A circular was 

 subsequently issued to Local Authorities explaining the principal 

 features of these Regulations, and also suggesting the adoption 

 of uniform procedure in the collection and retention of samples 

 procured under the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs 

 Acts. 



Towards the close of the past year the Board were asked by 

 the Bacon Curers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland to 

 institute proceedings in a number of cases of alleged sales of 

 hams in London and certain provincial towns in contravention 



