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in 1905, has been recently issued by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries. It has been prepared by Mr. A. E. Balleine, 

 who was the official British delegate at that Congress. 

 The volume contains a historical account of the movement 

 relating to international co-operation in matters relating to 

 the dairy industry and the formation of the International Dairy 

 Federation. The text of all the resolutions adopted at the 

 second Congress is given, with a detailed account of the 

 proceedings which referred to the prevention of butter adultera- 

 tion including, in particular, the following subjects : — The 

 unification of analytical methods, the denaturation of margarine, 

 and legislation. The systems of earmarking and of butter 

 control are fully explained and the arguments for or against 

 their adoption are summarised. The publication of the report 

 has been delayed in order to incorporate recent information 

 for the use of English members of the Third Congress, and the 

 volume contains a chronological account of the proposals which 

 have been made for international co-operation for the prevention 

 of butter adulteration. Particulars are given of several forms 

 of co-operation which are actually in existence for this purpose 

 between certain countries, and of various international organisa- 

 tions which refer to the prevention of food adulteration in 

 general. In connection with certain proposals relating to 

 restricted importation and control of butter, the report contains 

 an interesting account of analogies which exist in certain 

 countries regarding other kinds of produce. A summary is 

 given of the various standards which have been fixed for butter, 

 as regards water and butter-fat, and of the legislation relating 

 to the earmarking of margarine, &c, which has been adopted 

 in several countries. An appendix to the report contains a 

 bibliography of colonial and foreign dairy laws, indicating 

 where details may be obtained in English official publications. 

 A translation of the extensive Danish and Dutch dairy legisla- 

 tion is alsc given with detailed information relating to the 

 systems of butter control which exist in Holland and in the 

 Argentine Republic. The volume contains statistical tables 

 regarding the proportion and composition of Dutch controlled 

 butter and detailed figures relating to the countries from which 

 butter is imported into this country, as well as those to which 

 it is exported. 



