1908.] Caution to Purchasers of Home Produce. 675 



4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



18th January, 1908. 



Gentlemen, 



I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 

 to advert to your letter of the 10th inst., and to inform you 

 that the Board are invested by statute with the power of 

 taking action to prevent misdescription, direct or indirect, 

 of agricultural produce, and the action they have under 

 consideration has this object in view. The Board, in accord- 

 ance with their usual practice, gave you an opportunity of 

 making any statement you thought fit, and no statutory 

 authority is necessary to enable them to do so. 



I am, &c, 

 (Signed) R. H. Rew, 



Assistant Secretary. 



The Cumberland Ham Co., 



5, York Buildings, Adelphi, W.C. 



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5, York Buildings, Adelphi, London, W.C. 

 22nd January, 1908. 



Dear Sir, 



We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour of the 

 1 8th inst., and in reply to say that this Company, which has 

 been established as the retail branch of a large firm of 

 curers, deals in Cumberland, Irish, Canadian and American 

 hams, and that the hams referred to in the advertisement 

 you sent us a copy of, were not advertised or sold as 

 Cumberland Hams, the price at which they were offered 

 preventing any possibility of such a suggestion. 



We have received, and continue to receive, a large number 

 of repeat orders. 



Would it be the contention of the Board that the title of 

 this Company precludes it from selling any but Cumberland 

 hams ? 



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