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MEDICINES TO FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS. 
(e) Consistence. 
(/) Sugar. 
(g) Gum. 
(A) Quantity of citric acid. 
(?') Freedom from certain other acids. 
(, k ) General freedom from adulteration. 
These tests may, of course, be hereafter extended. 
4. As to the Bottling and Packing. 
13. The regulations issued by the Commissioners of Customs direct that “lime- or 
lemon-juice, after being inspected and fortified, is to be bottled in glass bottles of 
imperial (and not reputed) measurement, containing not less than one imperial quart, 
and not more than two imperial quarts, or in bottles of glazed earthenware of imperial 
(and not reputed) measurement, containing not less than one imperial gallon, and not 
more than two imperial gallons, and the said glass bottles are to be packed in straw or 
other suitable packing in wooden boxes, and the said glazed earthenware bottles are to 
be properly and satisfactorily protected by wicker-work; and the said bottles, whether 
of glass or of glazed earthenware, are to be secured by fixing the label approved for 
that purpose round the neck and cork. The bottling of each cask of juice is to be com¬ 
pleted in one continuous operation.” 
14. “ The juice, when inspected, bottled, fortified, and labelled, in accordance with 
the regulations, will be allowed to be shipped, subject to the following regulations in 
regard to the maximum size of bottle, viz.:— 
Two-gallon glazed earthenware bottles') To be allowed ("60 persons or upwards. 
One-gallon glazed earthenware bottles I only for ves-J 40 persons or upwards. 
; 
sels carrying ] 21 persons or upwards. 
20 persons or under. 
Half-gallon glass bottles 
Quart glass bottles J a crew of 
But quart bottles may be shipped in all cases if preferred.” 
5. As to Keeping and Using. 
15. The juice is best kept in a cool place. 
The bottles containing it should not be unnecessarily exposed to the heat and light of 
the sun. 
The medical officers appointed by the Board of Trade to inspect and test lime- and 
lemon-juice recommend that when the juice is served out it should be mixed in the pro¬ 
portion of 1 fluid ounce of lime-juice and 1 ounce of sugar to not less than half a pint, 
and not more than 1 pint of water, and the mixture should be served out in sufficient 
quantity to each mess or watch at the dinner-hour, so that it may be obtained by the 
crew in time to drink during their meal. The medical officers also recommend that 
lime- and lemon-juice should be regarded, not as a medicine, but as a necessary article 
of ordinary diet. 
Thomas Gray, Assistant Secretary. 
Board of Trade, Marine Department. 
The Act also specifies that— 
“ The owners of every ship navigating between the United Kingdom and any place out 
of the same, shall provide, and cause to be kept on board such ship, a supply of medi¬ 
cines and medical stores in accordance with the scale appropriate to the said ship, and 
also a copy of the said book, or one of the said books, containing instructions.” 
The scale of medicines here referred to will be found at page 344 of the pre¬ 
sent number of this Journal. 
By section 5 of the Act, it is enacted that— 
“ Anv person who manufactures, sells, or keeps or offers for sale any such medicines 
or medical stores as aforesaid which are of bad quality, shall, for each such offence, 
incur a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.” 
The carrying out of these regulations, affecting as they do the health of a 
numerous class of our population, demands the careful consideration of all 
chemists engaged in this branch of business. 
