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Return of Analyses at the Analytical Laboratory, Christchurch —continued.

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Department or Person from whoTn Sample received. Date received. Nature of Sample. I Adulteration suspected, I or for wiiat analysed. Result of Analysis. Police 1906. Oct. 10 .. Viscera of a dog .. Poison Pound strychnine present in sufficient quantity to have been the cause of death ; also from commencement of intestines separated pieces of cooked meat containing strychnine. There was no indication that the dog had eaten any birds. Acetio acid, 49'2 per oent. 57-4 Volatile matter, 1-12 gr. per gallon; carbonate of lime, l'52gr. per gallon; chloride of sodium, 0'8gr. per gallon ; silicates, 0'93 gr. per gallon ; sulphates, trace; free ammonia, 0006 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, trace. Volatile matter, 1*12 gr. per gallon; carbonate of lime, 1-68 gr. per gallon ; sodium-chloride, 0 8 gr. per gallon ; silioates, 09 gr. per gallon ; sulphates, trace; free ammonia, 0 004 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, trace. Volatile matter, 2'24 gr. per gallon ; carbonate of lime, 196 gr. per gallon ; sodium - chloride, iron, and silicates, 2gr. per gallon; sulphates, trace ; free ammonia, 0 01 parts per million; albuminoid ammonia, trace. Contains a little organio growth with iron. Volatile matter, 036gr. per gallon; carbonate of lime, 0'56gr. per gallon; sodium - chloride, OSgr. per gallon ; silicates, 028 gr. per gallon ; Bulphates, trace; free ammonia, O'OOl parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, trace. A remarkably clear and pure water. Volatile matter, 1-4 gr. per gallon; carbonate of lime, 0 56 gr. per gallon ; sodium - chloride, 0-8 gr. per gallon ; silicates, 1-41 gr. per gallon ; sulphates, trace; free ammonia, 0-002 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, trace. Contained a little suspended crganio matter and clay. Volatile matter, 1-68gr. per gallon; carbonate of lime, 2 gr. per gallon ; carbonate of soda, 0'99 gr. per gul Ion; sodium-chlorido, 0'74 gr. per gallon ; silicates, 1 36gr. per gillon ; sulphates, bare trace; free ammonia, 0 015 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, 0008 parts per million. Contains bicarbonate* of soda, and becomes alkaline on boiling. Volatile matter, 0'84gr. per gallon; lime, &c.,l 68 gr. per gallon; sodiumchloride, 0-56gr. per gallon; buIphates, bare trace ; iron, bare trace ; free ammonia, 0'02 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, 001 parts per million. Good, and pure from contamination. 57'9 per cent, acetic acid. Volatile matter, 2'24gr. per gallon; soilium-chlorida, 1 04 gr. per gallon ; lime, 2-48gr. per gallon; l'4gr. per gallon; iron, trace; free ammonia, 0 008 parts per million; albuminoid ammonia, 0-001 parts per million. Volatile matter, 6-72gr. per gallon; sodium chloride, 9-11 gr. per gallon ; sulphate of soda, trace ; lime, 265 gr. per gallon; silicates, l'C8gr. per gallon; nitrates, trace; iron, trace ; free ammonia, 0 012 parts per million ; albuminoid ammonia, 0002 parts per million. On the 5th December another sample of this water was received, and it also contained a little over 9 gr. per gallon of sodium-ohloride, which is a larger quantity than ii usually found in Canterbury potable water*. Customs Nov. 4 .. 4 .. Oct. 27 .. Acetic acid Tariff Health Water, Timaru water-supply Purity 27 .. Ditto 27 .. Nov. 4 Water; Oamaru water-supply 4 Ditto • 18 Sydenham watersupply w n * 88 St. Albans water .. Customs Health Deo. 1 Oct. 16 Acetic acid Su inner Borough water-supply Tarifi Purity 16 Lyttelton town water