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SECTION S.—SALE OF FOOD AND DRUCS ACT, 1908. The following tables enable a rapid survey to be made of the activities of the Department in the direction of ensuring compliance with the above Act. The corresponding figures for 1919 are supplied for the purposes of comparison : —

Samples of Milk taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1920.

Samples of other Foodstufs taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1920.

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[The column " Num taken or not. It will th iber of Proi us not necei locutions " means the number approved, whether legal ssarily agree with the number in the return of legal proce aroceedings have been idings.] Sample; i taken. Samples complying. Samples not Samples not complying. Hospital District. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors. Number of Number of Number of Number of Samples. Vendors. Samples. Vendors. Number of Warnings issued. Number of Prosecutions recommended. Kaipara Whangarei Auckland Waikato Bay of Plenty Taumarunui Waiapn Cook Wairoa Hawko's Bay Taranaki Stratford Hawera Patea Wanganui Waipawa Palmerston North Wellington Wairarapa Wairau Nelson Westland Buller North Canterbury Ash burton South Canterbury Waitaki Otago Vincent Southland .. 2 37 245 28 7 11 2 53 3 114 22 3 15 3 29 21 32 1,589 12 6 21 S 5 172 12 3 32 93 4 15 2 27 142 28 7 11 2 53 3 113 21 3 14 3 28 21 31 1,313 II 6 17 4 3 130 10 3 32 93 4 15 2 32 238 27 6 10 2 49 3 104 19 2 12 3 25 15 27 1.541 12 6 14 4 5 134 8 3 28 87 4 14 2 23 138 27 6 10 2 49 3 104 19 2 11 3 24 15 27 1,279 II 6 12 3 3 98 7 3 28 87 4 14 5 7 1 1 1 4 10 3 1 3 4 6 5 48 4 4 1 1 1 4 9 2 1 3 4 0 0 40 1 1 2 2 1 24 4 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 1 3 4 4 4 16 7 1 5 I 5 1 38 4 34 3 18 3 ic 4 6 4 6 2 3 "2 3 1 1 "l Totals, 1920 2,596 2,150 2,436 2,017 160 139 58 81 „ 1919 2,135 1,873 1,980 1,684 152 126 52 63

[The column Num taken or not. It will th; aer of Prosecutions " means the number ap is not necessarily agree with the number in tl iproved, whether legal proceedings he return of legal proceedings.] lave ice Samples taken. Samples implying. Samples not complying. Hospital District. Number of Number of 0 ' ' Samples. Vendors. ' Number of Prosecutions recommended. Number of Number of Samples. Vendors. Number of Samples. Number of Vendors. Kaipara Whangarei .. Auckland Waikato Thames Tauranga Taumarunui Waiapu Cook Wairoa Hawko's Bay Taranaki Hawera Patea Wanganui Waipawa Palmerston North Wellington .. Wairau Westland Buller North Canterbury Ashburton .. South Canterbury Waitaki Otago Vincent Maniototo Southland 3 15 43 3 13 17 10 51 72 35 38 2 17 2 13 3 3 34 8 4 2 145 5 3 26 48 5 12 27 8 14 43 3 13 5 10 12 9 7 37 2 17 2 13 3 3 34 8 4 2 67 4 3 26 48 5 9 -'7 1 3 35 2 11 17 10 51 69 35 34 2 13 2 9 3 3 28 5 3 2 102 5' 3 21 48 5 12 27 1 3 35 2 11 5 10 14 7 7 33 2 13 2 9 3 3 28 5 3 2 55 4 3 21 48 5 9 27 2 2 1 12 11 4 8 8 2 1 1 2 2 1 7 6 1 2 I 3 2 2 4 4 ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 43 is io 8 5 5 5 6f& 370 !ts 71 33 38 Totals, 1920 435 561 JJ 1919 354 314 239 216 115 100 67 .-il