The lack of a system by which the Health Department could ensure apprehension of the offending dairy in milk adulteration cases, instead of instructing the police to arrest a coolie or his master who had stolen the delivery ticket of another concern, was commented upon by Mr. Mead at the Mixed Court last Friday. A partner in the Baikal Road Dairy was summoned for adulterating milk by the addition of eight ver cent. of water and the summons had been issued as the result of the apprehension of a coolie in possession of a delivery ticket: belonging to that dairy.
Sanitary Inspector Burton gave evidence that he stopped a coolie in North Szechuen Road ostensibly delivering milk for the Baikal Road Dairy. Analysis of the milk showed eight per cent. of added water.
Defendant explained that some time ago he lost a ticket and no coolie had reported the loss at the time. Defendant had not heard that a member of the Health Department analysed the dairy's milk. The ticket must have been stolen.
Sanitary Inspector Burton agreed, in answer to the Court, that he had not spoken to defendant until that morning and had never been to his dairy.
Another official of the Health Department said that defendant had reported the loss of his ticket.
"Defendant has put up a perfectly good defence and the summons
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