196 THE ANALYST, ANALYSTS’ REPORTS. Mr. C. Estcourt, Public Analyst for Manchester, in his quarterly report presented to the Council, stdcd t.li.at during Ihe quarter ending March 31st tlicre had been nnalysed twelve sample8 of milk, ninc of bread, seven of claret, six of port wine, two of tea, and one of sugar. The total number of samples aiialysed mas thirty-seven, and oue only was found to be adulterated, vix., a saiiiple of bread, which was found to contain seventeen grains of alum to the 4-lb.loaf. The analyst added that it was very gratifying to obseive that a great improvement had taken place in the quality of the milk supply. The report was adopted. Mr. W. W. Stoddart, Public Analyst for Bristol, in his quarterly report to the Town Council, statedTHE ANALYST. 137 that during the past quarter he had received eighty-three samples-fifty-nine from the inspector, and twenty-four from the public.Six samples of butter mere good, and six samples each of flour and lard were genuine. Mr. A. J. Edger, Analyst for the County of Durham, during the quarter ending March, examined 144 samples of food, drink, and drugs, and found 60 adulterated. The latter included 15 samples of milk, 20 of sweet spirits of nitre, 2 of tincture of rhubarb, 13 of cream of tartar, 3 of mustard, and 7 of whisky. Of the wine samples submitted for analysis all were unadulterated.