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THE report of the Government Chemist on the work of the Government Laboratory for the year ending March 31, 1935 (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 9d. net), outlines the work carried out in the Government Laboratories for the Admiralty, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Air Ministry, Crown Agents for the Colonies, Board of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Health, Home Office, Post Office and other Government departments. The total number of samples examined during the year was 522,788, as compared with 503,592 in the previous year. There was an increase of 26,594 in the number of samples examined in the laboratory at Clement's Inn Passage, and decreases at the Custom House laboratory and at the chemical stations of 232 and 7,166 respectively, the latter being due to the closing of the Manchester chemical station and the transfer of the examination of samples of tea to tea inspectors of Customs and Excise. The principal increases occurred in the number of samples of hydrocarbon oils, beers, wine, spirits, cocoa and chocolate, samples for duty under the Import Duties Act, 1932, Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, tobacco and silk exportations, samples of sugar composite goods and British sugar, and in samples taken under the national marking schemes.
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Work of the Government Chemist. Nature 136, 676 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136676a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136676a0