INDE X.

ANALYSIS OF INDE X.

ALPHABETICAL and CLASSIFIED LIST of the PRINCIPAL HEADINGS in the following INDEX,
with the Paging at which the same will be respectively found.

INDE X.

[N.B.-In this Index the Figures following the Names of the Witnesses refer to the Questions of the Evidence; those following App. p. to the paging of the Appendix; and the Numerals following Rep. p. to the paging of the Report.]

A.

ACT 12 Charles II., c. 24, s. 29. Reference to the power first given under this Act to seil beer at three half-pence a quart without licence, Rep. p. v-Treasury minute sanctioning such sale, ib.—Excise order thereon, ib.- Circumstance of good ale being often illegally

sold without licence, as though it were three-halfpenny beer, ib. vi.

Act 11 & 12 Vict., c. 49. Testimony to the beneficial effects of the operation of this Act in closing public-houses up to one o'clock on Sunday morning, Wood 1089, 1090; Balfour 1311-1314; Card 1886-1888; Cunliffe 2308-2331; Hunter 2817, 2818. 2822-2827; Hawes 4664-4668. 4700-4705; Rep. p. xvi, xvii-Slight opposition offered to the passing of the Act, Cunliffe 2305-2307- -Plan adopted by witness for ascertaining the effect of the Act over the country, ib. 2324-2328--Loss sustained by the trade in consequence of the closing on Sunday morning, Stinton 3706-3708; Homer 3876. 3878.

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See also Birmingham, 2. Bradford. Hull. Liverpool.

Adams, Mr. Serjeant. Reference to certain suggestions by Mr. Serjeant Adams for the control of places of public amusement, Rep. p. xxv.

Administration of the Law. Difficulty to the police, &c. in the administration of the law so as to prevent abuses, Weylland 167, 168.

ADULTERATION:

1. Its Extent and Character.

2. Means for its Prevention.

1. Its Extent and Character:

The practice of adulterating beer is universal among publicans, Caldwell 1742--No agreement is made with the brewers as to the limit of the adulteration, ib. 1757-1759

-The greater portion of publicans retail the beer as received from the brewers, Homer 4019. 4021-How far the brewers are interested in their beer being sold genuine, ib. 4041-4043. 4047. 4049-4051.

Tables delivered in and remarks thereon, showing the results of chemical analyses of stout and porter obtained from the taps of different London brewers and from the publicans, Hassall 4314-4322-Several modes in which beer is adulterated by the publicans, ib. 4325 et seq. Purpose for which a mixture of salt and flour is used by brewers, ib. 4330. 4333- How far the adulteration by the publicans is unwholesome, ib. 4335, 4336. 4345, 4346. 4374--Coculus indicus, gentian, camomile, &c. are much used in the adulteration of beer, ib. 4338-4340--Limited extent to which adulteration is at present prohibited, ib. 4363-4365.

Out of 480 samples of beer analysed since Christmas, witness found only about one in twenty genuine, M'Culloch 4379, 4380--No difficulty is experienced in obtaining samples of beer as sent out by the brewers, ib. 4385, 4286--Slight variation in alcoholic strength in forty samples of beer, some obtained direct from the brewery and others from publicans, ib. 4387. 4390. 4392. 4400, 4401--Explanation as to the proof strength of Excise spirits, ib. 4388.

Small number of samples obtained from the publicans approaching within 20 per cent. of the genuine standard, M'Culloch 4390-4392-Comparative specific gravity of the beer supplied by the bre we rs and of that retailed by the publicans, ib. 4392-Impossibility of publicans meeting the extortionate demands of the brewers without having