ADMIRAL FIELDI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the fact that Her Majesty's Government supply the seamen of Her Majesty's Fleet with "soluble cocoa," manufactured by the Admiralty at Deptford, of a standard quality composed of 25 per cent. sugar, 25 per cent. sago flour, and only 50 per cent. cocoa, he would issue a Circular to County Councils, acquainting them with the fact, and that the Local Government Board deem it inexpedient that legal proceedings under the Adulteration of Food Act should be instituted against dealers in prepared cocoas where the analysis shows that the said cocoa mixtures are up to the aforesaid Government standard?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREFrom a communication which I have received from the Admiralty, it would appear that the constituent parts of the soluble 48 chocolate manufactured by the Admiralty are not those stated in the question. The matter is not one in which I should deem it right to issue a Circular as suggested.