Mar. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 771

49. STANDARD OF STRENGTH OF SPIRITS.

The standard of strength for spirits shall be as follows:—
Brandy, not more than twenty-five degrees under proof.
Whisky, not more than twenty-five degrees under proof.
Rum, not more than twenty-five degrees under proof.
Gin, not more than thirty-five degrees under proof.

50. DRUGS.

Standard.

(1.) Drugs which are included in the latest edition, with amendments, of the “British Pharmacopoeia” shall conform to the descriptions and tests respectively prescribed therein unless otherwise standardized in these regulations, or in any Act in force in New Zealand, or in regulations made thereunder.

Exemptions from Standard.

(2.) (a.) The following drugs are hereby exempted from so much of the provisions of these regulations as requires that they shall be compounded with alcohol, in accordance with the “British Pharmacopoeia,” and the said drugs shall not be deemed to be adulterated in so far as they are compounded with such equivalent proportions of methylated spirit as may be permitted by regulations under the Customs Law Act, 1908.

Linimentum aconiti.
Linimentum belladonnæ.
Linimentum camphoræ ammoniatum.
Linimentum saponis.

(b.) The following drugs are hereby exempted from so much of the provisions of these regulations as requires that they shall be compounded with olive oil, or with peanut (Arachis hypogea) oil, in accordance with the “British Pharmacopoeia,” and the said drugs shall not be deemed to be adulterated in so far as they are compounded with an equivalent proportion of cotton-seed (Gossypium herbaceum) oil :—

Emplastrum ammoniaci cum hydrargyro.
Emplastrum hydrargyri.
Emplastrum picis.
Emplastrum plumbi.
Linimentum ammoniæ.
Linimentum calcis.
Linimentum camphoræ.
Sapo mollis.
Sapo durus.
Unguentum capsici.
Unguentum hydrargyri compositum.
Unguentum hydrargyri nitratls.
Unguentum resincæ.

(c.) The following drugs are hereby exempted from so much of the provisions of these regulations as requires that they shall be compounded with Vinum xericum in accordance with the “British Pharmacopoeia,” and the said drugs shall not be deemed to be adulterated in so far as they are compounded with a New Zealand or other colonial wine containing not more than sixteen parts per centum by weight of ethylic alcohol :—

Vinum antimoniale.
Vinum colchici.
Vinum ipecacuanhæ.
Vinum ferri.
Vinum ferri citratis.
Vinum quininæ.

(d.) The following drug is hereby exempted from so much of the provisions of these regulations as requires that it shall comply with the description given of and tests prescribed for it in the latest edition, with amendments, of the “British Pharmacopoeia” :—

Oleum eucalypti.

Ethyltc Alcohol.

(3.) There shall be written in the principal label attached to every package containing a proprietary medicine sold for internal use by man, which is compounded with ethylic alcohol in greater proportion than two and one-half grammes in one hundred cubic centimetres, in bold-faced sans-serif capital types of not less size than six points face measurement, the percentage proportion of alcohol contained in it, expressed in terms of proof spirit, in the following form :—

ALCOHOL.

This mixture contains [Here insert the number of parts per centum] parts per centum of proof spirit.

Castor Oil.

(4.) There shall be written in the principal label attached to every package containing castor oil, which is sold for internal use by man, in sans-serif capitals of not less size than six points face measurement, the words “For internal use.”

Eucalyptus Oil.

(5.) (a.) Eucalyptus oil prepared for internal use by man shall be the colourless or pale yellow oil distilled from the leaves of various species of eucalyptus, subsequently rectified, and possessing a characteristic aromatic odour and pungent cooling taste. Its specific gravity at a temperature of 60° F. shall be from 0·910 to 0·930. It shall contain not less than fifty parts per centum of eucalyptol (cineol) as determined by the phosphoric-acid method; mixed with one-third of its volume of phosphoric acid of specific gravity 1·75 it shall quickly become semi-solid. It shall be soluble in three volumes of 70 per centum alcohol; and its refractive index at 60° F. shall be below 1·4800.

Labelling.

(b.) There shall be written on or attached to every package which contains eucalyptus oil prepared for internal use by man a statement or label on which shall be written, in sans-serif capitals of not less size than six points face measurement, the words “For internal use.” No person shall sell any package containing eucalyptus oil in respect of which the provisions of this regulation have not been complied with.

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SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

Analyst’s Certificate under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.

(To be used where method of analysis has been prescribed.)

I, THE undersigned, an Analyst appointed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, do hereby certify that on the day of , 19 , there was delivered to me personally by [or I received by registered post from] [Here insert the name and address of the officer from whom sample was received], an officer of the Department of Public Health [or an officer appointed for the purposes of the said Act], a sample of [Here state the name of the food or drug] for analysis in a [Here state the nature of the package in which the sample was enclosed, how it was labelled and marked, and, if sealed, describe impress of the seal, if any], and that I have analysed the same, and in such analysis have followed the method prescribed for the analysis of in the regulations under the said Act, and that the result of my analysis is as follows :—

[Analysis and Observations.]

As witness my hand, at , this day of , 19 .

, Analyst.

FORM B.

Analyst’s Certificate under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.

(To be used where method of analysis has not been prescribed.)

I, THE undersigned, an Analyst appointed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, do hereby certify that on the day of , 19 , there was delivered to me personally by [or I received by registered post from] [Here insert the name and address of the officer from whom the sample was received], an officer of the Department of Public Health [or an officer appointed for the purposes of the said Act], a sample of [Here state the name of the food or drug] for analysis in a [Here state the nature of the package in which the sample was enclosed, how it was labelled and marked, and, if sealed, describe the impress of the seal, if any], and that I have analysed the same, and that the result of my analysis is as follows :—

[Analysis and Observations.]

As witness my hand, at , this day of , 19 .

, Analyst.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.