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O. H. M. S. 
 
 ^ D«pul^ JfiniHtr. 
 
 LABORATORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT 
 
 OITAWA, CANADA 
 
 BULLETINT No. 188 
 
 LIQUOR PICIS CARBONIS (SOLUTION OF COAL TAR.) 
 
 6675—1 
 
LABORATORY 
 
 OP THE 
 
 INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT 
 
 OTfAWA, CANADA 
 BULLETIN Ko. 188 
 
 A 
 
 LIQUOR PICIS CARBONIS (SOLUTION OF COAL TAR.) 
 
 Ottawa, September 20, 1909. 
 
 W. J. Gerald, Ksq., 
 
 Deputy Minister of Inland Revcni- 
 
 SiB— Ihavethe honour to submit herewith a report upon the examination of 
 twenty four (24) samples purchased by our inspectors as Liquor Pic.s Carbonis (Solution 
 
 °* ^"rhe British Pharnmcopaia directs this article to be prepared as follows— > Digest 
 for two days at IJO' F., one part by weight of prepared c(«l tar, m five of a Tincture 
 of Ouillaia (1 in 10, alcohol 90 per cent.) Decant, or filter when cold. 
 
 The finished Liuuor Picis Carbonis should therefore contain about 75 per cent 
 of its weight of 90 per cent alcohol; or approximately 67 • 5 per cent of its weight 
 of absolute aUohol. Allowing for evaporation and loss, it may be rea-sonable to accept 
 60 per cent by weight, or 67 per cent by volume, in the article as dispensed. Jn all 
 sHnioles containing alcohol, the content of alcohol meets quantitative requirements. 
 
 An alcoholic solution of coal tar, known as Liqwr Carbmixs Detergent, is much 
 employed in the treatment of skin diseases. This is not official, and is not to be con- 
 founded with Liquor I'icis Carbonis, as above described. , „j „„ 
 Various solutions of coal tar, some of them being proprietary articles, are found on 
 the markPi Five samples of this character have been accepted by our inspectors. In 
 accepting these articles, unless expressly supplied as Liquor Picis Carbonis, our Inspectors 
 
 '"^ "Tbts^is cUariy the case in Nos. 987 and 988, which are distincUy labelled ' <?o»dron 
 
 de NorvA,e'. and aro proprietary. They contain no alcohol. Nos. 41170 and 41171 
 
 (Kingston) and 41 3 (Toronto) are likewise non-alcoholic solutions of Ur. It thOT 
 
 were''offered as Liquor Picis Carbonis, the vendor is guilty of substitution. It would 
 
 appear from the remarks of the inspector that No. 41345 wa« actually so supplied 
 
 but in good faith. See App. D. Liquor Picis Carbonis is the only solution of coal 
 
 ter otficTally authorized by the British Pharmacopoeia. Several other solutions of 
 
 Coal Tar are more or less widely known and used. As long as these comply with 
 
 the requirements of the Patent or Proprietary Medicines Act, they are proyetij 
 
 enough dispensed, when asked for. But they must not be supplied when Liquor Picis 
 
 Carbonis, or Official Solution of Coal Tar is demanded. ^ j 
 
 Of the remaining 19 samples, 13 correspond to the pharmacopraal requirements, and 
 
 are genuine. Six samples are adulterated, in the sense that they are made with wood 
 
 alcohol, or with methylated spirit, instead of with ethyl alcohol «f ,fe<l»"^ „°y *'"^ 
 
 Pharmacopoeia. The Inland Revenue Act (R. 8. C. 34) enacte as follows (S. 26b) .- 
 
' Every perwn who aaes spirit* containing methyl alcohol in any form, in any phar- 
 maceutical or medicinal preparation intended for internal u«!, shall be liable to a 
 penalty of nve hundred dollars ' 
 
 The Inland Revenue Amendment Act, of 1908, further enacU (Sec. 7) -' Every 
 person who usei methyl alcohol, or spirita conUining methyl alcohol in any phanna 
 ccutical, . '.-licinal or other preparation intended for .-xternal use sli.fll ailix to the 
 vewel containing the said preparation a label stating, in black letters not less than one- 
 fourth of nn inch in height, the prebence of methyl alcohol therein ; and any perron 
 violating the provisions of this sub-section shall incur a pi-nalty not lexs th«n fifty 
 dollars and not exceeding two hundred dollars' Although five samples are found lo 
 l« technically adulterated, I am convinced that in no case has there been any intent 
 to commit fraud. Failure to meet the requirements of the Act apparently results from 
 non-acquaintame with these requirements. The Inland Revenue Amendment Act 
 was assented to April 10, 1908, up to which date the employment of wood alcohol in 
 preparations for external use, without declaration, was not ille.al. My justification in 
 advising that no legal action be taken in the present case (the first official inspection of 
 i-iquor l-icis Carbonis) must be found in the above remarks, and in excerpts from 
 correspondence which appear as appendices to this report. 
 
 1 beg to rrcommend the publication of this report as Bulletin No. 188. 
 
 I have the honour to be, sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 A. McGILL, 
 
 Chief Analyst. 
 
BULLETIN No. 188-LIQUOR PICI8 
 
 Date of 
 
 CoUec- 
 
 tiim. 
 
 Nature of 
 Sample. 
 
 Name and Aildrww. of 
 Vendor. 
 
 Cost. 
 
 Name and Addrew 
 
 of the Manufac- 
 turer or Futniaher, 
 AH ffiven by the 
 Vendor. 
 
 Inapector'a 
 Report. 
 
 (In not an ex- 
 
 prewiion of 
 
 opinion. ) 
 
 DISTRICT OF NOVA SCOTIA- 
 
 1909. 
 
 Ang. 17.. 
 
 „ 17.. 
 
 Liq. Picis Car 
 bonis (wilution 
 of coal tar). 
 
 4173B National Drug Co., Hali-,6 m. 
 fax. N.H. 
 
 417.'J7 Bniwn BroB. & Co.,]!! ., .. 
 : Halifax, N.9. 
 
 7B Nat. Dni(t and 
 Chem.Co., Mont- 
 real 
 
 76 
 
 Liq. Pioia Carb. 
 S.P. 
 
 DISTRICT OF PRINCE KDWARD 1M.AND- 
 
 July 28. 
 ,. 29. 
 
 Liq. Picis Car-'.'«57l!p. N. Knman. Summer- 
 iKinii) (aolutionl i "ide. 
 
 of c<«l tar). \.^\f,_ p ,^^„^i„ Charlotte 
 t4)wn. 
 
 6 ox. SO W. V. Wright, I 
 Southwark, Lon- 
 don. 
 
 6 .. .90 
 
 DISTRICT OF NEW BRUNSWICK- 
 
 .Tuly 20 
 
 „ 26. 
 
 Liq. Pici» Car-Sa-WThe N»t. n™8-.C"f °^ 
 limis (solution . huV. St. .lohn, N.B. , 
 
 of coal tar). |^^^ ^ ^^.^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ 4^,, 
 
 "i Co. 
 
 Vendors . 
 
 W. V. Wright fc Wright's .Liq. 
 Co., Southwark.l Carhonia 
 London. i 
 
 DISTRICT OF ST. HYACINTHE- 
 
 Aug. 3. .ILiq. Picis Car- 
 ; bonis (solution 
 of coal tar). 
 
 10 
 
 987 
 
 l}riffith's P h a r m a c y, jl bot . 
 Sherbrooke. 
 
 988 
 
 St. .Tacq\ie» Pharmacy, 
 St. Hvaointhe. 
 
 25 iDr. J. G. Lavio- 
 lette, Montreal. 
 
 1 ,. 
 
 75 
 
 G uyot a 
 France. 
 
 Goudron de 
 NorvAge (Li- 
 quevr oonoen- 
 tree.) 
 Paris, Goudron Guyot. 
 (Solution not 
 guaranteed). 
 
 DISTRICT OF MONTREAL— 
 
 July 20. Liq. Picis Car- 40283 B. Fox l(i8 St. Law-je ox. 
 juiy -w. i.iq^^.^ (^lution: \ rence B., Montreal, j 
 
 of coal tar). |^_^^,,„ j Weinteld, 197,6.. 
 " ^ "i I Bleury St., Montreal. 
 
 60 'Nat. Drug and 
 Chem.Co., Mont- 
 real. I 
 
 60 Unknown 
 
0ARB0NI8 (SOLUTION OF COAL TAR). 
 
 Rncii'ni or Analtm*. 
 
 a 
 3 
 
 ApproxiiDkM 
 Aloohol, p.c. 
 
 .9 
 
 Kxamit»tir>n tor Mrthyl Aloohol. 
 Kafraetiofi. 
 
 II 
 
 1 
 I 
 
 Methyl 
 Alcohol, "8 
 
 i 
 
 Ronwrlu, ami Opinion of the 
 rhiof An»ly*t. 
 
 R. J. WAUGH. INSPECTOR. 
 
 (I MiS6 
 U MM 
 
 p.c 
 72 70 
 
 p.c, 
 
 70 27 
 
 72 7»i 79-27 
 
 1 P.O. 
 »452J 87 00 
 
 9676| 30 U 
 
 78 3 
 
 eg 
 
 78 00 
 
 !p.e. of Uitall 
 j Alcohol. I 
 +0-8 I none. 1 4173(1 (leniiine. 
 
 G9H— OH: none | '117:17 " 
 
 THEO. MOORE, INSPECTOR. 
 
 II 8814; 66 U9 
 
 I 
 8H64 639G 
 
 J. 
 
 73 380 9406 39 60 
 71 42,0 97?1 19-88 
 
 808 
 49 6 
 
 80 8 
 49 7 -0 2 
 
 38571 (Senuine, 
 
 38572 
 
 .1. C. FEROUSON, INSPECTOR. 
 
 U S464 
 II 8K29 
 
 80 79 
 6&46 
 
 8A 15 9394 
 
 72 SO 
 
 9270 
 
 40 10! 75 5 
 4600 86 7 
 
 81 6 
 
 87 
 
 -6 1 
 
 -0 3 
 
 14(1 39536 AdiilteraU-d. S«h) Ap-x-ndix A. 
 
 ; i 
 
 none ' 3fl6S7]<Jenume. 
 
 .1. c. 
 
 ROULEAU, 
 
 INSPECTOR. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 one 
 
 1 0199 
 
 none 
 none 
 
 none 
 none 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 987 
 988 
 
 Proprietai-y. 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 ■T J. COSTIGAN, INSPECTOR. 
 
 8634 73 63 
 
 1 
 
 8619i 74 27 
 
 80 08 
 80-64 
 
 9701 
 9776 
 
 16 38 
 16 26 
 
 43 2 42 9 +0 a 
 
 41 41 
 
 00 
 
 none i 40283 Genuine. 
 
 i 
 
 ; t 
 
 none 40294! •• 
 
BULLETIN No. 188— LIQUOR PICI8 
 
 l)atp»f 
 
 Nature i»f 
 
 i 
 
 3 
 ■1 
 
 Xhiiim ali<l .XddrHHiKif 
 \,'iuli>r. 
 
 Cow. 
 
 
 Nkiii*' »iii1 Aildnnu 
 •f the Maiiufac- 
 
 turiT or Kuniiithfr, 
 
 ut fri>**n Ity tht? 
 
 Wndoi. 
 
 IwiKirt. 
 
 (In not »ii ex 
 prriwiini »f 
 opinion. ) 
 
 1009. 
 a»pt. 1 . 
 
 1. 
 
 DISTRICT OK OTTAWA- 
 
 l.ii|. I'ii-i» Cnr 
 ihtui* (wiliition 
 of ci«l tar). 
 
 tl'.TIIiNut. IM'UK ami Cheiii. 
 I Co., Lt<l., (Htawn. 
 
 41380 Lyiiianii, lit'!., OtUwa . 
 
 8 <«. . 70 iVeniliiM |I,abelled "Licj. 
 
 ; j ' . Pici'tCarlmiiii 
 
 I I , BP.' 
 
 H .. .. BH jLvinant, Ltd., I 
 
 I Montri'al. I 
 
 L 
 
 Auf. ^ . Solution of coal 4ll70lNat. Drug Co., King- 6 <«. 
 tnr. ] ! Mton. | 
 
 I V 
 
 C. 41171 R.THiiipl,.ton,n.-llivilU-. B .. . 
 
 ' ! I 
 
 DISTRICT OK KINOSTON- 
 
 A. Railway ft Son, 
 Montntal. 
 
 DISTRICT OK TORONTO- 
 
 Aug. 13. 
 
 Liq. Piiia f'.ir- 41344 A. E. L-gge, Toronto. . . 
 
 6 oz. 
 
 » 
 
 The E. B. Shuttle- 
 
 Liq. Carboniii 
 Detergeni. 
 
 
 ttonis (H4>luti<.m 
 
 
 
 worth Chem.Co., 
 
 
 of coal tar). 
 
 
 
 
 LUl., Toronto. 
 
 Sold as Liq. 
 PicinCarboniii 
 
 .. 13. 
 
 
 
 41^45 Hargn-avin Hn»., 162 
 l-iuvon St. We.t, To- 
 ronto. 
 
 B .. . 
 
 ! 26 
 
 t 
 1 
 
 Lyman, Knox ft 
 Clarkaon, To- 
 ronto. 
 
 .Sold at Liq. Pi- 
 cia Carbonit. 
 
 DISTRICT OK LONDON- 
 
 .Tuly 23. 
 .. 2!). 
 
 Liq. Pici» Car 306!«C. E. Na.sinith ft Co., [3 bot.j 60 E. B. Shuttleworthi 
 Inmis (wilution | Stratford. I & Co., Toronto. I 
 
 of coal tar). I ! 
 
 Liq. Carbonis dp ,30809 .T. E. Hovey, Clinton... 's oz.. 25'.). A'lm-r A Co., Liq. Carbonis 
 tt-rgi-na. i | Hiuiiiltoii. Detcrgen*. 
 
 DISTRICT OK WINDSOa- 
 
 ,Tiily 28. . Liq. Piclii Car- 3.59!t3 
 
 'x)ni» (solution! 
 
 of coal tar). ; 
 
 .. 28. . Solut. of coal tari35999 
 
 .\ndt'rt»on ft N**llt-», Ijon- 6 oje 
 don. 
 
 60 |Nat. Drug Co., 
 Montreal. 
 
 W. T. Strong, London. . 6 ., . .! 60 Vendor 
 
 ! I 
 
lARBONia (SOLUTION OF COAL TAR). 
 
 Rraikrkii, kim) Opinion >•( the 
 Chinf Anklyit. 
 
 .1. A. 
 
 BICKKV. INSPECTOR 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 p.0. 
 
 p.c. 
 
 ! p.c. 
 
 
 
 
 p.0. 1 •oUl 
 Alcohol. 
 
 1 
 
 1)8)02 
 
 73 71 
 
 8» Ifi 
 
 9342 
 
 42 67 
 
 84 3 
 
 839 
 
 + 04 
 
 none 
 
 41279 
 
 (ieniiine. 
 
 II 8472 
 
 80 46 
 
 86 87 
 
 09118 
 
 53 77 
 
 994 
 
 92 1 
 
 + 08 
 
 none 
 
 41280 
 
 " 
 
 ,IAS. HOGAN, INSPECrOK 
 
 
 1 1930( none 
 1 16M none 
 
 41170 I» not Lii|Uor Vicii (;»rtHini«. 
 I See App. B. 
 
 41171! " " . " >^^ 
 
 U tolution Ot CCMtl tMt. 
 
 H. J. DAOER, INSPECTOR. 
 
 1) 8953 
 
 1 0211 
 
 flO IS 
 
 none 
 
 67 810 9419 
 
 38 83 
 
 485 
 
 80 00! -36 5 
 
 T. KIDD, INSPECTOR. 
 
 8545 
 8632 
 
 73 71 
 
 83'43;0-9242 47 27 
 
 80 15 
 
 0-9486 35 20 
 
 428 
 39 6 
 
 88 
 
 76 1 
 
 -452 
 
 -36 6 
 
 J NO. TALBOT, INSPECTOR. 
 
 8707 
 KJ79 
 
 70 56 
 8412 
 
 77-39;0 9168 
 88 790 9234 
 
 5061 
 47-64 
 
 91-0; 90-8 
 46-05 88 35 
 
 +0-2 
 -42 3 
 
 
 86 1 
 
 41344 Ii not Liq. Pici» Curbonii. 
 I The f»ct of b»in(j mmde w.th 
 I methyl alcohi '.iihiinld be iit«- 
 
 41.'M5 
 
 ted on the label. i4ee>Vpp.C. 
 U not Liquor Picii Carbonis. 
 See App. D. 
 
 93-4 
 90 6 
 
 30695 Adulterated. ConUin* methyl 
 alcohol. See App. E. 
 
 30809' Ifi adulterated and not Liq. 
 Picia Carbonia. The fact of 
 beinff made with methyl 
 alcohol Hhould be stated on 
 the Ubel. See. App. F. 
 
 none 
 
 86 7 
 
 36998 
 35999 
 
 Genuine. 
 
 Adulterated. Contain* methyl 
 alcohol. See App. G. 
 
8 
 
 BULLETIN No. 188— LIQUOR PICIS 
 
 Date of 
 Collec- 
 tion. 
 
 Nature of 
 Sample. 
 
 Name and Addrew of 
 Vendor. 
 
 Cost. 
 
 Nauie and Address 
 
 of the Manufac- 
 turer or Furnisher, 
 as given by the 
 Vendor. 
 
 Inspector's 
 Report. 
 
 (Is nut an ex- 
 pression of 
 opinion. ) 
 
 DISTRICT OF CALGARY - 
 
 1909; 
 
 Aug. ll.Liq. PiciH Car- 35598 A. Archibald, Kdmon 
 Umifl (solution ton. 
 
 of coal tar). 
 
 I. 11 35699 D. W. Macdonald, Ed 
 
 I I monton. 
 
 Wright k Co., 
 Sonthwark, Lon- 
 don, Eng. 
 
 Unknown 
 
 DISTRICT OF VANCOUVER- 
 
 •luly 
 
 I.ii). Picis Car- 37710 Wiluon's Drug Store, 6 oz. 
 l)oni8 (solution: Vanjonver. 
 
 of coal tar). 
 
 37717. Lralie (J. Henderson, |6 oz. 
 Vancouver. 
 
 60 
 1 SO 
 
 Vendor 
 
 W. V. Wright ft 
 Co., South wark, 
 London. 
 
CARBONIS (SOLUTION OF COAL TAR). 
 
 RlSl'LTS or ANALTBia. 
 
 a. 
 B 
 1 
 
 
 Auproxiiiwte 
 Alcohol, p.c. 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 Gxaminktiun for Methyl Alcohol 
 
 & 
 
 1 
 
 Refrsction. 
 
 1^ ' -i I" 
 i i I 
 
 •< I i. j H 
 
 Methyl 
 Alcohol. 
 
 I 
 
 Reiukrkit and Opinion of th* 
 Chief Analyrt. 
 
 K. W. FLETCHER, INSPECTOR. 
 
 8876 
 8567 
 
 p.c, 
 63 43 
 
 76-58 
 
 p.c. 
 70 93 
 
 82 6.5 
 
 9709 
 0-9296 
 
 p.c. 
 
 20 68 515 
 
 ! 
 
 44 73; 63 7 
 
 54 6 
 
 86 -323 
 
 ; p.c. of total 
 —0-1 none 
 
 35598! Genuine. 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 36699! Adulterated. Contain! methyl 
 \ alcohol. 
 
 J. F. POWER, INSPECTOR. 
 
 8568 
 8863 
 
 76 %' 82 97iO 9768: 16 83 42 6 
 
 64 43! 71 860 9452 37 00 77 90 
 
 I I I 
 
 42 2 +0 4 
 
 780 ; -0 1 
 
 sni6 
 
 3ni7 
 
 Genuine. 
 
 6675—3 
 
10 
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 A —Referring to sample 39536 :— This sample was carefully cheokeu, and the 
 presence of methyl alcohol e.toblished. It would appear that the maaufacturers were 
 not airare that wood alcohol had been used in its preparation, and the sm"!! amount of 
 methyl alcohol present may have been added through some oversight m manufacture. 
 Tiie vendors write, under date 4th October -'Our laboratory man still claims that he 
 uses nothing but pure alcohol in the manufacture of Liq Carbonu-j Detergens ; but at 
 the same time I have no doubt that your analysis is correct, and I will Imvo what we 
 have on hand, destroyed, and will see that our new lot contains nothing but pure gram 
 
 *'"" B°-In regard to sample 41170, the following letter of 22 September, has been received 
 from the vendors. ' Your advance notice re Liquor Picis Carbonis is duly to hand, and 
 your observation noted. We have to thank you for the information. It is information 
 to us On inquiry we find that this preparation was taken over by this Company from 
 their pretlecessors, Henry Skinner A Co. On further inquiry we are informed that 
 this was made by Henry Skinner & Co., probably 15 years ago, before the propara- 
 tion became official. What Iktle we had in stock (less than a gallon) has been 
 
 ^* 'c^l-Sample 41344 was apparently tendered as Liiiuor Carbonis Detergens, and 
 invoiced as Liquor Picis Carbonis, by our Inspector in a mist tke. The vendor writes 
 under date 21 September :-' Your collector received samp^ ^'T. ,"! f ^T"'' ^^-^ 
 bonis Detergens, one of the ...t official preparations by E B^ Shuttleworth. This 
 preparation is made from an o1<l formula used before the British Pharmacopceia of 1898 
 made Liquor F.cis Carbonis offi ial. My assistant showed him original bottle, labelled 
 Liquor Carbonis Detergens, and also showed him Squire's Companion to the B. P. which 
 stated that it was not official. We understood he was taking it, as labelled, for he 
 appeared to copy the lal>cl. Ho asked for Liquor Picis Carbonis, and we showed him 
 that the preparation we had was not the official one '. 
 
 Our inspector's account of the transaction is as follows :—' Ihe clerk serving me 
 a.sked if Detergens was what I wanted. I said Liquor Picis Carbonis was what I 
 wanted. He asked proprietor about it. Proprietor said it was all right, and tne clerk 
 then filled the bottle '. While it is true that Liquor Carlwnis Detergens fills many ot 
 the requirements of Liquor Picis Carbonis, the preparations are not identical, and should 
 
 not be dispensed as being so. , . . , . ^. .i r< d ai..,»fi„ 
 
 Recarding the presence of methyl alcohol in this preparation, the E B. Shuttle- 
 worth Co. writes under date 25th September :-' We are in receipt of your favour of the 
 24th instant, with inclosure of Inland Revenue Act, for which accept our thanks 
 This is the first intimation we have had, that preparations containing Methyl. Alcohol 
 should be labelled as such, and we will immediately comply with that condition, although 
 it will not afifect us materially as we believe we have only one or two prepara,tions m 
 which we use it ; this particular preparation (Liq. Carbonis Detergens) is used almost 
 exclusively as a disinfectant'. , . . .ia^i a >■ ™ 
 
 D -In the matter of sample 4134.5, the vendors write, under date 20th Septem- 
 ber — ' We should explain in fairness to the manufacturer whose name is attached to 
 the container, that the title on the conUiner is Liquor Carbonis Detergens. Our 
 custom has l>een to treat 'Liquor Carbonis Detergens' and ' Liquor P.cis Carbonis 
 as identically one and the same. From any information at hand, we have felt justitied 
 in this conclusion and in regard to the nonalcoholic adulteration, authorities state bo^ 
 contain alcohol '. Also under date 25th September :-' Reply.rg to yours date.1 23rd 
 instant, we presume we must accept responsibility for the article sold to Inspector 
 Daeer We woi ' \ however point out in justification of our custom, that in 1888 some 
 years previous to the adoption by B. P. revision committee of any formula for Liquor 
 Picis Carbonis, we prepared a Li<iuor Carbonis Detergens as per inclosed formu a, and 
 as it is practically identical with the B. P. article and as the official formula was 
 
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 evidently intended for uses that had been gi\tn the Liquor Carbonis Detergens, we 
 continued to prepare it by our method. Unfortunately however as the quantity used 
 became very much reduced, we purchased the article instead of preparing it ourselves. 
 We must accept responsibility, but contend that we acted conscientiously and in 
 good faith." 
 
 £. -Regarding sample 30695, Mr. H. M. Myers of Stratford, makes a declara- 
 tion, of date 28th Sept«mber, to the effect that the sample supplied by him as Liquor 
 Picis Carbonis, was made by the E. B. Shuttiew^rth Co., of Toronto. 
 
 F. — In regard to sample 30809, Mr. Hovey writes as follows, under date 20th 
 September : — ' Received, your report today stating the sample of L:q. Picis Carbonis 
 obtained from me on 29th July contains wood alcohol. I find op looking over my old 
 invoices that I procured a one pound Irattle from Messrs J. Winer & Co., Hamilton, on 
 July 8tb, 1908. It was from that bottle that I gave the sample to Mr. Kidd. The 
 bottle I still have in stock. It is labelled " Liq Carbon. Dete-iens" J. W. 4 Co. 
 label. There is also another label on bottoin of bottle showing J. W. & Co., to be a 
 branch of the National Drug i Chemical Comp.iny '. 
 
 G. — Regarding 35999, the vendor writes : — ' Was made by us with Columbia 
 Spirits No. 1, and to tell the truth we can sea no reasonable objection to this, as Liq. 
 Picis Carbonis is nevtir used undiluted, hut always in weak watery solutions. If this is 
 harmful, how is it the hospitals use Columbia Spirits No. 1 for bathing purposes ( We 
 will be pleased to conform strictly to the B. P. process in future '.