ii6 agriculture; o^ maine. 



As the work of the office has kept me confined here at Au- 

 gusta most of the time, I have not been able to visit as many 

 local sealers as I wished. I have visited some twenty-five dif- 

 ferent cities and towns and found the local sealers taking hold 

 of their work in very good shape. 



The law requires the local sealers to make a report to the 

 State Sealer, on or before the first day of November of each 

 year, giving a detailed account of their work for the year. As 

 it was so late in the year before a large number of the cities 

 and towns received their outfits, we have not had as many 

 reports as we shall expect the coming year. The law in regard 

 to sealers making a report is compulsory and we hope nexf 

 year that we shall be able to make a much better report. Fol- 

 lowing is a summary of the work done by the local sealers from 

 ninety-three cities and towns. 



