REPORT OF BUREAU OF INSPECTION. I5I 



I wish to emphasize the fact that much attention has been 

 given to certain Hnes of factory inspection, care having been 

 taken to investigate the places where different products desig- 

 nated for intrastate and interstate trade are manufactured, 

 particularly the sardine factories; this subject will be treated in 

 detail under a separate heading in this report. 



The year has been marked by the encouraging reports of 

 the inspectors as to the readiness of the dealers to comply with 

 the requirements of the net weight law and the very general 

 acceptance of the statute providing for the marking of the 

 quantity of the contents in the case of package goods, particu- 

 larly the marking of butter. 



Towns Inspected. 



From the following tables it will be noted that, during the 

 year 1915, two hundred and fifty towns, with a total popula- 

 tion of 605.383, have been visited, many of them more than 

 once, and in the three largest cities — Portland, Bangor and 

 Lewiston — a continuous inspection has been maintained; it 

 should be borne in mind that through a complete inspection in 

 the centres of trade, not only the population of these places 

 but of the surrounding country as well have been protected. 



These tables and figures are shown with the idea of commu- 

 nicating to the public the number of people and amount of 

 territory under inspection : 



