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unlawfully exposed, as the package did not bear the proper 

 marks indicating the quantity of the contents as required by 

 the statute, but in all cases they have been found up to the 

 guaranty of the manufacturers and no hearings on this charge 

 were necessary, and although offering every facility available 

 for soliciting such infott-mation, we have not received any 

 complaints from the users of any insecticide as to the failure 

 of any product to successfully do the work that it was guaran- 

 teed to do. This seems particularly gratifying as the sale and 

 consumption of arsenate of lead has increased rapidly for com- 

 bating insects infesting potato plants and it is also employed 

 for repelling the attacks of the gypsy and brown-tail moths. 



In general, a clearer understanding has been reached between 

 the manufacturers and this department as to the registration; 

 however, one hundred and sixty-two hearings were arranged 

 during the year as the result of the inspector locating unregis- 

 tered goodi. 



Reports of analyses will be found in Official Inspections No. 

 75- 



Drugs Inspection. 



The work of drugs inspection was largely delegated to one 

 inspector; this arrangement proved to be satisfactory. The 

 drug stores have not been entirely neglected, however, by 

 other inspectors when performing general inspection work, 

 but the consistent use of the tabulated form of report for drug 

 stores has been employed mostly by one man who paid particu- 

 lar attention to this line of work. The general conditions of 

 the stores visited were reported and information gained as to 

 the marking of bottles with the alcohol content; cleanliness of 

 the prescription counter and — if soda fountains are installed 

 — the cleanliness of the glasses and other utensils used, the 

 source of the syrup and sanitation were all noted upon the 

 form provided for this purpose. Violations thus reported and 

 noted have been taken up in an educational manner and numer- 

 ous letters calling them to the attention of the dealers have been 

 written. 



During the latter part of the year samples were collected and 

 are now being analyzed ; the results of the analyses are not 



