S Ninth Annual Report of the 



The following person has been discharged, viz: J. Van Gelde- 

 ren, New York city. 



The following person deceased, viz: C. J. Morganstern, Attica, 

 N. Y. 



In the death of Mr. Morganstern the Department lost an 

 efficient and able employee. He was in the employ of the De- 

 partment when I became Commissioner and was retained up to 

 the time of his death, although during the* latter part of his 

 service he labored under great difficulty in his endeavors to be 

 efficient. 



The following person has been appointed from the civil service 

 eligible list with the consent of that body, viz: Wm. J. Hurd, 

 Stony Point, N. Y. 



The divisions in the State are ten, and they are each in charge 

 of the Assistant Commissioner as set forth on the eighth page 

 of this report. 



The general work of this Department consists in enforcing the 

 provisions of the law relating to: 



(1) Providing butter and cheese experts to give instruction in 

 the art of making uniform, first-class butter and cheese 



(2) Providing against the sale or delivery to factories or 

 creameries of impure, unhealthy or unwholesome milk. 



(3) Providing against keeping of cows for the production of 

 milk for sale or exchange in a crowded or unhealthful condition, 

 and against feeding such cows on distillery waste, or on any 

 substance that will produce unwholesome or unhealthful milk. 



(4) Regulating the sale of condensed milk. 



(5) Providing against the manufacture and sale of imitation 

 butter and its use in boarding-houses and places of public enter- 

 tainment. 



(6) Providing against the sale and manufacture of imitation 

 cheese. 



(7) Providing for branding full-cream cheese as " New York 

 State full-cream cheese," and against falsely branding butter or 

 cheese. 



(8) Providing against the manufacture and sale of adulterated 

 or imitation vinegar. 



