160 Ninth Annual Report of the 



Number of cases prosecuted criminally 1 



Number of civil penalty actions 55 



Number of cases discontinued 1 



Number of cases dismissed on examination 1 



Number of convictions 1 



Number of civil penalties imposed 40 



Number of cases awaiting trial 14 



Number of cases disposed of 43 



OLEOMARGARINE— SUMMARY OP WORK. 



Number of days in court, experts and chemists 209 



Number of days obtaining evidence 35 



Number of days on special duty 55 



Number of days inspecting stores and bakeries 790 



Number of days visiting hotels, restaurants and boarding houses 317 



Total number of days l,[ 



Number of samples purchased and taken 3.111 



Number of samples delivered to chemist 1C5 



Number of evenings obtaining samples 174 



Number of complaints made 155 



Number of appearances in cases 7G0 



Number of stores and bakeries inspected 39,748 



Number of hotels, restaurants and boarding houses visited 5,444 



Estimated number of miles traveled 46.G86 



Number of samples of oleomargarine and butter samples 151 



Number of cases prosecuted criminally 32 



Number of civil penalty actions 58 



Number of cases disposed of 74 



Number of cases sentence suspended 3 



Number of civil penalties imposed 40 



Number of convictions 25 



Number of cases defendant absconded, criminal 5 



Number of cases awaiting trial 15 



Discontinued 3 



Bail forfeited 1 



Decision reserved 1 



Cases remaining September 30, 1900. 



The final result of prosecutions under the laws relating to 

 oleomargarine, adulterated milk, vinegar and miscellaneous 

 cases for the year ending September 30, 1901, were as follows: 



Oleomargarine cases 30 



Milk cases 17 



Vinegar cases 4 



Miscellaneous cases 6 



Oleomargarine cases prosecuted during the year ending September 30, 1901 90 



Milk cases prosecuted during the year ending September 30, 1901 57 



Vinegar cases prosecuted during the year ending September 30, 1901 2 



Miscellaneous cases prosecuted during the year ending September 30, 1901 24 



Total number of cases 230 



