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three samples of food products, often taken under quite difQcult 

 conditions, but also in the expert knowledge of a high character and 

 in the painstaking labor, which were necessary-, in order to analyze 

 all of these samples, and to do this, in each case, with such accuracy 

 and certainty as to warrant the analyst in testifying under oath, as 

 to the correctr^ess of his results. 



Along with this was the work of the attorneys and agents in the 

 prosecution in court of OA^er two thousand cases which were brought, 

 the collection of the fines and penalties ,the keeping of full and cor- 

 rect records in the ofhce, and in the publication of the results, all 

 of which ,it is believed, represents more work than has been per- 

 formed in the same time, by the Food Departments of any three other 

 States in the Union. 



The Conunissioner reports that during the past year, there had 

 been collected by the agents, analyzed by the chemists, and reported 

 to him, two thousand and fifty-two (2,052) samples of the several 

 food products, and that of this number, 1,122 samples were found to 

 be pure or true to name and 903 adulterated. 



There were 310 licenses issued for the sale of oleomargarine, 

 which brought into the Treasury of the State $23,927.05. Two li- 

 censes were issued for the sale of renovated butter, for which there 

 was received and paid into the State Treasury 1706.07. There were 

 collected in fines and penalties and paid into the State Treasury the 

 following amounts under the respective Acts: 



FINES AND COSTS. 



Pure Food Act, |8,022 20 



Oleomargarine Act, 8,463 93 



Renovated Butter Act, 578 58 



Milk Act, 1,177 24 



Cheese Act, 169 50 



Vinegar Act, 447 42 



Lard Act, 23 00 



Total, 118,881 87 



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