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insists that this adulteration shall be stopped and the sale of such 

 IDreparations shall be discontinued unless the presence of the added 

 pungent substance be declared upon the labels. 



MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS 



Of the 161 materials, of a great variety were examined. Deserv- 

 ing of especial mention are those of maple syrup (28 samples with 

 the discovery of but one case of misbranding) ; and nuts, of which, in 

 a good many instances, a large proportion of those purchased were 

 wormy or decomposed. From the presentation of the evidence, the 

 action of (he Department in instituting prosecutions for such viola- 

 tions of the act, was clearlv sustained. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT 



A classified statement of the receipts and expenditures of the 

 Bureau for the year 1910 is presented In the Appendix, showing total 

 receipts to the amount of |110,S02.9o and a total expenditure of |79,- 

 G61.65. Of the receipts, over |79,000 were from oleomargarine license 

 lees; over $15,000 from fines imposed for the violation of the oleomar- 

 garine law. 



The statement shows that the receipts, all of which have been turned 

 into the State Treasury for the use of the Commonwealth, have been 

 considerably more than the entire cost of maintaining the Bureau dur- 

 ing that time. 



CONCLUSION 



In the performance of the large volume of work described in the 

 foregoing paragraphs, the Commissioner has been greatly indebted for 

 encouragement and advice given by the Governor of the Common- 

 wealth, Hon. Edwin S. Stuart, and the Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. 

 N. B. Critchfield. He desires to acknowledge also the hearty co-opera- 

 tion given to him by the Attorney Oeneral's Department, and to ex- 

 press his appreciation of the efficient and loyal assistance of the spec- 

 ial agents, the chemists, special counsel and ofYice force of the Bureau. 



JAMES FOUST, 

 Diiirf/ and Food Commissioner. 



