8 CONTENTS. 



Repiirt of the Solicitor — Continued. Page. 



Miscellaneous cases 797 



Agreements for the several bureaus, offices, and divisions 798 



Patents for dedication to the public 801 



Publications of the office 801 



General and special orders issued by the Secretary of Agriculture during 



the fiscal year 1911 801 



Cases under the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, reported for criminal 

 prosecution during the fiscal year 1911 and finally determined during the 



year or pending in the courts at its close 814 



Cases under section 10 of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, reported 

 during the fiscal year 1911 and finally determined during the year or 



pending in the courts at its close 834 



Cases reported for criminal prosecution under the food and drugs act, June 

 30, 1906, prior to the fiscal year 1911, and terminated during the fiscal 



year 1911 "847 



Cases under section 10 of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, reported 

 prior to the fiscal year 1911, and finally determined during the fiscal year 



1911 857 



Cases under section 2 of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, reported 

 to United States attorneys by collaborators of the department and finally 



determined during the fiscal year 1911 860 



Cases under section 10 of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, reported 

 to United States attorneys by collaborators of the department during the 



fiscal year 1911 861 



Summary of suits under the 28-hour law resulting in judgment for the Gov- 

 ernment during the fiscal year July 1, 1910 to June 30, 1911 862 



Violations reported to the Department of Justice pending or disposed of 



during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911 866 



Cases under meat-inspection amendment of June 30, 1906, reported for 



prosecution during the fiscal year 1911 and disposed of in that period 877 



Cases refen-ed to in previous reports, but which were not mentioned therein 



as being closed 878 



Timber-trespass cases handled by the Solicitor during the fiscal year ended 



June 30, 1011 879 



Occupancy-trespass cases handled by the Solicitor during the fiscal year 



ended June 30, 1911 881 



Fire-trespass cases handled by the Solicitor during 'the fiscal year ended 



June 30, 1911 884 



Gra zing-trespass cases handled by the solicitor during the fiscal year ended 



June 30, 1911 .' 885 



riaims cases 889 



Applications presented and pending for patents which were prosecuted by 

 the Solicitor for department employees during the fiscal year ended 



June 30, 1911 948 



Report of the appointment clerk 949 



Introduction 949 



Statistical information 952 



Establishment and growth of the Department of Agriculture 956 



Commissioners and Secretaries of Agriculture 956 



Positions for which competitive examinations were announced and held 

 by the Civil Service Commission for the United States Department of 



Agriculture during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911 957 



Deaths in the department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911 958 



List of principal officers of the United States Department of Agriculture, 



July 1, 1911 r 959 



Index....'. 967 



