204 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



cream. Especial attention has also been paid to decomposed tomato 

 products, spoiled sardines, and wormy olives. Mineral waters have 

 been frequently examined for pollution. Many misbranded medicines 

 have been detained until the misbranding was corrected. Many ship- 

 ments of low-grade alimentary pastes colored in simulation of high- 

 grade products have been excluded. 



COLLABORATION. 



For other bureaus of the department 3,194 samples were analyzed. 

 For other executive departments and Government establishments 789 

 were analyzed as shown in detail in Table II. The totals do not 

 include samples that were analyzed by the field service of the bureau. 

 These are included among the miscellaneous samples given in Table I. 



Table II. — 'Miscellaneous analyses for other branches of the Government. 



Department of State 1 



Department of the Treasury 65 



Department of War 97 



Department of Justice 3 



Post Office Department 67 



Department of the Navy — 352 



Department of the Interior 5 



Department of Commerce 26 



Department of Labor 1 



Government Printing Office 10 



The Panama Canal 90 



District of Columbia 72 



Total 789 



Sixty-seven samples of fraudulent medicines sent through the mails 

 have been analyzed for the Post Office Department. Assistance was 

 also rendered at hearings and in court at trials. 



Assistance was also given in the revision of the United States 

 Pharmacopoeia and in the revision of the official methods of analysis 

 of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



