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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 



I desire again to express, in this connection, my appreciation of 

 tlie hearty support rendered to me by my office force, food agents, 

 counsel and food experts, without whose intelligent, active and loyal 

 assistance, the work of my Bureau could not have been successfully 

 conducted. I am under obligation also to the Attorney General's 

 Office, more especially to Deputy Attorney General William M. Har- 

 gest, to whose care the legal phases of the work of this Bureau have 

 been specifically assigned, for cordial co-operation. 



My acknowledgments are due also to Governor Brumbaugh, former 

 Secretary Critchfield and yourself for the warm encouragement and 

 support I have received from my superior officers in the conduct of 

 this work ; and finally I may not, in fairness, omit to mention as im- 

 portant elements in the success of the work of this Bureau, the 

 interest of the several courts of the State and of the public press. 



Very respectfully, 



JAMES FOUST, 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner. 



