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beaten our own record, large as it is, were it not for one 

 thing, and that is, the lack of money. The greatest hin- 

 drance to our work has been our limited appropriation. It 

 costs money to get evidence and to prosecute cases. The 

 amount of effort we can put out in the interests of honest 

 food products is governed by the amount of money at our 

 disposal. We are public servants ; does the public want us 

 to do more in the future than we have done in the past, — 

 then we must have more to do with. Bricks cannot be made 

 without straw. The possibility of getting 80 to 100 per 

 cent, profit out of the consuming class by the dishonest sale 

 of certain food imitations is a constant stimulus to pssli the 

 dishonest business. Is it desired that we should be able to 

 meet the increasing efforts in this direction ? We could use 

 $3,000 more to excellent advantage in the interests of pure 

 and honest dairy products. 



Statistically, our work for the past year may be summa- 

 rized as follows : — 



Inspection of places in which dairy products or their 

 imitations were sold or stored, but where the law 

 seemed to be complied with, and no samples were 

 taken, 



Samples taken, real or imitation butter, 



Samples taken, milk or cream, . 



Samples taken, cheese, 



Cases in court, 



Meetings addressed, .... 



1,757 



721 



189 



1 



252 



20 



This is 145 more inspections, 85 more samples taken and 

 74 more cases in court than the previous year. In court 

 cases we reported that 1900 was a record breaker, with 178. 

 The past year we exceeded that figure, as stated above, 

 by 74. 



The court cases were brought under the following laws : — 



