No. 1.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 435 



The cases in court resulted as follows : — 



Convictions, .218 



Acquittals, 17 



Defaulted, 2 



Nol pros, 15 



Total, 252 



This is almost 1 case a day for each working day. It is 

 no inconsiderable task to receive and pass upon the evi- 

 dence in 252 cases, to make the complaints, to take charge 

 of the cases in the district and police courts, to keep track 

 of such as are appealed, to follow them into the superior 

 court, and to do the necessary incident clerical work. 



Butter, — Normal. 



The butter market has been in a fairly healthy condition 

 during the past year. The creameries of the State have, on 

 the whole, done a satisfactory business, though producers 

 have been hampered by an increased cost of production, 

 owing to the higher cost of grain. The following table 

 shows the extreme quotation for the best fresh creamery 

 butter in a strictly wholesale way in the Boston market for 

 the last six years : — 



The above does not show quite as high an average for 1901 

 as for 1900, but the figures for the past year were better than 



