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than formerly, and 9% cents more than oleomargarine 

 which has no artificial coloration. The result of this law, 

 which went into efiect July 1, has been to diminish the 

 effort to violate the State law by pushing the sales of imita- 

 tion butter, while uncolored oleomargarine has come upon 

 the market in large amounts. Another thing which did 

 much to increase and broaden our work was the o-ivino; us a 

 larger appropriation with which to enforce the " renovated 

 butter " law. 



The membership of the Bureau has not been changed 

 during the past year, the retiring member, ]\Ir. C. D. Rich- 

 ardson, having been reappointed. P. M. Harwood has con- 

 tinued in service as an inspector, and R. M. Horton has 

 been succeeded by A. W. Lombard. II. M. Merriam, 

 (Mrs.) A. A. Bangs and (IVIrs.) Eva Myrick have been 

 employed portions of the time. Others have worked for a 

 few days occasionally, when special service was needed. 

 The chemical work has been done, as in previous years, by 

 Dr. B. F. Davenport of Boston and Edward B. Holland of 

 the Hatch Experiment Station. The administrative work 

 has continued in the same hands as heretofore. 



Statistically. 

 Statistically, the work of the year has been as follows : — 



Number of inspections, ..... 

 Number of samples of butter or oleomargarine, 

 Number of samples of milk, .... 



Cases in court, 



Meetings addressed, 



3,895 



846 



232 



285 



21 



Adding the number of inspections where no samples were 

 taken and those where the inspector took specimens, we 

 have a total of 4,973 places visited by our inspectors during 

 the year. The number last year was 2,6()S, and in 1900 

 2,438. 



We have during the year collected evidence and presented 

 to different courts 300 cases of violation of law. In most 

 courts the business of receiving complaints and issuing war- 

 rants or summonses is done by the clerk, under provision 

 of law. In Cambridge, however, the judge hears all the 



