No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



299 



evidence in advance of his trial of the cases, and authorizes 

 the institution of proceedings only when there seems to 

 him probable guilt. This year the judge has refused to 

 take the word of the State officer representing this depart- 

 ment of the Commonwealth's service as to who the wit- 

 nesses in the several cases Avould be, and what the evidence 

 of each one would be, demanding the personal appearance 

 of each witness for a preliminary investigation. This not 

 having been arranged as yet, and the cases in two other 

 courts having been continued beyond the 1st of Januar^^, 

 the total number of cases prosecuted to completion has been 

 285 ; but, with this reduction, we have a record of 33 cases 

 more than last year, which at that time we felt was a phe- 

 nomenal record breaker; 107 cases more than in 1900, 

 which broke the record up to that time ; and 198 cases more 

 than in 1899. All this work means just so much service to 

 the consuming public of the State in the interest of pure 

 and honest dairy foods, which otherwise would not have 

 been performed. 



The charges in the several cases were as follows : — 



Oleomargarine, in imitation of Vmtter, 

 Sold as butter, .... 

 Wagon unmarked, .... 

 Wrapping paper unmarked. 

 In restaurants, 



53 

 12 

 2 

 10 

 13 



Preservative in butter, 

 Preservative in oleomargarine. 

 Renovated butter. 

 Milk, not of standard quality, . 

 Milk, adulterated. 

 Obstructing an officer, 



90 



13 



2 



120 



48 



5 



7 



Total, 



285 



The comparison of the court cases for 1902 and some pre- 

 vious years may be of interest : — 



1902, 

 1901, 

 1900, 

 1899, 



60 

 27 

 79 

 82 



