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extending along the eastern boundaries of Montana, Wyoming, Colo- 

 rado and New Mexico, leaving all of Texas in the Central district. 

 Central District. All of the territory lying between the two boundary 

 lines given. 



The western district laboratories are located at San Francisco, 

 Denver, Seattle and Honolulu, the main district laboratory being at 

 San Francisco. The central district laboratories at Chicago, St. 

 Paul, St. Louis, Cincinnati and at New Orleans, the main laboratory 

 being at Chicago. The eastern district laboratories are at New York, 

 Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Savannah and San Juan, the main 

 laboratory being at New York. 



The following tabulation and chart indicates the location of the 

 laboratories. 



Location of Laboratories 



1. Main, control or check laboratories at Washington, D. C. 

 Bureau headquarters. 



2. District Laboratories. 



A. Eastern district. 



(a) New York City District headquarters. 

 (6) Boston. 



(c) Buffalo. 



(d) Philadelphia. 



(e) Savannah. 



B. Central district. 



(a) Chicago District headquarters. 

 (&) St. Paul. 



(c) St. Louis. 



(d) Cincinnati. 



(e) New Orleans. 



C. Western district. 



(a) San Francisco District headquarters. 



(6) Seattle. 



(c) Denver. 



(d) Honolulu. 



Insecticides and related products are looked after by the Federal 

 Insecticide Board, a body created by special appointment, as is also 

 the U. S. Tea Commission which controls the tea imports, and under 

 whose jurisdiction the tea inspections are made by expert tea tasters 

 or testers. Under Roosevelt's administration the Food and Drug 

 Referee Board was created, to which a number of the leading American 



