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chemical work has been done by Dr. B. F. Davenport of 

 Boston and E. B. Holland of the Hatch Experiment Station, 

 Amherst. 



The work of the year has been as follows : — 



Total number of inspections, 5,524* 



Number of inspections where no samples were taken, . . 4,135 

 Number of samples of butter and oleomargarine, nearly all 



purchased, 1,379 



Number of samples of milk ami cream, 16 



Cases in court, 289 



Meetings addressed by the general agent, .... 20 



Meetings addressed by the chairman of the Bureau, . . 7 



Cases prosecuted f during the year, by months and courts, 

 with law violated, and results, are as follows : — 



* Six extra samples were taken during inspections, therefore this total is 6 

 less than the sum of the next three items. 



t As this is a table of prosecutions, and not of cases entered in court, all nol 

 pros cases — 10 in number — are eliminated. 



