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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[P. D. 4. 



The following table shows the inspections without samples 

 and the number of samples taken during the past fifteen 

 years : — 



Yeahs. 



Inspections 

 without 

 Samples. 



Samples. 



1903-16 (inclusive), . 

 1917, 



Total for fifteen years. 

 Average, 



77,901 

 5,376 



83,277 

 5,551 



22,348 

 1,164 



23,512 

 1,567 



Oleomargarine. 

 The following figures, taken from the annual report of the 

 United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 1917, show 

 the production, withdrawn tax paid, withdrawn for export, and 

 withdrawn for use of the United States, of the two classes of 

 oleomargarine, as defined by act of May 9, 1902, covering the 

 period of fifteen years since it went into effect, July 1, 1902: — 



Oleomargarine (Pounds). 



Renovated Butter. 

 The following figures, from the same source as the preceding 

 table, show the production and withdrawn tax paid of renovated 

 butter, 1903-17: — 



