214 LOWER PENINSULA. 



1 8. For any neglect or refusal to comply with either or any of 

 the foregoing rules or regulations, or for any evasion or violation 

 of the same, on the part of the manufacturers of fine or steam 

 salt, or any person or persons in their employ, a penalty of ten 

 dollars is hereby imposed, to be paid to the inspector or his depu- 

 ties, on demand or record in a court of justice, with costs as pro- 

 vided by law. All the regulations shall be held to apply to the 

 manufacturer of salt by other processes than boiling in kettles. 



19. All salt finer than the average grain of fine salt may be 

 branded *' Dairy Salt," if found of sufificient purity, after having 

 been submitted to a chemical analysis, otherwise no salt shall be 

 branded " Dairy Salt." 



The salt-producing territory of Michigan has been divided by 

 the State Inspector of Salt into ten inspection districts, as follows : 



District No. i, East Saginaw. 

 " " 2, Saginaw City. 



" " 3, Carrollton. 



" " 4, Zilwaukie and Melbourne. 



" " 5, Portsmouth and Bay. 



" " 6, Bay and Essexville. 



" " 7, Salzburg, Wenona, and Banks. 



'* " 8, Caseville, Port Austin, New River, and Port Hope, 



Huron Co. 

 " " 9, Sand Beach and White Rock, Huron Co. 



" " 10, Oscoda and East Tawas, Iosco Co. 



The salt-producing capacity of the State is 1,800,000 barrels, or 

 9,000,000 bushels. 



Statement of salt made and inspected in the State since the 

 establishment of the State inspection law in 1869: 



Comparative stateinent to 1876. 



1869. 1870. 1871. 



Fine salt, barrels 513,989 568,326 655,923 



Packers' salt, " 12,918 17,869 14,677 



Solar salt, " 15.264 15,50/ 37,645 



Second quality, " 19,117 19,659 I9,930 



Refuse salt, " 8,870 7,6i8 4,262 



569,688 628,979 732,437 



