122 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



REQUISITIONS FOR PRINTING. 



The total number of requisitions for printing issued in the Division 

 was 2,450, of which 24 were subsequently canceled. Of the remainder, 

 1,891 were issued on the branch printing- office. The total in 1899 

 was 2,342, and in 1898 only 1,890. 



(GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



The requisitions on the Government Printing Office were for the 

 several Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices, as follows: 



Reqiiinitmns on the Government Printing Office by Bureaus, Divisions, Offices, etc. 



Secretary's Office ... ... 4 



Accounts and Disbursements 50 



Agrostology . 24 



Animal Industry . _ _ . . . 73 



Biological Survey ._. .. 11 



Botany .' 25 



Chemistry _ _ .... 15 



Entomology..-. .. . _ 24 



Office of Experiment Stations. . 123 



Foreign Markets ..... . . 19 



Forestry . . 21 



Gardens and Grounds _ . 3 



Library . ... . .. ... 23 



Pomology --_ ' ... .... 4 



Publications ._ _ ... 22 



Public Eoad Inciuiries- ... .. 3 



Soils 17 



Statistics ... 35 



Vegetable Physiology and Pathology 19 



Weather Bureau . 1 



Seed : 3 



Appointment Clerk. 4 



Supply ... . 3 



Miscellaneous .. 10 



Total . 535 



Canceled 24 



BRANCH PRINTING OFFICE. 



The branch printing office, with the enlarged facilities afforded by 

 the foresight of the Public Printer, and under the able direction of 

 the foreman, Mr. Frank Wallace, has continued to expand, both as to 

 character and amount of work done. This is shown especially hj the 

 great increase in the number of publications issued from that office 

 which were formerly ]3rinted at the main office. In 1899 the total num- 

 ber of copies of such publications ijrinted in the branch office was 

 785,700, while in 1900 the total number was 1,322,900, exclusive of the 

 Monthly Crop Reporter, the composition for which is done in the 

 branch office, though the size of this publication necessitates printing 

 the same at the main office. The total number of copies of this pub- 

 lication printed during the year was 069,000. 



In reporting on the work of the bi'anch office special mention should 

 be made of the large amount of excei:>tionally troublesome work thrown 



