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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS 



Nuinher and cost of illustrations by Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices, 



Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices. 



Soils 



Agrostology - . - - - - - 



Animal Industry __ 



Biological Survey 



Botany 



Entomology.- _ 



Experiment Stations _.- 



Forestry .- 



Pomology - 



Publications 



Vegetable Physiology and Pathology. 



Artists' supplies. 

 Artists' salaries- - 



Total . 



Number 

 of illus- 

 trations. 



Cost of 

 illustra- 

 tions. 



30 



113 



25 



78 



53 



303 



64 



a 122 



1 



■46 



17 



750 



§59. 25 

 334.13 



35. 59 

 156.16 

 i:». 05 

 371. 47 

 229. 56 

 124. 62 

 .75 

 163. 69 



33.98 



Amount 

 Amount chargeable 

 chargeable to Division 

 to I of Publi- 

 divisional i cations, 

 funds. illustra- 

 tion fund. 



1,528.24 



568.47 



6.400.00 



8, 496. 71 



§241.79 

 10. 75 

 154.60 

 9.25 

 271. 47 

 221.85 

 123.04 



$59.25 

 82.33 



24.84 



1.56 



120.80 



1,032.75 



7.71 



1.58 



.75 



162. 69 



33.98 



495. 49 



568. 47 



6, 400. 00 



1,033.75 



7, 463. 96 



a Photographs, 120. 

 USE OF DEPARTMENT ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The demand for duplicates of our illustrations by publishers and bj" 

 the experiment stations shows continued increase. Tlie total num- 

 ber so sui^plied was 1,308, against 1,261 in 1809. It frequently occurs 

 that publishers rej)roduce illustrations from our publications for their 

 own benefit, but it is gratifying to add that the number of cases in 

 which this is done without jjroper credit to the Department is very 

 sensibly diminishing. The present plan l)y whicli duplicates are 

 supplied on the order of the Department and at the expense of the 

 applicant seems to give general satisfaction. 



FACILITIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING ON WOOD. 



There has been added during the year to the i)lant of the Division 

 the facilities necessary to ijhotographing on wood for the use of the 

 engravers — a process heretofore executed, as occasion required, bj^ a 

 photographer situated at a distance, and necessitating a special 

 authorization and involving considerable delay in each case. Our 

 engraver, Mr. L. S. AVilliams, deserves credit for having in his own 

 time qualified himself to do this work, thus effecting considerable 

 saving in time and monej^ to the Department. 



THE DOCUMENT SECTION, 



The amount of work devolving on the document section has sensibly 

 increased; especially is this the case in regard to the correspondence 

 and answering, either by letter or by means of partially printed 

 blanks, the vast numbei' of applications for publications received 

 daily from all parts of tlie country. There were prepared in this sec- 

 tion during the year 2,002 letters for the signature of the Secretary, 

 and 0,741 communications for the signature of tlie Editor. The par- 

 tially printed blanks, postal cards, and circulars bearing printed 

 signature numbered 2S2,322, making a total of replies prepared, 

 addressed, and mailed to communications received, in the document 



