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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



In comj)letiiig the work of resiirfaeiug the roadways and walks of 

 the Department grounds, $8,730.37 was expended. This work was 

 commenced in 1898, at an expense of 14,309.50. 



Tlio amount appropriated, the amount disbursed, and the unex- 

 pended balance for the year ending June 30, 1900, appear in the fol- 

 lowing table : 



Appropriations, disbursements, and amount unexpended for the fiscal year 1900. 



Object. 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Furniture, cases, and repairs 



Library.- 



Museum - 



Postage 



Contingent expenses — .- 



Animal quarantine stations 



Collecting agricultural statistics 



Botanical investigations and experiments 



Entomological investigations 



Vegetable jjathological investigations 



Biological investigations - 



Pomologicallnvestigations- 



Laboratory 



Forestry investigations 



Experimental gardens and grounds 



Soil investigations 



Grass and forage-plant investigations 



Irrigation information _ 



Agricultural experiment stations [§765,000] a 



Nutrition investigations.. , 



Public road inquiries 



Publications, including Farmers' Bulletins 



Purchase and distribution" of valuable seeds 



Investigating production of domestic sugar 



Tea-culture investigations 



Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry. 



Total '. 



WEATHER BUREAU. 



Salaries 



Fuel, lights, and repairs 



Contingent expenses 



General expenses _ 



Meteorological observation stations — 

 Building 



Total, Weather Bureau. 

 Grand total 



Appropria 



tions, 100(i. 



Amount dis- 

 bursed. 



8336,340.00 



10, 000. 00 



5, 0(1). 00 



1,500.00 



2,000.00 



25, 000. 00 



13, aw. 00 



110,000.00 

 20,000.00 

 20,000.00 

 36, 000. 00 

 17,500.00 



9,500.00 

 17,700.00 

 40,000.00 

 28,(X)0.00 

 20,000.00 

 12, 000. 00 

 35,000.00 

 45,000.00 

 15, 000. 00 



8,000.00 



80, 000. 00 



130,000.00 



7,000.00 



1,000.00 

 9.50,000.00 



1,983,540.00 



153,330.00 



8,000.00 



8,000.00 



768, 162. 00 



60, 000. 00 



25, 000. 00 



1,033,482.00 



3,006,033.00 



S330,666.24 



9, 496. 81 



2,504.67 



1,490.01 



2,000.00 



22, 264. 69 



9, 806. 36 



99, 999. 47 



18,440.02 



18,983.80 



24, 740. 03 



15,232.60 



8,774.33 



14,953.63 



36,240,19 



26,425.48 



18, 7.55. 93 



10, 486. 63 



25, 220. 32 



43,298.75 



11,741.79 



7,528.64 



75,681.64 



118,561.53 



6, 159. 35 



993.75 



838,111.86 



1,797,558.53 



152,835.99 



7,113.99 



6, 688. 43 



648,630.45 



54, 773. 93 



24,950.79 



894,993.57 



2,693,552.09 



Amount 



unex- 

 pended. 



$5, 673. 76 



503. 19 



2,495.33 



9.99 



2,735.31 

 3, 193. 64 

 10, 000. .53 

 1, .5.59. 98 

 1,016.30 

 1,359.97 

 2,267.40 



725. 67 

 2,746.37 

 3, 759. 81 

 1,. 574. 53 

 1,244.07 

 1, .513. 37 

 9, 779. 68 

 2,701.25 

 3,258.21 



471.36 



4,318.36 



11,438.47 



840. 65 



6.35 



111,888.14 



185,981,48 



484.01 



886. 01 



1,311.57 



119, .531. 55 



5,236.08 



49.31 



127,488.43 



313,469.91 



o Of this amount, §720,000 is paid directly to the experiment stations from the Treasury 

 Department. 



Following are the appropriations for 1900 and 1901, showing an 

 increase in favor of the latter year of $297,478: 



Appropriations for the years 1900 and 1901. 



Object. 



Amount ' Amount 



appropriated appropriated 



for 1900. I for 1901. 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Furniture, cases, and repairs 



Library -. 



Museum 



Postage 



Contingent expenses -.. - 



Animal quarantine stations.. ., — 



Collecting agricultural statistics 



Botanical investigations and experiments 



Entomological investigations 



Vegetable pathological investigations 



Biological investigations 



$336,340,00 



10, 000. 00 



5.000.00 



1,500.00 



2,000.00 



2.5,000.00 



12,000.00 



110,000.00 



20, 000. 00 



20,000.00 



26,000.00 



17,500.00 



6326,680.00 



""s'ooo.'oo 



37, 000. 00 

 50,000.00 

 110,000.00 

 30,0f)l) (X» 

 23, .5(10. (Kl 

 38. 00(1. (X) 

 17,500.00 



