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ANNUAL EEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUPtE. 



aided them in determining and controlling the quality of such ma- 

 terials, and they will avail themselves of this service in time of peace 

 as well as in time of war. 



In addition to the samples analyzed for the various departments, 

 as shown in Table 3, the bureau conducted extensive investigational 

 work on a number of problems for the various governmental agencies. 



Table 3. — Samples analyzed for other departments. 



Department. 



Department of State 



Department of the Treasury 



Department of War 



Department of Justice 



Post Office Department 



Department of the Navy 



Department of the Interior . 

 Department of Commerce . . . 



Food Administration 



Government Printing Office. 

 The Panama Canal 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 

 sam- 

 ples 



4 



319 



9,310 



411 



90 



1,184 



2G 



193 



161 



1 



100 



Department. 



District of Columbia 



Council of National Defense. . 



Shipping Board 



Smitnsonian Institution 



General Supply Committee. . 



Allied purchasing boards 



War Trade Board 



Emergency Fleet Corporation 



Total , 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 

 sam- 

 ples. 



14 



2.5 



7 



1 



8,993 

 10 



20,803 



