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A NEW STYLE MANUAL. 



A new style manual of the Government Printing Office was issued 

 during the past fiscal year. It has been approved by the Joint 

 Committee on Printing, and the Permanent Conference on Printing 

 adopted a resolution that it be "approved for adoption as the style 

 to be used for all Government departments." This department 

 made a number of recommendations to the Public Printer in regard 

 to certain matters of style and terminology. Some of these were 

 accepted and appear in the style manual. Some bureaus of the de- 

 partment insist on following their own terminology and style. The 

 result is a lack of uniformity in department publications and unneces- 

 sary expense and delay in handling copy and proofs. It seems ob- 

 vious that this department should at least be consistent in the termi- 

 nology and style of its own publications. It seems also that the De- 

 partment of Agriculture should be the final authority on the termi- 

 nology and adoption of new words pertaining to agriculture, not only 

 that their use may become uniform within the department, but that 

 they may be adopted by dictionaries, educators, and the public. Some 

 agency is needed within the department to make final decisions in 

 regard to many agricultural terms about which there is no uniformity 

 at present. It is recommended, therefore,* that a board of termi- 

 nology, whose decisions in such matters shall be final and binding 

 upon all bureaus of the department, be created by the Secretary. 



COST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE YEAR. 



The following tables summarize the expenditures from each of 

 the printing funds available during the fiscal year 1922 for each 

 class of publications by bureaus: 



