DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 523 



lists, 195 of which are located at the Government Printing Office 

 and 588 in the addressing, duplicating, and mailing section of this 

 division. 



A summary of the various operations included in the mailing-list 

 work is given below: 



Communications received 89, 000 



Addresses added 57, 379 



Addresses dropped 27, 089 



Addresses alphabetized 160, 936 



Addresses forwarded to the Government Printing Office 135, 480 



Addresses forwarded to the addressing, duplicating, and mailing section. ... 51, 000 



By devising and adhering to new clerical assignment plans, the 

 work of the office has been greatly expedited, individual responsi- 

 bility placed, and the new file kept up to date by purging it of " dead " 

 material and filing of current work by means of the new "double- 

 check"' file system whereby chances of mistakes and error are re- 

 duced to a minimum. 



The compilation and issuance of the mailing-list key book, a com- 

 prehensive record of all mailing lists of the department, it is thought 

 has greatly assisted bureau employees handling mailing lists, employ- 

 ees making up schemes of distribution, mailing-list file clerks, and 

 employees who handle the lists (i. e., stencils), by furnishing a ready- 

 reference record to the numerous questions arising in connection with 

 list work and has also proved valuable in assisting the distiibution 

 offices in making intelligent distributions, thereby preventing waste 

 in publications distributed. 



ILLUSTRATIONS WORK. 



After a year's work in the building at 220 Linworth Place, we find 

 our quarters better fitted to our needs than our old location in the 

 Bieber Building. 



The drafting work has been in arrears for the entire year. On two 

 occasions draftsmen have been detailed to the Bureau of Agricul- 

 tural Economics to assist in the preparation of graphical work for the 

 Yearbook, We need the services of an expert commercial artist, but 

 good men will not take the civil-service examinations at the low sala- 

 ries. We should be in a position to take up illustrative work on publi- 

 cations immediately they are ready for the printer. It has been 

 necessary to refuse all drafting work which was not intended for pub- 

 lication except when such drafting was in combination with photo- 

 graphic work. The following statement shows the number of 

 drawings made for the various bureaus of the department: 



Bureau of Agricultural Economics 167 



Bureau of Animal Industry 537 



Bureau of Biological Survey 106 



Bureau of Chemistry 76 



Bureau of Entomology 91 



Federal Horticultural Board 7 



Forest Ser\ice 263 



Bureau of Plant Industry 635 



Division of Publications 532 



Bureau of Public Roads 25 



Office of the Secretary 407 



Bureau of Soils 33 



States Relations Service 43 



Weather Bureau 7 



Total :.k^:: 2,927 



