196 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE. 



Appointments : 

 Permanent — 



Unclassified laborer, at $480 1 



Student assistants, at $300 3 



Charwoman, at $240 1 



5 



Promotion (to the next higher grade) 1 



Resignations: 



Voluntary 3 



Required because of — 



Unsatisfactory services 1 



Unsatisfactory conduct 1 



Removal : 

 Cause — 



Position filled by a classified employee 1 



ABSENCE. 



Average number of days per employee during calendar year 1909. 



Annual 

 leave. 



Station (99 per cent males) 1.0 7. 2 



Washington, D. C: 



Males 5. 4 24. 6 



Females 7.8 26. 



Entire service 2. 2 11.7 



STATISTICS OF THE SERVICE. 



The following tables show the numerical strength of the Bureau 

 and the highest, lowest, and average salaries paid in the commissioned 

 grades : 



Numerical strength of the Weather Bureau June 30, 1910. 



At Washington, D. C. : 



Classified 199 



Unclassified 11 



210 



Outside of Washington, D. C. : 



Classified 566 



Unclassified 16 



582 



Total commissioned employees 792 



Additional employees outside of Washington, D. C. : 



Storm-warning displaymen 181 



River observers 392 



Cotton-region observers 117 



Corn and wheat region observers 130 



Rainfall observers 107 



Sugar and rice region observers 7 



Special meteorological observers 74 



Special cranberry-marsh observers 4 



