590 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Secretary, the dLsbursinj]; oflicer lias, at stated intervals during the 

 voar, conducted inspections of tlie propcity and financial records 

 kept by the several Bureaus of the Department. A uniform system 

 for the keeping of these records has been devised and installed 

 throughout the Department as far as practicable, and the system 

 inaugurated has done much to simpHfv the financial transactions 

 between the several Bureaus and the disbursing of lice. 



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CONDITION OF WORK IN THE DIVISION. 



The work of the Division is up to date, but to keep it so lias taxed 

 to the utmost the energies of the clerical force. In the appr()j)riation 

 act for 1911 Congress has provided several new clerks for the Division, 

 but even with this additional force it will be difficult to keep the work 

 from falling behind in view of the additional demands upon the 

 Division on account of the increasing appropriations, the subdivision 

 thereof, the preparation of several fiscal reports for Congress, the 

 property and financial inspections in the various Bureaus, and the 

 administrative examinations of the accounts and disbursements of 

 the Forest Service 



