628 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tlie amount expended from the printing fund for miscellaneous 

 publications and for job ))rintino; for tbe various Bureaus, Divisions, 

 and Ollices is given in the following table: 



Amount expended fur the rarioiis nurraiifi, D/rj.s/o/),s, and Offices for printing 



and binding, 1010. 



Bureau, Division, or Oflice. 



Division of Accounts 



Bureau of Animal Industry. . . 



Biological Survey 



Bureau of Chemistry 



Bureau of Entomology 



Office of Experiment Stations. 



Forest Service 



Library 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Division of Publications 



Office of Public Roads 



Bureau of Soils 



Bureau of Statistics 



O fEce of the Secretary 



Congressional 



Total 



Expended for Farmers' Bulletins. 

 Expenditure by Weather Bureau. 



Grand total 



Work done at— 



Main 

 office. 



85,874.55 



19,187.95 



4,512.78 



9,637.21 



10,256.17 



31,376.95 



18,644.87 



10,157.61 



25,940.06 



11,338.84 



1,566.02 



4,984.42 



23,798.25 



17,486.70 



78,726.61 



273,489.59 



Branch 

 office. 



$416. 16 



2, 049. 98 



122. 88 



5(i9. 19 



772. 16 



834.71 



2,602.87 



112.56 



2,591.45 



1,235.38 



188.17 



175. 14 



2,230.30 



1.780.03 



16, 280. 98 



Total. 



86,290.71 

 21,837.93 

 4,635.66 

 10,206.40 

 11,028.33 

 32,211.66 

 21,247.74 

 10,270.17 

 28,532.11 

 12, 574. 22 

 1,754.19 

 5,159.56 

 26,028.55 

 19,266.73 

 78,726.61 



289,770.57 



126,579.37 



25,000.00 



441,349.94 



As the foregoing table does not show the character of the work for 

 which expenditures were made, the following table has been com- 

 piled to show amounts expended for the various classes of publica- 

 tions and for job printing and binding: 



Expenditures for different classes of puhlications, etc. 



Farmers' Bulletins $126, 579. 37 



Congressional iMiblications 78, 726. 61 



Periodical publications 38, 839. 42 



Bulletins, circulars, extracts, etc 83,116.70 



Administrative and minor publications, job printing and binding__ 89, 087. 84 



Total 416,349.94 



Under job printing, mentioned in the foregoing statement, come 

 stationery, circular letters, maps, blank forms, and a variety of mis- 

 cellaneous supplies for which expenditures are necessarily large and 

 have been growing rapidly owing to the increased fieldwork of the 

 Bureaus. There has also been a large increase in the expenditures 

 for the publishing of administrative publications issued for the guid- 

 ance of officers and employees, such as Food Inspection Decisions, 

 Kotices of Judgment, Service Announcements, Field Programmes, etc., 

 the cost of which has decreased the amount available for printing 

 bulletins and circulars, the vehicles through which are given to the 

 public the results of the original researches of the Department. This 

 year but slightly over $82,000 was available for this purpose. 

 Through rigid economy the expenses for printing have been kept at 

 the lowest possible point, the only increases noted being for congres- 



