DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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received in this Department, as, according to law, a detailed report 

 must be submitted, showing the number ot publications received and 

 the number distributed during the fiscal j'ear. 



A division was made in the work of mailing the publications and 

 storing them. A clerk Avas put in chnrj^c of the receiving and storing- 

 of all publications received, who furnishes the mailing rooms, upon 

 application, with the publications needed for distribution. These 

 requisitions are totaled at the end of the day and turned over to the 

 bookkeeper. This is considered to be a more simple and expedi- 

 tious method than the one formerly in vogue, which required con- 

 siderable clerical work after the order had been filled to determine 

 the number of any particular publication that was to be charged aa 

 distributed. 



The change in the method of distributing the Department's publi- 

 cations having made possible the abolishment of a considerable 

 amount of clerical work, and an immense amount of skilled labor 

 being necessary to handle the mailing of the publications, it was pos- 

 sible to assign temporarily for that work some members of the clerical 

 force ; and it should be stated to their credit that they responded in 

 a highly creditable manner, and considering the fact that they were 

 unaccustomed to such duties, which are more or less arduous and 

 laborious, they did an immense amount of work and were largely 

 instrumental in bringing and keeping the work of mailing the 

 Farmers' Bulletins up to date. 



FOREIGN MAIL. 



The demand for publications of the Department from foreign 

 applicants continues to increase steadily, and during the year 1909-10 

 there were forwarded from this office, by authority furnished by the 

 Library. 110.088 packages, containing publications Aveighing 38,802 

 pounds, involving an expenditure for postage of $2,572.52. This is 

 an increase in packages of 20,719, in pounds of 9,042, and in postage 

 of $519.97 over the previous year. A detailed report showing the 

 number of packages and pounds, together with the amount expended 

 by the various Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices for postage, is herewith 

 submitted. 



SumuMiy for report of foreign mail for ilie year ending June 30, 1910. 



Bureau, Division, or Oflice. 



Division of Publications 



Library 



Oflice of Experiment Stations. . . 



Bureau of Cheuiistry 



Bnrean of EntonioloRy 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Bureau of Statistics 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Forest Service 



BioloRical Survey 



Bureau of Soils 



Office of the Secretary 



Oflice of Public Roads 



Total for fiscal vear 1910. . . 

 Total for fiscal year KHW 



Excess over fiscal year 1909 



Number 

 of pack- 

 ages. 



20, 

 IS, 

 l.H, 

 10, 

 4, 



4, 

 3. 

 3. 

 2, 

 1. 



590 

 55.5 

 269 

 550 

 9S2 

 439 

 876 

 465 

 141 

 219 

 893 

 66 

 25 



84,076 

 62.707 



21,309 



Weight. 



644.3 



8, 155. 5 



9,184.9 



2,0<>l>.0 



1.719.5 



2,101.3 



840.8 



2,051.1 



5.35.0 



933. 5 



450.1 



172.1 



16.7 



28.870.8 

 22,301.7 



6,569.1 



Postage^ 



$221. la 



741.5a 



734. 7ft 



lf.9. 28 



137. 56 



108. IQ 



67.27 



lC4.0ft 



42.88 



74.6a 



.%. 01 



13.77 



1.33 



2, 572. 52 

 2,0.52.5i 



519. 9T 



