898 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



IN SPECIAL POSITIONS EXCEPTED FROM EXAMINATION UNDER CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. 



Number of persons appointed to positions which are in the classified civil 

 service, but which are excepted from civil-service examination according 

 to civil-service rules, the appointments being for very temporary periods 

 and including those for service in Washington, D. C, and those for service 

 outside of Washington, D. C 2, 178 



Number of persons employed in positions which are in the classified civil 

 service, but which are excepted from civil-service examination according 

 to civil-service rules, the employments being for very temporary periods 

 and for service in the forests and fields or on stations m the various States 

 outside of Washington, D. C, as reported in monthly reports to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture by the several Bureaus and the Forest Service of the Depart- 

 ment and approved by the Secretary 1, 556 



IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE (POSITIONS OF MERE MANUAL LABORER). 



Appointments in the District of Columbia 39 



Promotions in salary in the District of Columbia 21 



Reductions in salary in the District of Columbia 



Separations from the service in the District of Columbia 22 



Number of persons appointed in the forests and fields and on stations in the 



' various States outside of Washington, D. C, being in the manual-laborer 



grade, the appointments being for very short periods, usually averaging 



not more than three months 19, 494 



Number of temporary or emergency appointments in the manual-laborer 

 grade in the District of Columbia 122 



TOTAL NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



Total number of appointments of every description, including those for service 

 in Washington, D. C, and those for service outisde of Washington, D. C, in 

 cattle and meat inspection, on forest reserves, on experiment stations and 

 experiment farms, m moth and cotton boll weevil extermination, etc., 

 many of which were of a temporary character and for a limited period 34, 267 



DEATHS IN THE DEPARTMENT. 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, there were recorded 61 

 deaths among the officers and employees of the entire United States 

 Department of Agriculture, 22 of persons stationed in Washington, 

 D. C, and 39 of persons stationed outside of Washington, D. C., as 

 shown in the following table: 



