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ANNUAL REPORTS OP DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE, 



The Department of Agriculture was established July 1, 1862, 

 according to the provisions of an act approved May 15, 1862 (Stat. L., 

 vol. 12, chap. 72, pp. 387, 388). 



Growth of the force of the Department from September SO, 1S6S, to July 1, 1910. 



Date. 



1863, September 30 

 1867, September 30 

 1871, September 30 

 1873, September 30 

 1875, September 30 

 1877, September 30 



1879, June 30 



1881, July 1 



1883, July 1 



1885, July 1 



1887, July 1 



1889, July 1 



1891, July lo 



1893, July 1 



1895, July 1 



Number I 



em- j 



ployed, i 



29 



99 



84 



92 



90 



77 



93 



108 



239 



214 



328 



488 



,577 



,870 



,043 



Date. 



1897, July 1 



1899, July 1 



1900, November 10 



1901, July 1 



1902, July 1 



1903, July 1 



1904, July 1 



1905, July 1 



190(1, July 1 



1907, July 1 



1908, July 1 



1909, March 4 



1909, July 1 



1910, July 1 



Number 



em- 

 ployed. 



2,444 



2,905 



3,128 



3,388 



3,789 



4,200 



4.504 



5,44G 



ti,242 



9,107 



10,420 



10,280 



11,140 



12,480 



a The large increase on July 1, 1891, resulted from the transfer of the Weather Bureau to the Department 

 of Agriculture on that date. 



The following statements show the number and the increase in the 

 number of persons employed in the various bureaus, divisions, offices, 

 and the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Total force on the rolls on July 1, 1909 155 



Total force on the rolls on July 1, 1910 212 



Classification and number of persons in the Office of the Secretary on July 1, 1910. 



Classification. 



Secretary of Agriculture 



Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 



Solicitor 



Chief clerk and custodian of buildings... 



Private secretary to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture 



Stenographer and executive clerk to 

 Secretary 



Private secretary to the .\ssistant Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture 



Stenographer to the Assistant Secretary 

 of Agriculture 



Appointment clerk 



Chief of Supply Division 



Inspector 



Law clerks 



Telegraph and telephone operator 



Clerks 



Chief engineer and captain of the watch. . 



Engineer 



Assistant engineers 



Firemen 



Number. 



1 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



21 

 1 



37 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 7 



Classification. 



Electrician 



Electric wireman 



Elevator conductors. . 



Messengers 



Assistant messengers. . 



Messenger boys 



Construction inspector 



Cabinetmakers 



Carpenters 



Painters 



Mechanics 



Blacksmith 



Plumbers 



Plumber's helpers 



Skilled laborers 



Manual laborers 



Charwomen 



Lieutenant of watch. . 

 Watchmen 



Total 



Number. 



1 



1 



4 



3 



3 



2 



1 



4 



12 



4 



4 



1 



3 



2 



13 



28 



14 



1 



29 



212 



