278 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



LOST CHECKS. 



During the year 160 checks were lost in transit through the mails 

 or by the payees, and were duplicated by this office. 



PUBUC MONEYS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 



There were received from various sources and deposited in the 

 Treasury to the credit of the proper funds the following sums: 



Miscellaneous expenses: 



Telegrams over Government lines $4, 763. 30 



Sale of cotton standards 2, 360. 60 



Cost of cotton-futures disputes 1, 227. 70 



Sale of loose cotton 33, 578. 66 



Cost of grain standards appeals 1, 458. 48 



Sale of photo prints and lantern slides ^ 675. 58 



Sale of hearings 58. 10 



Receipts on account of war- tax collections 305. 82 



Sale of card indexes 26. 31 



Sale of other miscellaneous Government property 62, 031. 60 



Sale of seeds by the Bureau of Plant Industry 1, 490, 173. 96 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Hawaii 147. 35 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Alaska. 1, 211. 20 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Porto Rico 1, 224. 33 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Guam 242. 97 



Sales of nitrate of soda to farmers 3, 628, 726. 41 



Repayments to appropriations: 



Mileage, mileage books, etc 14, 327. 30 



Transfers from other departments for work done and supplies fur- 

 nished 58, 037. 62 



Total 5, 300, 577. 29 



STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, DISBURSEMENTS, AND UNEXPENDED BALANCES 

 FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Fiscal years 1839 to 1904, inclusive.) 



