562 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



"Seacoast tele^aph line receipts" are covered into the Treasury 

 under act of March 3, 1883. (22 Stat. L., 61G.) 



In acknowledgment of each deposit of funds the Treasurer issues 

 to the depositor a duplicate certificate of deposit. The number of 

 this certificate is entered as part of the transaction, and the certificate 

 is fiJed in this division. 



Tliese moneys are forwarded to tlic Division of Accounts and Dis- 

 bursements from the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the 

 department, accompanied by a letter or specially printed form, in 

 duplicate, explaining whence the money was derived. The dupli- 

 cate is receipted by the chief of this division and returned to the 

 sender. The original is placed in the files of this division as a voucher. 

 The amount received is entered in a book with a description of the 

 transaction copied from the letter of transmittal. If in the form of 

 cash or postal money order, it is so stated in the entry, and if by 

 check or draft a minute description is given, with name of payor, 



f)ayee, indorser, name of bank, number and date of check, etc. The 

 aw requires that money so received shall be deposited in the Treasury 

 within 30 days after its receipt by a Government officer. The 

 practice in this office is to deposit all sums as soon as practicable 

 after they are received unless of an insignificant amount. The chief 

 of this division, having no authority to do otherwise, accepts the 

 statements accompanying sums of money submitted to him, assuming 

 them to be in strict accordance with the facts. 



ACCOUNTS FOR THE FISCAL TEAR 1909 FINALLY CLOSED. 



As required by section 5, legislative act, approved June 20, 1874 

 (18 Stat. L., 110-111), the unexpended balances of the appropria- 

 tions for the year 1908 were finally covered into the Treasury on June 

 30, 1911, and carried to the surplus fund, as follows: 



Amount of unexpended balances for fiscal year 1909 turned into the Treasury. 



Object. 



Salaries, Department of Agriculture, officers and 



clerks $879, 600 



Salaries, Department of Agriculture, extra labor 7, 600 



Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture 



Library, Department of Agriculture 



BUEEAU OF ANIMAL INDXJSTRT. 



General expenses. Bureau of Animal Industry (in- 

 cluding $150,000, deficiency act, Feb. 9, 1909, and 



$150,000, deficiency act, Mar. 4, 1909) $1 , 247 , 200 



Animal breeding and feeding 50, 000 



Meat inspection, Bureau of Animal Industry (permanent ap- 

 propriation) 



Eradicating cattle ticks, Bureau of Animal Industry, 1909 



Eradicating cattle ticks, Bureau of Animal Industry, 1908 and 

 1909 



BUEEAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



General expenses. Bureau of Plant Industry, 1909 



Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds $202,000 



Foreign seed and plant introduction 56, 000 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. 



Laboratory, Department of Agriculture (including $100,000, 

 deficiency act, Feb. 9, 1909) 



Amount 

 appropriated. 



$887,260.00 



86,200.00 

 15,500.00 



•1,297,200.00 



3,000,000.00 

 225,000.00 



25,000.00 



886,266.00 

 258,000.00 



860,000.00 



Amount 

 disbursed. 



$856,891.19 



7,410.85 



85,851.79 



15,484.39 



fl, 214, 792. 71 

 ^ 47,302.19 



2,887,100.05 

 202,797.16 



25,000.00 



873,605.23 



201,378.40 



55,377.46 



826,830.62 



Amount 

 unexpended. 



$22, 768. 81 



189. 15 



348. 21 



15.61 



32,407.29 

 2,697.81 



112,899.95 

 22,202.84 



12,660.77 

 621.60 

 622.54 



33,169.38 



