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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



protection of watershods of navigable streams, and to appoint a com- 

 mission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the 

 navigability of navigable streams," approved March 1, 1911, the 

 Department of Agriculture is to receive $2,000,000 per annum for 

 the acquisition of lands for the protection of watersheds of navigable 

 streams and $25,000 per annum for the National Forest Reservation 

 Commission, up to 1915, and $200,000 for cooperative lire pr<>tection 

 of forested watersheds of navigable streams, to be available until used. 

 The liabilities incurred against these funds will be audited and paid by 

 the Division of Accounts and Disbursements, and proper record thereof 

 made for the purpose of reporting to Congress the expenditures author- 

 ized under the law. 



CONDITION OF WORK IN THE DIVISION. 



The work of the division is as nearly up to date as it is practicable 

 to bring up work of this character. There is a growing need, however, 

 for additional funds for the temporary employment of stenographers 

 and typewriters to assist in the preparation of the several fiscal 

 reports annually required by Congress. 



FINANCES OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR 72 YEARS. 



Statement of appropriations, disbursements, and unexpended balances for the United States 

 Department of Agriculture from the fiscal year 18S9 to the fiscal year 1911, inclusive. 



Purpose. 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics, etc 



Chemical analyses of vegetable 

 substances 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics, etc 



Chemical analyses of vegeta- 

 ble substances 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics and purchase of seeds. . 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics and purchase, etc., of 

 seeds 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics, etc., and purchase, 

 etc. , of seeds 



Information in relation to con- 

 sumption of cotton 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics, etc., and purchase, 

 etc. , of seeds , 



Collection of agricultural sta- 

 tistics, etc., and purchase, 

 etc., of seeds, including a de- 

 ficiency appropriation of 

 $20,000, made Mar. 3, 1863 -... 



Date of apv- 



propriation 



act. 



Mar. 

 Aug. 

 Mar. 



3,1839 



26,1842 



3,1843 



June 17,1844 



Mar. 3, 1845 



3, 1847 



12, 1848 



Mar. 

 Aug. 



/Sept. 



(Mar. 



/Aug. 



)Mar. 

 May 

 Aug. 

 Mar. 

 May 

 Aug. 

 Mar. 



30, 1850 

 3,1851 



31,1852 

 3,1853 



31,1854 

 4,1854 

 3,1855 



15, 1856 



18, 1856 

 3,1857 



....do 



June 12,1858 

 Mar. 3, 1859 

 June 25,1860 

 Mar. 2, 1861 

 Feb. 13,1862 



Mar. 1, 1862 



Reference 



to Statutes 



at Large. 



cm 



09 



354 

 533 



642 

 687 

 757 

 160 

 285 



285 



364 



364 



541 



615 



95 



208 



292 



667 



664 



14 



89 



226 



226 

 321 

 427 

 108 

 217 

 338 



12 350 1 1863 



Fis- 

 cal 

 year. 



1839 

 1842 

 1844 

 1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 



1848 



1849 



1850 

 1850 

 1851 

 1852 

 1853 

 1854 



>1855 



1856 

 1857 

 1858 



1858 

 1859 

 1860 

 1861 



•1862 



Amount 

 appro- 

 priated. 



$1,000.00 

 1,000.00 

 2,000.00 

 2,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 3,500.00 



1,000.00 



3,500.00 



1,000.00 

 4,500.00 

 5,500.00 

 5,000.00 

 5,000.00 

 10,000.00 



50,000.00 



30,000.00 

 75,000.00 

 60, 000. 00 



3,500.00 

 60,000.00 

 40,000.00 

 60,000.00 



64,000.00 



80,000.00 



Amount 

 disbursed. 



$1,000.00 

 1,000.00 

 2,000.00 

 2,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 3,500.00 



1,000.00 



3,500.00 



1,000.00 

 4,5(X).0O 

 5,500.00 

 5,000.00 

 5,000.00 

 10,000.00 



50,000.00 



30,000.00 

 75,000.00 

 60,000.00 



3,157.25 

 60,000.00 

 40,000.00 

 60,000.00 



63, 704. 21 



80,000.00 



Amount 



unex- 

 pended. 



$342. 75 



295.79 



