950 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



slight modifications to suit local conditions, will be of great benefit 

 to the service. Comprciicnsive and explicit instructions will soon 

 be issued to the field officials of tiie department, which will, no doubt, 

 promote uniformity and economy in carrying on the business per- 

 taining to the district system. 



The following is a list of the 12 districts, giving the headquarters 

 of each district: 



First district, headquarters, post office, Boston, Mass.: Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 



Second district, headquarters, customhouse, New York, N. Y.: New York and the 

 counties of Bergen, Es.«ex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Union, in the State 

 of New Jersey. 



Third district, headquarters, post office, Philadelphia, Pa.: Pennsylvania, Delaware 

 and the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, 

 Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, and Warren, 

 in the State of New Jersey. 



Fourth district, headquarters, office of Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C: 

 Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. 



Fifth district, headquarters, post office, Atlanta, Ga.: South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Alabama, Florida, Mi.ssissippi, and Tennessee. 



Sixth district, headquarters, post office, Cincinnati, Ohio: Ohio, Indiana, and Ken- 

 tucky. 



Seventh district, headquarters, post office, Chicago, 111.: Wisconsin, Michigan, and 

 the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, Dupage, Ford, Grundiy, Hen- 

 derson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, Lasalle, 

 Lee, Livingston, McHeury, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, 

 Stark, Stephenson, Warren, \\'Tiiteside, Will, Winnebago, and Woodford, in the State 

 of Illinois. 



Eighth district, headquarters, post office, St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota, North Dakota, 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. 



Ninth district, headquarters, old customhouse, St. Louis, Mo.: Kansas, Missouri, 

 Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the counties of Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, 

 Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, 

 Dewitt, Douglas, Edgiir, Edwards, Effingham, P'ayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, 

 Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, 

 Lawrence, Logan, McDonough, .McLean, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Ma.«on, 

 Massac, ^Ienard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, 

 Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, 

 Tazewell, Union, Vermilion. Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson, 

 in the State of Illinois. 



Tenth district, headquarters, customhouse. New Orleans, La.: Louisiana and Texas. 



Eleventh district, headquarters, po.«t office, Seattle. Wash.: Washington, Oregon, 

 Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming (including the Yellowstone National Park). 



Twelfth district, headquarters, post office, San Francisco, Cal.: California, Nevada, 

 Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. 



The departmental Committee on Efficiency and Economy made a 

 report, with certain recommendations, which was approved by you 

 under date of June 21, 1911. Among the recommendations of the 

 committee was one relative to the change in the system of preparing 

 all documents relating to appointments, promotions, transfers, and 

 other changes affecting the personnel of the department. Consequent 

 upon the recommendation of the committee and its approval by you, 

 all actions mentioned above are now made on what is called a blanket 

 sheet, and notifications of such actions, signed by the Appointment 

 Clerk, sent to the persons affected b}' such changes. Heretofore indi- 

 vidual papers- were made in each case and signed by the Secretary or 

 Acting Secretary. It is believed that the new system will result in 

 a more economical and efficient administration of the afi'airs of this 



