DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



293 



(E) Stuffed and sealed: Copies. 



Monthly List 88, 500 



Weekly News Letter 1, 420, 500 



Crop Report 108, 000 



Press Notices 1,219,823 



Publications as per scheme 954, 878 



Monthly Lists or Station Publications 15, 600 



Crop synopses 63, 200 



Flexotype forms 380, 000 



Posters 682,200 



Food Thrift series 292, 750 



Chemistry cards 186, 327 



Total 5, 417, 778 



Grand total 32,445,121 



FOREIGN MAIL. 



Fifteen bureaus or offices of tlie department ordered publications 

 mailed to foreign addresses. These orders called for 73,201 packages 

 of publications, weighing 26,537 pounds 4 ounces, requiring postage 

 costing $2,108.52. 



In addition to this class of mail there were 6,205 packages, weigh- 

 ing 3,166 pounds 8 ounces, sent through the Smithsonian Exchange, 

 at a cost of $158.33. 



The total number of packages sent abroad was 79,406, weighing 

 29,523 pounds 12 ounces, the cost in postage and exchange fees being 

 $2,266.91, which sum was only $28.57 less than the sum expended 

 for like purposes during the last fiscal year, despite the fact that the 

 sending of publications to Germany and the countries allied with it 

 was discontinued. 



A summary of the record of foreign-mail distribution is given 

 below: 



Summary of the foreign mail for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. 



Bureau, division, or office. 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Biu-cau of Biological Survey 



Bureau of C hemistry 



Bureau of Crop Estimates 



Bureau of Entomology 



Forest Service 



Journal of Agricultiu-al Research 



Library 



Office of Markets and Rural Organization. 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Division of Publications 



Office of Roads and Rural Engineenng . . . 



Office of Secretary 



Bureau of Soils 



States Relations Service 



Total for fiscal year 1917. 

 Total for fiscal year 1916 



Packages reqmring postage. 



Decrease during fiscal year 191 i 



1 Increase in weight of packages to winch postage was affl.xed: 121 paimds 14 ounces, 89.75. 



