320 ANNUAL EEPORTS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



FINANCES. 



A comparison of the receipts and expenditures of the Library for 

 the last five years is given in the following table : 



Financial statement, fiscal years 1913 to 1917. 



RECEIPTS. 



EXPENDITURES. 



Object: 



Boolcs and serials , 



Periodicals , 



Maps 



Index cards 



Supplies and repairs 



Furniture, shelving, and miscellaneous 



equipment 



Traveling expenses 



Freight, express, and drayage 



Salaries (main library) 



Printing. 

 Binding. 



Total. 



$6, 825. 71 

 3, 606. 48 



215.86 

 313. 27 



2, 643. 89 

 29.52 



27, 140. 27 



40, 775. 00 



4,034.21 

 9, 759. 10 



13,843.31 



54,618.31 



1 $9, 100. 00 

 14,232.41 



168. 03 

 556. 93 



904. 73 



28,377.17 



43,339.28 



1,892.25 

 9,453.59 



11,345.84 



54,685.12 



1 $8,512.15 

 13,511.18 



181.56 

 384.55 



3,112.18 



29,585.50 



45,287.12 



1,895.47 

 8, 295. 15 



10, 190. 62 



55, 477. 74 



I $9, 117. 24 

 14,154.11. 



161.15 

 384. 80 



699.67 

 31.20 



31,278.06 



45,826.23 



1,806.79 

 7,855.33 



9, 662. 12 



55,488.35 



1 $10, 233. 21 



14,249.99 



215.00 



1 129. 61 



435.97 



584.50 



10.04 

 33,025.53 



48,883.85 



1,727.17 

 6,980.35 



8,707.52 



57,591.37 



1 Approximate figures. 



From the total, $6,980.35, spent for binding in the past year, 

 $5,178.19 v^^as spent for regular binding, $1,472.66 for binders, and 

 $329.50 for pamphlet boxes. From the $1,727.17 spent for printing, 

 $56.63 was spent for the printing of the annual report of the 

 Librarian for 1916, $270.54 for forms, and $1,400 for the cards 

 printed, through the Library of Congress, for the publications of 

 the department and for the accessions. 



