296 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Buildings oioncd by the Weather Bureau — Continued. 



Location. 



Northfiold, Vt 



North Head, Wash 



North Platte. Nebr 



Oklahoma, Okla 



Peoria, 111 



Point Keyes Lif;ht, Cal.. 



Port Crescent, Wash 



Richmond, Va 



St. Josepli, Mo 



Sand Key, Fla 



Sault Sto. Marie, Mich. . 



Sheridan , Wyo 



Southeast Farallon, Cal. 



Springfield, 111 



Tatoosh Island, Wash... 



Washington, D. C 



Yellowstone Park, Wyo. 

 Yuma, Ariz 



Total. 



Erected. 



1909 

 1902 

 lOOli 

 19()(i 

 190:. 

 1902 

 1902 

 190:» 

 191)9 

 190:{ 

 1899 

 1907 

 190:{ 

 1990 

 1902 



1904 

 1903 



Cost of 

 ground. 



1 $101.00 



(4 



1 3S. 90 

 154.00 



m 



102.00 



»8.75 



5,040.95 



(') 



(2) 

 2,021 



(2) 

 (2) 



(.-■>) 



75 



43,048.95 



Cost of 

 buildings. 



$12,795.64 

 3,820.13 

 3,818.50 



10,520.25 



7,875.50 



2,875.00 



730. 94 



15,489.01 



16,882.80 



14,991.39 

 2,994.12 



12,089.30 

 5,211.22 



10, 236. 50 



5,000.00 



174,950.76 



11,150.00 

 1,500.00 



3,825.39 



Total 

 cost. 



$12,896.64 

 3,820.13 

 3,818.50 



10,559.15 



7,929.50 



2,875.00 



832.94 



15, 497. 76 



21,923.75 



14,991.39 

 2,994.12 



14,111.05 

 5,211.22 



10, 236. 50 



5,000.00 



174, 950. 76 



11,156.00 

 1,500.00 



732,574.34 



1 Donated; figures represent cost of title transfer. 



2 Government reservation. 



8 Building and ground purchased as a whole. 

 * Remodeled. 



Buildings rented by the Weather Bureau for living and observatory purposes. 



PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU. 



The numerical strength of the Weather Bureau at the close of the 

 year was 0,992, as compared with 9,483 at the end of the preceding 

 twelve months. Of the total number, 7,830, or more than 78 per cent, 

 are cooperative observers who serve without compensation other than 

 that received through the free distribution of Government publica- 

 tions. There were 440 more of this class of emploj^ees than at the 

 close of the preceding year, due to the extension of the service in 

 various ways, the greatest increase being in the number of cooperative 

 marine meteorological observers. 



