WEATHER BUREAU. 299 



Resignations : 



Voluntary 59 



Required because of — 



Unsatisfactory sex'vice 1 1 



Uusuited for Weather Bureau service 2 



Disobedience of instructions 1 



Physical disability 1 



64 



Transferred to other bureaus of the Department of Agriculture 4 



Removals : 

 Causes — 



Neglect of duty 1 



Absence without authority 1 



Falsification of records and harsh treatment of subordinates 1 



Insubordination 1 



4 



Services terminated (student assistants) 2 



Dropped from the rolls at termination of probationai-y period because of 



unsatisfactory service ^ 1 



Deaths 4 



UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE. 



Appointments : 

 Permanent — 



Unskilled laborer, at $720 1 



Charwoman, at $240 1 



2 

 Temporary — 



Unskilled laborers, at $450 4 



Promotions (all to the next higher grade) 5 



Reduction : 

 Cause — 



Not competent to perform duties of higher grade 1 



Resignation (voluntary) 1 



Death 1 



ABSENCE. 



Average number of days per employee during calendar year 1911. 



Annual 

 leave. 



Station (99 per cent males) 1.9 6. 9 



Wa-shin^ton, D. C: 



Males 3.5 27.3 



Females 9.2 26.6 



Entire service 2. 4 12. 



STATISTICS OF THE SERVICE. 



The following tables show the numerical strength of the bureau, 

 and the highest, lowest, and average salaries paid in the commissioned 

 grades : 



Numerical strength of the Weather Bureau, June SO, 1912. 



At Washington, D. C. : 



Classified 184 



Unclassified 12 



196 



