692 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



MONTULY CHECK STATEMENTS. 



The check statements submitted by the Treasury and snbtreasuries 

 were com})ared Avith the cliecks issued by this diA-ision and the 

 amounts verified. 



ANNUAL SUPPLIES. 



Awards for all ordinary annual supplies for the use of this depart- 

 ment during the fisctil year 1912 were made by the General Supply 

 Committee of the Executive Departments, and it was therefore nec- 

 essary for the Department of Agriculture to advertise independently 

 for only those sup])lies of a technical character which are used by 

 this department exclusively, and which, for that reason, were design- 

 edly omitted from the general schedule. The awards made for these 

 technical supplies were, as heretofore, based upon bids received 

 through advertisement in the columns of the daily newspapers in the 

 large cities and special mail notifications to all of the well-known 

 dealers in the wares required, the bids, when received, being sub- 

 mitted to and passed upon by a board of award acting under the 

 instructions and by the authority of the Secretary. Although sup- 

 plies aggregating an amount less than S50 may, under the act of 

 ilarch 1, 1899, be purchased in the open market, all supplies, as far 

 as practicable, were regularly advertised for either directly by the 

 department or through the General Supply Committee. 



PUBLIC MONEYS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 



There were received from various sources and deposited in the 

 Treasury to the credit of the proper funds the following sums : 



Miscellaneous receipts, sales of condemned property, etc $25, 758. 66 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Hawaii 459. 35 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Porto Rico 4, 927. 80 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Alaska 2, 882. 47 



Sales of products, agricultural station, Guam 20. 00 



Total 34, 048. 28 



In this connection it is thought desirable to explain the method 

 pursued in receiving and disposing of the moneys pertaining to the 

 several funds. 



The proceeds of "condemned property," "library index cards," 

 and "card index of agricultural literature " prejmred by the Office of 

 Experiment Stations are covered into the Treasury to the credit of 

 "MisceUaneous receipts," under section 3618 of the Revised Statutes. 



Moneys derived from the sales of products at the insular stations 

 in Hawau, Porto Rico, Alaska, and Guam are used for the mainte- 

 nance of those stations. 



Up to June 30, 1907, the moneys derived from the sales of "pub- 

 lications" issued by the Weather Bureau were deposited in the 

 Treasury to the credit of the appropriation "General expenses" of 

 that bureau, under section 227 of the Revised Statutes. Since 

 July 1, 1907, these moneys have been deposited to "Miscellaneous 

 receipts," in accordance with the provision in the act making appro- 

 priations for this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. 

 (34 Stat. L., 1258.) 



