CXXII REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



Technicat. Work. 



The card catalogue is kept up to date. The last appropriation pro- 

 vided for an additional cataloguer to further this branch of the work. 

 In addition to the card catalogue, a volume entitled ^' Catalogue of the 

 Works relating to Botany in the Department Library " has been pub- 

 lished. It is expected that two such catalogues of books on special 

 subjects in the Librarv will be issued each year until a complete sub- 

 ject catalogue is thus printed. 



The accessions bulletins have been published quarterly, as hereto- 

 fore. Two additional l)ulletins, containing works relating to botanv 

 and to irrigation, respectively, have also been printed. The card index 

 to the publications of the Department has been continued. The num- 

 ber of sets of the cards has been increased to meet the demands for the 

 index from depositor}^ libraries. 



Serial publications constitute so large a part of the accessions to the 

 Library that it is necessar}^ to devote much time and money to binding, 

 both for the preservation of the volumes and for convenience in their 

 use. The past 3'ear 1,.300 volumes have been bound, and although 

 this is the largest number recorded for anv one year, it could well be 

 doubled wdth advantage to the Library if funds permitted. 



ESTIMATES AND APPROPIIIATIGNS. 



The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, which were 

 prepared in the Division of Accounts and Disbursements, were sub- 

 mitted to Congress through the Secretar}^ of the Treasur}- wnth an 

 explanation of all changes from the appropriation of the preceding 

 3^ear. These estimates amounted to ^4,789,540, or $873,120 more than 

 the appropriation for 1902. The amount finally appropriated for 1903 

 was ^,503,960. These amounts are exclusive of the $720,000 

 appropriated for the agricultural experiment stations, and the general 

 printing expenses. 



The statutory rolls of the Department increased from $533,610 in 



1902 to $630,760 in 1903, This does not represent an actual increase 

 either of salaries or clerical force, but was the result of the transfer 

 to the statutory rolls, on the recommendation of the Agricultural Com- 

 mittees of both the Senate and House of Representatives, of clerks who 

 have heretofore been paid from the lump-sum rolls of the Depart- 

 ment. 



During 1902 $12,600 was paid for the rent of buildings in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and the appropriation for the same purpose for 



1903 is $21,700. 



