REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Division of Accounts and Disbursements, 



Washington, D. C, August 1, 1902. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the work of 

 the Division of Accounts and Disbursements for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1902. 



F. L. Evans, Chief. 



Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



work of the year. 



appropriations, expenditures, etc. 



Congress appropriated for the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, the sum of $4,637,420, 

 which included $720,000 divided equally among the 48 agricultural 

 experiment stations in the several States, and a deficiency appropria- 

 tion of $55,000. 



Supplemental accounts for the years 1900 and 1901 were paid during 

 the year amounting to 1257,215.02. 



The total unexpended balances of the appropriations for the year 

 1900, amounting to $58,418.58, were covered into the Treasury on 

 June 30, 1902. 



During the year 24,747 accounts were received, audited, and paid, 

 as follows: Divisional, 9,588, amounting to $1,537,212.19; Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, 4,934, amounting to $995,299.45; Weather Bureau, 

 10,225, amounting to 11,129,871.96— a total of $3,662,383.60, which, 

 including the supplemental accounts, makes a grand total of 

 $3,807,593.22. In payment of these accounts 35,620 checks were 

 drawn on the Treasury at Washington and subtreasuries at New York 

 and Chicago. Thirteen checks were lost, mainly in transit thi-ough 

 the mails. 



REQUISITIONS, LETTERS, REQUESTS, CONTRACTS, AND LEASES. 



To meet the regular expenditures of the Department, 137 requisi- 

 tions were drawn on the Treasury against the various appropriations, 

 aggregating $3,944,339.84. 



The number of requisitions for supplies was 10,178. 



The number of letters of authority for travel was 2,012. 



The number of letters written and received in the regular transac- 

 tion of business was 42,898. 



The number of requests issued for passenger transportation was 

 4,256. 



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