DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. 



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ACCOUNTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR l!iOO FINALLY CLOSED. 



The accounts for the j-ear ended June 30, 1900, were finally closed 

 on June 30, 1902, and the balances under the various appropriations 

 were turned into the Treasury on that date and carried to the surplus 

 fund, as follows: 



Amount of unexpended balances turned into the Treasury. 



Object. 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Furniture, cases, and repairs 



Library 



Museum 



Postage 



Contingent expenses 



Animal quarantine stations t 



Collecting agricultural statistics 



Botanical investigations and experiments 



Entomological investigations 



Vegetable pathological investigations 



Biological investigations 



Pomological investigations 



Laboratory -.. 



Forestry investigations 



Experimental gardens and grounds 



Soil investigations 



Grass and foi-age plant investigations 



Irrigation investigations 



Agricultural experiment stations ($765,000) a _ _ 



Nutrition investigations - 



Piiblic-road Inquii'ies 



Publications - 



Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds. 



Investigating production of domestic sug:ar 



Tea-culture Investigations , 



Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry 



Total 



WEATHER BUREAU. 



Salaries 



Fuel, lights, and repairs 



Contingent expenses . ._ _ 



General expenses, salaries _ _ §382, 195 



General expenses, miscellaneous _ _ 385, 967 



Meteorological observation stations 



Building 



Total, Weather Bureau _ 



Grand total 



" Of this amount, $720,000 was paid directly to the experiment stations from the Treasury 

 Department. 



MONTHLY CHECK STATEMENTS, SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, ETC. 



The monthly check statements from the Treasury and subtreasuries 

 were received and found to agree with the books of this office. All 

 vouchers were forwarded quarterly to the Treasury, passed upon by 

 the accounting officers, and certified as correct. The annual report 

 to Congress of all expenditures of the Department for the year 1901 

 was prepared in this office and submitted through the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives. 



The amount expended for telegraphing and telephoning by the 

 Weather Bureau, including the West Indian cable service, was 

 $195,473.27. 



