222 DEPARTMENTAL EEPORTS. 



WEATHER BUREAU BUILDINGS. 



BiiildiniTS were erected during the past fiscal year by the Weather 

 Bureau, under specific provision of law, at the following-described 

 places, and at the cost set opposite to each: 



Atlantic City, N. J $6,000.00 



Hatteras, N. C 5,000.00 



Tatoosh Island . "Washington 4, 950. 00 



Point Reyes, Cal -. 2, 989. 90 



North Head, Wash 3,929.63 



Port Crescent, Wash 1 , 000. 00 



Buildings at the following stations were repaired and remodeled : 



Bismarck. N. Dak $7,064.14 



Cape Henry, Virginia 5, 112. 45 



Jupiter, Fla 3, 393. 25 



Kittyhawk, N. C 125.00 



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ANNUAL SUPPLIES. 



Bids for annual supplies w^ere solicited in May of last year in the 

 usual manner. All bids received in response to advertisement were 

 passed upon bj' the board of awards, and contracts were made cover- 

 ing nearly all the lines of supplies needed by the Department during 

 the ensuing fiscal year at the best prices that could be obtained. 



CONTRACT FOR SEEDS. 



A contract for seeds for Congressional distribution was made for 

 1902 with the IIenr\' Philipps Seed and Implement Company, of 

 Toledo, Ohio, for $180,011.80. The balance of the appropriation of 

 $270,000 was expended in the purchase of seeds in the open market. 



ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS. 



The estimates of appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1903, 

 were prepared in this office according to the usual practice, and were 

 submitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury, accom- 

 panied by an explanation of all changes from the appropriations of the 

 preceding year. The estimates amounted to 14,789,540, or 1872,120 

 more than the appropriations for 1902, and $285,580 more than the 

 amount finally appropriated for 1903. 



IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS. 



The only appropriations for 1903 containing immediately available 

 provisions are as follows: 



Vegetable pathological investigations $5, 000 



Entomological investigations 8, 000 



Biological investigations 2, 000 



APPROPRIATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR 1903. 



The appropriations and estimates for the Department for 1903 are 

 shown in the table on the next page. 



