DIV^ISiON OF ACCOUNTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, 



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Appropriations and estimates for 1903. 



Object. 



Salaries, officers and clerks -. §465 



Library 



Contingent expenses 



Vegetable pathological investigations 



Pomological investigations 



Botanical investigations and experiments . . . 



Gra.ss and forage plant investigations 



Experimental gardens and grounds 



Arlington experimental farm _ _ 



Investigating production of domestic sugar . 



Tea-culture investigations 



Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds. 



Forestry investigations 



Laboratory ._. 



Soil investigations 



Entomological investigations 



Biological investigations ._ 



Publications 



Collecting agricultural statistics 



Agricultural experiment stations (§796,000) o_ 



Nutrition investigations 



Irrigation investigations - 



Public-road inquiries 



Foreign market investigations. __ 



Silk investigations 



Expenses, Bui'eau of Animal Industry. _ 



Amount ' 

 appi'opri- 

 ated for 

 1903. 



8 

 3' 



110 

 30 

 55 

 30 

 25 

 15 

 5 

 10. 



270, 



254 

 60, 



130, 

 45 

 28 



2a). 



94 

 76, 

 20 

 65, 

 30 

 6 



10, 

 1,160 



,500 



,000 



,000 



000 



,000 



000 



,000 



000 



000 



,000 



000 



000 



000 



,500 



000 



,500 



,000 



000 



,200 



,000 



000 



000 



,000 



500 



,000 



,000 



Amount 



estimated 



for 1903. 



$487,770 



11.0(H) 



37,(KH) 



118,()liO 



30,000 



65, (KK) 



45.000 



35,000 



25,0fKI 



5,000 



10,(K)0 



270, 0(K) 



260, 18(1 



49. .500 



173,000 



30,5(K) 



30, OX) 



215,000 



108, (KX) 



105, OIK) 



30,IK)() 



75.0(X) 



40, (KH) 



6,.5(K) 



10,(KKt 



1,:M),000 



Total 3,240,200 



WEATHER BUREAU. 



Salaries 



Fuel, lights, and repairs. __ 



Contingent expenses 



General expenses _.. 



Meteorological observation stations 



Buildings -. 



Cables and land lines 



Stoi-m-warning .stations, Glenhaven and South Manitou Island, Mich. 



Total, "Weather Bureau __._ ._ _ 1,263,760 



Grand total.. i 4,503,960 



3,571,450 



1,218,090 



4,789,540 



"Of this amount $720,(XX) is paid directly to the experiment stations from the Treasury 

 Department. 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR 10U2 AND 1903. 



The appropi-iations for 1902 and 1903 are shown in the following 

 table, and it will be seen that there is an increase in fa^'or of the latter 

 year of $641,540: 



Appropriations for the jjears I'JijJ and 1903. 



Object. 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Library.. 



Contingent expenses 



Vegetable pathological investigations 



Pomological investigations 



Botanical investigations and experiments. .. 



Grass and forage plant investigations 



Experimental gardens and grounds 



Arlington experimental farm 



Investigating production of domestic sugar. 



Tea-culture investigations 



Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds 



Forestry investigations. 



Laboratory 



Soil investigations - . 



