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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



Appropriations fur tlie years 190J and lOUo — Continued. 



Object. 



Plans for building, Dej»artmeiit of Agriculture. 



Entomological investigations 



Biological investigations 



Publications - _ 



Collecting agricultural statistics.. 



Agricultural experiment stations (§796,000)" 



Nutrition investigations 



Irrigation investigations 



Public-foad inquiries 



Foreign market investigations 



Silk investigations 



Quarantine .stations 



Expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry 



Amount 

 appropri- 

 ated for 

 1902. 



$5,000 

 2.5,500 

 20,000 

 173,000 

 105,000 

 69,000 

 20,000 

 50,000 

 20,000 

 15,000 



Total 



WEATHER BUKEAU. 



Salaries 



Fuel, lights, and repairs 



Contingent expenses 



General expenses 



Meteorological observation stations . 



Buildings 



Cables and land lines . 



25,000 

 1,050,000 



2,714,100 



1.59, 82<1 



9,000 



8,000 



865,500 



60.000 



46,000 



Storm-warning stations, Glenhaven and South Manitou Island, Mich. 



Total, Weather Bureau 



Gi"and total 



1,148,820 



3,862.420 



Amount 

 appropri- 

 ated for 

 1903. 



§45,500 



28, mw 



200,000 

 iM,2(K) 

 76, (KK) 

 20, (Kill 

 &5,(>IK) 

 30,0(K) 

 6, .500 

 10,000 



1,160,000 



3,240,200 



ia5. 260 



10,0(X) 



8,000 



915,. 500 



60,000 

 50.f)00 

 40, (KX) 

 15,(KK) 



1,263,760 



4,503,960 



" The total appropriations under this head are §789,000 and $796,000 for the years given, respect- 

 ively, but §730,000 of each appropriation is paid directly to the experiment stations from the 

 Treasury Department. The sums included in the figure columns represent only the amount 

 available for departmental expenditures. 



INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATIONS IN SIX YEARS. 



During the present administration of the Department, fiscal years 

 1898-1903, the appropriations, exclusive of the agricultural experi- 

 ment stations, have exijanded from $2,467,902 to 84,503,960, an increase 

 of $2,036,058. 



INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARY ROLLS. 



The statutory rolls of the Department increased from $533,640 in 

 1902 to $630,760 in 1903. This increase is not an actual increase 

 either of salary or clerical force, but is due to the transfer to the 

 statutory rolls of clerks who have heretofore been paid from the 

 lump sum rolls, and were then, as now, a part of the permanent force 

 of the Department. These transfers were made on the recommenda- 

 tion of the agricultural committees of both the Senate and the House 

 of Representatives. 



INCREASE IN SALARIES. 



An increase in the salaries of the following chiefs and officers of 

 Bureaus and Divisions was made by Congress, to take effect on July 

 1, 1902: 



Bureau of Animal Industry from. . $4, 000 to $4, 500 



Bureau of Plant Indtistry do 3, 000 to 4,000 



Bureau of Soils do 3, 000 to 3, 500 



Bureau of Forestry do 3, 000 to 3, 500 



Bureau of Chemistry do 3,000 to 3,500 



Division of Entomology do 2, 500 to 2, 750 



Division of Biological Survey do 2, 500 to 2, 750 



Division of Vegetable Pathology and Physiology do 2, 500 to 2. 750 



Division of Zoology .. .... do 2, 250 to 2,500 



