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Group II. 



Group III. 



Group I. Obligations arising from recent and pre- 

 vious wars, including interest on the 

 public debt, pensions, war risk insur- 

 ance, rehabilitation and care of sol- 

 diers, deficit in the operation of rail- 

 ways, expenditures of the Shipping 

 Board, European food relief and the 

 bonus to government employees to 

 partially cover the increased cost of 

 living due to the war, a total of $3 , 855 , 482 , 586 



War and Navy Departments, expenses 

 somewhat above a permanent peace- 

 time basis 1 ,424, 138,677 



Primary governmental functions, in- 

 cluding Congress, President and White 

 House staff, courts and penal estab- 

 lishments, departments of Justice, 

 State, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, 

 Labor, Interstate Commerce and other 

 commissions, one-half the District of 

 Columbia, including all the necessary 

 functions of government other than 

 defense, except the commercial activi- 

 ties of Group V and the research, edu- 

 cation and developmental work of 

 Group VI 



Public works, including rivers and har- 

 bors, public buildings, reclamation 

 service, post roads, national parks and 

 railway in Alaska 



Commercial or self-supporting activities, 

 including the Post Office, Patent 

 Office, Land Office, Panama Canal, 

 and Housing Corporation, which 

 taken together earn their expenses .... 

 Group VI. Research, educational and develop- 

 mental, including the wide range of 

 work of the Agricultural Department, 

 Geological Surve}', Bureau of Mines, 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau 

 of Standards, Bureau of Fisheries, 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, Bureau of Labor Statis- 

 tics, Women's and Children's Bureaus, 

 Vocational Education, Colleges for 

 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Li- 

 brary of Congress, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution and the Public Health Service . . 5 7 , 093 , 66 1 



Group IV. 



Group V. 



181,087,225 



168,203,557 



Total $5,686,005,706 



