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rosa: scientific work of the; government 



one per cent for research, education and deveeopmentai^ 



work' 

 8. The first two groups together amount to 92.8 per cent of 

 the total; pubHc works amount to 3 per cent, primary govern- 



Fig. I. — Distribution of government appropriations for the fiscal year 1920 (July i, 

 19 19 to June 30, 1920, inclusive). See table on page 380 and summary on page 382. 



' For the next fiscal year, the appropriations needed for the railroads and 

 Shipping Board, and for the Army and Navy, will be very much less than for the 

 current fiscal year. The Treasury Department, therefore, expects to be able to 

 make a very substantial reduction in the floating debt, now amounting to nearly 

 three billions of dollars. The appropriations for Group VI for the next fiscal year 

 are substantially the same as for this year. The ratio of Group VI to the total 

 will, therefore, be substantially the same as at present (namely, one per cent), if 

 we include, as we should, the payments on the floating debt and sinking fund in Group 

 I, and if the total revenues for next year are approximately the same as for this year. 



