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states appropriated special funds to combat certain species of insects. 

 The estimated amomits of money expended by the various states 

 for the different Hnes of effort are as follows: 



For instruction, and experimental and investigational work $374,262.27i 



For control of bee diseases 25,625 . 00 



For inspection of insecticides 12,523 .00 



For control of special insects 338,168 . 97 



For orchard and nursery inspection and quarantine measures against 



• insects 245,553.81 



Total amount $996,133.05 



Expenditures by the National Bureau of Entomology during 1912 

 are as follows: 



For investigational work $317,080 .00 



For control of gipsy moth and brown-tail moth 284,840.00 



Total amount $601,920.00 



Estimated total expenditures by the different states and the National 



Bureau of Entomology for 1912 , $1,598,053 .05 



to 



The difficulty of obtaining accurate data regarding conditions during 

 earlier years permits only a few comparisons, showing the increase 

 which has occurred in the numbers of official entomologists and the 

 gains in public funds for the support of entomology in the institutions 

 mentioned. In 1899," twenty-five men were listed as entomologists 

 on the staffs of the experiment stations, while in 1912^ one hundred 

 and one individuals were recorded as serving in this capacity, being 

 exceeded in numbers only by the workers in the departments of chem- 

 istry, horticulture and animal husbandry in the order given. Statis- 

 tics bearing on the progress that has taken place in instructional work 

 were not available but not less than one hundred and twelve persons 

 were reported as being engaged in more or less teaching in entomology 

 during the year in the state agricultural colleges and state universities. 

 Accurate figures^ exist showing the remarkable development of the 

 national Bureau of Entomology but for the sake of brevity only a few 

 of them have been selected. During the last year of Riley's service, 

 which was concluded in 1894, eleven men served on the permanent 

 staff, while five men were employed for part time. The funds for the 

 support of the work amounted to $29,800. The force in 1912 comprised 

 two hundred fifteen technically trained entomologists besides many 



1 Of this amount $95,260.68 is reported as ha\'ing been derived from federal funds 

 for agricultural colleges and experiment stations, while the remaining amount repre- 

 sents appropriations from the different states. 



2 Experiment Station Bui. No. 1, Office of Experiment Stations. 



3 Ann. Rept. Office of Experiment Stations for 1912. 

 ' Letter from Dr. L. O. Howard, Dec. 8. 1913. 



