DIVISION OF SOILS. 139 



EXPENSES OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. 



Having- said so much of the results that have been attained in the 

 several lines, it will be of interest to report upon the cost of the work, 

 to show that the money appropriated was wisely and economically 

 expended, and that the results could only have been secured by an 

 excellent organization and by efficient and constant work on the part 

 of all the employees of the Division. 



The following statement, taken from the financial books of the 

 Division, shows the distribution of the expenditures among the sev- 

 eral offices: 



Statement of expenditures, year' ended June 30, 1901. 



Administrative expenses: 



Salaries . $8,538.59 



Supplies 511.63 



Rent 660.00 



Gas 109.50 



Electric current . 107. 99 



Express and freight 18. 19 



Telegrams,^ 22.58 



Engine repairs 113. 20 



Laboratories: 



Salaries 5,345.70 



Supplies 583. 75 



$10,081.68 



Tobacco investigations: 



Salaries 4, 579. 99 



Supplies.. : 13.00 



Traveling expenses 1,017.65 



Soil survey, Eastern division : 



Salaries 5,770.45 



Supplies 1 69. 85 



Traveling expenses 2,882.58 



Soil survey, "Western division: 



Salaries 5, 430. 93 



Supplies _ , 264.45 



Traveling expenses 3,697.07 



5, 929. 45 



5, 609. 64 



8, 828. 88 



9, 392. 45 

 39, 842. 10 



RECAPITULATION. 



Per cent. 



Administrative expenses . . $10, 081. 68 25. 3 



Laboratories 5, 929. 45 14. 9 



Tobacco investigations 5, 609. 64 14 



Eastern soil sui-vey 8,828.88 22.2 



Western soil survey ... 9,392.45 23.6 



39,842.10 100 



It will be seen from this statement that the expenses of the admin- 

 istrative office, including the salary of the chief and of all the 

 clerks, together with the incidental expenses, amounted to about 25 

 per cent of the whole appropriation ; the laboratories each cost some- 

 thing less than $G,000, or about 15 per cent; the tobacco investigations 

 about $5,000, or 14 per cent, while the soil-survey work took about 46 

 per cent of the appropriation. In all, upward of 60 per cent of the 

 appropriation was expended for the tobacco investigations and the soil 

 survej^ carried on almost exclusively in the field and in a number of 

 States. The amount of work done and the results accomplished, it 



