REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Division of Accounts and Disbursements, 



Washington, D. C, August 1, 1901. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a brief report of the work 

 of this Division for the year ended June 30, 1901. 

 Respectfully, 



F. L. Evans, 



Chief. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



WORK OF THE YEAR. 



APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC, 



The total amount appropriated by Congress for the several lines of 

 worlv of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture for the fiscal j^ear ended 

 June 30, 1901, was $3,303,500, an increase of 1558,920 over the amount 

 appropriated for the preceding year. The total payments from this 

 sum will be, when all accounts shall have been finally settled, about 

 13,220,000. 



Fifteen thousand dollars each for the 48 agricultural experiment 

 stations in the several States was also appropriated. 



The supplemental accounts for the years 1899 and 1900, paid during 

 the year, amounted to $255,689.40. 



Tlie unexpended balances of the appropriations for the year 1899, 

 amounting to $28,899.27, were covered into the Treasury on June 30, 

 1901. 



During the year 20,677 accounts were received, audited, and paid, 

 asfollows: Divisional, 7,124, amounting to $1,219,287; Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industrj^, 4,374, amounting to $957,900.42; VVeather Bureau, 

 9,179, amounting to $1,060,139.30; making a total of $3,237,326.72. 

 In payment of these accounts 30,379 checks were drawn on the Treas- 

 ury at Washington and subtreasuries at New York and Chicago. 

 The number of checks in excess of the number of vouchers is explained 

 by the fact that many of the latter were salary- rolls containing from 

 5 to 100 names each. Onlj^ four checks were lost in the mail. 



The amount expended for telegraphing and telephoning for the 

 Weather Bureau, including the West Indian cable service, was 

 $183,837.05. 



A further extension of the telephone system in the Department at 

 Washington, exclusive of the Weather Bureau, was made during the 

 year. The system now includes 40 regular and 5 auxiliary telephones, 

 and covers practically all the branches of the Department. In addi- 

 tion to this main system, the Bureau of Animal Industry has a special 

 internal system of 16 telepliones connecting its several offices and 

 laboratories. 



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