DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



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appointment of 3 stenographers, a property clerk, 2 library assistants, 

 2 photographers, 2 laborers, and 2 charwomen, being a total of 26 

 employees in this section at the close of the fiscal year. 



In addition to the above, the Section of Oflfice Work carried on its 

 rolls an accountant, who was assigned to duty with the division of 

 accounts. 



The total amount expended forsalaries in this section was $19,233. 39. 



LIBRARY. 



The main collection of forestry literature still remains in the Depart- 

 ment Library, as the quarters assigned for the library of the Bureau 

 are inadequate to store this collection. Only such works, therefore, 

 as are most frequently referred to are kept in the Bureau library. 

 There are at present 110 bound volumes and 1,300 pamphlets in the 

 Bureau collection. During the year 3,200 newspaper clippings were 

 purchased, and these have been numbered, classified, indexed, and 

 filed. A large part of the old subject index has been revised and 

 copied, and, in addition, 15 French, German, and English periodicals 

 have been regularly indexed. A file has been kept of all Congressional 

 bills, acts, documents, and reports bearing on forest topics. 



The photograph collection of the Bureau numbers 4,9(38 prints, of 

 which 2,000 have been fully described, labeled, and classified, and are 

 ready to be catalogued; 567 lantern slides were added to the collec- 

 tion. A special case has been made to hold the slides, and they will 

 be arranged to correspond with the photographs. During the past 

 j^ear the librarj^ stafl' was too limited to record properly the mass of 

 collected material, but it is expected that during the coming year com- 

 plete records will be kept, all the accumulated material catalogued, 

 and current accessions regularly disposed of. 



ACCOUNTS. 



The following statement, prepared by the accountant, gives the 

 expenditures in the different sections of the Division for the fiscal 

 year July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901: 



Expenditures for fiscal year 1900-1901. 



a The large percentage of the total appropriation paid for salaries requires explanation. The 

 proportion between 72.2 per cent paid for salaries and 27.8 per cent paid for expenses does not 

 represent the relative importance of field and office work in the activity of the Bureau. A very 

 considerable part of the field expenses was met by the contributions of owners of forests for 

 which plans were made. It should be remembered also that the cost of computing the field 

 results, which appears wholly under the heading of salaries, is necessarily very great. 



