I0 6 PROBLEMS IN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



for the formulation of a national migratory waterfowl 

 program. The chief duties of the new division are the 

 planning of the development of the refuges already owned 

 and those to be acquired in the future. The prospects of an 

 annual fund from the sale of migratory waterfowl hunting 

 stamps 47 for the purchase and maintenance of refuges 

 seems to point to the need of a continuing program. In a 

 large measure this division will act as coordinating agency 

 between the Division of Land Acquisition and the Division 

 of Food Habits Research in selecting refuge sites. 



Staff Functions of the Bureau: The business activities of 

 the Bureau were reorganized by a general memorandum of 

 the Chief effective March i, 1932. What had previously 

 been the semi-independent Offices of Accounts, Property, 

 and Mail and Files were set up as sections under the new 

 Division of Administration headed by an administrative 

 assistant who acts as chief of the Division. The memo- 

 randum further stated that two other sections were con- 

 templated for the future to deal with the budget and with 

 personnel. The latter functions for the present are being 

 handled by clerks directly responsible to the Division of Chief. 



Preparation of the Budget: As has been noted, the prep- 

 aration of the budget for the Bureau as a whole is handled 

 by the Budget Clerk in this division. The fiscal year for the 

 federal government begins July i of the year preceding. 



About April i, the work commences with the sub- 

 mitting of estimates by the chiefs of each division based 

 upon the approved plans of their field staff. The estimates 

 are not upon printed forms but in simple narrative state- 

 ment, according to projects, 48 explaining as they go the 



47 48 Stat. L. 451. 



48 Budget is set up not by the appropriations for divisions of the Bureau 

 but by sub-appropriations which are divided into projects, carried out by 

 one or more divisions. 



