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Table 12. — Research expenditures reported by independent agen- 

 cies operating with emergency funds only, fiscal years l'J37 

 and 1938 



Iln thousands of dollars! 



» Housing statistics only. Data on technological research expenditures not available. 



Table 13. — Distribution of agencies according to percentage of 

 total expenditures for research in 193S {hascd on obligations 

 for operating expensesY regular funds only 



Agencies reporting more than 99 percent of funds for 



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Treasury Department: 



Division of Research and Statistics. 

 Navy Department : 



Naval Research Laboratory. 



Naval Observatory. 



Office of Naval Records and Library.' 



Hydrographic Office. 

 Department of Agriculture : 



Beltsville Research Center. 



Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. 



Office of Experiment Stations. 



Bureau of Home Economics. 



Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Department of Commerce : 



Coast and Geodetic Survey.' 



Bureau of the Census. 

 Department of Labor: 



Bureau of Labor Statistics. 



Women's Bureau. 

 Independent Agencies : 



U. S. Tariff Commission. 



National Archives." 



Agencies reporting 90-99 percent of funds for research 1 



Department of Agriculture: 



Bureau of Dairy Industry. 



Agencies reporting S0-S9 percent of funds for research 3 



Department of the Interior: 



Geological Surrey. 

 Department of Agriculture : 



Bureau of Agricultural Engineering. 

 Department of Labor : 

 Children's Bureau. 



•Excluding: (1) All emergency funds. (2) grants and other payments 

 except for direct compensation for services or materials, and (3) cost 

 of buildings or land. In the case of credit dispensing agencies, per- 

 centages are based on administrative expenses. 



' Includes coastal and land surveys which have an additional 

 administrative and service value. 



• Aid to research. 



Agencies reporting 70-79 percent of funds for research 3 



Department of the Interior: 



Bureau of Mines. 

 Department of Labor: 



Division of Public Contracts. 

 Independent Agencies : 



National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. 



Agencies reporting 60-G9 percent of funds for research 2 



Department of State : 



Office of Historical Adviser. 



Division of International Conferences. 



Agencies reporting 50-59 percent of funds for research 6 



Department of the Interior: 



Office of Education.* 

 Department of Commerce: 



Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

 Department of Labor: 



Division of Labor Standards. 

 Secretary's Office. 

 Independent Agencies : 



Central Statistical Board. 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Agencies reporting 40-49 percent of funds for research 2 



Department of State : 



Division of Research and Publication. 

 Department of Commerce : 



National Bureau of Standards. 



Agencies reporting 30-39 percent of funds for research 6 



Department of State : 



Office of Fiscal and Budget Affairs. 

 Office of Philippine Affairs. 

 Treasury Department: 



Office of Administrative Assistant to the Secretary. 

 Department of Agriculture : 



Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 

 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 

 Independent Agencies: 

 Library of Congress.'' 



Agencies reporting 20-29 percent of funds for research 11 



Department of State: 



Office of the Adviser on International Economic Affairs. 

 Division of Near Eastern Affairs. 

 Office of Arms and Munitions Control. 

 Division of Trade Agreements. 

 Office of Legal Adviser. 

 Treasury Department : 

 Public Health Service. 

 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

 War Department: 



Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. 

 Department of the Interior : 



National Bituminous Coal Commission. 

 Consumers' Counsel, National Bituminous Coal Com- 

 mission. 

 Department of Commerce : 

 Bureau of Fisheries. 



Agencies reporting 10-19 percent of funds for research 15 



Department of State: 



Division of American Republics. 



Treaty Division. 



Division of Communications and Records. 



* Based on unconfirmed estimate. 



• Mostly aid to research. 



