262 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



There are unpaid bills chargeable to ap- 

 propriation for salaries and expenses, 

 amounting to . . . . . $540 86 



The balance of this appropriation is . 412 92 



Deficit on this account, . . . $127 94 



There are unpaid miscellaneous bills, 



amounting to $1,086 05 



Unsettled claims for 334 head of cattle, 

 condemned and killed as tuberculous, 

 amounting to . . . . . 7,266 15 



Total of outstanding accounts, . $8,952 20 



Balance of appropriation available for 



payment of same, .... 5,087 22 



Deficit on account of this appropria- 

 tion, 3,864 98 



Total amount of deficit, $3,992 92 



From the sale of hides and carcasses of condemned cattle, 

 the sale of ear tags, testing cattle at Brighton for non- 

 resident owners, etc., there has been received and paid 

 into the State treasury, $4,730 91 



The average price paid for condemned cattle during the 



year was $20 85 



It will be seen by the foregoing statement that a balance 

 of $5,087.22 was left on hand November 30, from the 

 appropriation for the general work of the Cattle Bureau 

 for 1907, available for payment of all unsettled accounts. 

 When all the claims against the Cattle Bureau come in, 

 this sum will not be sufficient, and there will probably be 

 a deficit of about $3,500. 



The Legislature of 1907 passed a deficiency appropriation 

 bill for the Cattle Bureau of $8,432.60, which is a much 

 larger sum than will be needed this year to settle the unpaid 

 accounts of 1907. 



Estimates made to the Auditor under the requirements 

 of chapter 211, Acts of 1905, for the fiscal year ending 

 Nov. 30, 1908, are for $77,000, divided into $7,000 for the 

 salaries of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau and his clerk, 

 extra clerical assistance, printing, postage and general office 

 and incidental expenses, and $70,000 for the general outside 



