No. 4.] IIEPOIIT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 253 



It is hoped tlieri; will he no riii'tlRT Irouble in this locality 

 the cominc; spring ;uul suninicr, but time alone can tell. 

 This is the first outbreak of anthrax in Massachusetts for 

 several years. Dr. Theobald Smith examined specimens 

 from on(^ of the cows that died early in August and the cow 

 that died the latter part of November, and found the anthrax 

 bacillus j)resent in both cases. 



Financial Statement. 

 At the close of the last fiscal year, Nov. 30, 1907, there 

 was on hand, as per twelfth semiannual report : — 



Balance of appropriation for salaries and ex- 

 penses for 1907, $412 92 



Balance of apjiropriation for general work of 



Bureau for 1907, 5,087 22 



Appropriated under chapter 264, Acts of 

 1908, for expenses in excess of appropria- 

 tions in the year 1907: — 

 For salaries and expenses. 

 For general work of Bureau, . 



Appropriation for salaries and expenses of 

 1908, chapter 46, Acts of 1908, . 



Appropriation for general work of Bureau 

 for 1908, chapter 44, Acts of 1908, . 



),517 86 



77,000 00 



Total to be accounted for, $86,517 86 



Expended during the year : — 

 For 300 head of cattle condemned and killed 



during the year 1907, paid for in 1908, . $6,572 65 

 For 1,351 head of cattle condemned and 



killed during the year, . . . . 29,116 75 

 For killing and burial, quarantine claims and * 



arbitration expenses, 60 00 



$35,749 40 



For services of agents (exclusive of glanders 

 work), $12,823 55 



For expenses of agents (exclusive of glanders 

 work), 4,746 82 



Amounts carried forward, .... $17,570 37 $35,749 40 



