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



For expenses of quarcaiitine stations, . . 6,298 31 



For expenses of glanders work, including 

 services and expenses of agents, laboratory- 

 work and killing and burial, . . . 8,763 02 



For laboratory expenses (exclusive of glan- 

 ders work), 1,978 80 



For implements, ear tags, thermometers, 



etc., 1,104 46 



For salary of Chief of Bureau, . . . 1,800 00 



For salary of clerk, 1,200 00 



For salaries of assistant clerks and stenog- 

 raphers, 1,780 24 



For office expenses, printing, postage, sta- 

 tionery, etc., 2,580 51 



For expenses of Chief of Bureau, . . . 260 36 



43,336 07 



Total expenditures, $79,085 47 



Balance from all accounts, Nov. 30, 1908, . . . 7,432 39 



Total, as above, $86,517 86 



This balance is made up from the following items : — 



Balance of appropriation on account salary 



and expenses, 1907, $239 20 



Balance of appropriation for excess ex- 

 penses, 1907, 398 20 



Balance of appropriation for salary and ex- 

 penses, 1908 account, 94 55 



Balance of appropriation for general work of 

 Bureau available for unsettled accounts of 

 1908, 6,700 44 



$7,432 39 



Claims for 580 head of cattle condemned and killed as tii- 

 berciiloiis during the year remain unsettled, to be paid for on 

 proof of claims, the appraised value of which amounts to 

 $11,935.66. 



There has been received during the year, from the sale of 

 hides and carcasses of condemned animals, sale of ear tags, 

 testing cattle for non-resident owners, etc., $4,854.81. 



The average price paid for condemned cattle for the year 

 was $21.55 each. 



