No. 4.] KEPOKT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 255 



Under the reqiiirements of chapter 220, Acts of 1903, 

 S2 branding stamps, for use in the inspection of meat, have 

 been furnished to 27 cities and towns by the Bureau duriug 

 the year. 



It Avill be seen by the foregoing statement that a balance 

 of $7,432.39 from all accounts was left on hand Nov. 30, 

 1908. "When all the claims against the Cattle Bureau come 

 in for the fiscal year just ended, this sum will not be suffi- 

 cient to settle them, and there will be a deficit in the appro- 

 priation. 



The Legislature of 1908 passed a deficiency appropriation 

 bill on account of the Cattle Bureau amounting to $3,917.72, 

 and it is feared that the deficit for the year ending Nov. 30, 

 190S, will be double this amount, and possibly a little more. 



Estimates made to the Auditor under the requirements of 

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

 30, 1909, are for $92,500, divided into $7,500 for the sal- 

 aries of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau and his clerk, extra 

 clerical assistance, printing, postage and general office and 

 incidental expenses, and $85,000 for the general outside work 

 in exterminating contagious diseases among horses and other 

 animals. 



This estimate is somewhat larger than the amount of the 

 regular appropriations made by the Legislature for the Cattle 

 Bureau during the past few years, but a larger amount seems 

 necessary. The work of the office has to be figured very 

 closely to keep its expenses inside the $7,000 usually al- 

 lowed, and in the general field work there has been a defi- 

 ciency of from $3,600 to $11,500 every year since the Cattle 

 Bureau was established, hence it would seem as well to make 

 a larger appropriation at the beginning of the year as to 

 make a deficiency appropriation at the next legislative session. 



Respectfully submitted, 



AUSTIN PETERS, 



Chief of Cattle Bureau. 



