No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLP: BUREAU. 323 



For 785 head of cattle condemued and killed as tuberculous, $16,806 25 



For salarj^ of Chief of Cattle Bureau 1,125 00 



For expenses of Chief of Cattle Bureau, 128 54 



For salaries of agents, 3,308 50 



For expenses of agents, 1,863 70 



For salaries of clerks and stenographers, .... 1,399 00 



For printing, postage, stationery and other ollice expenses, . 1,356 33 

 For laboratory and experimental work (exclusive of glanders 



work), 230 08 



For implements, 179 74 



For expense of quarantine stations at Brighton? Watertown 



and Somerville, 3,390 87 



For expense of glanders work (including laboratory work), 3,424 98 



Total, $33,212 99 



This leaves a balance of $l(i, 787.01 to meet outstanding' 

 unsettled accounts and to carry on the work of the Bureau 

 until Dec. 31, 1902. 



It will be seen from the above that a balance of nearly 

 $17,000 was on hand after paying the bills that came in 

 December 1, which was ample for meeting the emergency 

 caused by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. It is 

 probable that, after paying the bills for the financial year, 

 claims fqr quarantine expenses, from owners who had cattle 

 quarantined because of foot and mouth disease, may be suf- 

 ficient to cause a deficiency in the appropriation made for 

 the use of the Cattle Bureau in 1902. Whether this will be 

 the case or not cannot very Avell be determined at the pres- 

 ent time. 



The object in reporting the outbreak of foot and mouth 

 disease at once to the federal authorities was to save the 

 State expense as far as possible, the national government 

 having furnished a large number of the veterinarians neces- 

 sary for inspecting animals, and seeing that they were 

 slaughtered, and also bearing a large share of the expense 

 for disinfecting ; the United States also paying 70 per cent 

 of the appraised value of the animals. If later the Legis- 

 lature decides that the owners of animals destroyed should 

 receive the other 30 per cent, the expense to the State will 

 not be very much, $30,000 or $40,000 ought to settle all 

 such claims. 



