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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



CONTRACT FOR SEEDS. 



A contract for seeds for Congressional distribution, on account of 

 the $170,000 appropriated for the "Purchase and distribution of val- 

 uable seeds, 1901," was awarded to the lowest bidder, The New York 

 Market Gardeners' Association, A. C. Nellis, manager, in the gross 

 sum of $68,874.12, with the privilege of $40,000 additional at prices 

 fixed by said contract. 



ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS. 



The estimates of appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1902, 

 were prepared in this office according to the usual practice, and were 

 submitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury, accom- 

 panied by an explanation of all changes from the appropriations of 

 the preceding year. The estimates for 1902, including $720,000 for 

 agricultural experiment stations, carried an increase over the appro- 

 priations for 1901 of $444,050, and amounted in the aggregate to 

 $4,467,550. The estimates included an item for $200,000 for new 

 laboratory buildings. No appropriation, however, was made for these 

 buildings. 



For 1902, Congress appropriated $114,870 more than was estimated 

 for by the Department, as shown in the following table. Of this sum, 

 $100,000 was for seeds for Congressional distribution. 



Appropriations and estimates for 1902. 



Object. 



Amount ap- 

 propriated 

 for 1902. 



Amount es- 

 timated for 

 1903. 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Library 



Contingent expenses 



Animal quarantine stations 



Collecting agricultural statistics a 



Botanical investigations and experiments . . 



Entomological investigations 



Vegetable pathological investigations 



Biological investigations 



Pomological investigations. 



Laboratory 



Forestry investigations 



Experimental gardens and grounds 



Soil investigations 



Grass and forage-plant investigations 



Irrigation investigations 



Agricultural experiment stations [$789,000] 1 



Nutrition investigations - 



Arlington experimental farm 



Plans for building 



Public-road inquiries 



Publications, including Farmers 1 Bulletins . 

 Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds 

 Investigating production of domestic sugar 



Tea-culture investigations 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Total 



WEATHER BUREAU 



Salaries 



Fuel, lights, and repairs - 



Contingent expenses 



General expenses 



Meteorological observation stations 



Buildings 



Total, Weather Bureau - 



Grand total 



$373. 



7i 



37, 



25, 



120, 

 45, 

 25, 

 60, 

 20, 

 20, 

 24, 



146. 



20; 



91. 



20, 



50. 



69; 



20, 



10, 



5, 



20, 



173, 



270, 



5, 



7, 



1,050, 



820.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000. CO 

 500.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 500.00 

 280.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000. K) 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 

 000.00 



$334,230.00 



7,000.00 



37,000.00 



25,000.00 



135,000.00 

 35,000.00 

 25,000.00 

 50,000.00 

 27,500.00 

 19,500.00 

 33,500.00 



180,000.00 

 25,000.00 



105,000.00 

 17,000.00 

 75,000.00 

 81,000.00 

 20,000.00 

 10, 000. 00 



20, 000. 00 



107,500.00 



170,000.00 



7,000.00 



5,000.00 



1,100,000.00 



2, 714, 100. 00 



5,651,230.00 



159, 820. 00 



9,000.00 



8,000.00 



865,500.00 



60,000.00 



46,000.00 



155,320.00 

 9,000.00 

 8,000.00 



868,000.00 



60,000.00 



6,000.00 



1,148,320.00 



1,096,320.00 



3,862,420.(10 



3,747,550.00 



*Of this amount $720,000 is paid directly to the experiment stations from the Treasury 

 Department. 



