No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLK BITRKAU. 251 



Duriiii!: the ye-Av oiidinu: Dec. 15, IDOH, there ha.s been 

 expended in the work of the Bureau as follows : — 



For 1,49H head of cattle eoudenined and killed as tuber- 

 culous, $33,713 00 



For 4 (juarantine claims, . . . . . , 9 75 



For expenses of killiuj; and burial, .... 66 78 



For expenses of arbitration, ...... o 75 



For 115 (piarantine expense claims on account of foot 



and mouth disease, ....... 9,699 40 



For salary of Chief of Bureau, 1,800 00 



For expenses of Chief of Bureau, ..... 72 93 



For services of agents, ....... 17,971 94 



For expenses of agents, ....... 7,998 55 



For salaries of clerks and stenographers, . . . 3,736 24 



For postage, printing, stationery and other ollice expenses, 2,538 34 

 For laboratory and experimental work, exclusive of 



glanders work, . . . . . . . . 143 25 



For implements, supj)lies and material for disinfecting, . 2,579 73 

 For expense of quai'antine stations at Brighton, Water- 

 town and Somerville, ....... 5,105 05 



For expense of glanders work, including killing and 



burial and laboratory work, ..... 6,766 77 



$92,207 48 



Unexpended balance, ....... $2,079 53 



During the year 308 cattle and 5 swine were reported to 

 the Bureau, by butchers, Tenderers and boards of health, as 

 having been found tuberculous at time of slaughter. These 

 animals were not quarantined, and are not included in the 

 1,496 head paid for as above. The average price paid for 

 cattle during: the vear was $22.59. 



Bills of 1902 unsettled at date of last report have been 

 paid during the year as follows : — 



347 cattle condemned and killed as tuberculous, . . $8,741 32 



Miscellaneous bills, 5,738 77 



Quarantine claims on account of foot and mouth disease, 6,967 65 



Total paid on 1902 account. 



$21,447 74 



By chapter 427, Acts of 1903, as provided in chapter 83, 

 Resolves of 1903, there was appropriated, to be paid out 

 under the direction of the Chief of the Cattle Biu-eau of the 



