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This amount is made up of the following items : — 



Balance of salary and expense account of 



1905, $306 95 



Balance of deficit appropriation for ac- 

 count of 1905, 908 05 



Balance of salary and expense account for 



1900, 892 84 



Balance of appropriation for general work 

 and available for unsettled accounts of 



1900, 9,528 61 



Total as above, .... $11,750 45 



From the sale of hides and carcasses of condemned animals, 

 sale of ear tags, testing cattle at Brighton for non- 

 resident owners, sale of waste paper, etc., there has 

 been received and paid into the State treasury, . $3,883 97 



The average price paid for condemned cattle during the 



year was ......... 20 70 



Under chapter 220, Acts of 1903, twenty -eight stamps for 

 the use of inspectors of meats and provisions have been 

 furnished to the boards of health of twenty-six cities 

 and towns. 



It will be seen by the foregoing statement that Nov. 30, 

 1906, between $9,000 and $10,000 remained of the appro- 

 priation for the general work of the Cattle Bureau for the 

 year ending that date ; when bills due for services of agents 

 and claims for condemned cattle are all in, this amount will 

 not be sufficient to settle them all, and it is estimated 

 that there Avill be a deficiency this year of from $5,000 to 

 $6,000. 



Estimates made to the Auditor imder the requirements of 

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

 30, 1907, are for $82,000, divided into $7,000 for the salary 

 of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, his clerk, extra clerical 

 assistance, printing, postage and general office and inci- 

 dental expenses, and $75,000 for the general outside work 

 in exterminating contagious diseases among horses and other 

 animals. 



The estimate of $7,000 is based on the same figures as the 

 last few years ; the estimate for the general expenses of the 

 Cattle Bureau in connection with the extirpation and control 



