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Reprints of U publications were made to the total number of 70,500 

 copies. 



On July 1, 1903, 6 bulletins, including Part II of A Primer of For- 

 estry, were in the hands of the printer. 



Photographic Laboratory. 



Since the beginning of the fiscal year the photographic laboratory 

 has been fully equipped for work in all branches of photography. 

 With these improved facilities it was possible, with the same person- 

 nel as last year, to accomplish -25 per cent more work. The number 

 of films and plates developed was 6,563; prints and copies made, 

 15,473; mounts, 4,747; lantern slides, 746, and blueprints, 167— a 

 total of 27,696 items of work performed during the year. 



Instruments. 



The large increase in the field work of the Bureau made necessary 

 the purchase of many additional instruments. The expenditure for 

 instruments and field equipment during the fiscal year was $7,170.16, 

 or 2^ per cent of the total appropriation. 



Supplies. 



Strict economy has been observed in the purchase of supplies, which 

 were paid for entirelj^ from the funds of the Bureau of Forestry. No 

 supplies of any kind were furnished from the contingent fund of the 

 Department. The expenditure for supplies was $9,762.59, or 3^ per 

 cent of the total appropriation. 



Accounts. 



The system of accounts introduced in the Bureau of Forestry at the 

 beginning of the fiscal year 1902 has continued in operation, with 

 extremely satisfactory results. 



Drafting. 



With the rapid extension of the field work of the Bureau the 

 demands for drafting increased considerably and the employment of 

 two additional draftsmen became necessary. The work consisted of 

 making maps for working plans and planting plans; illustrations, dia- 

 grams, and tables for bulletins of the Bureau ; maps of forest reserves ; 

 maps of regions investigated; and entering silvicultural data upon 

 maps. A record of all forest reserves, with their boundaries and 

 descriptions, was kept posted, as heretofore. 



Expenditures. 



The expenditures during the past year in records, which includes 

 printing, instruments, su plies, and rent, amounted to $00,264.55, or 

 30. 9 per cent of the total l propriation for the Bureau. 



The expenditures for Bureau supervision and co ntrol in salaries and 

 traveling expenses amounted to 118,613.21, or 6.4 per cent of the total 

 appropriation for the Bureau. 



