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considered to be finally accepted until they have reached ; a 

 post-office. Senders should accordingly take care that parcels 

 handed to a mail cart driver do not exceed the limit of weight 

 (11 lb.), and that they bear the correct amount of postage. 



In cases where a sufficient number of parcels are regularly 

 despatched, arrangements will be made, if desired, for their 

 collection from the sender's premises, either every week-day or 

 on certain specified days each week. , 



The Budget of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 for the year ending June 30th, 1905, which|]has received the sanc- 

 tion of the Senate, amounts to £1, 265,000. 



T Dep^tment a of S In the Re P ort of the Senate Committee or. 

 Agriculture. the Bill it is mentioned that fears have been 

 expressed that the appropriations for the 

 Department are increasing faster than the public good demands, 

 but that in proportion to the area of agricultural land and the 

 number of people engaged, the United States is spending less in 

 aid of agriculture than many other Governments. There is, 

 however, reason for more liberal expenditure than in European 

 countries, where many years of experience have settled the 

 crops and methods suited to their conditions, whereas in the 

 United States new crops are constantly being introduced and 

 new areas brought under cultivation. ( 

 The rapid development which has taken place in this Depart- 

 ment during the past ten years is shown by the fact that 

 whereas the total outlay in 1895-6 was £659,000, in 1904-5 the 

 sum provided is nearly double that figure. The cost of the 

 principal sections of the Department was fixed as follows : — 





Sum granted 





in 1904-5. 







Weather Bureau 



278,800 



Bureau of Animal Industry * 



289,100 



„ Plant Industry 



158,400 



j, Forestry ... 



93.750 



,, Chemistry 



36,250 



„ Soils ... ... 



5i>°50 



,, Entomology 



18,250 



Biological Survey 



11,000 



Publications 



50,100 



Statistics ... 



41,100 



Agricultural Experiment Stations 



169,800 



J A briet description of the work of the>Bureau of Animal Industry is given 

 on page 163. 



