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by the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, telephone lines, 
and other permanent improvements. 
The amount allotted to the Bureau of Plant Industry includes 
^97,000 for the investigation and control of plant diseases (^"73,000 for 
the cotton boll weevil); ^34,300 for the improvement of grazing lands 
and the encouragement of improved methods of farm management ; 
^29,800 for dry farming experiments and the utilisation of reclaimed 
land; ;£i 18,000 for the investigations and improvement of various crops, 
including breeding, seed testing, methods of production and sale; and 
^60,400 for the purchase and distribution of valuable plants and seeds. 
The chief items in the expenditure sanctioned for the Office of 
Experiment Stations are ,£331,800 for the establishment of and con- 
tributions towards the maintenance of experiment stations, including 
some administrative expenses in connection therewith, ^3,100 for 
nutrition investigations, and ^41,700 for irrigation and drainage 
investigations. 
Excluding the amount paid in salaries, the chief expenses of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry are for the inspection and quarantine of 
animals, ^137,000; eradication of southern cattle tick, £"52, 100; dairy- 
ing experiments, ^"31,250; animal husbandry experiments, £9,900; 
investigations in connection with animal diseases, £16,400; and 
co-operative experiments in breeding and feeding, £10,400. 
The expenses of the Bureau of Chemistry include £127,100 for the 
enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act, which came into force in 1906 ; 
and those of the Bureau of Entomology, £51,600 for investigations of 
insects and £59,300 for action against the gypsy and brown-tail moths. 
The Office of Public Roads is a section of the Department which has 
been established to inquire into systems of road-making, materials, 
management, construction, &c, and to give expert advice thereon. 
The expenses of the various divisions of the Department are given 
below, together with the figures for 1905-6, as the comparison shows 
the directions in which the expenditure has been chiefly extended : — 
19l T 
190^-6. 
£ 
Office of the Secretary ... 
57,600 
23,000 
Weather Bureau 
333.403 
290, 2 OO 
Bureau of Animal Industry 
344>7oo 
320,800 
,, Plant Industry 
429,500 
l6 1, 80O 
Forest Service ... 
.. 1.152,700 
182,300 
Bureau of Chemistry ... 
200,800 
32,300 
,, Soils... 
54,6co 
42,600 
,, Entomology .. 
125,400 
23,900 
,, Biological Survey ... 
29, ICO 
I0,800 
Division of Accounts and Disbursements 
20,300 
6,700 
,, Publications 
43,700 
51,400 
Bureau of Statistics 
48,250 
41,900 
Library ... 
8,403 
4,400 
Office of Experiment Stations... 
Public Roads.. . 
388,300 
191,200 
33, 500 
10,400 
Budget of the Belgian Ministry of Agriculture for 1910. — Provision 
was made in the Belgian Budget of 1910 for an expenditure on agri- 
culture of £508,000. Of this amount, £9,500 was extraordinary or 
non-recurring expenditure. The recurring expenditure of £498,500 
was made up of the items which are shown in the statement on the 
following page (Bulletin du Ministere de Vlnterieur et de V Agriculture, 
January — August, 19 10) : — 
