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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; ^118,000 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 : — 







1905-6. 







£ 



Office of the Secretary ... 



57,600 



23,000 



Weather Bureau 



•• 333,403 



290,200 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



344,700 



• 320,800 



,, Plant Industry 



429,500 



161,800 



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 



10,800 



Division of Accounts and Disbursements 



20,300 



6,700 



,, Publications 



43,700 



51,400 



Bureau of Statistics 



48,250 



41,900 



Library ... . ~ ... ... 



8,400 



4,400 



Office of Experiment Stations... 



388,300 



191, 200 



Public Roads.. . 



33,500 



10,460 



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 VInterieur et de V Agriculture, 

 January — August, 1910) : — 



