INSTRUCTIONS. 
Every officer or other employee of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture conducting work while travel¬ 
ing will, so far as practicable, keep a diary in which 
will be recorded, under an appropriate date entry, 
a concise statement of all important matters per¬ 
taining to such work and also of any general 
matters that may be of interest to the Department. 
This diary will be retained by the official pre¬ 
paring same, but will be subject to call by the 
administrative officers of the Department, includ¬ 
ing the Disbursing Officer, at any time. 
When this book is filled another may be secured 
by application to the Chief of your Bureau or to 
the Disbursing Officer of the Department. 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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