FIFIY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 1405. 1905. 879 téypes, and for traveling expenses when necessary; thirty thousand _ ollars for labor and material required in the distribution of documents, including wagons, harness, and horses, and maintenance of same, and for repairs; or rent of buildings for the storage and distribution of R°“*- publications; for the (pay of watchmen and charwomen; for all neces- w'*°*‘”*°"·°'”- sarv office iixtures an supplies; for gas and electric current, telegraph and telephone services, and for such other expenses as may be necessary; in all, one hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifay dollars. otal for Division of Publications, two hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. BUREAU OF STATISTICS; °“'“‘"°"°“°“°i°‘ Sammns, Burman or STATISTICS2 One statistician, who shall be S“"““· chief of Bureau, three thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant statistician, who shall be assistant chief of Bureau, two thousand two hundred dollars; one editorial assistant, two thousand three hundred dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; nine clerks, class four, sixteen_thousand two hundred dollars; six clerks, class three, nine thousand six hundred dollars; twelve clerks, class two, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each, two thousand six hundred dollars; thirteen clerks, class one, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten clerks (now laborers), at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; tive clerks (now laborers), at six hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; two messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; in all, ninety-seven thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. COLLECTING Aemourrromn srurrsricsz General expenses, Bureau §'§{}§c"§,f;,Q§Qf;§g of Statistics: Collecting domestic and foreign agricu tural statistics, compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly,` annual, and special reports; special investigations and compilations; subscription to, and purchase of, statistical and newspaper publications containing data for permanent comparative records; maps and charts, stationery, office supplies, blanks, blank books, circulars, paper, envelopes, postal cards, postage stamps, office fixtures, telegraph and telephone services, freight and express charges, including employment o labor in the city o Washingtoii and elsewhere, actua an necessary traveling expenses: Provided, That the monthly crop ,7{',}’{§}, ,,,0,, ,, reports issued on the t ird and tenth days of each month shall embrace Wmstatements of the conditions of the crops by States, in the United States, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to and officially approved by the Secretary of Agriculture before being issued or published, ninety-three thousand nine hundred dollars, of which not more than twenty thousand dollars shall be ingelofu i¤ W¤¤¤· ex nded for salaries in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.. lfivestigations concerning the feasibility of extending the demands mf{;;_¤*°”°“°'°*¤“ of foreign markets for the agricultural products of the Inited States, ` and to secure as far as may be a change in the methods of supplyin farm products to foreign countries; employment of local and speci:5 agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in making investiations in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such investigations; traveling expenses, and freight and express charges; telephone and
