The advocate., 1894-12-05

8ho cl8lHS penang IN Jn6 bureau uaFo nc
creased to more than 1900 during the year. A
large proportion of the new claims died are for
increase OF pension by those now on the rolls.
The number Of certificates issued was SO,2lS
The names dropped from the rolls for all
causes during the year numbered 81 ,9jl. Among
our pensioners are nine widows ana three
daughters Of soldiers Of the revolution, ana
forty-flVe survivors Of the war Of 1872
The completion of the eleventh census Is
now in charge OF the commissioner OF labor
The total disbursement on account OF the work
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, amount
ed TO S10,S6 676.s. At the close Of the year the
number OF persons employed in the census Of
fee was $40. AT present there are about 400.
The whole number Of volumes necessary to
comprehend the eleventh census will be
twenty five and they will contain 22,27O printed
pages.
Agricultural Matters.
The secretary OF agriculture in his report re-
views the operations Of his department
for the last fiscal year, and makes recommen-
dations for the further extension OF Its USE
fulness He reports a saving in expenditures 4
during the year Of 100000, which is covered
back into the treasury. This sum is % per
cent. of the entire appropriation, as special
study has been made Of the demand for Amer
lean farm products in all foreign markets, es-
pecially In Great Britain.
That country received from the United States
during the nine months ending September 81,
1894, 305 90 live beef cattle, valued at &55OO,-
900 as against 1891 cattle, valued at Sl664,-
900 during the same period for 1893. During
the first six months Of 1894 the United King
dom took also ll2,OOO,0)O pounds Of dressed
beef from the United States valued at nearly
SlOOO0OOO.
The report shows that during the nine months
United States exported to Great Britain 222,-
$4,000 pounds OF pork, OF apples 100000
bushels, valued at S2,5OO,OOO and OF
horses 28ll RJ an average value OF
Sl39 per head. There was falling of In Amer
ican wheat exports Of l3,5OO,0JO bushels and the
secretary is inclined to believe that wheat may
not in the future be the staple export cereal
product Of our country, but that corn Will con-
| tinue to advance in Importance as an export on
account Of the new uses to which 1t is con-
stantly being appropriated. The exports OF
| agricultural products from the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, amount
ed to 1925, ,36} 039, being 1928 per cent OF Amer
| lean exports of every description, and the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain took more
thon "a per cent. of all farm products finding
foreign markets.
The amount appropriated for the weather
! bureau was 1851 100. OF that sum Sl3S,5OO, or
| IA per cent, has been saved and Is returned to
! the treasury. The appropriation to the bureau
of animal industry was SS 00JO and the ex-
penditures for the year were only S495, ,429 "a
tNuS leaving uneXpended S35457O76. The in
spection Of beef animals for export and inter-
state trade has been continued and l2,94i,Oo0
head were inspected during the year at cost
of 1H cent per head against AZ cents for 1893,
The secretary Of agriculture recommends
| that the law providing for the microScopical
| inspection OF export and interstate meat be so
| amended as to compel owners OF the meat in
| spected to pay the cost of such inspection and
| l call attention to the arguments presented In
| his report in support Of this recommendation.
The live beef cattle exported and tagged dur
| ing the year numbered $685. This is an In
crease OF go 533 head over the previous year.
The office OF experiment stations, which is
part Of the United States department OF agri-
culture, has during the past year engaged itself
almost wholly In preparing for publication
works based upon the reports Of the agricult-
ural experiment stations and other institutions
for agricultural inquiry In the United States
and foreign countries.
The department expened In the fiscal year
1892 81 1854. SO and out OF that sum the total
amount expended in scientific research was
456 per cent But In the year ended June 81.
1894 out Of q total expenditure OF Sl,94o98o.SS
the department applied5l per cent. OF tnaI sum
to scientific works and investigation.
It is deemed possible that an agricultural
census may be taken each year through tne
agents OF the statistical division Of the depart
ment Such o course is commended for trial
by the chief OF that division. The work done
by the department of agriculture is very super
Hcially dealt with In this communication and 1
commend the report Of the secretary and the
very important interests with which 1t deals to
the careful attention OF the congress.
The Civil Service.
The advantages to the public service Of an
adherence to the principles Of civil service re-
form are constantly more apparent and moth
ing Is so encouraging to those in ofiicial life