Detailed statement of the contingent appropriations of the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914-Continued. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-Contd. Detailed statement of the contingent appropriations of the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914-Continued. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-Contd. Detailed statement of the contingent appropriations of the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914-Continued. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-Contd. Detailed statement of the contingent appropriations of the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914-Continued. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-Contd. Expenditures as per statement. Supplies drawn from "Contingent expenses, Navy Department". Additional adjustments to be made by the Auditor for the Navy Department.. $17,686. 65 364.51 29.17 8.98 356.21 18, 445. 52 304.48 18,750.00 IRRIGATION PROJECTS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ETC. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMITTING STATEMENT OF COST ACCOUNT OF MONEYS EXPENDED ON EACH IRRIGATION PROJECT ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ALLOTMENTS AND LANDS. DECEMBER 9, 1914.-Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustration. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: The act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stats., 270) provides that the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to Congress annually a cost account of all moneys, from whatever source derived, expended on each irrigation project on Indian reservations, allotments and lands for the preceding fiscal year, and the act of August 1, 1914 (Public, No. 160), provides: * * * and annually thereafter the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to Congress a cost account in detail of all moneys, from whatever source derived, expended on each such irrigation project for the preceding fiscal year, including a résumé of previous expenditures, which shall show the number of Indians on the reservation where the land is irrigated, irrigable area under ditch, irrigable area under project (approximate), irrigable area cultivated by Indians, irrigable area cultivated by lessees, amount expended on construction to June thirtieth of the preceding fiscal year, amount necessary to complete, and cost per acre when completed (estimated); value of land when irrigated, and such other detailed information as may be requisite for a thorough understanding of the conditions on each system or project. * In compliance with these provisions I transmit herewith a table showing briefly the information which can be reduced to tabulated form. The cost data in the table is divided into three sections. First, showing the operations during the fiscal year 1914, and the second section showing the total cost to June 30, 1914. The data in this part of the table is compiled from cost reports submitted by the engineers in charge of the various works. The third part of the cost statement represents the total amount of all money from whatever source derived, expended on the reservations or projects named |