Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents, July 1912
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Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents No. 211 July, 1912 ISSUED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1912 Abbreviations Appendix...................................... ...... app. 1 Page, pages............................. ___ P. Congress......................................... ...Cong. Part, parts............................. pt., pts. Consular......................................... ... .cons. Plate, plates.......................... ____Pl- Department................................... ...Dept. Portrait, portraits.................. ___por. Document...................................... .......doc. Quarto............ ...................... ____ 4° Executive...................................... ........ex. Report.................................. Facsimile, facsimiles...................... ..facsim. Saint..................................... ........... St. Folio............................................... ........... fo Section, sections.................... ..........sec. House............................................. ......... H. Senate................................... .............S. House concurrent resolution.......... H. C. R. Senate concurrent resolution. ...S. C. R. House document........................... ..H. doc. Senate document.................. ....S. doc. House executive document........... Senate executive document.. S. ex. doc. House joint resolution................... Senate joint resolution.......... ...S. J. R. House report.................................. Senate report......................... ....... House resolution (simple).............. Senate resolution (simple).... ...... O. XV . Illustration, illustrations............... .........11. Session................................... ..........sess. Inch, inches..................... ........... ........... in. Sixteenmo............................. ...........16» Latitude........................................ ........... lat. Statutes at large.................... ...Stat. L. Leaf, leaves.................................... .............. 1. Table, tables......................... ......... tab. Longitude..................................... ....... long. Thirtytwo-mo....................... ...........32» Mile, miles.................................... ............. m. Treasury............................... .......Treas. Miscellaneous................................ mis., misc. Twelvemo........ .................... ...........12® Nautical........................................ ........ naut. Twentyfour-mo..................... ...........24® No date......................................... ..........n. d. Versus................................... ......vs., v. No place........................................ ..........n. p. Volume, volumes.................. ....V., vol. Number, numbers......................... ...no., nos. Year...................................... Octavo.......................................... ............... 8° Common abbreviations for names of States and months are also used. H. or S. followed by a number stands for House bill or Senate bill, respectively. * Document for sale by Superintendent of Documents. f Distribution by office issuing document, free if unaccompanied by a price. t Document not obtainable. Explanation Words and figures inclosed in brackets [] are given for information, but do not appear on the title-pages of the publications catalogued. When size is not given, octavo is to be understood. Size of maps is measured from outer edge of border, including margin. The dates, including day, month, and year, given with Senate and House documents and reports, are the dates on which they were ordered to be printed. Usually the printing promptly follows the ordering, but various causes sometimes make delays. When Congress and session are not given with the number of Senate and House documents and reports, 62d Congress, 2d session, is to be understood. 2 Gener al Informati on The Superintendent of Documents is authorized to sell at cost any public document in his charge, the distribution of which is not otherwise provided for. Documents can not be supplied by this Office free to individuals, nor can they be forwarded in advance of payment. Documents entered in this catalogue that are for sale by the Superin- tendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., are indicated by a star (♦) preceding the price named. A dagger (t) indicates that application should be made to the Department, Bureau, or Division issuing the document, a double dagger (t) indicates that the document is not obtainable, and whenever addi- tional information concerning the method of procuring a document seems neces- sary it will be found under the name of the Bureau. 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The 1911 Annual report of the commissioner of education, v. 2, p. 709, says: I he expenses of public schools in the nation as a whole are three times as great as they were in 1890 and twice as great as in 1900.” This is certainly a lapid growth in expenditure, but there are many worse ways of spending public money than in expanding and improving the schools. The Index to the Treasury decisions for the first half of the year 1912 is now ready. 5 cents. An interesting study in educational history is Bulletin 12, Series of 1912, Edu- cation Bureau, The Dutch schools of New Netherland and colonial New York. Mr. Frank Bond, chief clerk of the General Land Office, is the author of a recent publication of the office entitled Historical sketch of “ Louisiana ” and the Louisiana Purchase, with a statement of other acquisitions. The work contains 7 page-size colored maps and is sold by the Superintendent of Docu- ments at 10 cents. The pecan is the title of Plant Industry Bureau Bulletin 251, an illustrated pamphlet of 58 pages, giving much-called-for information concerning the favor- ite American nut. How to grow it and how to market