and the extension of the work at the experiment station in Guam, and $6,000 to provide for bringing up to date the work of the Experiment Station Record. Ten thousand dollars is provided to carry forward the work in nutrition investigations, and the appropriation for irrigation and drainage is increased by $10,000. The total increase for the Office of Experiment Stations is $34,820.

OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS.

It is recommended that the salary of the director be increased from $2,750 to $3,000. One clerk at $900 has been added, two clerks at $720 each have been dropped and places aggregating $4,360 have been transferred from the lump-fund roll, leaving the total appropriation for the salaries in this office $290 less than the current law. An increase of $29,360 has been recommended for the general expenses of the office and is deemed necessary to meet the increasing demands.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The appropriation of $10,000 carried in the current law for tests of paper-making material is repeated in the present bill.

The sum of $10,000 appropriated for the current year to investigate the naval-stores industry is dropped from this bill, the work having been completed.

The provision in the current law of $40,000 for the purchase of the national bison range in Montana is dropped and $3,000 is given to the Bureau of Biological Survey for the maintenance of the range.

NEW LANGUAGE.

In the Bureau of Animal Industry provision is made "for the purchase of additional land for the bureau experiment station at Bethesda, Md., not to exceed $25,000."

In the Forest Service the words "to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same," which were omitted by mistake from the current law, are restored.

In the Bureau of Biological Survey there is a provision "for the maintenance of the Montana national bison range and other reservations for mammals and birds."

In the Division of Publications an item is inserted "for labor-saving machinery for addressing and mailing documents, including necessary supplies."

In the Office of Experiment Stations a limitation is placed upon the appropriation for the experiment station at Guam as follows: "Including not to exceed $1,500 for the purchase of land."

Under the heading "Nutrition investigations," the language of last year's bill, which provided for the setting up and completing of certain apparatus, has been omitted, as that work has been done, and the language of former bills providing for carrying the work forward has been restored.

At the end of the bill the following new provisions are inserted:

And not to exceed ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects included within the general

expenses of such bureau, division, or office; but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency, and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of Agriculture.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the Department of Agriculture to make assignments of their pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the said department.

REARRANGEMENT.

The bill has been rearranged with a view to more closely itemizing the lump-fund appropriations, and in doing this some changes have necessarily been made in the wording of the current law. With the exceptions above noted, however, no new matter affecting in any way the scope of the department or the work of any bureau, division, or office has been inserted.

The following statement summarizes the appropriations for the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture, showing the increases or decreases of the present bill as compared with the current law:

AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORIES.

JANUARY 25, 1909.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. HAMILTON, from the committee of conference, submitted the

following

CONFERENCE REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 21957.]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill H. R. 21957, entitled "A bill relating to affairs in the Territories," having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, and 45.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 28, 29, 30, and 46, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 15:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 15 and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out insert the following:

Sec. 11. That no person shall receive a license to practice medicine or surgery, or any of the departments thereof, within the Territory of Alaska until he or she shall have, first, submitted a diploma issued by some legally chartered medical school authorizing the holder thereof to practice medicine or surgery, the requirements for graduation of which medical school shall have been at the time of granting said diploma in no particular less than those prescribed by the Association of American Medical Colleges for that year, or, second, submitted proof of having practiced medicine or surgery, or both, for a period of not less than three successive years continuously prior to the passage of this Act and within the jurisdiction of one of the judicial districts of Alaska. And that the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 17:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17 and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out insert the following:

Sec. 13. That any applicant for license to practice medicine or surgery within the Territory of Alaska, not in possession of the credentials

specified in section three of this act, may obtain a license at the discretion of the clerk of the district court to whom he applies upon furnishing a properly attested statement, to wit: That he or she is a bona fide resident of Alaska, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine exclusively within the Territory of Alaska for a period of not less than three successive years immediately prior to the passage of this act. The application shall be accompanied by the written recommendation of three bona fide residents of the judicial district wherein the applicant desires to practice, one of whom must be a physician holding a license under section three of this act, and shall state in a general way applicant's character and professional ability.

And that the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 41:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 41 and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out insert the following:

That the act of the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric light and power within the district of Wailuku, on the island and county of Maui, Territory of Hawaii," passed by the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii on the twentyfourth and twenty-fifth days of April, anno Domini nineteen hundred and seven, be, and is hereby, amended, and as so amended is ratified, approved, and confirmed, as follows, to wit:

"Act 105.

"An act to authorize and provide for the manufacture, maintenance, distribution, and supply of electric light and power within the district of Wailuku, on the island and county of Maui, Territory of Hawaii.

"Be it enacted by the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, That II. P. Baldwin, R. A. Wadsworth, J. N. S. Williams, D. C. Lindsay, C. D. Lufkin, James L. Coke, and W. T. Robinson, together with their associates, hereafter called 'The Company,' and their respective successors and assigns, be, and hereby are, vested with the right, authority, and privileges, from and after the passage of this act, to manufacture, sell, furnish, and supply electric light, electric current, or electric power, in the district of Wailuku, on the island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, for lighting the streets, roads, public or private buildings, or for motive power, or for any other purpose which they may deem advisable, and from time to time, for the purposes above mentioned, and subject to the approval and supervision of the boards or officials having charge of said streets or roads, to construct, maintain, and operate suitable poles, lines, wires, cables, lamps, lamp-posts, conductors, conduits, and such other appliances and appurtenances as may from time to time be necessary for the transmission, distribution, or supply of electricity to consumers thereof, under, along, upon, and over the streets, sidewalks, roads, squares, bridges, alleys, and lanes in said district of Wailuku, on the island of Maui, and to connect the said lines, wires, and conductors with any manufactory, private or public buildings, lamps, lamp-posts, or other structure or object with the place of supply.