Slight investigation. however. will disclose the fact that the statistics published by the various Departments are in most cases merely incidental. the work of collating and tabulating the statistics being necessary to the determination of questions growing out of or constantly arising from the conduct of the business of such Departments. This work would continue in the Departments irrespective of any independent statistical bureau. the only expense attending the conveyance of the information contained in the tabulated statements to the public being the cost of printing and publication. For instance. the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department publishes monthly and annual reports of a statistical nature and of great value. relative to exports and imports. immigration. coinage. currency. national banks. clearinghouse transactions. tc.. but the data are obtained wholly from the reports of officials f the Treasury Department. The Bureau of Statistics may be aid to be the "bookkeeping" branch of the Treasury Department. nd essentially necessary thereto. but there is no collection of riginal data as in the census work. and not a point of similarity n their methods. Other bureaus and Departments publish reports containing staistics secured in prosecuting the work for which they are mainained. some of which have been partly included in the census nvestigations. and in order to avoid the possible charge of dupliating work. and thereby duplicating expenditures. the subjects aentioned above have been omitted from the inquiries imposed n the Census Office by this bill.
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