AN EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM OF CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL OF RESEARCH IN STATE GOVERNMENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL IN ILLINOIS -- GENERAL VIEW OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS -- ACCOUNTING CONTROL -- BUDGET CONTROL -- CURRENT REVIEW OF VOUCHERS -- CENTRALIZED PURCHASING -- THE CONTROL OF PRINTING -- THE CONTROL OF TRAVEL -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER III CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL IN OHIO -- GENERAL VIEW OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS -- ACCOUNTING CONTROL -- BUDGET CONTROL -- CURRENT REVIEW OF VOUCHERS -- CENTRALIZED PURCHASLNG -- THE CONTROL OF PRINTING -- THE CONTROL OF TRAVEL -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER IV CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL IN WISCONSIN -- GENERAL VIEW OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS -- ACCOUNTING CONTROL -- BUDGET CONTROL -- CURRENT CONTROL OF VOUCHERS -- CENTRALIZED PURCHASING -- THE CONTROL OF PRINTING -- THE CONTROL OF TRAVEL -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER V CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS -- GENERAL VIEW OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS -- ACCOUNTING CONTROL -- BUDGET CONTROL -- CURRENT REVIEW OF VOUCHERS -- CENTRALIZED PURCHASING -- THE CONTROL OF PRINTING -- THE CONTROL OF TRAVEL -- THE CONTROL OF PERSONNEL -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER VI CENTRAL CONTROL OF RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO -- GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY -- APPOINTMENTS -- ACCOUNTING CONTROL -- BUDGET CONTROL -- ITEMIZATION -- CURRENT REVIEW OF VOUCHERS -- CENTRALIZED PURCHASING -- PRINTING AND PUBLICATION -- THE CONTROL OF TRAVEL -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER VII CONTROL OF RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES -- CHAPTER VIII SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONTROL OF RESEARCH -- CHAPTER IX THE LIMITS OF CENTRAL FINANCIAL CONTROL IN RELATION TO THE PROSECUTION OF RESEARCH IN STATE GOVERNMENT -- Publications of the National Research Council.