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 216 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359. 1878. Publishing <>l»· Publishing observations: For continuing the publication of observa- °°"““°“°· tions, and their discussion, made in the progress of the Coast Survey, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the Government Printing Office, six thousand dollars. G o n e r sl ex- General expenses: For rent of buildings for offices, work-rooms, and Penne;. workshops in Washington, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars. For rent of fire proof building, number two hundred and tive, New Jersey avenue south (excepting rooms for standard weights and measures), for the safe-keeping and preservation of the original astronomical, magnetic, hydrographic, and other records; the original topographical and hydrographic maps and charts; instruments, engraved plates, and other valuable articles of the Coast Survey, five thousand dollars. For rent of sub-office at San Francisco, two thousand dollars. For fuel for all the offices and buildings, two thousand dollars. For transportation of instruments, maps, and charts; the purchase of new instruments, books, maps, and charts; gas and other miscellaneous expenses, nine thousand four hundred dollars. Bale of ohms. That the charts published by the Coast Survey shall be sold at the office at Washington at the price of the printing and paper thereof, and elsewhere at the same price with the average cost of delivery added Liu freq .1;.;,-41,.., thereto; and hereafter there shall be no free distribution of such charts ¢i<>n,e=v¤:p¢,vw· except to the departments of the United States and to the several States and officers of the United States requiring them for public use, in accordance with the act of June third eighteen hundred and forty four. Rom of adverse- That hereafter all advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, im and all forms of advertising required by law for the several departments of the government may be paid for at a price not to exceed the commercial rates charged to private individuals, with the usual discounts; such rates to be ascertained from sworn statements to be furnished by the proprietors or publishers of the newspapers proposing so pmyqm to advertise: Provided, That all advertising in newspapers since the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eventy-seven, shall be audited and paid at like rates; but the heads of the several departments may secure lower terms at special rates whenever the public interest requires it MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. National our- Expenses of national currency: For paper, engraving, printing ex- ’°¤°Y· press charges, and other expenses, one hundred and thirty two thousand dollars. Transportation Transportation of United States securities: For transportation of ef ¤¤<=¤¤¤i<>¤- notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, sixty-five thou- _ sand dollars. Food-rlsbes. Propagation of foodiishes: For the introduction of shad into the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic States, the Gulf States, and of the Mississippi Valley, and of salmon, whiteilsh, and other useful foodiishes, into the waters of the United States to which they are best adapted; and for continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of foodtishes of the United States, nfty thousand dollars; which shall Detail ojboot. be immediately available. And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to detail the team-ferry-boat Burlington, now at League Island, Philadelphia, for use by the United States Fish Commission, in the propagation of shad and other useful foodhshes along the coasts of Proviao. the United States: Provided, That she is not required for the legitimate purposes of the Navy. Illustrations for Report on Food Fishes: For preparation of illustrations for the Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, one thousand dollars. Woi g hts and Standard weights and measures: For construction and verification of ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤>¤· standard weights and measures for the custom-houses of the United States, and for the several States and of metric standards for the same,