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 428 FOR.TY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. (Ju. 344. 1885. Test of breech- For the completion and public test of two breech-loading riile 0i\Dll0D 1°“““8 'm° °‘“" of the larger calibers now in course of construction for the Lavy, with °°°’ carriages and ammunition for both, eighty thousand dollars. ¢¤¤¤vl¤¤i;>¤ ¢> f For completing a six—inch wire-wound gun, four thousand dollars. WIIO-W0‘II.D . TM ¤*' Agia'? For testing American armor made of American material, twenty-five °“ "“‘°’· thousand dollars. R¤P·i¤¤» ¢>¤>· For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun-parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand dollars. _ Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees, cartage and express charges, repairs to iircengines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at magazines, toll ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, three thousand dollars. Civil establish- For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand mont- dollars. Torpedo corps. For the torpedo corps, namely : For labor, material, freight and express charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo outiits, sixty thousand dollars. BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 1;,,,,;,,,,,,,,,, of For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships' use, invenels. cluding expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heating apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad. and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards, eight hundred thousand dollars. For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for the naval service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, thirty thousand dollars. contingent ox- For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra expwm penses of training- ships, freight aud transportation of equipment stores, printing,advertising,telegraphing,books and models, postage, terriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assistance to vessels in distress, continuous-service certificates and good-conduct badges for enlisted men, school-books for training-ships, medals for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of Bureau of Equipment and liecruiting unforeseen and impossible to classily, fifteen thousand dollars. Cixi] ,,m,u,y,. d For the civil establishment at navy yards and stations, nine thousand DW dollars. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. y,,,;,,,,d,;,,,;,_ For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freight; and transportation of materials and stores, books, models, maps, and drawings; purchase and repair of  machinery; repairs on steam re-engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber. wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy yards; tools and repairs of the same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service; telegrams; furniture for Government houses and offices in the navy yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of public buildings; attendance on llres, lights, tire-engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental labor at