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 150 F ORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 781. 1886. civilian mem- For the compensation of the two civilian members of the Naval Ad- ry ’ hundred and eighty-six, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars each for six months, and of two hundred and fifty dollars each for traveling and other expenses for six months, five thousand five hundred Promo. dollars: Provided, That the sum accepted by them under this act shall qompensstisn to be in full of all services rendered after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred be m ml- and eighty-six. CONTINGENT NAVY. Extraordinary For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or ¤1'P¤¤¤¤¤· abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. Bureau of Navi- BUREAU QF NAVIGATION. tion. gaE==9¢¤¤¤¤ sud Foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and '“PPh°’· materials in correcting compasses on board ships, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signallights, lanterns, rockets, runninglights, drawings and engravings for signal-books; compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendage of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for the cabin, ward-room, and steerage, and for the holds and spiritroom, for deck and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for ilags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other than that used in the engineer department; candles, when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights; chimneys and wicks, and soap used in the navigation department ; photographic instruments and materialsi stationery for commanders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courtsmartial; musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steeringsignals and indicators, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communications on board vessels of war; and for introducing and maintaining electric lights on board vessels of war, in all, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars. Special ,,,,.,.¤ For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof, four thousand surveys. dollars. 8,,,,,,., 0;;,;,,,. For preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the ican coast. Mexican coast, and for publishing the same, seven thousand dollars. (,mp.¤,.m¤¤g For completing compassftesting houses, and furniture for same, two houses. thousand dollars. . contingent sx. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely; For psnscs. freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and telegraphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes and materials, furniture, stationery, and fuel for navigation ouices at navy-yards, and all other contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. Transit ofVenus. For the completion and other expenses connected with the reduction f¤:¤Pl¤¤q¤.<>*¢=·» of the observations of the transit of Venus, in eighteen hundred and ° ° “°"“°‘°“· seventyionr and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to he expended p,.,,,,,,,,_ under the direction of the Transit of Venus Commission: Provided, dnhrrocprggy to be That said Commission shall deliver all the instruments and other public 'v w property in its possession into the custody of the Secretar of the N av om] ,,,.;,;,1;,;,. For the civil establishment at navy—yards and stations, including ment master of tugs, storekeepcrs, clerks, writers, and all clerical work, nine thousand dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such services.
 * ’°"°i,§:;3‘1 M‘””‘ visory Board for the time they may serve after June thirtieth, eighteen
 * ""'°"h" N"? three thousand dollars. y Y,