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 960 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 542. 1891. rei-ty expenses- For continuing the survey of the coasts of Oregon and Washing- "”““”“°“· ton, including offshore hydrography, and to continue the survey of the Columbia River from the mouth of the Willamette toward the Cascades, triangulation, topography, and hydrography, twenty-nve thousand dollars; For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska, and making hydrographic surveys in the same, and for the establishment of astronomical, longitude, and magnetic stations between Sitka and the southern end of the Territory, ten thousand dollars; For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, eight thousand dollars; For examination into re rted dangers on the Eastern Gulf, and Pacino coasts, nve hundredpdollars; To continue magnetic observations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacino coasts, and at San Antonio Magnetic Observatory, two thousand nve hundred dollars; ` For continuing the line of exact levels westward from the vicinity of J efferson City, Missouri, eastward from the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee; westward from Old Point Comfort, Virginia, and eastward from San Francisco, California, five thousand dollars; For continuing tidal observations on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacino coasts, nve thousand dollars; · To continue gravity experiments, at a cost not exceeding five hundred dollars per station, except for s ecial investigations and experiments authorized by the Supeiintendbnt at one or more stations, two thousand nve hundred dollars; For furnishing points to State surveys, to be applied as far as pracltipaple in States where points have not been furnished, ten thousan dollars; For determination of geographical positions (longitude parties), three thousand dollars; For continuing the transcontinental geodetic work on the line between the Atlantic and Pacino Oceans, including a primary base in the vicinity of Salt Lake, and check bases in Ohio and Indiana, twenty-two thousand dollars; To continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot and to make s e- cial hydrographic examinations for the same, four thousand filve hundred dollars; "f¤‘¤*¤“¤8°¤¥>¤¤¤°¤ For traveling exlpenses of officers and inen of the Navy on duty, and for any specia surveys that may be required by the Light—House Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident th;reto,Jl1ree thousand n)ve hundredddollars;, U¤:z¤¤¤"<>bJ¤¤¢¤¤<;§ or o jects not erein efore name that ma be deemed ur ent °°"””°°’f°" “°m°°‘ including the actual necessary expenses of officlers of the field force tem iorarily ordered to the oince at Washington for consultation with the Superintendent, to be paid as directed by the Superintendent, in C t h t_ I accordance with the Treasury regulations, seven thousand dollars; ,,,,.,§’,[',,Q,,,§ ‘°{‘,,,$,°d,,,§‘é For contribution to the Internatmnal Geodetic Association for the yggggggntfgp gigs Measurement of the Earth, four hundred and nfty dollars, or so Earth. c much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended through the office of the American legation at Berlin; and for expenses of the attendance of the American delegate at the general conference of said association, or so much thereaf as may be necessary, nve hundred and P*<>¤·¤¤¤· fifty dollars; Provider], That such contribution and expenses of at- Permenn gendance shall be payable out of the item " for objects not hereinbeore name ;" pg;‘d”§',jr‘;;#g**”*° °¤· And twenty per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named; in all for party expenses, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars. i mxéske ¤<>¤¤d¤ry __ ALASKA BOUNDARY SURVEYS For expenses of carrying on a preliminary survey of the frontier line between Alaska and British