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 792 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 177. 1895. and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of New York office, seventeen thousand dollars. mmunyimccum. For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showing P'{,’f,’§'j,Q,),fjF’,fé‘;,,c_ _ graphically the matters of value and interest to the maritime com- ` munity of the Pacific Coast, and particularly the directions and forces of the winds to be expected during the month succeeding the date of issue; the set and strength of the currents; the feeding grounds of whales and seals; the regions of storm, fog, and ice; the positions of derelicts, and iloating obstructions to·navigation; and the best routes to be followed by steam and by sail; including the expenses of communicating and circulating information; lithographing and engraving; the purchase of materials for, and printing and mailing the chart; the employment of three nautical experts at one thousand six hundred ' dollars each, and two tabulators and copyi ts at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand dollars. stmt of nquap. BUREAU or Eourrmnnrz For chief clerk, one thousand eight hun- "‘°"** dred dollars; two clerks of class two; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and ' eighty dollars. ‘ 0,{_1¤¤¤•¤A1¤¤¤·¤ NAn·r1cA1. ALMANAc Omucnz For the following assistants, in pre- "'paring for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, namely: Three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand doHars each; one copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Gmnpums. For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the Tables of the Planets, seven thousand dollars, of which sum` two thousand dollars may be used for computations on new tables of the moon and · of the stars. N•*‘•* °**•¤*'**°¤’- NAVAL 01zsmnvAronv: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one ` thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, who shall be foreman and captain of the watch, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one elevator conductor, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; iu all, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. _ <><¤¤1>¤e•n¤¤•. For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars. APP¤**•*¤¤- For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two thousand flve hundred dollar. B·>¤k¤~¤¢¤· For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs, and fixtures for the library, one thousand dollars. Rvvsiu. ew. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture gas, chemicals, and stationery; freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, two thousand tive hundred dollars. _ Miscellaneous. For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for · the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; material for boxing nautical instruments for transportation; paints, telegraph and telephone service, and incidental labor, seven thousand ive hundred dollars.