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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.` Sess. III. C11. 185. 1895. 817 Second secretaries of embassies to England, France, and Germany, S°°°¤d ¤°°m=·¤°¤· at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be · American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Total, fifty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. SALAEIES or INTEBPRETERS T0 LEGATIONS. Interpreters to lcgations to China and Turkey, at three thousand I“'*°'P’°*°*¤· dollars each, six thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand · dollars- Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars· · Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Total, ten thousand five hundred dollars. . But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided N° “‘““°“* W'- shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer. CLERK HIRE Arr LEGATIONS. · Clerk hire at the legation to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars. . C*°"‘ "*'°· SP“*”· CONTIINGENT EXPENSES, FOREIGN MISSIONS. To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such ,.g.’g§‘QP,€,'f,'§§,*;Y"°* stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their busines, and also for rent, postage, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk hire, compensation of cavasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of — interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangier, and _ the compensation of dispatch agents at London, New York, and Sun I’*°P°*°l* ¤8°¤°•· Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of legations, _ _ and for printing in the Department of State, _ one hundred and nve P""""?' thousand dollars. Loss BY EXCHANGE, DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from embassies and L"" "’ °‘°"“"'°· legations, two thousand five hundred dollars. STEAM LAUNCH ron LEeArION AT CONSTANTINOPLE. 'Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation to Turkey one thou- B S°°*"“ l“{‘“°h’ C"' sand eight hundred dollars. ’ mtmople RENT OF LEGATION BUILDINGS IN cmzu. M"`- Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or such °'""“ · other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars. RENT OF LEGATION BUILDINGS AT Tome, JAPAN. Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Tokio, Japan, '““’“ for the year ending March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, tour thousand dollars. · STAT-VOL XXT’III—·52