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 514 THIR.TY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 80. l850. exceed the average price of the foreign article, for the last five years, one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Formaking ex- And that the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to examine into ¤¤¤i¤=¤¤9i¤¤ 0F the merits of the various condensers for supplying the boilers of marine §l§,,,`Q”jQ‘°,~'§, gg; engines with fresh water, and that he report to this House, at its next plying marine session, the result of said examination, together with his opinion as to gggffatcr mm the value of the best of said condensers to the government of the ` United States, and that the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to carry into edect this provision. Meteorological For meteorological observations, to be conducted under the direction °l>S*="°·*·i°¤°· of the Secretary of the Navy, two thousand dollars. Ordnance and For ordnance, and ordnance stores, and small arms, including inciordnaucc stores- dental expenses, one hundred and ninety-six thousand nine hundred dollars. Nautical in- For the purchase and repair of nautical instruments of the hydro- Stmmems- graphical office, ten thousand five hundred dollars. Books, maps, For the purchase of books, maps, and charts for the hydrographien] and °h“’°S’ olfice, four thousand one hundred and twenty-Eve dollars. Binry· and buildings in order; for pay of porter, gardner, watchman, and instrument maker; for fuel and lights of the hydrographical office and national observatory, eight thousand four hundred and ten dollars. _ Copying sea For copying abstracts from old sea. journals for the wind_and current .lg;";3» :;*1%;:;: charts, and for continuing the engraving and publication of the same, ing ,,;,,,1,,,,; cu,. including cost of copper, stones, chemicals, paper, &.c., in the national rent charts, &¤- observatory, seven thousand five hundred dollars. B¤iW¤gS ¤f For improvement and repair of buildings and grounds of the naval “"“1 °°h°°1‘ school at Annapolis, twenty-eight thousand two hundred dollars. Contingent ex- For contingent expenses that may accrue for the following purposes, P°”"“‘ viz.: freight and transportation, printing and stationery, advertising in newspapers; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines and machinery, and a patent right to use the same; repair of and attending on steam·engines in yards; purchase and maintaining of horses and oxen, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, and the purchase and repair of workman’s tools, postage of public letters, furniture for government houses, fuel, oil and candles, for navy yards and store stations, cleaning and clearing up yards; watchmen and incidental labor not chargeable to any other appropriation ; labor attending on the delivery of stores and supplies on foreign stations; wharfage, dockage, and rent, travelling expenses of `officers, funeral expenses, store and omce rent, stationery and fuel to navy agents and storekeepers, flags, awnings and packing cases, premiums and other expenses of recruiting, apprehending deserters, per diem pay to person attending courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and other services authorized bylaw, pay to judge advocates, pilotage and towage of vessels, and assistance rendered to vessels in distress, five hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars. Transportation For transportation of the United States mail between New York and ffegggs ’“‘“1 m Liverpool, between New York and New Orleans, Havana and Chagres, ' and between Panama and some points in the Territory of Oregon. Provigo, eight hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred dollars: Provilkdr That no payment shall be made for said services, except in proportion to the mail service heretofore performed, or that may be hereafter performed; and that the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to make