37th Congress, ) HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES. ( Mis. Doc.

2d Session. ] \ No. 18.

THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE SUPERIITEIDEIT OF PUBLIC PRIITING,

SHOWLS'G The condition of the Public Printing and Binding.

December 12, 1861.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Office of the Superitendent of Public Printing,

Washington, Decemher 11, 1861. Sir : Herewith is submitted tlie nintli annual report of this office, showing

the condition of the public printing, binding, &c., in order that it may be laid before the House. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. D. DEFREES,

Sujyerintendent

Hon. G. A. Grow,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Office Superintendent of Public Printing,

Washington, December 11, 1861. The ninth annual report, showing " the cost and condition of the public

printing, binding, and engraTMg," as required by law, is herewith submitted. The law of 1852 provided for the election of a printer for each house of Congress, and fixed the rates of compensation. It also authorized the Printing

Committee of each house to contract for the execution of the engraving and

binding ordered by Congress.

This method was liable to so many objections other than those of a pecuniary

character, as shown during its continuance, that Congress determined to make

a change, and hence the joint resolution establishing a Government Printing

Office, taking effect the 3d of last March, was adopted. Under its provisions an extensive printing establishment was purchased by my predecessor. This

establishment has been under my charge since the 23d day of March last, and

the result has been such as to vindicate the wisdom of Congress in making the change, as will be seen by the following details
2 KEPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

The printing and binding ordered by the 36th Congress being expressly ex- cepted from the provisions of the joint resohition, the only portion of the printing

of that Congress done in this establishment was that ordered by the House

during the second session, (and a small portion remaining unfinished of the first session,) and that only in consequence of the resignation of the House printer. It will thus be seen that only a small amount, comparatively, of that work

has been done in this establishment. The statement of its cost, however,

compared with what it would have cost under the act of 1852, shows a saving

of $21,127 95 to the government. As compared with former prices paid for executive printing, there has been a saving of $10,651 25 ; on blank books

and ruling for the departments of $8,084 60, and on the printing done for the

extra session of the 37th Congress of $3,628 66, making the whole amount

saved from the 3d of March until the 31st of September, by the present mode,

of $43,492 46. As a large amount of work was done during the months of October and November, not included in the statements submitted, it is safe to say that a saving of at least $60,000 has been effected up to the first of the present month.

As the law establishing the Government Printing Office made no change in the mode of having the engraving and lithographing ordered by Congress executed, this office has no other control over it than to see that it has been done

according to the terms of the contracts made by the Printing Committees. It may be worth the consideration of Congress whether a saving may not also be

effected in this branch of the public expenditures by directing it to be executed

in the Government Printing Office.
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OF THE PUBLIC FEINTING.
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By tlie foregoing statements, it will be seen tliat tlie printing, paper, engraving, and binding, ordered hj Congress at the second ses- sion of the 36th Congress, (including the Meteorological and

Colorado reports which were ordered at the first session, but

not printed,) amounts to the sum of $510,814 71. The portion of this printing relinquished by the House printer, as heretofore stated, and executed in the Government Office, if charged

at the prices established by the printing act of 1852, would

have cost the sum of $56,591 86

The amount drawn from the treasury to the 31st day of October, 1861, to pay for labor and materials in the execution of this work, is $40,100 00

From which deduct cash on hand 4,636 09

Making the total cost 35,463 91

And effecting a saving of about 37J per cent., or 21,127 95

FIRST SESSION THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

The printing ordered at the late session of Congress has been completed, and

the binding is nearly so: all of which has been, or is to be, executed by this

office. The following statement shows the cost of paper, printing, dry-pressing,

and folding, and the estimated cost of binding, viz

:

Senate, Ho. of Reps.

Cost of printing, dry-pressing, and folding Cost of paper .• $1,605 34

1, 307 62

731 87

$6,456 48

7,746 55

Cost of binding reserved and extra copies .... 4, 188 96

Total cost of printing and binding ....

3, 644 83

18,391 99

18,391 99

22,036 82
OF THE PUBLIC FEINTING. 11

Had the printing, dry-pressing, and folding, been executed under

the provisions of the printing act of 1852, it would have cost. . $11, 690 48

The amount drawn from the treasury to pay for labor and materials is $9, 500 00

Indebtedness on account of this printing 1, 236 89

Add balance due the Superintendent — 2, 687 01

13, 423 90

From which deduct the cost of materials purchased

and on hand 5, 362 08

And the net cost amounts to , 8, 061 82

Effecting a sa\ing of about 31 per cent,, or 3, 628 66 In the foregoing statement the estimated saving in the cost of binding is put

down at fifteen per cent., and will probably exceed that amount.

ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHING, AND ELECTROTYPING.

This class of work, for Congress, is placed by law under the control of the Committee on Printing of each house respectively, and has been executed under

contracts made by those committees. The following statement will show the

cost of the illustrations for the public documents executed during the present

year, exclusive of the cost of paper; all of which were ordered at the second

session of the 36th Congress, except those for the report of Lieutenant Ives on

the exploration of the River Colorado of the West

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PRINTING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

The last annual report from this office gave a statement of the cost of the paper and printhig for the executive departments of the government for the

fiscal year ending June 30, 1860. This class of work was continued in the hands of the printer to the Senate, where it had been placed by my predecessor,

until the 3d of March last, a period of eight months. The following statement shows the cost for paper and printing during that time viz :

JJepartment. Cost of printing. Cost of pap er. Total cost.

State Department $354 86 $289 68 $644 54

Treasury Department 2, 367 64 1, 4.55 14 3, 822 78

Interior Department 4, 708 19 1, 149 27 5, 857 46

War Department 3, 434 45 2, 207 69 5,642 14

Navy Department 2, 193 62 1, 655 67 3, 849 29

Post Office Department 1, 330 53 1, 283 Jo 2, 613 89

Office of the President United

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Office of the Attorney General

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41 56 8 60 50 16

Office of the Court of Claims .

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Office of the Superintendent

of Public Printing 15 92 4 86 20 78

Statement of Commerce and

Navigation 3, 503 37 4, 708 77 8,212 14

Estimates of appropriations .

.

439 34 57 35 496 69

Total 19, 553 19 12, 859 34 32, 412 53

Since the 3d of March last this class of printing has been executed by this

office, and has been very largely increased by the requirements of the War

Department for printing in consequence of the rebellion. The following state- ment embraces all the printing ordered from the 3d of March to the 30th of September, 1861, a period of seven months, with its actual cost, compared with

the cost of the same printing at the prices established by the act of 1852

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32,321 68 21,670 43 18,402 34 40,072 77
14 EEPOET OF SUPERIXTE^sDENT

From tlie foregoing statement it will be perceived that tlie printing

for the executive departments, for the period of seven months,

if paid for at the prices established by the printing act of 1852,

v>^ould have cost the sum of $32,321 68

And that the actual cost was 21,670 43

Effecting a saving of 10,651 25

BLANKS FOR THE POST OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES. In accordance with the fifth section of the act approved February 15, 1860,

the printing of these blanks Avas given out by contract, for four years, com- mencing on the 1st of April, 1860. The following statement shows their monthly cost for the year ending September 30, 1861

:

Months. Cost of printing. Cost of paper. Total cost.

1860—October $904 14 $4,233 91 $5, 138 05

November 756 86 3,528 68 4,285 54

December 810 50 3,873 18 4,683 68

1861—January 834 60 3, 110 38 3, 944 98

February 722 43 2,847 08 3,569 51 March 712 15 2,607 34 3,319 49

April 833 37 3,926 25 4, 759 62

May 1,650 19 6,766 15 8,416 34

June 968 66 3,497 65 4,466 31 July 1,127 11 4, 198 70 5, 325 81 August 947 10 3, 146 65 4,093 75

September 756 11 2,913 56 3,669 67

Total 11,023 22 44,649 53 55,672 75

The average monthly cost of these blanks for the year has been about the same as for the previous six months, and shows a very large saving on the

prices previously paid.

THE PUBLIC BINDING. The binding of the resej-ved and extra documents ordered by the Senate and

House of Representatives during the 36th Congress was given out by contract previously to the passage of the ''joint resolution in relation to the public printing;" and, therefore, none of it has been executed in the government bindery.

The cost of this work for the second session of that Congress, when completed,

(the details of which are elsewhere embraced in this report,) will be as follows : Reserved bmding for the Senate $4,718 43 Extra do do 43,239 85

$47,958 28

Reserved binding for the House 13,740 76 Extra do do 67,200 51

80,941 27

Total 128,899 55
OF THE PUBLIC PEIXTIXG. 15

Tlie public documents ordered to be printed at the iirst session of tbe S/th

Congress, being inconsiderable in number, are to be bound in tliis establishment,

and tbeir cost is estimated at fifteen per cent, less tlian tlie prices paid, under

contract, by tbe SGth Congress.

Tlierefore, the only ^vork executed in this establishment for the government

has been the making of blank books, binding, machine rtiling, &c., for the executire departments since the 3d day of March last. The following state- ment exhibits the cost of the work executed for the eight months ending on the

31st day of October, 1S61, compared with the cost heretofore paid for work of

similar character, showing a saving on the small cjuantity of work executed of

8S,0S-4 01, or about one thousand dollars per month:

Department and bureau. Cost at former

prices.

Department of State Treasury Department

Secretary's office Comptroller's office Second Auditor's office Thii'd Auditor's office Foiu'th Auditor's office Fifth Auditor's office Sixth Auditor's office Register's office Construction office Coast Stuwey office Office of the Light-house Board. . .

.

Interior Department

Secretary's office Census Office General Land Office Patent Office Patent Office library Patent Office—Agricultiu'al division Indian Office Pension Office Dociunent room

Commissioner Public Buildings . War Department

Secretary's office Adjutant General's office Quartermaster General's office Subsistence office Pa}Tnaster General's office Surgeon General's office Bm-eau TopogTaphical Engineers

Ordnance office Xavy Department

Secretary's office Bm-eau of Yards and Docks

Bureau of Construction, Equipment,

and Repak

Amount charged

and paid.

81, 321 87 SI, 123 61 560 90 476 78

7 25 6 16 519 95 441 97

15 85 13 48

141 20 120 02

82 00 69 71

1, 001 55 851 32

1,31-4 32 1, 121 72

16 00 13 60

419 99 357 00 578 54 491 77 369 43 313 38

175 90 149 52

2, 301 69 1, 954 73

169 30 143 90

37 01 31 46

144 56 122 88

28 30 24 06

174 99 148 75

105 80 89 93

28 81 24 49

94 99 80 74

9, 865 57 8, 385 83 2,699 96 2,294 97

1, 197 89 1, 030 96

142 87 . 121 44 243 25 206 77

68 50 58 23

574 97 488 72 332 78 283 87

16 90 14 37

74 00 62 90
16 REPOET OF SUPERINTENDENT

Statement—Continued.

Department and bureau. Cost at former

prices.

Amount charged

and paid.

Navy Department—Continued.

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

.

Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery . Post Office Department

Office of the Superintendent Public Printing

.

Senate of the United States House of Representatives

To which add as follows

:

Amount due and unpaid for work executed

and returned

$3,317 16 152 25

52 75 659 19 201 89

118 29

83 50

$2,819 59

129 41 44 84

560 32

171 61

100 55

70 98

29,411 92

7,591 74

8, 166 00

25,016 34

6, 455 28

Estimated value of work in an unfinished state 6, 941 10

.

Amount saved on the work above stated ....

45, 169 66

38,412 72

6,756 94

38,412 72

From the foregoing statement it appears that the saving to the government on the work therein mentioned, as compared with

the prices heretofore paid for work of a similar character, is . . . $6, 756 94

To which should be added the amount paid for materials and

machinery on hand, which were purchased out of the proceeds

of binding, as follows

:

Cost of materials unused $4, 348 40

Cost of machinery purchased 1, 756 50

6, 104 90

12,861 84

From Avhich deduct the indebtedness of the bindery 4, 777 83

Making the aggregate amount saved to government 8, 084 01

PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC PRINTING, BINDING, AND ENGRAVING.

The following statement exhibits the quantity and cost of the paper purchased

for the public printing, binding, and engraving for the year ending December 1, 1861, and is communicated in obedience to the requirements of the ninth section of the joint resolution of June 23, 1860, viz:
OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING.

Statement exhibiting cost and quality of jpaper.

17

Quantities and kinds of paper.

PRINTING PAPER.

22,497 reams, 24 by 38 inclies

.

3,000.. do do

10,238. -do do

300.. do.. 24 by 32 inclies. WRITING PAPER.

2,000

1,100

800

200

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1,400

100

500

100

550

125

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200

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1,050 reams, 12 by 18 inches.

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Plate paper.

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60

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2 75

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.$110,752 73

19,500 00

74, 188 64

1, 872 00

3,200 00

2,409 00

2, 044 00

584 00

8,640 00

5,040 00

540 00

2, 160 00

504 00

2, 574 00

675 00 396 00

518 00 963 60

468 00

42 00 120 00

800 00

600 00

640 00

340 00

220 00 3,600 00

460 00

4,736 00

1,638 00

2, 750 00

1,500 00

10, 140 00

28,750 00

816 05

216 00

Total.

$206,313 37

42,273 60

44,778 00
18 EEPORT OF SUPEEINTENDENT

Statement cxliibiting cost and quality of paper—Continued.

Quantities and kinds of paper.

3682% reams, 19 by 24 inches .

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42i|..do.. 24 by 32.. do

Map paper.

140,042 pounds of various sizes, at 11\ cents PAPER FOR THE BINDERY.

45 reams

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2. ..do. n.Ao.

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2. ..do. l...do.

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15 96

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50

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11 70

7 00

16 00

13 00

12 00

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$4,200 33

684 68

24, 157 24

900 00

1, 120 00

1,378 00

945 00

1,365 00

630 00

6,200 00

2,313 00

167 00

168 00

240 00

2,415 00

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16 00

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$30, 074 30

18, 278 80

341,718 07

NUMBER OF HANDS EMPLOYED.

It is declared by tlie second section of the joint resolution of June 23, 1860,

" that the Superintendent shall at no time employ more hands in the public

printing and binding establishment than the absolute necessities of the public

work may require; and, further, that the Superintendent report to Congress, at the beginning of each session of Congress, the number of hands so employed,

and the length of time each has been employed."

No larger force has been or will be employed in this branch of the public

service than its wants absolutely demand, and none are employed except such

as are competent to the discharge of the duties required of them. The following statement is given in compliance with the last clause of resolution above quoted,

and is made up to the 31st day of October, 1861

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DESTRUCTION OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS BY FIRE. Since the preparation of the statistical portion of this report, the building oc- cupied by the public binders was destroyed by fire, with nearly the whole edition of the second volume of the Mechanical Patent Office Report for 1860, nearly

six hundred copies of the first volume, and a small number of other works of no

considerable value. The orders of the Senate and House of Representatives for the printing of these reports having been executed, and the printed volumes having passed into the hands of the binders, and beyond the custody and control of this office, I have

thought proper to submit to Congress the question of reprinting them. It ap- pears that, of the first volume of the Patent Office Report, five hundred and

sixty-six copies were destroyed; twenty-three of which belonged to the Senate,

and five hundred and forty-three to the House of Representatives. Of the second

volume, (the plates,) fifty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine were de- stroyed ; fourteen thousand five hundred and fifteen belonging to the Senate,

and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-four to the House. The

plates from which the second volume was printed belong to the government, and

if it is deemed proper by Congress to reprint a sufficient number of copies to complete the edition of the report, the order to do so can be executed in this

office at a cost of about sixteen thousand dollars. It may be proper to state that I have made no investigation into the origin of the fire, or of the safety or suitability of the building in which the public bind- ing was executed, though I learn that it had been used as a bindery for several

years. The contractors were selected by the Committees on Printing of the two

houses of Congress, respectively; and the only duty required of the Superintendent, in connexion with the binding, is to see that the work is done in the manner stated in the contracts, and to receive it from the binders when executed. JNO. D. DEFREES, Superintendent.