, 1859-10-28

An Act making Appropriations for the Consular and
Diplomatic Expenses OF the Government for the
Year ending the thiritcth Of June. eighteen hun
dred and sixty.
Be Il enacted BY TIE Senate and House of Represea-
fafires Of fie URifed Siaieg Of America IN Coagress
Gsieabied, That the following sums be and the -ame
are hereby appropriated, out Of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for the objects
hereafter expressed for The fiscal wear ending Inc
thiTeth Of June, eighteen hundred aud sixty, name
ly:-
For salaries Of ENJOYS extraordinary minister's and
commissioners OF the United States at Great Britain
France. Russia, Prussia Spain Austria Brazil Mexi,
o. China, Chill Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, Rome,
Naples, Sardinia. Belgium, Holland. Denmark, swe,
den, Turkey, Boenos Ayres, New Grauada, Bolivia,
Ecuador, Nenez ELLA, Guatemala Nicaraqua Sand.
Eieh islands, Costa Riea Honduras. Argentine Con
iedraton. and Paraguay, two hundred and four thou
sand dollars: Pr0ridsd, That no other ambassador
envoy extraordinary. minister plenpotentiary minis
o. charge dadrs, shall be entitled 10 any compensa
ton during the said fiscal year: dnd provided That
nothing In this act shall be construed to interfere with
me Disbursement OF the amount hereinafter appropri
ated Tor the eotngent expenses Of foreign intercourse
For salaries Of assistant secretaries Of legation at
London and Paris, three thousand dollars.
For salary Of the secretary Of legation 10 China
acting as interpreter, five tholsand dollars.
For contingent expenses Of ell the missions abroad
hily thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses Of foreign intercourse six
y Thousand dollars.
For expenses Of intercourse with the Barbary pow
orr, two thousand dollars.
For the relief and protection Of American seamen
n ioregn countries, one bundled and fifty thousand
doliars
For expenses which may be incurred In acknOwled-
gng The services Of the masters and crews Of foreign
vessels In Tescung citizens Of the United States from
shipwrec ten thousand dollars, to be expended under
the direction Of the President Of the United States
For the purchase Of blank books, stationery, arms
Of the United States seals presses flags and for the
payment Of pOstapes and miscellaneous expenses OF
the consuls Of the United Sttes, forty thousand dol
lars.
For Office rent for those consuls general, consuls.
and commercial sgenta. who not allowed 10 trade,
including loss by exchange thereon viz: for Office rent
twenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy dol
lars.
For salary of minister resident at Japan, from the
nineteenth day OF January, eighteen hundred and
ftynne to the thitleth Of June next threethousand
three hundred and seveniyfve dollars.
For salary Of minister resident at Japan seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries Of eonsnlsgeneral at Quebec, Calcutta
Alexandria, Havana, C0nstantinople, Frankfort-on.
Hong Kong Glasgow, Maaritius, Singapore, Belfast
Cork, Dundee Demarara, Halifax, Kingston, (Jamai-
ca,) Leeds, Manchester, Nassau, (New Providence }
Southampton, Turks Island, Prince Edwards Island
HAyre, Paris, Marseilles, Bordeaux. La Rochelle
Lyons, Moscow, 0de.sa, Revel, Saint Petersburgh
Matanzas, Trinidad de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba. San
JUN, (Porto Rico) Cadiz g Malaga, Ponce, (Porto
RicoO Trieste, Vienna, Aixla-C -Chapelle Canton
Jerusalem, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Fun
chal, Opofto, Saint Thomas, ElSineur Genoa, Basle
Geneva, Mes-ina, Naples. Palermo. Leipsic Munich
Leghorn, Stuttgardt Bremen, Hamburg, rangiers
Tnpoli, Tuns, Rio de Janeirc, Pernambuco, Vera
Cruz. Acapulco Calao, vdf5araiso, Buenos Ayres
San Juan del Sur Aspinwall, Panama, Laguayra
Honolulu, kahaina, Capetown, Falkland Islands, We
nice, Stcitn, Gambia, Cyprus, Batavia, Fayal, Santi
ago, (Cape de Nerdes) Saint Croix, Spezzia, Athens
Zanzibar, Bahia, Maranham Island Para, Rio Grande
Matamoras, Mexico, (city) Tampico, Paso del Norie
Tabasco, Paita, Tumbez Tacahuano, CarthageDa, Sa
banino, Omoa, Guayaquil, Cobja, Montevideo, Tahiti
Bay Of Islands, Apa, Lanthaa; commercial agents al
iSss Juan del Norte, Port au Prince, San Domingo
l1g ~ ST. Paul de Loanda, (Angola) Mourovia. Cab
biescape Haytion. Aux Cages, and Amoor River two
hlAdred and thirtyfive thousand dollars.
For interpreters 10 the consulates in China -four
thousand Eve hundred dollars.
| For compensation Of the commissioner secretary
chief astronomer and surveyor assistant astronomer
and surveyor, clerk, and for provisions trarsporta
ton and contingencies Of the commission to run and
mark the boundary line between the United States and
the British possessions bounding on Washington Ter
ritory, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For compensation and per diem of the commission
er compensation OF the surveyor and for the pavmept
Of all expenses Of the commission under the eciproc