, 1860-12-07

enumeration on tthc day appointed ny lay.
The time within which MI the returns should |
have BEEN made Is now past, and the census
has bced completed In all the States and Terri.
tories with the exception of some few suhdt-
Fis'ons wheIe nom clrcu cunlstaaces represented ~
to be unavoidable, de,aFs harc occurred. This
.fallura howcYef, CREATES no sutpfise; when +
Is known that tha number Ok necessary subdt-
visions required the employment Of four thons.
and fonr hundred different agrncdcs- - ~
The returns have been placed IN the hands
Of m able md efficient corps Of clerks, and
this service thai, with his present force, he will
enahla qe, during the approaching session OF
Congress, to present nj exhibit Of the agt;te- :
CUTE population, manufactures, and ngrlcultu-
raj productions, and To mike the appoEsion-
1ncnt Of Representatives, in accordance with
the twEnty.1fth section Of the IT," approved
suficient information, however, has been Oh
tainel to Justify the conclusion that. Our pQpu-.
lation has kept pace with its ordinary natural
progress, md TINT the. Increase In tho produc-
lions Of agriculture, manufactures, and mines,
Wfn show an accelerated adsauce In material
For ths completion Of eighth census, III. The
sum bf $437, ,0oo, as deficiency, will be requir:
ed for the current fiscal year, and = further ap-
prortiat;on Of $3.50 600, for the fiscal year end,
Ing June 30, 1866, which, with the appropria-
tion heretofore. made for this service, Will
make the entire cost Of the present cnumeEar
81 $4,000 will be paid for the -nazshals and
theit assistants, In accordance with the rates
established by the law Of 1850, for their scr
vices in this connection
Tic sum demanded for the execution Of the
eighth census exceeds the cost Of the seventh
in the sum Of $24a Oo0-an excess rendered
necessary BY the Increase of our population
and ffa diff1sfnn oycr tho rnet mains nf fhc in.
terror.
1n this, my last annual report, I feel 1t to be
my duty to suggest the propriety and impor-
tancf Of establishing bureau Of statistics.
Tile internal trade between the different
States Of this Union is greater than our foreign
number Of our own people, yet we possess no
agency BY which We cnn ascertain and def
nitefy present to tho world the ydlue and ex-
tent; of this exchange Of the products Of labor.
We have no central point Of statistical knowl-
edge BY which VIC can show the connection
each other for their HateriaI advancement and
prosperity It is true thatunc ID each period
Of ton years the country Is supplied with GER
tainl information regarding: our agricultural,
manufacturing and mining Interests; yet moth
log Is known Of tho importance, direction, and
tue channels Of our home commerce. Con-
yresF, the departments and tie community arc
without any general reliable resource for the
asctrtuinmcnt OF our internal trs,Ac and the
annual productions OF agriculture, lnanufac-
turcs and mines. It would bc a wise economy
to establish an agency which would secure the
desired information in the most authentic,
practicable form, and regularly report the
site force would be small, and feel confident
that the reports Of such bureau would COM
n,and for it the public taya1.
Some changes in the laws arc required, to
enable this department to secure uniformity
and to enforce existing regulations In regard
tu Judicial expenses Of the government, and
rcnaw my former recommendation on this snb-
jcct. Without some additional power, prompt
itudc and accuracy in the return Of the cmolu-
| nent accounts Ut the clerks Of the United
States courts cannot be secured.
PENSIONS.
I refer yon to the report Of the Commission.
CT Of Pensions for information in respect to
the operations Of the Pension Bureau for the
past year.
Tie Whole number of pensioners of all
classes now remaining on the. rolls is l., ,22S1,
and the sum required to pay tlieir pensions Is
S1,W1, ,01695. During the past wear the amount
thus expended WAS 81, l03, 5G2 u.
Although there appears to have been but .
| slight dl1ninutiou in the work Of the office,
| yet such is the condition uf the business that
it will admit Of ! considerable reduction Ut the
clerical force during the next year, and, conse-
quently, the estimates now submitted for this
branch Of the service lave been reduced by the
/ sum Of S2S,e00.
Tho energetic measures which haze been
bounty land frauds upon the eoycrument.
have been attended with ye15 fayor.ble results,
as is clearly indicatcd by lie dvcrcasc in the
lumber III Of prosecutions ior T otfsnses Of f. th;s his
/ character.
-. PATENT OFFICE, So.
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sustaining. # is ouly reasonable that this de-
| partuent Should be cmpoTcred TO graduate
| illr force crniiovcd. by tho work to be donc.
provided: :always. that the cxpenditurcs. sIali
| tie kent witbfn tic rrccints.
| | take tic occasion 10 renew tbe recon.
| mendatIon Of Tic preyions reports in rct,ard
to thc anon,aly Of ALLOWING appcals from bic
| f,ommissioncr Of Pafents to nnr. Of the three
| Dstrict .Iud~es. In. addition 10 the reasons
| urved in mn first annual -renort for an aiten,
| tion Of the law in tis udrt1cuar. il Is to be oh.
| served that. IA eacl fuIgc acts senaratrly npon
the appeal taken, It becomes very difllcult,. j
not impossible, to maintain the uniformity
and certainty In the execution of the patent
Laws.
| The income Of the of1le for the three quarters
| ending Scptembcr 50, $50, was $19?, ?,6iS 10
! aud ia eyncnditnre 181Hr3 %. showing a sur.
IIus Of s5GN.l7.
Durin Ibis period, five thousand six hundred
and thirty.cisbt applications for patents have
| bren received. and eight hundred and forty-onc
eaycats filled. Threfihotsand' 'eix hundred and
twelve applications have been rejected, and
three thousand eight lhundrcd aud ninety
| six patents issued, Including Reissues, addl
| tional improvements and desi igns. In addition
to this, there have been forty y-nilc applications
for extensions, and twcnty-cisht patents have
been expended for period Of seven years from
tue expiration OF their first term.
| AGRicCLTrRE.
This fs one Of the main p}llars of the pros
peritr and mower Of any. countrv. and It as
snmcs ar1flittnna1 iunortancn in f1nrs because
Of the extcnt Of our ferritory. en- racinr cyer,
yarietysof soil and climate. the chca1ncss q
land. and the facility with which it, products
can hn transnorted ia market The liberal an
uronriatjons made by Congress at its Iasf scs
aion. in cncourarcmcnt ofth;s most useful art
received tbe cbsyrfi,f sanction of the 'ucople
and this ,]cn.rtment has 1ahoreil f,itbfnlI1 II
carry onf tI,t. l,eneflcient instrnc,jons Of I'm
.rress. Diiircnf crouirT has Lccn 1naIr for tht
| Tarietfes of seeds and cnttinCs If cr.ry nscfu
nlant.and yeretabIe. and saf;sC,ctory arrange
1nents have lseen made for nroer,rin:, them Or
the he.t terms and tTansntrt;n.T tlfrtn in RI,
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tha 1s.n,ts ~ ssisntisn inxssa;!y1t;ons. ~, ~
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