The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-09-28
The New bureau Of Sta tistics.

Alexander Delmar, Esq, of New York,
has been appointed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury director of the new Bureau of Sta
tistics attached to the Treasury Department
with De w. Hanes, an old and efficient
statstician, as his chief clerk. The Bureau
is now in full operation, with clerical force
Of about thirty, which number must necessa
rly. from the immense amount Of labor to be
performed, soon be increased to at least fifty
The appointment was made in conformity
with section h. act Of Congress Of July %
1866, which provides for the establishment
ola I" Bureau of Statistics with director
to be appointed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to superintend and control the
business Of said Bureau, who shall receive an
annual salary of $4,000 per year. To give
some idea Of the importance OF this new
Bureau, and of the great amount OF labor
necessary TO its contamination, the section
of the act referred to says:
"And it shall be the duty Of the director Of the
Bureau of Statistics to prepare the report on the
statistics Of commerce and navigation, exports and
Imports, now required by law to be submitted an
nualiy to Congress by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury; and said report embracing the returns Of the
commerce and navigation, the exports and imports
of the United States to the close OF the fiscal year
shall be submitted to Congress in printed form on
or before the first day Of December next succeed.
ngi and the said director as soon as practicable
after the organization Of this office shall under the
direction of the Secretary Of the Treasury, prepare
and publish monthly reports Of the exports and
imports of the United States, including the
quantities and values OF goods warehoused or
withdrawn from warehouse, and such other sta
tistics relative to the trade aud industry OF the
country the Secretary Of the Treasury may con.
slider exprdient And the dir ctOr of the Bureau OF
Statistics shall also prepare annual statement of
vessels registered, enrolled and licensed under the
laws Of the United States, together with the class,
name tonnage, and place OF registry Of each vessel
and such other information as the Secretary Of the
Treasury may deem proper to embody therein.
"The said director shall also prepare an annual
statement of all merchandise passing in transit
through the United States to foreign countries,
each description of merchandise so far NJ practca.
| BILE, warehoused, withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, for expectation, for transportation to
other districts, and remaining in the warehouse at
the end Of each fiscal year il shall be the further
duty Of said director to collect digest and arrange.
for the Of Congress- the stgtstics Of the manu-
features Of the United States, their localities,
sources Of raw material, markets. exchanges with
the producing regions Of the country, transporta-
ton Of products wages. and such other conditions
rs sre found to affect their prosperity"
The appointment Of Mr., Delmar to this
onerous and highly important position Ia
universally conceded to be most excellent
one. All'letters to and from the Office relat,
ing to the business OF the bureau are trans,
United by mail free OF postage.