Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-03-17

REoRsANIzATroN OF THE CONSULAR SER
yICE.-ln the Senate this morning MIR. Chan
dler, from the Committee on Commerce, report
ed a bill to amend the act to regulate the Diplo-
matte and Consular systems OF the United
States. 1t provides for one Consul General at
London, 5000 per annum; one at Calcutta,
5000; one at Montreal, 81 900; one at Paris.
5000; one at Havana, 81, 900: one at Berlin
5000; one at ConstantinOple, S3 900; one at Bel
rut, 81. 600; one at Alexandria, Egypt, s., 500;
one at Shanghai, China, 81, 1000; one at Vienna,
Austria, S3 900. FOrty-nine COnsuls are au-
thorized for Great Britain and the English Pos
sessions, at salaries ranging from 81 500 to
$4,000.
The 0onsulates at Falmouth, Plymouth, Gal
way, Londonderry, Calcutta, Bombay. Lev
ehelles, Sierra Leone, Bathurst, Montreal, p 20.
Gaspe, Basin, st. Johns, Victoria, V. l.. Trini-
dad, Antigua, st. Christopher, and Belize, are
abolished.
Three Consulates are authorized in Russia, at
500 each. Eight are authorized in the French
DOminions, those at Strasburg, La Rochelle,
Boulogne and Napoleon yondce being abol-
ished. Nine are authorized in the Spanish DO
miniOns, the Consulate at Havana being the
four are authorized, located at Lisbon, Oporto,
Funcbal. Fayal Azores, that at Santiago, Cape
Verde, being abolished. In Belgium three only
sd are a%teot.ded 5nose az ng Lieg ana Ghent being
Consulate at Elemore is abolished, St Thomas.
santa Crpz and Copenhagen remaining ON the
iist In the North German Union ten COnsulates
are authorized, those at Brunswick, Lubec.
Hesse Cassel, Stetlin and Altoona being abol-
ished In Bavaria, Wurtenburg, Baden, Hesse
Darmstadt, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, PapaI
DominiOns. and Turkish Dominions, they re-.
main as usual, except the Consul at Venice is
raised to Consul General, and that at Beirut,
Turkish D0mini0ns, is abolished. The Consul
late at Tetuan, Barbary States, is abolished
but those at Tangier, TripoliO, and Tunis re-
main. The Consulate at Yeddo, Japan, is
stricken out, leaving those at Kanagawa n agas-
aki, HakOdodi and Hiogo. Those in China are To-
Gated at Canton, FOo-Chow, Annoy, Hank9w
Tfen-Tsin, and Ningpo. In Mexico they are To-
Gated At Mexico, ,rampico, Vera Cruz, Acapulco,
I'll, is abolished. The salary of the Consul at
Ceylon Is fixed at 81 900, also those ct Stettin,
North Germany, Batavia, Cape Haytien, Mu
rsuhaur, Para, and Rio Grande, Brazil, Monte
Society Islands, Talsahuano, Chill, Zanzibar,
Apia, daboon, st. Paul de Loando, and Lantha-
Ia, The salaries of the Consuls at the largest
cities are as follows; Liverpool, ss 900; Mel
$500; Dublin, 5000, Manchester $2,500;
Southampton. Leeds, Cardin, Tunstail,
Dundee, Lsith, and Cork, $4,000 each;
Glsssow. 5000; Sheffield and Bradford,
st. Helena, Windsor, and Quebec, 1850 each.
Those at Hayre, Matanzas, Trinidad de Cuba,
Dresden. st. Thomas, Naples, Rome, Corinto.
EEsPnws ES%,. At e 10 o.e.a each Tsnser TrPol'
Singpo, Callao, Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso, and
Panama, s., 900 each; Canton, FoOchow, Annoy.
Hankow, and Tien Tsin, China, 5000 each;
hon9inin. and $1,000; Mexico, Tampico, Acapulco,
Tor clerk hire, &C., at the various consulates.
salaries to be paid 70 clerks, SC.
The bill authorizes, in the aggregate, II Con-
snis General l46 Consuls at salaries from sl 800
10 SS,VUs n Consuls at salaries from 500 TO
Of $1,000 each.