Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-14

contingent expenses OF lne IOst OInce
Department: For stationery, nine thous-
and dollars fuel for the General Post
Ohice building, including the Auditors
office, seven thousand four hundred dol
lars for gas, four thousand five hundred
dollars plumbing and gas fixtures, three
thousand dollars; telegraphing, three
thousand dollars painting, two thousand
dollars carpets, three thousand dollars
furniture, three thousand five hundred
dollars; keeping of horses, and repair of
carriage, wagons and harness, one thous-
and two hundred dollars hardware, eight
hundred dollars; for rent of house num-
bered nine hundred aud filleen, II, street,
northwest, four thousand two hundrod
dollars miscellaneous items, seven thous-
and five hundred dollars making, in all,
forty-nine thousand one hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Fer compensation of Commissioner of
Agriculture, three thousand dollars chief
clerk, two thousand collars; ontOmOlogist,
two thousand dollars chemist, two thous-
and dollars; assistant chemist, one thuus-
and six hundred dollars superintendent
Of experimental gardens and grounds, two
thousand dollars; statistician, two thous-
aud dollars disburslng clerk, one thous-
and eight hundred dollars superintendent
of seed room, ono thousand eight hundred
dollars; librarian, one thousand oght hum
hundred dollars microscopic, one thous-
and eight hundred dollars four clerks yf
class four five clerks Of class three; six
clerks of class two; seven clerks OF class
one; engineer, one thousand four hundred
dollars superintendent Of folding room,
ono thousand two hundred dollars; assist
ant superintendent OF ex detrimental garden
aud grounds, one thousand two hundred
dollars assistant superintendent of the
seed room, one thousand two hundred dol
lars three eopyists, at nine hundred dol
lars each; two attendants in museum, at
one thousand dollars each chief messOn-
ger, eight hundred and forty dollars two
assistant messengcrs,at seven hundred and
twenty dollars each one carpenter, mt nine
hundred and sixty dollars; three watch
men and nine laborers making, in all,
seventy-seven thousand one hundred and
eighty dollars.
For postage on seeds, reports, circulars,
and letters, tifty-two thousand dollars.
For collecting agricultural statistics, and
compiling and writing matter for monthly,
annual, and special reports, fifteen thous-
and dollars: ProUided, that no part OF this
sum shall he paid TO any person receiving
at the same time other compensation as an
officer or employee of the Department.
For purchase of new and valuable seeds
and plants for distribution, sixty thousand
| dollars and of this sum five thousand dol
lars shall be for purchase and distribution
| of cotton-seed for expense of putting NJ
| the same, for labor, hagging, paper, Irvine
gum, and other necessary materials, hv'
| thousand dollars.
For completing library cases, cases fol
| museum, repairs of building, heating ap
| paratus, furniture, water aud gas pipes
| new furniture, carpets, and mating, fuu
thousand two hundred dollars.
| For labor on experimental garden, ant
| for flower pots, repairs 10 green house, ant
| M nlapta nO1 gnglg a. fin
| same, eight thousand dollars.
For stationery, two thousand dollars; TO
| freight charges, two thousand dollars 10
fuel, two thousand dollars for lights, 81,
| hundred dollars for subsistence and car
| Of horses, aud repair of harness and car
rage, one thousand five hundred dollars
for paper, Irvine, and gum for folding
room, five hundred dollars; for incidena
| and miscellaneous items, namely, for al
verlising, telegraphiug, dry goods, soaI
brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glas'
| lumber, hardware, ice, and expenses in nj
tending fairs, and care of stationery, lou
thousand dollars; in all, twelve thpusan
six hundred dollars.
For collecting and modelling specimen
OF fruits and vegetables, and collecting an
preparing specimens for the mu-Su AN
berbarium, two thousand dollars.
For chemicals and apparatus for the IL
of the chemical division, one thousan
dollars.
For materials for the use of the miCr,
scopist, three hundred dollars.
For chronological works of reference
two hundred and iifly dollars; for botan
cal works of reference, two hundred an
fifly dollars for works ON chemistry, mir
eralogy, and charts, two hundred and fiji
dollars for current agricultural works f
the library, two hundred and fifty dollars
for miscellaneous agricultural periodical
two hundred and iny dollars; and for ii
completion of SETS two hundred and mn
. dollars in all, ono thousand five hundre
dollars.