New-York tribune., 1874-09-23
WASHINuTON
TABLE GOVERNING THE TRAVELLING EXPENSES
OF THE CONSULAR SERVICE.

OF THE CONSULAR SERSiCE
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Sept. %, 1874.
There has been prepared at the State Depart
ment table Of distances and allowances to United
States Ministers and Consular Officers to govern them
in their charges for travelling between Washington aud
their stations abroad based on the appropriation bills
OF the last Congress The Secretary allows 80
days for transit between the Argentine Republic ana
Washington; TO Hungary, 80 days; Belgium, 20 days;
Bolivia 80 days; Brazil. 40 days; Barbary States, 80
days; Chill, 40 days; China, except Peking and
Tentsin 80 days; Pekng and Tientsin, 90 days !;
United States of Colombia. BOgota "a daysj AspfnwaI'
Panama and savanilla, IG days; Costa Rea rs days;
Denmark, excepting ST. Thomas and Santa
Cruz, 25 days; Santa Cruz, IL days; Saint
Thomas 10 days; Ecuador, SO days; Egypt, 30 days;
France 90 days; French Possessions, 80 days to
giers 50 days 10 Gaboon, and Is days TO Martinique
FIJI Islands As days. Friendly and Nayigators Islands
20 days. Germany, 25 days; Great Britain. 20 days;
British Possessions wiz IS days to Barbados % days
TO Belize 10 days Bermuda 80 days to GUIANA IL days
TO Kingston Jamaica), days TO Nassau, Is days to
Turks Island days Gibraltar, % days 10 Malta 80
DAYS TO Australia and Cape Town, 20 days to Falkland
Islands so days Mauritius, so days to NewZealand
and Seychelles, 40 days to St. Helena, 80 days to Cal
cnta CeylJn and Singapore days to Canada, except
ing Winnepeg, Victoria. and Gaspe Basin days to
New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edwards
sIand days to Victoria, sdays toWinnepeg and days
10 Gaspe Basin Greece, 25 days; Guatemala 80 days
Hawaiian Islands, 80 days; Hayti 10 days; Honduras,
30 days; Italy. 25 days; Japan 40 days Siberia 40
DAYS; Madagascar so days. City OF Mexico. 1s days;
Aeapulco and Guayamas, IS; Matamoros Tamplco, and
Vera Cruz, 49, Muscat 81; Netherlands 2G BATAVIA,
Java 5O Nicaragua, %; Peru 35; Portugal, "a; Faya
28 Funcha 2 Santiago, Cape Verde Island so 81 Faui
do Igando IS; ST. Petersburg, 49, Odessa, SO AInOor
River, 9O San savador,9O days; santo Domingo, 10;
siam 5j; Society Islands, 6O Spain, including Port
n ~ Intiago de Cuba Porto Rico, and Trinidad do
Cuba and MatanZas; Manila, 5G Sweden and Nor
way, as Switzerland, 49, Turkey, 50; uruguay 6O
necessarIy occupied by each consular officer who may
hat for the time established aud determined, with
be addition OF the time usually occupied by inc snort
est and most direct MODE OF conveyance from masins
ton to the place OF residence IN the Uuted States OF
such 0llcer.
EXTENSION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
The following order has just been promul-
gated by which It will be that although Congress
made no appropriation for the Civil Service Commission
its rules continue to be extended
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. At appears to me. from
their trial al Washington, aud at the City OF NewYor
tDat the further extension OF the Civil Service rules Will
promote the efficiency OF the public service. 1t is or
dered that rules be and they are hereby extended
to the several Federal offices at the city and In the
Cnstoms strict of Boston. and the proper
ures Oe taken for carrying this order into ELECT
August 81, 1874. U. S. GRANT.
limited STATES MARsHALs NOT TO ENGAGE
IN REMOVING REBEL FLAGS
patriotc resident OF Culman, Ala, a few DAYS ago
t.leeraphed to Huntsville, demanding that the United
States Marshal should be sent 10 that place forthwith to
remove rebel flag which was floating over hotel In
that vicinity The Marshal forwarded the dispatch 10
the for instructions. The Attorney
General in reply will give Marshal understand
at lie is not expected 10 engage In the nag business
and tna prevents the killing OF negroes IN his dis
win be quite occupied without running around after
rebel flags.