New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-12

for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-fve, and for other
purposes:
For paw ofcommissioned and warrant Of
fcers at sea, on shore, on special service,
and Of those on the retired list and unem-
ployed, and for mileage and transpOrta-
ton of officers travelling under orders, and
seamen, landsmen and boys. ainclud-
ing men of the engineers force,
and for the Coast Survey service,
eight thousand five hundred men, six mil
lion two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For contingent expenses of the Navy De-
partment, one hundred thousand dollars.
For civil establishment at the different
navy yards, as follows: At Kittery, Maine,
nine dollars; at Charlestown, Massachu-
eetts, twenty-three thousand and ninety
three dollars and forty cents; at Brooklyn,
New York, twenty-three thousand seven
hundred and eighty. nine dollars and forty
cents; at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
twenty one thousand two hundred and
ninetv-three dollars and forty cents: at Nor
folk, Virginia, eighteen thousand five hun
dred and thirty -eight dollars and twenty
cents: at Pensacola, Florida, eight thou
sand ond hundred and forty-fve dollars; at
Washington, District Of Columbia, nineteen
thousand one hundred and twenty three
dollars and twenty cents; at Mare Island,
California, twenty thousand three hundred
and seventeen dollars and twenty cents;
and at League Island naval station, Penn
sylvania, four thousand lsix hundred and
eighty dollars; making, in all the sum OF
one hundred and fifty seven thousand
seven hundred and thirty eight dollars and
eighty cents.
For civil establishment at the several
naval hospitals and naval laboratory, thir-
ty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty
one dollars.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For for foreign and local pilotage and
towage Of ships Of war, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For services and materials in correcting
compasses on board ship, and for adjusting
and testing cOmpasses on shore, three thou
sand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical instru-
ments, nautical books, maps, charts and
sailing directions, and repairs of nautical
instruments for ships of war, ten thousand
dollars.
For books for libraries for ships of war,
three thousand dollars.
For navy signals and apparatus, namely,
Signal lights, lanterns and rockets, includ-
ing running-lights, drawings and engrav-
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For compass fittings, including binnacles,
tripods and other appendages OF ships COM
passes, to be made in the navy yards, five
thousand dollars.
For logs ard other appliances for meas
uring the ships way. leads and other ap-
pliances for sounding, three thousand dol
lars.
For lanterns and lamps, and their ap-
pendages, for general use on board ship, IN,
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steerage, for the holds and spirit-rOOm, for
decks and quartermaster's use, five thou
sand dollars.
For bunting and other materials for flags.
and making and repairing flags OF all kinds,
five thousand dollars
For oil for ships of war other than that
| used for the engineer department, candles
when used as substitute for oil in binna-
cles, running lights, for chimneys and wick
and soap used in navigation department,
| twenty thousand dollars.
For stationery for commanders and navi-
| gators Of vessels of war, two thousand
| dollars.
For musical instruments, and music for
vessels of war, one thousand dollars.
For steering signals and indicators, and
| for speaking tubes and gongs, for signal
| communication on board vessels OF war, two
| thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Bureau
| of Navigation: Freight and transportation
| of navigation materials; instruments, books
and stores; postage and telegraphing; ad-
vertising for proposals; packing boxes and
materials; blank books, forms and station
| cry at navigation Offices, four thousand dol
| lars.
For drawing, engraving and printing and
photo-lithographing charts, electrotyping
and correcting old plates, preparing anG
| nm h1iShip sailing directions and other
| photographic information, twenty thousand
dollars; and for making charts, including
those of the Pacific coast, thirty thousand
| dollars.
| For fuel, lights and office furniture; care
| of building and other labor; purchase OF
books for library, drawing materials and
other stationery; postage, freight and other
contingent expenses, five thousand dollars
For rent and repair of building, two thou.
sand eight hundred dollars.
For expenses of Naval Observatory
namely:
For pay of one clerk, one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For three assistants, at one thousand FIVE
hundred dollars each.
For wages of one instrument maker, one
messenger, three watehmen and one porter
for keeping grounds in order and repairs to
buildings; for fuel, light and office furni
ture; and for stationery, purchase of books
for library, chemicals for batteries, postage
and freight, and all other contingent ex
perses, ten thousand dollars.
For transcribing astronomical observa
lions upon sheets for publication, one thou
sand two hundred dollars.
/ For one chronometrical thermometer, fvt
hundred and fifty dollars.
For necessary furniture and equipments
for the new building for the great telescope
| two Thousand dollars:
For the last payment for the great refract
ing telescope, ten thousand dollars.
For expenses of Nautical Almanac:
For pay of computers and clerk for com
piling and preparing for publication thu
American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
eighteen thousand dollars.
For continuance OF work on new planet
discovered by American astronomers, tw'
thousand dollars.
For rent, fuel, labor, stationery, boxes
expresses and miscellaneous items, on
thousand five hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.
For fuel and materials necessary in car
rying on the mechanical branches of tn
Ordnance Department at the navy yard
and stations, seventy-five Thousand dollars
For labor at all the navy yards, two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs to ordnance buildings, maya
zines, gun parks, machinery, and othe
I'necessaries of like character, ten thousan,
dollars.
For miscellaneous items, freight, expires
charges, and purchase Of instruments, fv
thousand dollars.
For the Torpedo Corps:
For the purchase and manufacture G
gunpowder, nitro-glycerine and gun cotton
| Twelve thousand dollars.
For the purchase and manufacture G
electrical mschines, galvanic batteries an
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