Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-12
NATIONAL EXPENSES.
Items i'm the Cost of The Diplomatic
Service Statistics of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service.
What Kalakua's Visit Cost Us-The
Claims CsmmissiOns-The Patent
Office-Ete.

Washington Special to New York Tribune.l
The report of Mr.. Ella, fifth auditor of
the treasury, upon the business Of his
Office for the last year, has been sent to
the secretary OF the treasury. 1t shows
the cost and certain other figures of the
diplomatic and internal revenue service
Of the government, and OF certain i'm
portant work in the State department
and patent Office to have been as fol-
lows:
Tee Diplomatic Service-For foreign
ministers, 1886, ,343; fer coHsuls, S54l,
1853; for clerk hire Of consuls, S26, ,777; /;
fees collected by consuls, 1897, ,9S8; ex-
cess Of fees above consular expenses,
SI4S,Sl6; cost of relieving distrt ssed
seamen in foreign ports, S44, 4S6; paid
for passage Of seamen home, S9364; re-
ceivsd by consuls for extra wages OF seas
men discharged abroad, S47, IVA; number
OF seamen sent home, Sl6; paid out to
repre- ;entatives OF sailors and citizens
who died abroad, S2l 1858.
The Internal Revenue-The cost Of
collectors, who were paid by salary and
commissions, was S252, 574; by special
allowance, S577, ,697; expenses Of coilec-
tors offices, 81, ,435, 719; the amount col
lected by them, Sl02, ,995, 262; total cost OF
collectors, 50, ,lS5, 462. The expenses OF
storekeepers was S75l OPS; expense OF
distilleTy surveyors salaries, $6267; the
same, expenses, SS93S; gsugers' fees,
SSS5 356; gaugers' travelling expenses,
S64 3S7. The cost of supervisors Of in
ternal revenue was, salary, S29, ,999; for
expenses, S64, $50, and for clerk hire,
! S37. ia; total OF supervisory expenses,
Sl37, 1852. The cost OF internal revenue
agents vas, for salary, S5S, ,652; for eX-
Tenses, So, ,209.
The amount Of spirit stamps sent to
collectors for the year was $50. 793 53S;
Of tobacco, snuff and cigar stamps, $50,
| O79 SS5; of beer stamps, S9,4O3 100; OF
special stamps, SO, ,4OS, ,44O; adhesive
| stamps to sgeuts, S3,6l4 6S9; Of stamped
foil wrappers for tobacco, S492, ,3S2. Thers
wss paid during the year for engraving
and printing stamp paper, S6l4, 400.
The expenses OF the patent office foi
photo.Iithogrsphing were $500 OO9; for
| plates for Oficidl Gazette, $50, ,643; fol
/ comics Of drawings, S39, ,997; for trsc'
! inRs Of drawings, S34 1886 The eX.
penses Cf preserving the collections ot
| The surveying and exploring expeditions
! Wss $4,000 The co ltiugent expenses
"a the pO5toffice department were $780,
| IOO. he contingent expenses Of stht
patent cfice, S79,772. -.
Among tie miscellaneous exPendi
tpres Of the State department were
Publishing laws in newspapers, anC
pamphlets, $40 $50: editing revised am
annual statutes, Sl9, 9,l4O; purchase o
official postage stamps, SlSlS; survey o
British boundary, $SS, 800; salary sn'
| expenses Of the Spanish claims com
mission, S600S; salary and expenses o
| the Mexican claims commission, sl5,
sI9. sa'ary and expenses Of the court 0
AIsbama claims, SIS, 1856; awards t
BRUSH claimants, SI,929 ,sl9; expense
of his Hawaiian msjesty, Sl9 9l7; ret
OF prisons for American convicts Il
japan, China, Siam, Turkey, etc, $50,
ASS; for purchase and restoration 10 tn
family OF General Lafayette OF th
watch presented TO him by Washington
S24l.