National Republican., 1883-10-30
THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND
PRINTING.
Annual Report OF Chief Burriil to the
Secretary OF the Treasury.


Secretary OF the Treasury.
Capt. T. N. Burrill, chief of the bureau Of
engraving and printing, in his annual report
to the secretary of the treasury for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1883, says, as the result
of the years work, there were completed and
delivered 9,232, sos sheets of N otes and securi.
ties with face value of 1896, III, ,4s0; 90 357,-
GAL sheets of internal revenue and customs
stamps, containing 95,909654 stamps; 734, ,46f
sheets of checks, drafts &c. and large
amount of miscellaneous work, besides inn
printing "Act March 3, 1888" upon 1888, 1888
sheets of tobacco, snuff, cigar and cigarette
stamps, containing 33,2l4,744 stamps, fur
nished by the commissioner of internal reve-
nue. for that purpose.
A comparison of the work accomplished
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882
with that accomplished during the year COW
cred by this report, shows an increase in the
latter of notes and securities of 1851 397
sheets; of internal revenue and customs
stamps, 536, 1S4 sheets; of checks, drafts &C.,
906S1 sheets, and of miscellaneous work,
$45, ,535.
The stock of unfinished work ON hand at
the close of this year showed an increase
over that on hand at the close of the preced-
ing year: Of securities, 3l7, ,S39 Sheets and
of internal revenue and customs stamps, 619,-
OO2 sheets, an aggregate of nearly 100000
sheets. The amount of material on hand at
the close of, and paid for from the appropria-
tion for, the fiscal year covered by this re-
port was very considerably larger than that
on hand at the close of, and paid for from the
appropriation for, the preceding year. The
number of plate printing presses was in
creased from 2l3 to 236, and in many other
ways the service was greatly improved during
the year.
The aggregate expenditures for the year
were:
For salaries of officers &C., on pay ROLL. S24 500
For labor in bureau, OH pay rolls. sG4,s sol
For material &C., OH vouchers......".. 2l5,2SG
Aggregate ....................,.....S 81, ,l0i 9S6
An item of unadiusted accounts amounting
to $6,341 is embodied in tho report which
Capt. Burrill says exists mainly by reason of
o deficiency in the appropriation for furnish
ing checks for the payment of pensions
Respecting the accommodations of his bu-
reau Capt. Burrll says:
1T becomes more apparent each year, owing
to the steady increase of the wo k, that The
building occupied by this bureau does not
furnish sufficient space for the convenient ex-
ecution of the work required, and 1t is evil
dent that steps must soon be taken to enlarge
it, With the room at my command
l can assign very limited space to each press
and in consequence the press rooms are un-
comfortably crowded, and much greater
number of employees is required to work in
them than is conducive to health.
Tho dressing rooms also, in many in
stances, are inadequate and unsuitable for
the purpose for which they are used, have
therefore the honor to recommend that the
matter of an enlargement of the building be
submitted to congress at the earliest oppor-
tunity." In concluding his report Capt.
Burrill pays high tribute TO his predecessor,
n H MI hot ha ~ hoo1 1aft
the impress of his energy and ability upon
the bureau, and it will ever be monu ment
to the zeal and fidelity with which he dis
charged the trusts confded to him"