National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-25
MONEY MADE AND DELIVERED.
Annual Report Of Capt. 7. n. Burrill, Chief
Of the bureau OF Engraving aud Printing.

The annual report Of Capt T. N. Burrill,
chief of the bureau Of engraving and printing
states that during the last fiscal year, there
were completed and delivered S,l0i, GO sheets
OF notes and securities, with face value of
s2Gs,Sl0 1870; q l27 i07 sheets ofintornal revenue
and customs stamps, containing $50, jOG,S7S
stamps; SSlO32 sheets of checks drafts, &C,
besides imprlnting Act March 3 1855" upon
1865 l61 sheets OF tobacco, snuii, cigar, and
cigarette stamps, containing 1881 800 stamps
furnished by the commissioner OF internal
year were SUI. 56i SO, including sl6,Ol6.sb for
salaries of officers, SS0j, "a for labor in
bureau, and silj,GgBo3 for material &c.
u, The decrease, both In expenditures, during
the year over the former year was a littlo less
thnn II per cent The decrease In the dellv-
cries of notes and securities was 1896 per cent.
md in Internal revenue stamps 1860 per cent.
There was slight increase In checks, drafts,
continuance, under act of March 3, 1855, of
the baDk.check and proprietary stanps-cX-
Guiding the amount of these stamps delivered
in 1883 from the calculation there was an in
crease OF 322 per cent. OF the remaining
classes of stamps delivered in 1881 over the
deliveries In 1sS3-and the reduced approprla
4 ttons made by congress for notes and sectiri-
Ties; the appropriation for United States notes
gold and silver certificates, and registered
| bonds for 1888 was 800, 0O0 the same item for
1881 was s36l,0 a decrease Of 10 per cent;
"
as compared with 1888, is "a per cent. The
result of the reduced appropriation made by
congress for this work was the suspension of
the printing OF 81 and q United states notes
| from Jan. u TO June 90, 1884.
The appropriation for national bank notes,
less than for iSsS, aud tho decrease 't Of work
delivered last year was also 10 per cent. In
reference 10 this subject, Capt Burrill says
| THE bureau's estimates of the amount OF APP
preparation needed for that part. Of the work
directly under its control, viz: United States
notes, gold, silver, and currency certificates,
and registered bonds, has been each year
since 1880, exclusive of distinctive paper as
follows: 1850, sSj0000 1881, 100000; 1882,
sa26 oOo 1883, $4,000 1884, $4,000, while
the appropriations have been; 1850 inclusive
OF distinctive paper, $4,000; 1881, inclusive
OF distinctive paper, $4,000. Thereafter, ex-
e Gus Of distinctive paper: 1882, $4,000;
1888, $780, 1884, 1851, 600
II will thus be seen that for five years past
the appropriations for this work have been
very considerably below tho estimates sub.
mitted by the bureau. and have proved made
supply Of new notes usually held In the Office
OF tile treasurer OF the United States to meet
requirements Of the public in redemption and
exchange is exhausted of one dollar and two
on the first working day Of each month during
the fiscal year, was as follows: July, LIZA
august august ,2ig September ,2o2; October, 1852
,lss; February, i,iS6; March, 1,iS2; April,
LIS; May, 1889, and June, l,l7s
He urges the necessity for an enlarge
ment Of the building occupied by
the bureau, mentioning especially the
unsuitableness of the rooms occupied u,
dressing rooms by the printers on one side OF
the building, and by their assistants on tn,
other side, which cannot DO improved unless
an appropriation be made therefor. He adds
"a suitable outbuilding for use as stable. fo
storage, for carpenter shop, for ink mills, ant
other such purposes, is also very much needed
harness house. and those occupied ms a car
penter shop and for storage. are temporar,
frame structures not well adapted for thes
several purposes and the continued use o
which endangers public and private propert,
because of their liability to be destroyed b.
fire."