New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-05

laws rNialng 10 oeOmefRefipe nc oieo rfusncb
list Of the State laws relating TO the acteraicu of food
and drugs, Together with very full list ct scientific
cf Scea charged with sSe Enforcement ths
act Of Congress TO prevent the ana sale
Ss this act having SS ' provided Dat the
and drugs shall be performed under tho control OF
1, renew my recommendation to smagarste the w.
tsrna revcuus and customs systtms thereby rsdudnS
enrire revenues.
NoN-PARTIsAN CIVIL SERVICE.
Almost all of the subordinate service Of this Depart
ent IL now appointed undcr the Civil Service system
Of rules. But also five important branches Oh TIC
Treasury Department are in large measure removed
from political influences, and yet are not under "ha'
They are the Coast and oeodstic surrey LATE saving
Service, the Revenue Marine tns rn no Pnsn
gained In ths regard in all Of these branches parted
larry the latter during the past three ysrrs ana
i. Tl ss of s es1'h' 1 ,S aas
sr Us Ie sss ans
collector appraiser or other ooer eE1 Ss and
;h poo oessn ' Of these officers might be CHANGED from
time to time thus providing an emceht onIIA IN ~
each Shs uro saca efficiency and sconsm has
been tried TO small extent during the PAST S'"' VII"
worry good results
REyENUE.MARINE SERVICE
The arduous and steady work Of the revenue cut
ters has been faithfully and successfully oohouo'eu
by the officers of this service during the pass year
and the only drawback to large Increase IN INC rec
d 81 duty performed mas been the disabled cenoiuoh
81 some of the vessels which require Replacement ahu
more extensive repairs than the FUNDS no" aV~""o0
VIII ALLOWING is the record Of regular duty for the
wear ended June 30, 1855
Aggregate number Of miles eruised oy YES ana al
Nn se,s Of merchant vessels boarded and
,,, sminea 4, merchant vessels found violating
in particular ana seized OF TO 1o2e
ported sSd to pe PaGRe incurred by vessels 90
NuS sesed of Or yes ssefi n distress assisted S2e
bv the SEA to which was rem 80 goa 1913 90
dered. .,s,:.,sa' @''' 4, o4i
sixty persons were picked Out oil inc "S'e' ""N
says S. is seame Rush, and Bear crused during
,be Summer in the vicinity OF the pripyor, ~ Reb
Without cncountering any vessels m ins' par as In
ing Sea engaged w The unlawful Milling OF seal lssha
iner visits to parts Of the TerOry Q,
~ the United states was investigated aud enie &c
Substantial aid was given by theSe ", esSipvTecked
sesmen destitute miners and explorers anu being
natives OF the IeTritoTy c couId be obtained nom
no apap shepard brought down TO san Francisco "a
exposed situations in which they were piace0 was
matter OF necessity or humanity nd Of Captain nea.
snt as far north as Point Barrow, ana al NAV pad I'D
look on heard Vain, lao P'Ss spRs GSies @ ana
S'ss5- and Young Phoenix and the schooner ,tant
S,@vs and Ino" that had been wrecke4 IL ' tsns
td IN other vessels of the whaling meet ou' io'
- conveyed bv the Bear to san FRANCISCO. ALL,
rbc great danger attending whaling IN .h9 W.
nm The west coast of this country, shO ~, orsr
United states render all me ssssea anns IA "
10 siipwrcched mariners IN thosc regoh hv s.nch
~ 1imrh assistance could be afforded py En.r
,evenue steamer cruising along the coaS' Iii a.
Snr Tho whaling season. This duty, as wen es
any cmergent service cannot De met Wy ~. COZ 900 TO
IcT nresent condition, and provision VI s-nS,Sed
n,o.otothen and repair this vessel Is rccomhlenueu
Mafcrial assistance has been glNeu, az ~ r fe
10 tbe nf,i erS and vessels of this service 10 my III
ssv;nr service. The distance crlised "h'o P'i
inc Ills duv aggregated 10 ,04o miles c.v,cs for
Tho expenditures o. Inc htHellle N"''NA 49,
the wear isss were about s912,ooo.
IIFF-sAVING SERVICE
Tie number of fe-saving stations In oe~"Se'
=, tbe close of the year was d. 49,
,v ,hc nsion of the service the rumper Oh ais
.,,ers falling within its scope has Correspondence
i,creaecd The success OF its operations however
-, g, oo,r,se ab,tcd The service has continued 10
ir.nrovc lis methods and appliances ana ,Lls .od
naars a record excellng any heretofore P Ho,ers
Sfnrc livcs and property were inVcNeu III a. -
man I'm any former year, while the loss Vi Oo''' " "
proportion less. 49, A.. or Al, disasters 10 docu-
,o,tcd vesses ON board these vessels theIe Wei. .
c59 nersons of whom 3641 were saved anu !. r.
The number Of shpwrcked persons ,ars relief
IN tbe aggregate The value of properly 10Y vas
"a a'tna,sd M go 555 .oS5 OF this e, o,4uo s
80 aud II = $50 lost The number OF He 100
totally lost was IL In addition 70 tie boats
rovhoats &c involving the lives OF ~. 1880 ioot
~ ,Jnn, ao9 were saved and lost. Inc p fo%aa.S
Srrolvcd IN these Instances is estimated az Si' ''
q, which $3.50 255 were saved, ana o 'o0o Tvs"