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and" which ne does in remarkable de-

land,' which ne does in remarkable de-
gree.
On responding, he said that it was ow-
ing TO his resemblance to Cleveland that
the President had sent him 10 California,
In order TO get him as far away as possible
from Washington.
The Fourth District, he said, preserved
tnat esprit du corp which leads them TO
work Tor one another as for themselves.
ne revenue Department is now recog-
hlZed as one of the most efficient branches
| OF the United States Government. Com
missioner Miller had told him that the
! opium cases were transferred to The de-
partment because Of its high efficiency.
1here had been some scandals, but they
were few and lar between in comparison
with other branches OF the service. II
Collector Stairley keeps up the standard
OF the Office, all officer of the service will
De recognized as the peer of any in the
other departments.
THE WIND-UP.
responses were made by E. S. Gridley
Tor the storekeepers, W. b. Maydwell for
the gaugers, l.. e. Roeder read poem by
one OF the force, which elected much
laughter by its illusions and hits, j. r.
Sweeney for the field deputies, e. ~.
avery for the field gaugers, and w. H..
Cole of Nevada TO the toast of 1.-The
Moonshiners."
The session closed by singing Aud
Lang Syne."
In conversation with representative
Of the REcoRD-UNI0N, Mr.. Stairley
stated that the present force will be re-
tanned without change until the lst OF
March and his appointments announced
st that time. There will be some changes,
but perhaps not all. Those who are en-
gagged Iii Chinese registration Will not be
changed, but will finish their work.
1t IS generally understood, although
Mr.. Stalriey ala not state so, that Chief
Deputy Wulfl, who has been in the Office
Tor the past sixteen years, will retain his
place. Several OF the officers desire 10 be
relieved Immediately, which will be done,
but their places will not be nlled till
March lst.
AN EVENING RECEPTION.
In the evening MIR. Stairiey was re-
ceived by MIR. ByIngton at his rooms ut
the Golden Eagle, and the late subordi-
mates OF the latter were also present. y
most sociahle time was enjoyed, toasts
and speeches being in order. Again were
;ne feelings OF friendship and esteem to-
ward the retiring Collector emphasized.
and he cannot help taking with him IN his
retirement the most pleasant memories OF
The kindly sentiments expressed.
THE DEPUTIES.
Following are the names of the deDu-
Ties appointed by the new Collector for
the several divisions:
Onice deputies-M. 7. Tucker, W. A.
Hampton, &. y. Barber, w. B. Ferral.
DIVISION I-SacramentO, AmadOr, FL
/ Dorado and Alpine Counties-J. G. Med
ley, deputy. Chinese residents, 5,074.
Division 2-Yolo, Colusa, Glenn, Yuba,
Butte and Sutter Countles-E. K. Gaddis,
deputy. Chinese residents. 4,273.
Division Nevada, Lassen, Modoc,
Plumas. Sierra and Placer Counties
Thomas 2. Ford, deputy. Chinese resi-
/ dents, 3,21.
Division 4-Tehama, Shasta, Trinity
and Siskiyou Counties-John l.. Nc
CAREY. deputy. Chinese residents, 2,936.
Division 5-Solano. Napa, Lake, So
nOma, Marin, Mendocino, Humboldt.
Del Norte-H. w. Peck. deputy. Chinese
residents, 1859.
Division Estate of Nevada. NJ. Ben
ton, Jr., deputy. The census shows about
1900 Chinese residents.
The following constitute the regular
force of Deputy Collectors:
Division l-Sacramento and Amador
Counties-E. C. Roeder.
Division Eel Dorado, Placer and Ne
vada Counties-WilliamL l.. Cole.
Division 3-Colusa, Glenn, Yuba, Sutter,
Humboldt and Del Norte-A. A. Thayer.
DIVISION butte, Sierra, Plumas, Las
sen and Modoc-John w. Magee.
Division 5-Tehama, Shasta, Trinity
and Siskiyou-Captain Jas. X. Sweeney.
Division 6-Sonoma, Marin and Mem
dOcino-W. S. Davis.
Division 7-SoIanO, Yolo, Napa, Lake
Charles Newman.
Division 8-State of Nevada and Alpine
County, California II. Hoegh.
The office deputies are MIR. Wulff, Chief,
ID. POorman, and the clerks are Julia c.
Sullivan, Melissa Smith and E. J. Smith.
The office employs twelve storekeepers
and twelve to fifteen gaugers.