The San Francisco call., 1898-12-06
APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED
 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-In conformity with the requirements of the law the Sec retary of the Treasury to-day transmitted to Congress the estimates of appropria- tons required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, as furnished by the several executive departments. These estimates. including permanent annual appropriations. aggregate $593 ,04S,37S, as against $S0S, 1875 513, the amount of the ap- propriations, including the deficiencies and miscellaneous, for the fiscal year lSsS, and also s462, ,647 300, the amount of the es1 inmates for 1899. Following IS the total recapitulation, cents being omitted;
 Legislative establishment = Estlmated 1900 $4476, ,995; estimates for 1899, A,46o, ,552
 Executive blishment-Estimates TOT 1900 $22 sos 112; estimates for 1SS9 $2O,UZ0, ,4S4
 Judicial establishment-Est TOT 1900 $707 620; estimates for 1899, $6S2 ,6SO.
 Foreign intercourse-Estimates for 1900, S1 ,s33 OPS; estimates for 1899, $l ,S5O,4 AN.
 1900, $145 ,119,4S1; estimate for 1899, s24,-
 Naval Establishm nt-- Estimates for 1e0o. $39 ,114, ,6O2; estimates for 1899, S2s,-
 Indian affairs Estimates af for 1900. ST. O69 ,S16; estimates for 1899, $7,375,6F o, Pensions-Es Estimates for po- lg90' Sl4522S'-
 Public works-Estimates for 1900, $56,- 927 ,OS0; estimates for 1899, $73, ,365, ,1S4:
 Postal Estimates for 1900, A,- 267 ,SSS; estimates for 1899, s6,04S, l12 ~
 Miscellaneous - Estimates for 1900, $37 ,3l4.9 .903; estimates for 1899, $35,1S7 ,402.
 Permanent annual appropriations-Esti sti- mates for 1900, SIPS S,67S, ,220; estimates for 1899 $117, ,S36, ,220.
 Grand totals-Estimates for 1900, $593,- 04S,37S; estimates for 1899, s462, ,647 1885.
 The appropriations for the military es-
 s 5SE m the hs dnS sea fo yfsr naEs s establishment to $107 ,S16,46S. For the mili- tary establishment, estimates for the year 1900 covering the more important items, together with an increase in each item on estimates for 1899, are given as follows:
 Contingencies of the army, 50,OOO; in- crease, $432 900; pay and travelling ex- A1,449S42; subsistence of the army, sIl.- 6S2, ,437, increase about 5000 900; regular supplies for quartermaster's department, S14OOO,OOO, increase S12O0O; incidental ex- s, 300 000 increase S, ,300, GOO; transportation of army and supplies, $29 ,S1S, 875, increase about $27 300 900; clothing and camp and about SIS, 600 900; barracks and quarters, g, 800 900, increase $1,750 .00U; medical and hospital department, $2,1OO2OO, increase supplies, s1,755, 900, increase s1, ,150. .OOO;; manufacture of arms, sS00,0OO, increase $4O0, 900.
 For the naval establishment the follow ing are the principal items known:
 Pay of the navy, S13 .226, ,440 increase about S4. .500 GOO; increase of the navy, s10, l92, ,4Q2, increase aDOuI S1f0U,UUU, ance Qf naval training station at Yerba Buena Island, California, so, GOO (new); equipment of vessels, 8 .225 4S0, increase $741, ,S27; provisions, s 100000, increase s1 500 900; construction and repair, S3,000,- 000 increase S500, 900.
 Following are among the items submit- ted by the lighthouse service:
 To complete station near Point Arguello, Cal S35 GOO; at entrance to San Joaquin River Cal. $10 900; at Point Buchon, Cal, S33 GOO; at Middle Ground, Columbia River, Or $24 900: on Burrows Island. Wash, $15. 900; at Semiahmoo Bay. Wash, $25,- GOO: for light vessels of Cape Mendocino, Cal $90. 900; improvements at Mare Island navy yard. Cal, SS51, ,750
 The total amount asked for fortillca- tions and other works of defense is $12,- 151, 900.
 The total amount asked for continuing or completing improvements of rivers and harbors is BPS, 3,773, the items including the following: Humboldt harbor and bay, California S143 ,115; harbor at Oakland, Cal, $133 900; breakwater at San Pedro, Cal, s400, 900; harbor at Yaquina Bay, Or. s4OO, ,OO0; Grays Harbor, Wash, 300 900. Co., lumbia River at Cascades, S100,000; Colum- bia and Lower Willamette rivers, below Portland, $150, 900; entrance to Coos Bay and harbor, Or, $100 ,000
 The Postmaster General estimates the deficiency in the postal revenues for 1900 at $4, ,265 SSS. The estimate for army and navy pensions is s144, ,000, ,000; cost of pen sions service S1 ,233, ,S30.