The Washington times., 1901-10-18
THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING.
Annual Report of Director Meredith
Submitted to Secretary Gage.

The annual report of William NJ Mere
dtth. Director of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, for the fiscal year ended
June go 1901, was yesterday submitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury. In regard
to the work performed by the bureau, Mr..
Meredith says:
THE aggregate number of sheets de-
livered during the fiscal year was 121 .55S-
29l OF this amount there we're p, ,072. $50
sheets of United States netes, certificates,
and bonds; S,230.9S1 sheets of national
bank notes; 52,g19.26S sheets Of internal
revenue stamps; 20 900 sheets of customs
stamps; ,350,SSO sheets OF postage stamps
100 stamps to the sheet, and 1.69J, ,4l2 sheets
of checks, drafts, etc.
The aggregate expenditures fo- the fis-
cal year were $2,39s, 1926. The amount of
the aggregate appropriations for the work
was S2,4 0i3.19 and there We're unexpend-
ed balances aggreGating S15,5i9.53.
'Of the aggregate amount expended,
81. .7S1 a was for lew machinery, S36.0742S
for increase in the value of supplies and
printed stock, and S29.s63-35 for employees
detailed to other branches Of the public
The work of the bureau continues to
Increase steadily. the aggre gate number
of sheets delivered during 1890 being 49,,
800. 423, while for 1901 there were 21,55S,zg
sheets delivered. The aggre gate number
in 1sS0. the Year the bureau was estah-
lisEed in its present quarters. was % $685. .0S5
sheets since the estimates Tor the cur
rent fiscal year were submitted to Con-
gTeSS the Treasurer Of the United States
has twice increased mis- order. first from
q COO sheets OF United states notes and
silver certificates a day to SS.U0J sheets a
day. the present delivery, and again to
l12o0O sheets day. commencing about
December l. 1901, when the additional IA
cilities in his office will enable MN TO
finish that amount.
The steady Increase in the demands
for notes and securities upon the bureau
during the past three years-si1ce the
&C mms ncement of the Spanish-Au1erican
waT-has been so large as to have depleted
its stock Of unfinished securities. 1t is
the purpose now to operate portions of
the force beyond the regular hours in
order to accumulate a sufficient stock of
such unfinished securities TO permit of a
thorough seasoning of the paper and ink
Used in printing them, and have these in
denominations that viii enable this bU-
reau to meet the demands of the public
for different denominations of bills without
the delay necessary to their printing and
&C mpletiOn after the receipt of the order
1t is expected that before The end Of this
fiscal year such a stock will have been
acct INFLATED.
Prior to my assuming charge of the
bureau, from May TO- 1850, TO November
y. 1900, it WAS under the arrangement of
Mr.. Thomas J. sullivan, assistant direc-
tor. Almost five months OF the present
fiscal year We're, therefore, under his di-
rection. In this connection, / deem it due
to Mr.. SulliN an to say that the condition
Of the bureau when ! assumed its direc-
torship indicated that his management
had been in every way efficient. and that
| have found in him a valuable assistant
and a nest cordial and conscientious sUp-
porter In the arduous and responsible
duties Of the office.