Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-05

IS4; and Steamboat Inspection Serv
lice, II.
The largest number, or about a. per
cent, came from the Bureau Of Manu-
features, while the Lighthouse, the
Standards, and the Statistics Bureaus
frank next with about IS each. The
ICensus Bureau, although part of the
department. publishes its statistical
res uhs independently, hence these fig
uies do not include the census
: enumeration summaries, bulletins,
. eempendiums. reports. etc.
Keeping the World in Touch.
There are IS publications issued at
stated periods by the department. by
which it keeps the commercial finan-
ciaL maritime, and labor worlds fully
informed Of national and international
facts and figures in which they are
vitality interested. OF these there is
l daily, made up of consular and trade
reports. from the Bureau of Manufac-
lures; l semiweekly, containing let
+ ters on commercial topics Of the press.
from the Bureau of Statistics:
weekly a notice to mariners, from the
Bureau of Lighthouses; 7 monthlies,
comprising the following issues: / bull
/ tin on certain fishery products landed
/ at Boston and Gloucester. Mass. by
American fishing vessels. from the Blu
roau of Fisheries: / bulletin, from the
Bureau of immigration and Naturali-
cation; l monthly summary of COM
merce and finance, / monthly advance
statement of imports and exports, !
mcEthly summary of internal COM
Y4aa 81
ports and exports. and ! statement of
exports OF domestic breadstuffs meat
and dairy products. food animals. cot
ton, and mineral oils, from the Bureau
of Statistics; / bimonthly bulletin
from the Bureau of Labor; and
qrarterlies, of which I is an index to
daily consular and trade reports, from
the Bureau of Manufactures. and
concerns imported merchandise en-
+ tered for consumption in the United
states, and the duties collected there
on, from the Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics of Printing.
About $4,000 publications are mailed
every workday by the Division of Pub
LEGATIONS eff the department. The aver
age daily weight Of them is about 2400
sitions on the Public Printer calling
fer the printing of nearly 12.4o0, 600
blank forms. 5,276.o00 reports and
pamphlets, 2.254.000 letterheads. $4,000
envelopes. 371,o00 circulars and de-
eisions, and 3.5o7.09o memorandum
sheets; the making OF about 2,269 coo
index and guide cards and folders. and
$4,000 blank books; and the binding of
nearly 5000 miscellaneous volumes.
OF blank forms there was an increase
during the year in the number printed
CT nearly 2,750,000. or 2S.40 per cent.
of reports. pamphlets. etc, an increase
Of about 2.160,000, or 6916 per cent.
of letterheads. an increase of 1880,
or $50 per cent. Of envelopes an in
crease of Il, 700. or 1851 per cent. of
crease Of 12,700, or 14-Sl per cent; OF
1880 or SIS per cent; Of index cards,
an increase of 651,5o0. or 65.44 per
cent; and of guide cards and folders.
al increase of $4,000, or 46.18 per
cent
II addition, orders to the number of
$40 We're placed with the envelope
] contractors for the making and print
Ing of about 7,200,090 penalty envel-
opes, while orders were placed with
the contractors for the making Of
1S2,S55 sheets Of special watermarked
papers on which TO print declarations
of intention and petitions for naturali-
cation, and 59.929 sheets of the dis
tinetive safety. paper on which TO print
+ certificates of naturalization.
Thousands of acquisitions.
During the year there were received
from the various outside services of
the department 1918 acquisitions for
blank forms and 329 acquisitions for
printed stationery. and from the bu-
reaus and Offices of the department
j located in Washington $50 acquisitions
/ for printed stationery. The 1913
acquisitions for blank forms called for
S,S22,000 blanks and $4,000 books
and pamphlets, and the 709 requisi-
tons for printed stationery for
100000 envelopes. 2,250.009 letter
i heads, 100000 memorandum sheets.
5000 setnographers' notebooks. $500
blank books, 1,150o0o0 index and guide
cards, 158.o00 vertical folders, and
$4,000 blank forms.
To fill the 1873 acquisitions for
blank forms required the making of
1896 packages and the packing OF 777
boxes, or trunks, and 363 bags. of a
total weight Of 247.924 pounds, or
nearly ia tons. of which 204 ,5s7
pounds were sent by regular mail,
2s,701 by registered mail, and 1886
pounds BY freight.
To fill the 329 acquisitions for
printed stationery from the outside
/ services required 1902 packages and
boxes, weighing 4s,096 pounds. or "a
tors; 1155, Weighing 37.s73 pounds.
being sent by ordinary mail. and a..
weighing 1928 pounds, by freight
Adding together the total weights Of
the different kinds of printed matter
sent out in filling the 12.247 requisi-
tiens from the outside services or
agencies Of the department and the
grand total gives 1878 packages and
boxes, weighing 296,020 pounds or 14s
TONS of which 242,470 pounds went by