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motions. $4,000 for miscellaneous cur
rent expenses, 1912 for rent of ofhces, !
and q new item amounting to $4,000 |
for rent, heat and light of living quar- |
ters for diplomatic officers in foreign /
countries where there are no Govern
uent-owned residential buildings.
The expenditures under expenses OF I
Foreign Service inspectors has been !
comparatively small during recent years,
but the department advises that 1t is
the intention to increase the force OF |
inspectors II the additional Foreign |
Service ofrcers recommended in the
1891 Budget are allowed, and with that
In view this estimate is increased from
$4,000 to S25, 900.
The increase recommended IN the
estimate for allowance for clerks at
consulates from Sl,645 900 to Sl,8S4,266
consists Of SCI, OPS for promotions, $751;
42o for additional consular clerks. and
500, $50 for the employment Of person.
nel to secure trade information for the
use of the Secretary Of Commerce as
provided by the act OF FEBRUARY a.
1903.
Contingent Expenses.
CONTINGENT expenses, United States
consulates is increased from $lO63,O0O
TO 81 1872 lao of which increase S25 ,099
Is for additional personnel including two
supervision Of construction, in connection
with the erection of consular buildings
In foreign countries, $27, SOB for promo
tons, S7627S for travelling expenses in
Guiding s2s,27s for travel within con-
sular districts in foreign countries and
$50 900 to be used by consular officers
when visiting in the United States on
their statutory leave for travel in con-
ferTing with business men at important
commercial centers, $4,000 for tele-
graphing information regarding tr1As
opportunities $4,000 for subscription
to important trade journals, $35,250 for
miscellaneous current expenses, S110,el0
for rent of Offices including $4,000 for
rent at Shanghai during construction 7
of the consulate general on the present
site, and a new item OF $4,000 Tor
rent, heat, and light of living quarters
for consular officers in foreign countries
where there are no aforementioned
residential buildings.
An increase is recommended for
immigration of aliens, Department OF
state, from S5o5.64o to $6l4,797, of
which $3.50 is for additional personnel
and promotions in the department, S62.-
$40 for additional clerical personnel in
the field including $500 on account OF
the national origins act and $4,000 for
consular clerks to be employed in con-
nection with the examination OF in
tending emigrants in Canada and Mex
leo, $40, o22 for promotions OF consular
clerks, S14593 for rent OF ofhces, ana
S6,322 for miscellaneous current ex-
penses.
The estimate for salaries, Foreign
Service officers, has been increased from
S3,ool, 900 to S3,298, 500, which increase
includes $1e7 500 for 81 new officers IN
addition to the 40 now on temporary
detail to the department whom 1t is
proposed to send to the field after they
have been replaced by permanent per-
sonnet, and $4,000 for promotions OF
17S officers.
The scope Of the text of transporta-
ton Of Foreign Service officers has been
materially extended to cover items OF
expense not heretofore allowed. and the
total amount Of the estimate has been
increaser from $4,000 to $5l80 GOO,
which includes an increase from $40 900
TO $4,000 for the return on statutory
leave Of officers who have performed
three wears or more of continuous serv-
ice abroad and who shall while on such
leave be available for trade conference
work or duty in the department, $4,000
to meet the increase in the rates OF
subsistence as provided by the subsist-
ence expense act of 1925, and S31 600
for an increase In the members OF OH
GERS families.
Retirement Fund.
The amount recommended for in
clusion In the 1881 Budget toward
financing the Foreign Service retirement
and disability fund Is the same as the
appropriation for 1890, 900, and IS
based on the advice of the Government
actuary. 49,
section IL Of the act of May "a. 1924,
authorizes the President to grant to
diplomatic missions and to consular
ofaces at capitals Of countries where
there Is no diplomatic mission OF the |
United States representation allow
ances out Of any money which may be
appropriated for such purpose from time |
to time by Congress, and there is sub
rnitted for the first time an estimate
for such allowances amounting to &c.,
600.
The estimate for water boundary,
from $4,000 to S71 $50, the principal
items Of this increase being $500 for
an assistant engineer and s7,160 for new
cages and cable stations for stream
gaging.
For the maintenance Of the boundary
line between United States and Canada
and Alaska and Canada, as provided
by the treaty Of February "a, 1925, there
is recommended an increase from S29,-
SIS to S33,125, consisting of $4,000 for
q geodetic engineer and an increase OF
$500 in the salary of the secretary, but
the increase in this estimate is reduced !
to SO 800 by decreases in other items.
WATERWAYS treaty United States and |
Great Britain: international Joint Com
mission, United States and Great Brit
ain, is increased from s164000 to $751;
585 The allotment for the United |
States section of the commission Is in
creased from $4,000 % S60,355, an |
amount Of Sl6,230 is recommended for
investigation by the Public Health Serv-
Ice of probable damaCe to human life by |
fumes from the SINE ter at Trail, British |
Columbia, in conjunction with the in
vestigation which the Agriculture De-
partmsnt is conducting as to the effect |
Of these fumes on plant and animal life, |
while the amount for the measurement |
Of the waters of the Kootenai and other |
boundary rivers is reduced from $780, /
900 to $4,000, making net increase in /
this estimate of S27,565.
A reduction has been made in the |
estimate for the Foreign Service build
ings fund from So 1000 900 to $1.700,000, |
as this amount with the unexpended !
balances from prior appropriations will
be sufficient to carry the building pro-
gram through the fiscal year 1881, all
funds provided for this purpose being
available until expended.
The estimate for marking the bound
airy line between the United States and
Canada and Alaska and Canada, under
the treaty OF April II, 1908, is reduced
from s23 $50 TO S17.460, as the field
work has been completed and 1t Is eX-
pected that all maps, reports, and other
office work will be finished in 1881. after
which no appropriation Will be required
for this purpose.
Mixed Claims Commission, United
States and Germany, and Tripartlte
Claims Commission, United States, Aus
tria and Hungary, Is reduced from
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