time nations proper international regulations for the prevention of collisions and other avoidable marine disasters. SEC. 3. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the necessary expenses of said marine conference, including the pay and allowances of the representatives of the United States therein, which shall be at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, and actual necessary expenses, for such delegates as are not salaried officers of the United States, and the latter shall be allowed their actual necessary expenses. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to provide the conference with such facilities as may be deemed necessary. The powers and authority conferred by this act upon the persons appointed by the President by force thereof shall terminate on the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, or sooner at the discretion of the President. SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this act. The importance of the conference, for the calling of which Congress has thus given authority and made provision, can not be overestimated, and suggests the expediency of early action with a view to preparing thoroughly for the proposed deliberations. Their scope is comprehensive, including the whole system of regula tions and practice concerning vessels at sea, and navigation generally; international marine signals; the saving of life and property from shipwreck; the reporting and removal of wrecks; the system of designating vessels; storm warnings and notices of dangers to navigation; and the prevention of collisions. Never before has so far-reaching an investigation or discussion of the subject been undertaken by maritime. states, and it may safely be predicted that the successful completion of the labors of the conference will mark a distinct epoch in the progress of ocean navigation. It is a matter of national satisfaction that it has fallen to the United States to take the initial steps, which, it may be confidently hoped, will lead to a codification of the rules of navigation, and thereby promote immeasurably the safety of ships at sea. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. G. WALKER, The SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. Chief of Bureau. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, by the Bureau of Navigation. B. SALARIES, OFFICE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. One stenographer (July 11, 1888) One laborer (submitted,.. C. SALARIES, Office of NAVAL RECORDS OF THE REBELLION. $1,600 660 2,260 NOTE.-The following additional estimates are submitted: Two clerks of class three Three clerks of class four, one of whom shall be employed in indexing the work, and another in the preparation of statistical tables 5,400 One clerk of class two.. 3,200 Four copyists, at $900 each. 1,400 One assistant messenger.. 3,600 720 Stationery and contingent expenses for the Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion For professional books and periodicals (July 11, 1888).... 1,000 1,500 NOTE. The amount estimated for ($2,500) is that appropriated previous to the fiscal year 1885-'86. The reduced amount is inadequate to meet the necessities of the Department. Draughtsmen, engravers, assistants, computers, custodian of archives, copy ists, copper-plate printers, apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office (same act)... Total...... $2,800 1,200 720 720 40,000 45, 440 II. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. For copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, tools, instruments, and materials for surveying, drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts; data for charts and sailing directions; freight and express charges; reduction of charts by photography, reproduction of charts by photolithography, and other processes for immediate use; electrotyping copper plates, cleaning copper plates, and other labor relating to chart-making; care and repairs of printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; expert work in compiling and arranging data for charts, sailing directions, and other nautical publications; works and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, and surveying.... For expert marine meteorological and other work in the preparation of the pilot chart and supplements; material for and printing and mailing the same, including postage... For rent of buildings for printing presses, storage of materials and instruments used in the construction and printing of charts, and other necessary purposes; repairs and heating of the same; and gas, water, and telephone rates For contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent, and care of offices; car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels; freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the pilot charts, and for other purposes for which the offices were established $20,000 15,000 4,500 20,000 For continuing work on a series of charts of the coast of Europe (submitted) 5.000 64.500 III.-FOR PRINTING AND BINDING. For printing and binding for the Hydrographic Office (July 11, 1888)...... 12,000 Total 76,500 F. SALARIES, NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE. Salaries of asssistants in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, viz: Two assistants, $1,400 each (same acts).. Three assistants, at $1,600 each (August 5, 1882; July 11, 1888). 4,800 2,800 Three assistants, at $1,200 each (same acts) 3,600 Two assistants, at $1,000 each (same acts). 2,000 Pay of computers on piece work in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, and improving the table of the planets (submitted).... 8,400 Increase of three assistants from $1,600 to $1,800 (submitted)... One assistant astronomer (August 5, 1882; July 11, 1888). 2,000 3,600 1,800 1,500 One copyist and indexer for the library Four watchmen, including one for new Naval Observatory grounds... NOTE. The following additional estimates are submitted: Increase to pay of one assistant astronomer, $600.... Increase to pay of two assistant astronomers, $400 each Two computers, at $1,200 each One laborer for care of compass houses $2,880 1,720 4,620 1,200 19, 320 600 800 500 2,400 660 800 5,760 II. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY. Apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same (same acts) Miscellaneous computations (August 5, 1882; July 11, 1888). 1,200 1,000 2,500 Payment to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries (same act). NOTE.-The following additional estimate is submitted: Extension and maintenance of the time service.... 4,500 136 5,000 14,336 FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE. I.-NAVIGATION. Foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; service and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore; Dautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war, books for libraries of ships of war, and professional papers, naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, drawings and engravings for signal-books; compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships' compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship's way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship, including those for the cabin, ward-room, and steerage, for holds and spirit-room, for decks and quartermaster's use; bunting and other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war other than that used in the engineer department; candles, when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running lights; chimneys and wicks, and soap used in navigation department; stationery for commanders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering signals and indicators, and speaking tubes and gongs for signal communication on board of vessels of war; photographic instruments and materials, and for introducing and maintaining electric lights on board vessels of war (September 7, 1883) ... II. ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. For installing the monitors Miantonomoh, Terror, and Monadnock with electriclighting plants, $15,000 each (submitted) 130,000 For increasing the electric-lighting plant of the Baltimore (submitted). 45,000 2,600 2,600 5,000 For installing the receiving ship Vermont with an electric-lighting plant (submitted)... For installing the dynamite-gun cruiser Vesuvius with an electric-lighting plant (submitted).... $5,000 6,000 66, 200 III.-OCEAN SURVEYS. For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof (September 7, 1888).. 20,000 IV. PUBLICATION OF SURVEYS-MEXICAN AND OTHER Coasts. For preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coast and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central and South America (September 7, 1888) 10,000 V.-CHARTS OF CHINA, JAPAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDS. For preparing and engraving on copper plates a series of charts of the coasts of China and Japan and the Pacific Islands (submitted).......... VI.-NAVAL War College. For maintenance of War College; repairs and improvements on buildings; heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books and stationery; freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of fuel and maintenance of horses and mail wagons, and attendance on same (September 7, 1888)........ VII.-CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: Freight and transportation of navigation materials; postage and telegraphing on public business; packing boxes and materials; furniture, stationery, and fuel for navigation offices at navy-yards, and all other contingent expenses (September 7, 1888)... VIII. CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. Navy-yard, New York: 10,000 10,000 5,000 one master of tugs (same act).. Navy-yard, Portsmouth: one clerk (September 7, 1888). Navy-yard, Norfolk, Va. : one clerk (September 7, 1888).... Navy-yard, Washington, D. C. : one clerk (September 7, 1888) Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal.: one clerk (September 7, 1888).. Naval War College: one clerk (September 7, 1888). one writer (same act).. one store-keeper (same act). 1,400 1,000 900 1,500 1,000 1,200 1,000 1,000 one clerk (September 7, 1888).. 1,000 IX.--NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 10,000 For continuing the erection of the new Naval Observatory and necessary buildings upon the site purchased under the act of Congress approved February 4, 1880 (21 Stat., p. 64)... 240,000 |
