of construction in 1853, 15 have been 2 draughtsmen, each........ 1 inspector of granite......... 1 draughtsman.. 2 66 66 1 assistant photographer. 1 66 66 4 computers, each...................... 1 1 modeller.... $9.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 5.50 5.25 .................... 5.00 4.50 4.50 4.25 4.00 shipping and mail clerk............................................. 1 clerk and messenger. 1 modeller..... ...... The office is charged with the following duties: Selecting and purchasing sites for all public buildings under the Treasury Department, including CustomHouses, Appraisers' Stores, Court-Houses, Post-Offices, Mint Buildings, Assay Of fices, and Marine Hospitals; making designs for these buildings, and preparing plans, specifications, estimates, schedules, detailed working drawings, models, etc., therefor; constructing the buildings, and supplying heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, vaults, safes, and locks required for all public buildings in charge of the Department, and perform-2 tracers, each................................. 1 assistant photographer.............................................. ing all work necessary for their repair 1 copyist........... and preservation. It has also to prepare 1 laborer... all contracts for the supply of materials 1 messenger or labor required in connection with the above duties. It is also charged with the leasing of all buildings rented for the public service under the Department, and with the custody of the leases and deeds, and all bonds of superintendents of construction or repair of public buildings. It is also required to give to accounts of Disbursing Agents for the several works herein before specified the administrative scrutiny required by law, before they are forwarded to the proper accounting officers for adjustment. ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. Supervising architect.. ............................... CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The following employés other than mechanics and laborers, under the direction of the Supervising Architect, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, are in service in connection with the construction or repair of public buildings in different cities in the United States, and their tenure of office will cease upon completion of the buildings or works upon which they are engaged; but it is ...$4500 safe to assume that in a growing and 2250 prosperous country like ours no diminu2000 tion in the aggregate of such works will ensue, and therefore it is that this class 1200 of public servants is included herein. Por Annum. 2250 ............... Principal clerk. 2 clerks, each... ........... 1600 900 720 The changes to take place will be principally in the personnel and location, rather than in a reduction of the number of persons so employed. It has not been of mechanics and laborers employed on attempted to show the number and wages Government works, but large numbers of ously and at irregular periods on these as such, of course, are employed continuwell as many other works of the Govern...$10.00 ment. 9.60 ................. Per Diem. 9.00 5 superintendents of construction, each $9.00 ............ 8.00 6 66 66 8.00 6.00 6 6.00 1 assistant superintendent of construc- 7.00 .................. 5.00 2 assistant superintendents of construc- 6.00 9.00 1 inspector of accounts........................................................ 10.00 1 superintendent of repairs 1 chief computer....................... 1 foreman.. 66 2 master-mechanics, each................ 1 66 mechanic..... 4.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 SUPERVISING INSPECTORS. There are ten Supervising Inspectors, 3.50 who are selected for their knowledge, skill, and practical experience in the uses of steam for navigation; and they must be competent judges of the character and 4.00 qualities of steam-vessels, and of all parts 4.50 of the machinery employed in steaming. It is the duty of the Supervising Inspectors and the Supervising InspectorGeneral to assemble as a Board once in each year, in the city of Washington, 4.00 D. C., on the third Wednesday in January, 3.00 for joint consultation, to assign to each 2.00 Supervising Inspector the limits of terri1.00 tory within which to perform his duties; ....................... 2.50 and to establish the necessary regulations 3.00 to carry out the law relating to the Steamboat Inspection Service, which, when approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, have the force of law. 1 66 .................................... ....................... 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.25 1.00 STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. The Supervising Inspector-General of Steam-Vessels is the head of this service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. He has an office in the Treasury building, and his salary is $3500 per annum. QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES. The Supervising Inspector-General must be selected with reference to his fitness and ability to systematize and carry into effect all the provisions of law relating to the Steamboat Inspection Ser- He supervises the duties of the local vice. It is his duty to superintend, under inspectors, and harmonizes differences of the direction of the Secretary of the opinion existing between local boards. Treasury, the administration of the He must report in writing, at the annual steamboat inspection laws, preside at the meetings of the Board, the general busimeetings of the Board of Supervising In-ness of his district, and the Board shall spectors, receive and examine all accounts of inspectors, report to the Secretary of the Treasury upon all matters pertaining to his official duties, and produce a correct and uniform administration of the inspection laws, rules, and regulations. There is no clerical force especially examine into all the acts of each Supervising Inspector and local board, and all complaints made against them, and the judgment of the Board in each case must be entered upon their journal. The Board of Supervising Inspectors must establish such regulations as will make known to the local inspectors the names of all per HULLS. sons licensed; the names of those from | LOCAL INSPECTORS OF STEAMBOAT whom licenses have been withheld, and the names of all whose licenses have been 1 at Portland, Maine......... suspended or revoked. 1" Boston, Mass......... This Board must establish such regula-1" New London, Conn... tions to be observed by all steam-vessels in passing each other as may be necessary for safety, two printed copies of which to be furnished to each vessel, to be kept posted up in conspicuous places in the vessels. 1" New York City.......... 1" Savannah, Ga......... 1 New Orleans, La..... Number, station, and pay of the Super-1" Mobile, Ala vising Inspectors: 1 at San Francisco, Cal......... 1" New York City...... 1" Baltimore, Md... 1" St. Louis, Mo 1" Galena, Ill............. 1 "Galveston, Texas....... Per Annum. 1 "St. Louis, Mo.......... Per Annum. .$1200 2000 1200 2200 2000 Baltimore, Md.............................. 2000 1200 1200 1200 2200 1500 1200 2000 2000 2000 1200 LOCAL INSPECTORS-DUTIES, NUM- 1 Evansville, Ind........ 1 "Apalachicola, Fla........... 1" Seattle, Wash. Ty..... The Local Inspectors must once in 1" Galena, Ill..... ASSISTANT LOCAL INSPECTORS OF 2 at New York City, each......... When the inspection of a steam-vessel is completed, and the Inspectors approve the vessel and her equipment throughout, they must make and subscribe a certificate to the Collector of Customs in the district in which the inspection has been made. The Boards of Local Inspectors grant licenses and classify the masters, chief mates, engineers, and pilots of all steam-vessels, and no person can serve in either of those capacities without a license "Charleston, S. C...... from the Inspectors. They must keep a 1" Savannah, Ga...... record of certificates of inspection of ves-1" New Orleans, La......... sels, their boilers, engines, and ma-1" Evansville, Ind..... chinery, and of all their acts in the ex- 1" Apalachicola, Fla... amination and inspection of steamers, 1" Milwaukee, Wis. whether of approval or disapproval. 1" Norfolk, Va....... 1" Seattle, Wash. Ty........... The Inspectors perform other proper duties in relation to the inspection of steamers, their boilers, engines, hulls, and machinery, which it is not deemed neces-1" St. Louis, Mo..... sary here to enumerate. Per Annum. .$1200 2000 1200 2200 2000 2000 1200 ............... 1 at Nashville, Tenn..... 1" Wheeling, W. Va..... 66 1 Portland, Oregon..... Memphis, Tenn.... 66 1 "Galena, Ill... 66 Marquette, Mich... 1 1" Port Huron, 66 2000 Per Annum. | salaries of the employés, and makes dis- ... .................. 1 "Grand Haven, Mich........... 1500 800 800 900 ASSISTANT LOCAL INSPECTORS OF 2000 The keeper of each station is required 2000 to be an experienced surfman,—that is, a man skilled in the technical art of managing a boat in surf and in wrecking 1200 operations. He selects his crew of six 1500 men, for whose fitness and good conduct 2000 he is responsible, and who are required 800 to be able-bodied and skilled surfmen. 2000 He is the custodian of the station and its property, the governor of the crew in the station precincts, the leader and captain of the men in all their operations at wrecks, and the steersman in the boat service. He is an inspector of customs, 1600 responsible for all goods on stranded ves1200 sels. His salary is $400 per annum. His 1600 crew receive $40 a month per man while 1600 on duty. The term of service is from 1600 September to May of each year (or for a shorter period, if clement weather makes it prudent), upon the sea and gulf coasts; upon the lakes, from the opening to the close of navigation. While on duty, the keeper and crews are required to reside Per Annum. at the isolated stations upon the beaches, .$1200 which are at an average distance of five miles from each other, and 195 in number. The duties of the men consist in 1200 keeping a watch by day, or a patrol of 1000 the beach if the weather is thick; and every night a constant patrol from sunset 1200 to dawn, on the lookout for stranded or otherwise endangered vessels. In case of a wreck, their duty is to rescue those on board, either by going out to them in the boat, or by getting line communicaThe Life-Saving Service was reorga- tion with the vessel, and bringing the nized by the act of June 18, 1878, for people to shore in the life-car or breechesthe rescue of life and, secondarily, prop- buoy. So far as practicable, and not to erty from stranded or otherwise endan- interfere with the business of regular gered vessels upon United States coasts. wrecking companies, they are also reIt is under the charge of a General Super-quired to save property upon wrecks and intendent, assisted by an Assistant General Superintendent. To facilitate its operations, the coasts of the United States are divided into twelve districts. Each district is in charge of a Local Superintendent, required to be familiar with his coast and its inhabitants, and to be an experienced surfman. The Local Superintendent is responsible to the General Superintendent for the efficiency of his district. He selects the keepers of the stations therein, for whose professional fitness he is accountable. He reports the condition of the station-houses, estimates for the supplies and repairs of each, and for the 1" Boston, Mass...... LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. 1200 900 report the same to the Superintendent. Each district is under the charge of an Assistant Inspector, who is an officer of the Revenue Marine, detailed for the duty. He supplements the Local Superintendent in the charge of the district, continually visits the stations, sees that everything is in order, and drills the crew in the use of the boat and wreck ordnance. An officer of the Revenue Marine is Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, having the general oversight specially exercised by the Assistant Inspectors, and attending to the purchase of all outfits and supplies for the stations. Two officers of the Revenue Marine are Superinten- | employed, and these men are paid $10 dents of Construction, and attend to all each for every occasion of actual wreck the erections, renovations, and repairs service, and $3 each for days devoted of the stations. to drill and exercise, or to standing guard over rescued property. On the Pacific coast the Local Superintendent is a Revenue Marine Officer, who gets no salary other than his regular pay. OFFICE OF THE LIFE-SAVING General superintendent.. Assistant 66 1 principal clerk and accountant........... 66 Per Annum. 2500 1800 1600 .1400 1200 1000 900 720 1 assistant messenger. GENERAL SERVICE OUTSIDE OF WASHINgton. 1 superintendent of construction, per an The duties of the General Superintendent are to govern the organization herein sketched. The office work consists in furthering these operations. It involves correspondence with the district officers, authorizing repairs, the purchase of outfits and supplies, tours of inspection, inquiries into the conduct of subordinates, payment of bills, and also multifarious correspondence with outside parties in reference to life-saving devices, applications for position, claims for service rendered, and miscellaneous matters. 1 clerk....... The accounting business of the office 1 relates to the disbursement, in small 1 sums, of about $500,000 per annum, with the usual examination of accounts and book-keeping involved. The office business also comprises the examination of the daily journals of the stations, with the view of seeing, by the collation of one with another, that the intercommunications of patrol are observed, and also noting the condition of each house, and the transactions and occurrences thereat. 9 superintendents of districts, each, per The property returns from the stations are also scrutinized, and the office inventories made up from them. An important feature of the office work is the preparation, annually, of the statistics of marine disasters required by the act of Congress of June 20, 1874. The work consists in the collection and verification of the details of all marine disasters to all vessels in our waters, and to American vessels abroad. The collections are made by correspondence with masters, owners, collectors of ports, and by daily scrutiny of the marine columns of newspapers. The results, in cach instance, are carefully compared, and correspondence continues with the proper parties in regard to discrepancies or insufficient information until a satisfactory conclusion is reached. When the collections are finally made and verified, they are arranged for publication into discriminated tables, setting forth every phase of the several casualties, such as their place of occurrence, character, extent of injury, amount of loss, and incident mortality; also the preparation of the plans and specifications for all works of construction and renovation. VOLUNTEERS. There are about 30 life-boat stations where only enrolled volunteer crews are annum... 1 assistant superintendent, per annum........ month......... $2000 100 75 1000 1500 500 400 40 The purpose of this Bureau is the collection, arrangement, and classification of such statistical information as will show, or tend to show, each year the condition of the agriculture, manufactures. and the domestic trade of the United States, the commerce and navigation with foreign countries, including exports from, imports into, and all navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States. It is made the duty of the Chief of the Bureau to prepare the reports and tables which will best show the same. To enable the Bureau of Statistics to prepare the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation, Collectors |