1st Session. No. 54. The names of the present chaplains of the navy, with the date of their appointment, and the State from which they were appointed. MARCH 2, 1866.-Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 1, 1866. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the follo wing resolution, passed by the House of Representatives on the 27th ultimo : “On motion of Mr. Hurlburd, “Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to communicate to this house the names of the present chaplains in the navy, together with the date of each appointment, and the State from which each appointment was made." The information called for will be found in the following table: PAPER, PRINTING, AND ADVERTISING. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF IN ANSWER TO A resolution of the House of February 21, transmitting statement relative t› cost of paper, printing, and advertising. MARCH 2, 1866.-Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 1, 1866. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the following resolution, dated February 21, 1866: Resolved, That the Secretaries of the different departments be directed to inform the House of the cost of paper, printing outside the Government Printing Office, and advertising for said departments for the year 1865. In response, I have the honor to state that the following amounts have been expended by this department for the year 1865: For paper (both for type printing and writing).. For type printing. For advertising.. $39,875 75 10,020 25 7,480 53 No printing has been ordered of private parties except when the exigencies of the public service required it. The enclosed reports, marked A, B, C, D, and E, will give in detail the information desired by the resolution. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. McCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL CURRENCY BUREAU, First Division, February 28, 1866. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instructions to report "the cost of type printing performed in this division for this department for the year 1865." The cost of type printing during the year 1865, executed in this division fọr the different offices and bureaus, is as follows: For the Secretary's office.... For the loan branch of Secretary's office.. For the stationery clerk For the Comptroller of the Currency. For the Register of the Treasury. For the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. For the Solicitor's office... For the office of the First Comptroller.. For the Commissioner of Customs .$1,331 68 815 81 3, 140 04 591 06 2,513 50 109 87 652 86 90 73 115 40 219 46 6 84 9,587 25 It is proper to add that, in rendering bills for the above work to the different bureaus for reimbursement to the proper fund, fifty per centum has been added to cover such items of cost as could not be detailed, such as wear and tear of machinery and materials, rent for space occupied, interest, salaries, and similar incidentals. In addition to the above, type printing has been executed during the past year for the Comptroller of the Currency and the Treasurer, upon bonds deposited with them as security by the national banks, for which no bill has yet been rendered. The cost of this has been For the Comptroller .. For the Treasurer. $1,038 00 346 00 1,384 00 The work, computed by the standard in use at the Government Printing Office, (of 60 cents for composition and 50 cents for press-work,) would amount to $5,533 20. Bonds have been thus printed aggregating $258,371,600. The daily transmission of these bonds to and from the government office, with the attendant risk and loss of time, would seem to certify the necessity of its being done in this division. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. WM. E. CHANDLER, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. B. S. M. CLARK. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Comptroller of Currency, Washington, Feb. 23, 1866. SIR: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, I have the honor to report that the amount expended by this bureau for printing, outside of the Government Printing Office, during the year 1865, is five thousand nine hundred seventeen and 45 dollars, ($5,917 45,) as follows: 100 Bill of S. M. Clark, superintendent of printing bureau, Treasury For publication of abstract of quarterly reports, as required by sec- $5,187 55 48 90 |