Ex. Doc. No. 52. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. CONTRACTS, &c. LETTER FROM THE ACTINC SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING Statements under acts of 21st April, 1808, and 2d March, 1809. MARCH 15, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 13, 1848. SIR: In obedience to the "act concerning public contracts," approved April 21, 1808, and the "Act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," approved March 2, 1809, I have the honor to transmit herewith 1. Exhibits of contracts made by the Treasury Department during the years 1846 and 1847, (marked A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.) 2. Statement of payments made according to law at the treasury of the United States from the 1st July, 1846, to the 30th June, 1847, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, (marked II.) 3. Statement of the expenditures from the marine hospital fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen for the year ending the 30th June, 1847, (marked I.) 4. Statement showing the principal and aggregate heads of expenditure for the relief of sick and disabled seamen in each year, from 1836 to 1847, inclusive, (marked K.) I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient ser vant, MCCLINTOCK YOUNG, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Á. Statement of contracts relative to the revenue marine, authorized by the Treasury Department, from January 1, 1847, to January 1, 1848, and which have been transmitted to the Comptrollers' Office. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Comptroller's Office, February 18, 1848. J. W. McCULLOH, Comptroller. B. Statement exhibiting the contract prices for furnishing the stationery and executing the printing required for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. Reams medium paper, for books.. $14.00 8.00 Reams folio post, satin or plain finish, feint lined, and trimmed to weigh not less than 17 lbs. per ream.. 475 Reams foolscap, hand-made, Reams foolscap, machine, do do 12 lbs. per ream 2 50 Reams foolscap, plain, hand-made, Reams foolscap, plain, machine, 12 lbs. per ream 3.00 Dozen cards Perry's best metallic pens, per dozen cards.. Gross metallic pens, per gross.. Reams quarto post, hand-made, plain, feint lined three sides, per ream. Reams note paper, plain, per ream. Reams copying paper, per ream.. Reams envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal, per ream. Reams envelope paper, flat cap, white or blue, per ream. Reams blotting paper, royal, per ream.. Dozen cards of all other manufacture in use, per dozen cards. 12 lbs. per ream 250 4.00 2.50 3.00 2 25 3.00 1 75 1 00 1 50 3 25 175 1 00 4 25 1 75 12 Quills, No. 80, per thousand... Quills, No. 70, per thousand.. 17 00 14.00 Dozen ever-pointed pencils, silver, per dozen.. 4.00 Dozen ever-pointed silver desk pencils, with rosewood handles, per dozen.. 3 00 Dozen silk taste, assorted colors and widths, in hanks, per dozen.. 1.00 Dozen inkstands, cut glass, recently invented fountain, moveable tops, per dozen. 2.00 15.00 Dozen wafer stands or boxes, cocoa or Japanned, per dozen... 1 50 3 00 Dozen penknives, Rodgers & Son's, 4 blades, buckhorn handles, per dozen.. Bottles ink, black, Maynard & Noyes's, in bottles, per quart bottle... 12 Quarts ink, red, per quart.. 30 Quarts ink, black, Cooper & Phillips's, or equal, per quart bottle.. 50 08 Quarts ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in pint bottles, per bottle.. Quarts ink, copying, (Terry's,) in pint bottles, per bottle.... 10 20 Pocket envelopes, of white or yellow paper, of the following sizes, viz: 83 by 3 inches, per hundred.... Dozen rulers, mahogany, round or flat, per dozen.. 1.00 25 Dozen elastic pen-holders, Alden's, per dozen... TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Comptroller's Office, February 18, 1848. Comptroller. C. Statement exhibiting the contract prices for furnishing the stationery and executing the printing required for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, STATIONERY. 1848. Reams medium paper, for books. 8 00 Reams folio post, satin or plain finish, fèint lined, and trimmed to weigh not less than 17 lbs. per ream... 4 50 Reams foolscap, hand-made, Reams foolscap, machine, do do do do.... 3 00 Reams foolscap, plain, hand-made, Reams envelope paper, flat cap, white or blue, per ream. Dozen cards Perry's best metallic pens, per dozen cards Dozen cards of all other manufacture in use, per dozen cards.. Dozen silk taste, assorted colors and widths, in hanks, per dozen Reams foolscap, plain, machine, do Reams quarto post, hand-made, plain, feint lined three sides, per ream... Reams note paper, gilt, per ream.. Reams note paper, plain, per ream.. Reams copying paper, per ream... Reams envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal, per ream Reams blotting paper, royal, per ream... 150 1 00 1 50 3. 00 1 75 1 00 2.00 175 12 16 00 14 00 4.00 Dozen ever-pointed silver desk pencils. with rosewood handles, per dozen. 3.00 50 30 25 3.00 26 50 1 00 2.00 50 Dozen inkstands, cut-glass, recently invented fountain, moveable tops, per dozen. 2.00 15 00 Dozen wafer stands or boxes, cocoa or Japanned, per dozen... 1 00 Dozen erasers, Rodgers & Son's, genuine, ivory handles, per dozen....... 3 00 Dozen penknives, Rodgers & Son's, 4 blades, genuine, buckhorn handles, per dozen.... 15 00 Dozen penknives, Abbott's American, 4 blade, genuine, buckhorn handles, per dozen 8. 00 Dozen desk knives, Rodgers & Son's, 1 blade, genuine, ivory handles, per dozen. Bottles ink, black, Maynard & Noyes's, in bottles, per quart bottle 12 Quarts ink, red, per quart Quarts ink, blue, Stephens's, per quart bottle... 30 Quarts ink, black, Cooper & Phillips's, or equal, per quart bottle 40 Bottles ink, red, Arnold's, or equal, in 1 pint bottles, per bottle |