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56 TITLE vu.—·DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.—C1—1. t•·1t). where such re rts cannot be obtained, the Qeficieucy to he supplied from such other authentic sources as may be avmlable. Fifth. T he names and compensation of the clerks employed by him, and the whole amount of the expenses of the banking department during the year. CHA l"l`ER TEN THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. Sec. Sec. 334 Bureau of Statistics. 339. Monthly reports of exports and im- 335, Purpose of the Bureau. ports. 336. Annual report of conunen-e and navi- 340. Annual statement of vemels. gation. 341. Annual statement of mer<~han<lise. 337. Regulations imposed on collectors. 342. Statistics of inannfuvtures. 338. Coasting trade to be invliulexl. _B¤f¢¤¤¤f $*865- Sec. 334. There shall be in the Department of the 'l`rea.sury a Bureau UE;,; 4. _.-, 7 to be called the Bureau of Statistics; and the Secretar of the Treasury 15J\{¤<*J844»B€¤- may appoint one division clerk, who shall superintenriv the Bureau, and NT31g' T‘v5’1géé“i‘ shall be entitled to ll salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year. 184, g,ll$¢l,,v, 14; 170. 28 July, l865, 0. 298, s. 13, v. 14, p. 330. 20 July, 1868, c. 176, s. 1, v. 15, . 99. Purpose poi the Sec. 335. The urpose of the Bureau of Statistics is the collection, 12lEE‘3}}+._ armngement, amllclassitication of such statistical information as may he \}§·%“‘;·l;4:·$f;· rocured, showing, or tending to show, each year the condition of the

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69, v. 19, p. 241.7 several States and Territories. Annual reporter Sec. 336. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics shall, under the direc- <·<>rpm9rce and tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, annuall pre re a report on the ‘§E°"· statistics of commerce and navigation of the llymtedpgtates with foreign l0Feb.,1820,c.11, countries, to the close of the fiscal year. Such accounts shall compre- ¤¤· 1,4.*- 3, p- 54i- hend all goods, wares. and merchandise exported from the United States Z9? gE"lg'·;8§6i§· to other countries; all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the v_1g gpl g2g k29i United States from other countries, and all navigation employed in the 330. y ’ i foreign trade of the United States; which facts shall be stated according 2 MM-, 1861, ¤· to the principles and in the manner hereby directed. $*35 s· 29· "· I2- ¥‘· First. The kinds, quantities, and values of all articles ex rted, and ' the kinds, quantities, and values of all articles imported, sligll be distinctly stated in such accounts, except in cases in which it may appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that separate statements of the species, quantities, or values of any particular articles would swell the annual statements without utility; and, in such cases, the kinds and total values of such articles shall be stated together, or in such classes as the Secretary of the Treasury may think ht. [w·sS195.106·l Second. The exports shall be so stated as to show the exports to each foreign country, and their values; andthe imports shall be so stated as to show the imports from each foreign country, and their values. Third. The exports shall be so stated as to show, separately, the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of the United States, and their values; and the exports of articles of the production or manufacture of foreign countries, and their values. Fourth. The navigation employed in the foreign trade of the United States shall he state in such manner as to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing from the United States for forei n countries; and, separately, the amount of such tonnage of vessel; of the United States, and the amount of such tonnage of foreign vessels; and also the foreign nations to which such foreign tonnage belongs and the amount of such tonnage belonging to each foreign nation; ami in such manner as also to show the amount of the tonnage of all vessels departing for every particular foreign country with which the United States