1004 C0NGEES8I0NAL PEOCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Dunham. Can that be done without unanimous consent? 



Mr. Nelson Dingley, Jr. Let me say that the report of the Bureau 

 for 1884 is now being printed. 



Mr. Randall. And this is to authorize the printing for two or 

 three years in advance. 



Mr. Dingley. Not the annual report. 



Mr. Randall, This is for printing bulletins which are the advanced 

 copies of the matter contained in the reports. I hope the Committee 

 on Printing will not suppose for a moment that I wish to interfere 

 with their getting their business through. 



The Speaker pro tempore. The Chair understands the gentleman 

 from North Carolina proposes to withdraw the joint resolution? 



Mr. Reid, of North Carolina. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Dunham. Is it the understanding that every bill objected to 

 by any one member, although the rest of the House might wish it 

 passed, is to be withdrawn ? 



Mr. Randall. The gentleman from North Carolina does not lay 

 this aside on my objection, but on an objection which might attract the 

 attention of the House and be confirmed by the House. Here is a 

 proposition to print or authorize the printing of a report away in 

 advance of the collection of the facts. 



Mr. Reid, of North Carolina. If the gentleman will allow me, I will 

 say that I propose to withdraw the joint resolution Ijecause I thought 

 he would make the point of no quorum on it. 



Mr. Randall. 1 will not do that. 



Mr. Reid, of North Carolina. Then I will not withdraw it. I do 

 not wish to postpone the consideration of it; but I do not wish, by 

 pressing it, to defeat the object for which we are assembled this night, 

 as there are other measures to be considered to which I think there 

 will be no objection. 



I wish to make this statement: There will be from three to six parts 

 of this bulletin issued each year. It will be in addition to the 15,000 

 copies of the annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, and will be 

 entirely different in matter. It is a report of the operations and 

 researches of the Bureau, and will be more in detail than the annual 

 report. The bulletin will consist of the reports from the members 

 connected with this department sent out in different parts of the coun- 

 try to collect ethnological matter, and will be issued as that is gathered. 



Mr. Randall. I understand that. The joint commission in connec- 

 tion with the subject of the scientific bureaus reported a recommenda- 

 tion that the printing be abridged. I want to show the gentleman 

 what has been the cost of printing these reports. There is work 

 charged for 1881 in connection with the Bureau of Ethnology amount- 

 ing to $9,955.14. For 1883 the work charged amounts to $55,137.12. 

 For 1883 the work charged amounted to $9,123.27. In 1884 the work 



