GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AT WASHINGTON. 



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is 101 ; Indian agents, 60 ; Indian appropria- 

 tion for the fiscal year 1888, $8,226,897.66. 



Commissioner of Education (corner of G and 

 Eighth Streets, N. W.), salary, $3,000. Bureau 

 established March 2, 1867. The number of 

 employes is 41. 



Commissioner of Railroads (corner G and 

 Eighth Streets, N. W.), salary, $4,500. Bureau 

 established June 19, 1878. * The force of the 

 office is 7. 



Director of the Geological Surrey (Hooe 

 Building, F Street, N. W.). salary $6,000. Of- 

 fice established March 3, 1879. The number 

 of employes is 240. 



Interstate Commerce Commission (Sun Build- 

 ing, F Street. X. W.j. appointed Feb. 4. 1887. 

 The number of Pacific Railway commissioners 

 is three. 



The officers in the District of Columbia 

 under the Interior Department, are : Recorder 

 of Deeds. Register of Wills, and Inspector of 

 Gas-Meters. 



Post-Office Department, established, temporari- 

 ly, Sept. 22, 1789, and permanently, May 8, 

 1794. Occupies the Post-Office building, cover- 

 ing one square between Seventh and Eighth 

 and E and F Streets, N. W. Style, Corinthian. 

 The number of employes in the department 

 and postal service is 94,386 : in the department 

 proper, 600. The appropriation for the fiscal 

 year 1888, was $55,694,650.15. The Postmas- 

 ter-General appoints all officers and employes 

 of the department, with the exception of his 

 three assistants, and all postmasters in the 

 United States at a salary less than $1,000. He 

 makes postal treaties, awards contracts, and 

 directs the foreign and domestic mail service. 



First Assistant Postmaster- General, salary. 

 $4,000. In charge of Appointment Office, with 

 5 divisions. 



Second Assistant Postmaster- General, salary, 

 $4.000. In charge of Contract Office, with 

 3 divisions. 



Third Assistant Postmaster-General, salary, 

 $4,000. In charge of Finance Office, with 4 

 divisions. 



The other officers of the Post-Office Depart- 

 ment are : 



Superintendent of Foreign Mails (corner 

 Eighth and E Streets, N. W.), salary $3,000. 



Superintendent of the Money Order System, 

 (corner of Eighth and E streets. N. W.). salary, 

 $3,500. Work of office in 6 divisions, 



Superintendent of Dead- Letter Office. The 

 number of employes is 110, and the work of the 

 office is in 6 divisions. The number of pieces 

 of mail matter treated in the office during the 

 year 1887 was 5,578,965. 



The number of postmasters in the United 

 States is 54,774 ; assistant postmasters, 384. 

 The number of employes in Railway Mail Serv- 

 ice, is 4,760. The number of pieces of mail 

 matter handled by them in 1887 was 5.851,394,- 

 057. There are foreign agencies of the Post- 

 Office Department at Shanghai and Panama, 

 in charge of the consuls-general. 



Department of Jnstifp. Established June 22 

 1870. Opposite Treasury building, on Penn- 

 sylvania Avenue. The office of Attorney-Gen- 

 eral was created Sept. 24, 1789. The total 

 number employed in the service is 1,800; in 

 the department proper. 89. The Attorney- 

 General, as chief law-officer of the Govern- 

 ment, furnishes advice and opinions to the 

 President and heads of Executive departments 

 upon all legal questions referred to him : repre- 

 s^nts the United States in the Supreme Court, 

 the Court of Claims, and any other court, 

 when deemed necessary ; supervises and directs 

 United States attorneys and marshals in the 

 several judicial districts of the States and Ter- 

 ritories, and provides special counsel for the 

 United States when required by any depart- 

 ment. His assistants are : Solicitor-General, 

 salary, $7,000; two Assistant Attorney-Gen- 

 erals, salaries, $5,000. The law-officers of the 

 Executive Department, allowed by the act of 

 1870, are the Solicitor of the Treasury, salary, 

 $4,500 ; Solicitor of Internal Revenue, salary, 

 $4,500; Assistant Attorney-General for De- 

 partment of the Interior, salary, $5,000 ; As- 

 sistant Attorney-General for Post-Office De- 

 partment, salary, $4,000 ; Naval Solicitor, 



salary, ; Examiner of Claims, State 



Department, salary, $3,500. 



The number of United States district attor- 

 neys is 70; number of assistants, 65 ; number 

 of special assistants, 39; number of United 

 States marshals, 70 ; number of deputies, etc., 

 1,467. 



Department of Agritnltnre, South Washington, 

 opposite Thirteenth Street ; established May 

 15, 1862. The first distribution of rare grains, 

 seeds, plants, etc., under the Commissioner of 

 Patents, was made on July 4, 1836; the first 

 propagating garden established in 1858. The 

 number of employes is 408. The appropria- 

 tion for the department for the fiscal year 

 1888, was $1,028.730. The duty of the Com- 

 mi-^ioner'of Agriculture is to acquire and dif- 

 fuse among the people of the United States 

 useful information connected with agriculture, 

 and to procure, propagate, and distribute new 

 and valuable seeds and plants. The following 

 are the principal officers : Chief of Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, bureau established May 29, 

 1884, for investigation of diseases among ani- 

 mals. Entomologist, investigates insect-rav- 

 ases; section of silk-culture established 1884. 

 Botanist, section of vegetable pathology es- 

 tablished July 1, 1886. Chemist, analyzes 

 butter, soils, fertilizers, etc. ; experiments in 

 manufacture of sugar. Microscopist, for this 

 and other departments. Statistician, collects 

 statistics from domestic and foreign sources. 

 The number of State agents is 23 ; 1 in Eng- 

 land. The divisions are: Forestry, ornithol- 

 ogy, pomology, seeds, propagating garden, li- 

 brary. 



Department of Labor, Kellogg Building, No. 

 1416 F Street, N. W. By act of June 1 3, 1888, 

 the Bureau of Labor of the Interior Depart- 



