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charts by the lithographic process, and one a chart of James- 

 town Harbor, from a survey made by the officers of the 

 Jamestown. 



FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1872. 



Through the efforts of the Hydrographer an appropria- 

 tion of $50,000 was passed by CoDgress in 1871 for the sur- 

 vey of the Pacific Ocean. In consequence of this appropri- 

 ation the U. S. S. ISTarragansett was employed during the 

 year, under instructions prepared in the Hydrographic. 

 Office, in surveying a number of islands lying on or near the 

 route between San Francisco and Australia ; and, as fast V eys made byiS* 

 as the results of these surveys were received, they were va vesse 8 ' 

 published by the Office. 



The estimates for hydrographic work during the succeed- 

 ing fiscal year, submitted by the Hydrographer in his An- 

 nual Report for 1872, being considerably in excess of the 

 amount appropriated for the current year, called forth from 

 a member of the Appropriation Committee of Congress a 

 request for an explanation of the reasons fo? the increase, 

 to which the Hydrographer made the following auswer : 



Hydrographic Office, 

 Washington, D. C, January 10, 1872. 

 Hon. Eugene Hale, M. C. : 



Sir : Replying to your inquiry as to cause of the increase Letter of Hy- 

 in the appropriation required for the fiscal year ending July, member "of the 

 1873, over that appropriated for the present fiscal year, luommYtteV'of 

 would state that it is, in part, owing to the amounts which 0nsres8- 

 accrue from sales of the Office publications being now cov- 

 ered into the Treasury, thereby depriving this Office of a 

 sum heretofore credited to the appropriation of the Bureau 

 of Navigation and expended for the support of the Hydro- 

 graphic Office. This amount was $5,379.45 in 1870, and 

 $6,569.01 in 1871. 



From the facilities thus far afforded to this Office its 

 issues of charts and books cover but a small portion of 

 the navigable globe. At the present moment the Office is 

 able only to furnish to commerce three hundred and eleven 

 charts of different seas. The number issued by the British t £° 37 of 

 Hydrographic Office is about 3,000, all of which are called witboVowu^* 8 

 for to fill the demands of navigators. 

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