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priated, in addition to the several sums appropriated by the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to wit:

Pay and subsistence of officers.For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, other than those at navy yards, shore stations, and in ordinary, nine hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars.

For pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of the seamen at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals and in ordinary, one hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars.

Superintendents, naval constructors, &c.For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil establishment, at the several yards and stations, forty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars.

Provisions.For provisions, three hundred and twenty-four thousand three hundred dollars.

Repairs of vessels, &c.For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission, three hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Medicines, &c.For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, twenty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Ordnance, &c.For ordnance and ordnance stores, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Repairs, &c., at navy yards.For repairs and improvements at navy yards, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Miscellaneous expenditures.For defraying the expenses that may accrue during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit: for freight and transportation of materials and stores of every description; for wharfage and dockage, storeage and rent, travelling expenses of officers, and transportation of seamen, house rent, chamber money, and fuel, and candles to officers, other than those attached to the navy yards and stations, and for officers in sick quarters, where there is no hospital, and for funeral expenses; for commissions, clerk hire, office rent, stationery, and fuel to navy agents; for premiums and incidental expenses of recruiting: for apprehending deserters; for compensation to judge advocates, for per diem allowance for persons attending courts martial and courts of inquiry, and to officers engaged on extra service beyond the limits of their stations; for printing and for stationery of every description, and for books, maps, and charts, nautical and mathematical instruments, chronometers, models and drawings; for purchase and repair of steam and fire engines, and for machinery; for purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and for carts, wheels, and workmen’s tools of every description; for postage of letters on public service; for pilotage; for cabin furniture of vessels in commission, and furniture for officers’ houses at navy yards; for taxes on navy yards and public property; for assistance rendered to vessels in distress; for incidental labour at navy yards not applicable to any other appropriation; for coal and other fuel for forges, foundries, and steam engines; for candles, oil, and fuel for vessels in commission and in ordinary; for repairs of magazines and powder houses; for preparing moulds for ships to be built; and for no other object whatever, one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.

Other contingent expenses.For contingent expenses for objects arising during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and not hereinbefore enumerated, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Reimbursement of marshal of Florida, expenses of certain Africans.For the reimbursement of the marshal of Florida, for expenses incurred in the case of certain Africans who were wrecked on the coast of the United States, and for the expense of exporting them to Africa, sixteen thousand dollars.

The following sums transferred to the surplus fund:

General increase of navy.For the gradual increase of the navy, forty-seven thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars, eighty-eight cents.