Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, to strike out the following section: SEC.23.Abife: that there Shlll be establishedin and attachedto the Deptof the Treasury a bureau to be styled the Bureau of Statistics and the SecyTreasuryis hereby authorizedto appoint a Director to surperintendand conduct the businessof said bureau whoshall be paid an annual salary of.500. And it shall be the duty of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics to preparethe report on the statisticsof commerce and navigation, exports and imports, now required by rlaewtatroy be submitted annually to Congressby the SecyTreasury; and and report, embracing the returns of the commerceand navigation. the c! ports and imports of the U.S. to the close of the fiscalyear shall be submittedto Congressin a printed form on or before the 1stday of December next succeeding; and the said Director. as soon as practicable after the organization of this office shall, under the direction of the SecyTreasury, prepare and publish monthly reportsof the exports and imports of the U.S. including the quantities and values of goods warehoused orWithdrawn from warehouse and such other statistics relative to the trade and industry of the country astho SecyTreasury may consider expedient. And the Director of the Bureauof Statistics shall also prepare an annual statementof all vessels registered, enrolled and licensed under the laws of the U.S. together with the nameand tuna e of each vessel.the classto which she belongsas to tiild and rigging. the name of her homeport, and such other information as the Secretary ot the Treasury may deem proper to embody therein: and to enable the raid Director to furnish theinformation required the SecyTreasury shall have power. under suehJcgulations as he shall prescribe. to establish and provide a system of numbering all vesselsso icgistered. enrolled and licensed; and each vesscl so numbered shall haveher number deeplycurvedor otherwise permanent] marked on hermain beam: and if atany timeshes all ceasetohesomarked.such vesscl shall beno longer recognizedas a vesselof the U.S. The saidDirectorshall alsopreparean annual stiitementofall merchandise assing in transit through the U.S.to foreig countries. each description et' inerchant hsc.sofares practicablemare housed.withdrawn from warehousefor consumption, for exportation, for transportation to other districts and remainingiu the warehouseat the end of each fiscal year; and to aid him in the dischargeof these dutiestheseveralclerksnow employedinthepreparation of statistics in the Treasury Dept, or any bureau thereof shall beplaced under his supervision and direction. It shall be the further dut of said Director to collect.digest and arrange.for t 0useof Congress.the etat‘mtics of: the manufac res of the U.S.their localities, sourceso raw mate rial markets, exchangeswith. the producing regions of the country transportation of products.wages, and such othercoaditions asarefound to affect their pros perity. The said Director shall also collect, digest and arrange for the useof Congressthe statisticsof the mining industry of the U.S.the number nndlocation of the mines, the products, wages of labor 0nl|pl0 0td herein and such other mattersasmayox hiliitt 0 condition and affect the brosperity of that branch of industry. And thesaid ircetor shall also annually preparea.report.to be laid beforeCongress. concerning the general courseand influenceof trade with foreign countries. exhibiting the distribution of the domestic exportsof the U.S. among them and the exchangeof commoditieswith them and the costof production in therespectivecountries whercre attainable and by what meansthe export trade of the U.S.may he increased; which report shall extend to such particulars and shall be arrangedin such manner and formasmaybe required by the SecyTreasury. And for all these purposesthe said Director sha l have accessto the statistics.papers and recordsof the severalDeptsof the Government: and in addition to the clerical service hereinbeforeprovided, the SecyTreasury shall detail eachother clerks asmay he llCCf‘SSflftio; fully carr out the provisionsof this not. And the expenses o thoBureau ofStatistics for clerical service, publication of reports. stationery books and statistical)criodiciilsand papersrequire by the bureau shall 0 defrayed.on the order and approval of the SecyTreasury.out “fan moneysin the Treasury not otherwiseappropriatet. And all letters and documenmto and from the Di rector of the BureauofStatis tics, relating to the duties and businessofhis office, shall betransmittedbymail treeof postage.