Mr. GRIMES. I offer the followin amendment to come in after line 230 of section one: a For enlarged accommodationsfor the naval labor atory at NewYork. $80,000 I have received from the Navy Dept these communications 1 Navr Darn raisin. BUHAU or MBDNJXREANDSUROIRY, January 18.1866. Sin: Since the date of my report to the honorable SecyNuvyuthe attention of the bureau has been again called to the absolute necessityfor erectinga suitable building in which to conduct the businessof the naval laboratory: The director of the laboratory setsforth sostrongly the wants of the medical Deptin this respect. that I cannot dobetter than inclose Surgeon Bachol recent letter on the subject., It may be well to repeat that “the whole duties of the establishment are carried on in an unoccupied wi“n of the naval hospital. NewYork. n it the machinery. apparatus. manufacturing Dept. store rooms. ackin and dispensing rooms are all crowded, an the who10work of providin the medical outfits of vessels is carried on in this place, The demands of the servicearesuchthat it is absolutelynecessaryto keeponhand alarge stock of medical stores and appliances tc. supplycalls and it is found well nigh impossibleto conduct properly the daily operations of the establishmentwithin its present contractedlimits." A suitable laboratory can be erectedfor the sum of.000 and I be: to urge upon the Dept the propriety of asking congress to make the requisite appropriation wherewiti to construcl the building. lyory iespectfifily, you; obedientservant. P. J. HORWITZ, (IiiqfofBurcau. Hon. GIDEOXWELLES. SecyNavy. U.S. Navy ALLumen oar. NewYork, Der eiiiber14.1865. Sin: I beg to call your special attention to the in sufficiency of room in the laboratory. Every part available for apparatus is occupied; no space is left for new work and in case of any of the accidents which may occur in machinesusinuch overworked as those have been processeshavp to be suspended, sometimeswith loss of material involved. until re pairs can be effected. Ilic store rooms are even more inadequate: after filling the lofts and the halls it has beennecessaryto borrow ii.building of considerablesize. which is now filled to its capacity with returned stores and still 64 casesof stores are necessarilyleft out of doorsfrom want of spaceto storethem under shelter. such is our presentembarrassmentfor room that we are unable to completethe 3 outfits now ordered, namely. for the RhdIsland. Florida and Sassacus. until space is madefor that purpose by the removalof some of the rviurned storeson hand. We real] need.to enable us to work officiently. at least double the roomwe now have. Very respectfully, your obedientservant. B. F. BACHE. Director Laboratory. Surgeon P. J. Honirirz. Chirfd BureauMedicineand Surgery. Wrinhinglnn, D. (I. Dr. Bache has been at the head of the labor atory for many years.