. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. for printing and for paper for the House ofRepresentatives for the fiscal year 1859-60, was §605,210 95 ; theamount paid for printing for the House of Representatives for thefiscal year 1866-67 was $454,339 97; being §200,870 98 less thanthe amount paid for printing during the fiscal 3ear 1859-60, whenwe were upon a gold basis. Adding to the cost of materials in 1859-60 the extra amount called for by the cost of materials in 1866-67we shall find that the cost of printing during the fiscal year 1859-60would have been §88
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. for printing and for paper for the House ofRepresentatives for the fiscal year 1859-60, was §605,210 95 ; theamount paid for printing for the House of Representatives for thefiscal year 1866-67 was $454,339 97; being §200,870 98 less thanthe amount paid for printing during the fiscal 3ear 1859-60, whenwe were upon a gold basis. Adding to the cost of materials in 1859-60 the extra amount called for by the cost of materials in 1866-67we shall find that the cost of printing during the fiscal year 1859-60would have been §882,865 57, or within §15,814 37 of just doublethe amount paid for printing for the House during the last fiscal amount paid for Congressional printing during the Thirty-thirdCongress, 1853-55, Linn Boyd, Speaker, was §2,220,715 ; whileduring the Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-67, Schuyler Colfax, Speaker,the amount paid for Congressional ])rinting was §1,535,791 72—adifiierence of §684,923 28 in favor of a Republican over a Demo-cratic administration. 368.
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