Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . ing thecoasts of Alaska; the survey of rivers to the head of tide-water or shipnavigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observationsalong the said coasts and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Streamflowing off from them; magnetic observations and gravity research;determinations of heights by geodetic leveling, and of geographical posi-tions by lines of trans-continental triangulation, which, with other connect-ing triangulations and obser-
Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . ing thecoasts of Alaska; the survey of rivers to the head of tide-water or shipnavigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observationsalong the said coasts and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Streamflowing off from them; magnetic observations and gravity research;determinations of heights by geodetic leveling, and of geographical posi-tions by lines of trans-continental triangulation, which, with other connect-ing triangulations and obser-vations for latitude, longitude,and azimuth, furnish points ofreference for State surveys andconnect the work on the Atlan-tic coast with that on thePacific. Results of the surveyare published in the form ofannual reports, which includeprofessional papers of value;bulletins which give informa-tion deemed important forimmediatepublicaticn; noticesto mariners, issued monthly;tide tables, issued annually;charts upon various scales,including harbor charts, gen-eral charts of the coast, andsailingcharts; chart cataloguesand Coast J. A. thatchicr. Prksiuent Xatidnai. Hank. Dknvkr. Co SECRET SERVICEDIVISION. This Division is chargedwith the following duties:The suppression of counter-feiting the obligations andcoins of the Government; thesuppression of the productionor sale of all articles in imitation of the obligations or coins of the Gov-ernment; investigation of all suspected fraudulent claims of back pay andbounty for the Auditor for the War Department; investigation of allsuspected fraudulent or excessive claims for reimbursement of expensesincurred in last sickness and burial of pensioners for the Auditor for theinterior Department; investigating alleged frauds in seamens back pay,bounty, and prize money for the Auditor for the Navy Department, andmiscellaneous work relating to robbery and embezzlement of publicfunds. i8 THE COMPTROLLER OE THE TREASURY. The Act
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