Identifier: picturesquewas00moor (find matches)
Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence : J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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^ of $3,500, and employs numerous clerks. Here the money-orders that have been paid are received from all the money-orderoffices in the United States, and from foreign countries. They areclassified, and then the accounts of postmasters in reference to themoney-order business are verified and audited. As the business isvery extensive and complicated, the accounts require the greatest ofcare in their settlement. Over nine millions of American and foreignmoney-orders are issued in a year, representing a value of $125,-000,000. No department of the government is better managed than that ofthe post-office. The details of its immense business are thoroughlyattended to, its expenditures are usually very judicious, and its work-ing system is constantly being improved to meet the public require-ment.
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CHAPTER XIV. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR — THE PATENT OFFICE AND MUSEUM OFMODELS—THE PENSION OFFICE — ITS ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE AND BUSI-NESS — GENERAL LAND OFFICE — HOW THE PUBLIC LANDS ARE DISPOSEDOF — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS — BUREAU OF EDUCATION. THE Department of the Interior was created b) act of Con-gress in 1849. It is an extensive and important branch otthe pubHc service, and comprises the Patent Office, the Pen-sion Office, the General Land Office, the Census Office, theBureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Education, the Office of theCommissioner of Railroads, and the Office of the Geological Sur-vey. It is under the supervision and control of the Secretary of theInterior, who is a Cabinet minister, and has a compensation of $8,000per year. The Secretary has also the general supervision of theCapitol (through the office of the architect), the Government Print-ing-Office, the Government Hospital for tlie Insane, and the Colum-bia Institution for the Deaf and D

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