srxrr-EIGHTH GONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 204. 1924. 227 official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such interment at their post or at home, $1,500. _ _ Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees: iitgriilipgriiidi ofiiifi To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and neces- °°’S·°m· sary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, of families and effects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, or when_ traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, but not including any expenses incurred in connection with leave of absence of the officers an employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic PWM Commerce, $25,000: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be paid Restriction on mm; for transportation on foreign vessels without a certificate from the ’°'°‘““ ""“°]°‘ Secretary of Commerce that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported at rates not in excess of those charged by forei vessels. Customs 8,8,,8,,,5 Customs statistics: Iggr all expenses necessary for- the operation of Expenses or collect the section of customs statistics, transferred to the Department of i"%(§?'.}2’%0§l°‘ Commerce from the Treasury Department b the Act approved J anuary 5, 1923, includi personal services in tile District of clumbia and elsewhere; rentldg or purchase of tabulating, unching, sortlng, and other mechanical labor-saving machinery or devices, including adding, typewriting, billing, computing, mimeographing, multigfitpilgilng, photostat, and other duplicating machines and devices, H1- clu _ g their exchange and repair; telegraph and telephone service; subsistence and traveling expenses of officers and employees while traveling on official business; freight, express, drayage; tabulating cards, stationery and miscellaneous office supplies; furniture and gguipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; street-car fare; and l other necessary and incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $294,000. _ mi Lists of foreign buyers: For all necesary ex nses, including lper- ;,u];,,",§?t°rY °I I °° sonal services in the District of Columbia and)9 elsewhere, purc use pH’f¤’:,f’°”’°’ °'°°“" of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, tlygpewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, 'sts of foreign uyers, books of reference, periodicals, reports, documents, 0 wm t plans, specifications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, travel- ° "°° ' mg and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile lists of foreign buyers, $9,300. C Investigating sources of crude rubber: To enable the Department I,,'§,‘§,‘2{§,'Z1’§,}’,§;,,,,,,,,,,, of Commerce to investigate and report upon the possibilities of °f· ¤>¤><*¤°**°¤· *=*·=· developing the rubber plantation industry in the Phi ippine Islands _ and Latin America; to investigate the conditions of production and ,,,,?§,"}§;}`,;f’“°°“"‘“‘ ""' marketing of other essential raw materials for American industries includin nitrate and sisal; and to investigate related problems in the development of the foreign trade of the United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling ‘ and subsistence ex nses of officers and emplo ees, purchase of necessa furniture andxizquiprnent, stationery and, supplies, typewriting, adlding, and computing machines, accesories an repairs, medical supplies and first-aid outfits, books of reference, periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, an all other pu lica- Omm t tions, rent outside the District of Columbia; and all other incidental rm ' ex nses not included in the foI'Bg01Ilg,·$Q4,000. F _ mk lrivestigation of foreign trade restrictions: For all necessary cx- ¤m,‘:°°"° ""I ° penses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and ,n:’g,?;,,,:L;•j’,*_f’{*‘g elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and sup- mum or-
