All the varieties of Phosphatic Guano were formerly marked
and weighed by Mr. Wm. Gould, Jr., a sworn weigher, for
which he was paid the sum of (20) twenty cents per ton, and
at present the undersigned has these varieties weighed by the
employment of Mr. Gould and other weighers, as may be ne-
cessary at $2.50 per day, and the hands at $1.25 per day,
while engaged in said service.

In addition to the expenses connected with the weighing
there is rent of office at $250 per year. Salary to clerk
(Wm. C. Martin,) $800 per year, whose duty under the law
is to take charge of the record books of Analysis, and furnish
certified copies of the same, attend to the current business of
the office in the absence of the inspector and such other matters
as may be required. Also, porter's wages at $4 per month,
who attends to cleaning office, making fires, &c, boy em-
ployed in marking Mexican Guano, as barrelled and other-
wise at $2.00 per week, with other current expenses of the
office, to wit: advertising, printing, copper stencils for mark-
ing, marking materials, fuel, and other incidental expenses
necessarily connected with such an establishment.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

Wm. S. Reese, Inspector of Guano.

January 29, 1858.

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