NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, May 7, 1874.

Offers to furnish material for the Navy, under the advertisement of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of April 6, 1874, at the navy-yard, Norfolk, Va.:

NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, May 7, 1874.

Offers to furnish material for the Nary, under the advertisement of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of April 6, 1874, at the navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

Class No. 60. Varnish, spirits

Class No. 71. Stationery:

turpentine:

Opened in presence of—

I. HANSCOM, Chief of Bureau.

H. A. GOLDSBOROUGH, Chief Clerk.

B. T. HANLEY, Clerk.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, May 7, 1874.

No. 11.

MARINE CORPS.

HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS,

Washington, D. C., October 24, 1874.

SIE: I have the honor to report to the Department that at the usual inspections of the corps during the past year the troops at the several stations were found in excellent order, and their discipline and efficiency all that could be desired. The barracks and other public property under their immediate charge were also found in their usual good condition, and will require nothing during the coming year but the ordinary attention and repairs provided by the annual appropriations to keep

them so.

The old ship Saint Lawrence, so long used as a barracks at Norfolk, having been declared unfit for further use as such, a small temporary

Accepted.