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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. 



Dishursements from unexpended balances of appropriations for the fiscal year ending 



June 30, WOJf. 



Object. 



Preservation of collections 



Furniture and fixtures 



Heating and lighting 



Building repairs 



Books 



Purchase of specimens 



Rent of workshops 



Total 



Balance 

 June 30, 1904. 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



$(), 139. 99 



3,431.98 



815. 58 



2, 468. 32 



772. 40 



1,482.27 



.08 



15,110.62 



3f5,941.00 



3,425.04 



761. 10 



2,414.98 



754. 08 



867. 55 



14, 163. 75 



Balance 



June 30, 



1905. 



$198. 99 



6.94 



54. 48 



53.34 



18.32 



614. 72 



.08 



946. 87 



From the unexpended balances of the appropriation for 1903 

 disbursements were made as follows: Preservation of collections, 

 $39.42; books, $31.02; purchase of specimens, $71, leaving bal- 

 ances of $360.81, $18.74, and $279.18, respectively. These balances, 

 with the unexpended balances of other appropriations for the same 

 year, amounting in all to $787.20, have reverted to the T>easury. 



The appropriations for the regular expenses of the Museum 

 during the year ending June 30, 1906, are the same as those for the 

 preceding year, the items being as follows : 



Furniture and fixtures $22. 500 



Heating and lighting 18, 000 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals 2, 000 



Building repairs . 15, 000 



Rent of workshops 4, 580 



Postage 500 



Printing and binding 25, 000 



Total 267, 580 



A special appropriation of $1,500,000 was made for continuing 

 the construction of the new building for the National Museum. 



BUILDINGS. 



An account of the work done in connection with the erection of 

 the new Museum building on the north side of the Mall has been 

 given on a previous page. The excavation of the site, begun June 

 15, 1904, was finished during the summer, and the laying of the 

 heavy concrete foundations in the autumn. Before the completion 

 of this work the contracts for the granite had been awarded, and 

 contracts for other classes of material were let at intervals during 

 the remainder of the fiscal year. The heavy snows which every- 

 where prevailed during the winter interfered with quarrying and 

 prevented the delivery of stone in sufficient quantities to begin build- 



