12 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. 
From balances of appropriations for 1903-4. 
Object. | Balances Expendi- Balances 
uly 1, 1905. | tures 1905-6. | July 1, 1906. 
Preservation, of collections. =. .2s nos. sea Sa acae eee $198. 99 $188. 13 $10. 86 
Humiture and fx bUuresi =. cs eee eee eee eee eee eee | Gs 94G Ee cee eena ee 6. 94 
1BiCCk heya sh oko bea ahetel whem akomeoadeckine | nobanctcnboLSsnuedenas Da aS bl ee seers ee | 54. 48 
Building repairs:.....< senses Casaee eee eee ee eee | 583m eee 53.34 
BOOKS \CtG Sc. Setni-c soe ce eee ne ae eee ee eee 18. 32 10. 71 | 7.61 
Purchase of specimens!s.- oe -= seme ee sea eae eee | G14 72) eee ee mnie 614. 72 
Rentiol workshops, CtGsse-0 22 ames ae eile ae inners etelatn ia) | Pil Total aisha eee Se . 08 
$10) ete epee a Be OMe > NoCoe eos sanccperene a aeMeoced 946, 87 198. 84 748. 03 
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For the operations of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, Congress 
voted the following appropriations in the sundry civil act approved 
June 30, 1906: 
Preservation of collections. - - -- $180, 000 | Rent of workshops, etc-------- $4, 580 
Furniture and fixtures -..----- 2080005 MRostare mae eee 500 
Heating and lighting. .--.----- 18, 000 | Printing and binding. --------- 34, 000 
Building repairs sn ose eee. 15, 000 REET WET 
Books, pamphlets, and periodi- Total .-..-..----------- 274, 080 
Cals Nee = Sree eee ots 2, 000 
Besides the regular appropriations, $500,000 was granted for con- 
tinuing work upon the new building for the Museum. 
Comparing the appropriations for 1907 with those for 1906, it will 
be noticed that the amount for furniture and fixtures has been reduced 
by $2,500 and that for printing and binding has been increased by 
$9,000. The latter change was occasioned by the fact that all printing 
was specifically appropriated for, while heretofore the cost of printing 
the annual reports was charged against the general fund of the Goy- 
ernment Printing Office. 
BUILDINGS. 
An account of the progress made in the erection of the new Museum 
building has been given on a previous page. 
The subjects requiring most attention under building repairs were 
the roofs and certain measures for increasing the fire protection. 
Each section of the Museum building has virtually a separate roof. 
The rotunda, main halls, courts, corner pavilions and central towers 
are covered with slate, while the low ranges which adjoin the outer 
walls are roofed with tin. There is besides a complicated system of 
gutters and down spouts. The tin roofs have at no time demanded 
more than the ordinary amount of repair, but most of the slate roofs, 
which are too flat to justify the use of that material, and the gutters 
and down spouts have caused endless annoyance and much damage. It 
had been thought necessary to await the completion of the new build- 
ing before steps could be taken to replace them. Through the cour- 
