162 KEPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



For furniture and Jixtures, National Mtiscum : "For cases, 

 furniture, and fixtures for the reception, care, and exhibi- 

 tion of the collections of geology, mineralogy, ethnology, 

 technology, and natural history, presented to the govern- 

 ment by foreign nations." (Fortj-sixth Congress, second 



session, chapter 235 ; 1880) $50, 000 00 



Balance available, $44,251.07. 



" For a steam-heating apparatus and for fuel : to be im- 

 mediately available." (Forty-sixth Congress, second ses- 

 sion, chapter 235; 1880) 25,000 00 



" For water, gas fixtures, and electrical aj^iiaratus, to be 

 immediately available." (Forty-sixth Congress, second 



session, chapter 235 ; 1880) 12, 500 00 



Balance available, $5,050.33. 



"For construction of relieving sewer, with the necessary 

 manholes and traps from the new National Museum 

 building to the Seventh street sewer." (Forty-sixth 



Congress, second session, chapter 235; 1880) 1, 000 00 



No portion expended. 



''For the purpose of continuing ethnologic researches 

 among the North American Indians under the direction 

 of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution." (Forty- 

 sixth Congress, second session, chapter 235; 1880) 20, 000 00 



Balance available, $7,308.32. 



"For completing the preparation, with the necessary illus- 

 trations, of the report of Dr. Emil Bcssels, of the scien- 

 tific results of the Arctic expedition under the late Capt. 

 C. F. Hall, to be expended under the control of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution." (Forty-sixth Congress, second ses- 

 sion, chapter 234; 1880) 8, 000 00 



Balance available, $G,183.GG. 



CONCLUSION. 



The Executive Committee has examined G82 vouchers for payments 

 made from the Smithson income during the year 1880, and 791 vouchers 

 for i^ayments made from appropriations hj Congress for the National 

 Museum, making a total of 1,473 vouchers. All these bear the approval 

 of the Secretary of the Institution and a certificate that the materials 

 and services charged were applied to the purposes of the Institution or 

 the Museum. 



The Committee has examined the account-books of the National 

 Museum, aiul find the balances remaining on hand as before stated, viz: 

 "Preservation of collections," $23,273.17; "Armory building," $1,360.59 ; 

 "Furniture and fixtures," $44,251.07, to correspond with the certificate 

 of the disbursing clerk of the Department of the Interior, and the bal- 

 ance for "fire-proof building for National Museum," $5,050.33, "Polaris 



