122 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



the purposes herein mentioned, not including anything for 

 architectural plans, shall be audited by the proper officers 

 of the Treasury Department. (Forty-fifth Congress, third 



session, chapter 182 ; 1879, March 3)* $250, 000 



Smithsonian Institution: For the preservation of the speci- 

 mens of the United States surveying and exploring expedi- 

 tions 1879. (Forty-fifth Congress, third session, chapter 183, 



page 417; March 3, 1879) 4,000 



The following is a statement of the receipts, expenditures, and bal- 

 ances of the National Museum accounts : 



PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF DUPLICATES. 



Receipts. 

 1879. 

 January 1. Balance unexpended of appropria- 

 tion for year endiug June 30, 1879 . $11, 389 30 

 Appropriation for deficiencies, 1879 . 1, 000 00 

 July 1. Appropriation for the year ending 



June 30, 1880 28, 000 00 



Cash refunded for coal and freight. 290 76 



$43, G80 00 



Expenditures. 



For the quarter ending March 31, 1879 $6, 818 41 



For the quarter ending June 30, 1879 . , 8, G26 G9 



For the quarter ending September 30, 1879 9, 900 40 



For the quarter ending December 31, 1879 0, 842 37 



32, 1S7 s7 



Balance available from January 1 to July 1, 1880 11, 492 19 



FOR ARMORY BUILDING. 



Receipts. 

 1S79. 

 Jan. 1. Balance unexpended of appropriation 

 for the year ending June 30, L879 ... 

 July 1. Appropriation for year ending June 30, 

 1880 . 



Rxpnidihircs. 



For the quarter ending Mareh 31,1879 



For the quarter ending June 30, L879 



For the quarter ending September .">(>, 1879... 

 For the quarter ending December 31, 1879... 



Balance available from January 1 to July 1, 1880 $1, 037 54 



' I "i ;i lull account of the construction of this buiJuing see the report of the 

 National Museum Building Commission. 



