REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLIII 



PfRCHASK OF SPECIMENS, 1901. 

 KIX'EIPTS. 

 Balance as per report JtiI y 1 , 1)X)1 S.",, ()5s. 5(3 



EXPENDITURES. 

 [July 1, PHil, to.linicSO. 190'2.] 



Total expenditures 2, 98B. 89 



Balance July 1 , 1902 72. 1 7 



ASTR()PHYSIC.\L (IBSEKV.VTOKV, SMITHSOXIAN IXSTITt'TION, 19(12. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation by Congress for the liscai year endinu; June .'JO, 1902, "for 

 maintenance of Astrophysical C)l>servatory, under the direction (jf the 

 8mith.sonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase 

 of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing an<l pul)lishing 

 results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, 

 repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, twelve 

 thousand dollars; that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is 

 directed to report to Congress on the first day of the next regular ses- 

 sion an entire account of all appropriations heretofore exjiended by 

 the Astrophysical Observatory, what results have been reached, and 

 what is the present condition of the work of said (Jbservatory " (sun- 

 dry civil act, March 8, 1901 j $12, 000. 00 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Salaries or compensation: 



1 aid, 12 months, at |17.5 $2, 100. 00 



1 assistant, 25^ days, at $125 104. 84 



1 assistant, i month, at 190 45.00 



1 junior assistant, 12 months, at $1 10 1 , :!20. 00 



1 clerk, 1 month, at $125 125. 00 



1 stenographer, 11 months, at $100 1, 100. 00 



1 stenograjiher, 1 month, at $50 50. 00 



1 instrument maker, 11 months and 9^ dayt), 



at $80 904. (i9 



1 fireman, 12 months, at $50 (iOO. 00 



1 cleaner, 158 days, at $1 1 58. 00 



1 laborer, 4 months and 4 days, at $20 82. 8() 



Total salaries or compensation $(i, 590. 89 



(ieneral expenses: 



Apparatus 855. 20 



Books 120. 90. 



Building repairs 146. 50 



Drawings 30. 00 



Electricity 195. 08 



Furniture 52. 75 



Freight and hauling 9. 19 



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