162 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



For furniture and fixtures, National Museum : "For cases, 

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

 tion of the collections of geology, mineralogj', ethnology, 

 technology, and natural history, presented to the govern- 

 ment by foreign nations." (Forty-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)paratus, 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 



i^o portion exijended, 



"For the puri^ose 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 Bessels, of the scien- 

 tific results of the xVrctic 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, $6,183.66. 



CONCLrSION. 



The Executive Committee has examined 682 vouchers for payments 

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

 for payments made from appropriations by 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 aj)plied to the purposes of the Institution or 

 the Museum. 



The Committee has examined the account-books of the National 

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

 "Preservation of collections," $23,273.17 ; "Armory building," $1,366.59 ; 

 "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 



