IQ KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



mbarsemenlsfrom unexpended balances of appropriativm for the fiscal year ending June 



30, 1902. 



Objet-t. 



Balance 



June 30, 



1902. 



Preservation of collections 



Furniture and fixtures 



Heating and lighting, etc 



Building repairs, etc 



Galleries 



Books, pamphlets, and periodical 



Purchase of specimens 



Rent of workshops, etc 



Total 



S5, 709. 78 

 2, 136. 15 

 1,560.43 

 1,938.30 

 37.92 

 1, 142. 97 

 2, 471. 30 



14, 996. 93 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



$5, 550. 62 

 2, 131. 08 

 1,558.83 

 1,911.07 

 36.75 

 944. 70 

 2,416.04 



14, 549. ( 



Balance 



June 30, 



1903. 



$159. 16 

 5.07 

 1.60 



1.17 

 198. 27 

 55.26 



Disbursements from the appropriations for 1900-1901 were made 

 as follows: Preservation of collections, $-1:9. 01; books, pamphlets, and 

 periodicals, $86.74, leaving balances of $24.88 and $6.40 respectively. 

 These balances, toj^ether with the unexpended balances of the appro- 

 priations for furniture and fixtures, heating and lightino-, building 

 repairs, purchase of specimens, and rent of workshops, amounting to 

 174.41, have reverted to the surplus fund of the Treasury. 



Appropriations for the year endlmj June 30, 1904. 



Preservation of collections $1 80, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 22, 500 



Heating, lighting, and electrical service 18, 000 



Purchase of specimens 10, 000 



Books, ])aniphlets, and periodicals 2, 000 



Repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds 15, 000 



Rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters 4, 400 



Postage 500 



Additional building for National Museum 250, 000 



Printing labels, blanks, and Bulletins and Proceedings, and for binding 



books for the Library 17^ 000 



Total 519,400 



BUILDINGS. 



At its last session, ending March 4, 1903, Congress authorized, in 

 the sundry civil act for 1903-4, the construction of an additional fire- 

 proof building of granite for the National Museum, at a cost not to 

 exceed $3,500,000, and appropriated $250,000 for the requirements of 

 the first year. The preparation of the final plans was begun near 

 the close of the fiscal year, and the work will be pushed as rapidly as 

 possible. 



^ The roofs on the several sections of the Museum building have con- 

 tinued to give troul)le, as new leaks develop during every heavy rain 

 and snow storm. This is more especially the case with the slate cov- 

 erings over the main halls, but the tin roofs are also in bad condition 



