REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXV 



111 list rat ions for report $1>26. :{0 



Coiitiiijj;eiit cxpeii.ses 29d. 99 



Collections and specimens 844. 95 



38, 719. 16 

 Bonded railroad acconuts settled by Treasury Department .74 



Total expenditure i^ilW, 71!>. <J0 



sitmMahy. 

 July 1, 1887: 



Balance on band of appropriation for 188G-'87 0, 5.53. 08 



Amount credited to appropriation by disallowance by' Comptroller.. 13. 90 



Appropriation b}' Congress ''for the purpose of coutiuniug ethnolog- 

 ical researches among the American Indians, under the direction of 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or 

 compensation of all necessary employes" (sundry civil act of March 

 3, 1887) 40,000.00 



Total available for the year ending June 30, 1888 4(), 566. 98 



Expended during the year ending June 30, 18S8 38, 719. 90 



July 1, 1858: 



Balance to meet outstanding liabilities 1|7,847. 08 



SMITHSONIAN BUILDING KEPAIRS. 



Appropriation by Congress "for urgent and necessary repairs to central 

 and western portions of the Smithsonian Institution Building" (sundry 



civil act of March 3, 1887) 15,000,00 



Expenditures : 



Cut-stone, brick, metal, carpenters', and miscellaneous 



work $9,800.00 



Iron-work 1,848.00 



Steam-fitters', laborers', and day work 466. 30 



Steam, water, and gas pipes 147. 58 



Clerk-hire 275.00 



Nails and lumber 61. 32 



Advertising and printing 49. 10 



Hardware 72.66 



12,719.96 



Balance July 1, 1888 §2, 280. 04 



(Of this appropriation S131.80 was expended in 1887, leaving $14,868.20 available 

 during the year ending June 30, 1888.) 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



PRESERVATIOX OF COLLECT[ONS, JULY 1, 1887, TO JUXE 30, :888. 



Appropriation by Congress for liscal year ending June 30, 1888, " for the. 

 preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the sur- 

 veying and exploring expeditions of the Government and from other 

 .sources, incliuling salaries or compensation of all necessary employt^s"' $116,000.00 

 Classification of expenditures : 



Salaries and compensation $96,511.43 



Supplies 2, 608. 38 



Stationerv 1 , 792. 20 



