REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXI 



(b) Miscellaueoiis— Continued. 



Laboratory material $31. 28 



Books for library 756, 12 



Stationery and drawing material 330. 45 



Illustrations for report -. 637. 08 



Office furniture 392.38 



Office supplies and repairs 206.76 



Telegrams .70 



Specimens .' 18. 00 



.f;7, 576. 92 



Total expenditure 41,408.09 



Bonded railroad accounts settled by United States Treasury 50. 05 



Total expenditure North American ethnology 41, 458. 14 



Balance, July 1, 1 890, to meet outstanding liabilities 12, 033. 08 



Expenditures reclassified by subject-matters (B). 



Sign language and picture writing 4,440.81 



Exploration of mounds, eastern portion of United States 6,258. 33 



Researches in archajology, southwestern portion of United 



States 9,028.77 



Researches, language of North American Indians 13,783.37 



Salaries, office of director 4,209.64 



Illustrations for report 673. 46 



Contingent expense 3,013.71 



41, 408. 09 

 Bondedrailroad accounts settled by United States Treasury 50. 05 



Total expenditures 41,458. 14 



SUMMART. 

 July 1, 1889 : 



Balance on band ^1 3, 491, 22 



Appropriation for North American ethnology, 1890 40, 000. 00 



53,491.22 



Expenditures 41,458. 14 



Balance on hand July 1, 1890 12,033,08 



Which balance is deposited as follows : 



To credit of disbursing agent 2,581. 38 



In the United States Treasury 9, 451. 70 



12, 033. 08 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS JULY 1, 1889, TO JUNE 30, 1890, 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, "for 

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

 surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other 

 sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employds " 

 (Sundry civil act, March 2, 1889. Public 154, p, 16) 1 '0,000. 00 



