XXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Materials, etc. 



Exhibition cases $7,933.35 



Designs aucl drawings for cases 170. 00 



Drawers, trays, boxes 83"2. 03 



Frames, stands, blocks, miscellaneous woodwork 1,966.92 



Glass 989.19 



Hardware and tools 1, 253. 83 



Clotb, plusb, cotton (lining for cases and screens) 98. 54 



Glass jars 17.70 



Chemicals, photo supplies, and instruments 590.21 



Lumber 1,966.83 



Paints, oil, varnish, brushes 861. 61 



Office furniture, desks, mats, etc 356.57 



Chairs (for hall) 154.50 



Metal Avork, iron, brass, tin, etc 1,076.07 



Slate, brick, stone, plaster 39'). 1 1 



Rubber goods, hose, etc 421.88 



Fire-proof safe for disbursing clerk 412. 12 



Travelling expenses 16.02 



$19,512.48 



Total expenditure July 1, 1888-Jnne 30, 1889 $37, 176.78 



Balance July 1, 1889, to meet outstanding liabilities 2,823. 22 



HEA.TING AND LIGHTING, ETC., JULY 1, 1888, TO JUNE 30, 1889. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1889, "for expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and 

 telephonic service for the National Museum" (sundry civil 

 act, October 2, 1888, Public 307, p. 28) $18,000.00 



Appropriation by Congress " for expenses of heating the U. S. 

 National Museum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889" 



(deficiency act, March 2, 1889, Public 153, p. 5.) 1,000.00 



< 13, 000. 00 



Classificatiou of cxjyendUurcs. 



Salaries or compensation: 



I engineer, at $120 per mouth $1,440. 00 



1 chief fireman and machinist, at $65 per month. 130. 00 



5 firemen, at $50 per mouth 2,950.00 



1 telephone clerk, at $55 per month 660. 00 



1 telegraph clerk, at $40 per month 255. 00 



5, 435. 00 



General expenses : 



Coal and wood 4,188.43 



Gas 1,111.11 



Telephones 600.16 



Electric work 47. 24 



Rental of call-boxes 110.00 



Heating repairs 418. 73 



6, 475. 67 



Total expenditnre July 1, 1&88-June 30, 1889 11,910.67 



Balance July 1, 1889, to meet outstanding liabilities $1, 089. 33 



