REPORT OF THE BOARD OP REGENTS. XVII 



NATIONAL MUSEUM, AND OTHER OBJECTS COMMITTED BY CONGRESS 

 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The following appropriations were made at the first session of the 



Forty-eighth Congress for the JSTalional Museum, and other objects com- 

 mitted to the care of the Smithsonian Institution : 



For the preservation and exhibition and in- 

 crease of the collections received from the 

 surveying and exploring expeditions of the 

 Government, and other sources, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary 

 employes $91, 000 00 



For transfer and arrangement of the collec- 

 tions of the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers, presented to the Government, 

 • .c!:. ^ing expenses already incurred 10, 000 00 



For expense of heating, lighting, and telepho- 

 /. ^oi-rical service for the new Museum 



building 6, 000 00 



$107,000 00 



For care of the Armory building and grounds and expense 

 of watching, preservation, and storage of the duplicate 

 collections of the Government, and of the property of 

 the United States Fish Commission contained therein, 

 including salaries or compensation of all necessary em- 

 ployes 2, 500 00 



For cases, furniture, and fixtures required for the exhibi- 

 tion of the collections of the United States National Mu- 

 seum, and for salaries or compensation of all necessary 

 employes 40,000 00 



For the expenses of an international exchange of books, 

 documents, and productions of the United States with 

 foreign countries, in accordance with the Paris conven- 

 tion of 1877, including salaries and compensation to all 

 necessary employes, to be expended under the direction 

 of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 10, 000 00 



For finishing, heating, gas-fitting, plumbing, and com- 

 pletely furnishing the eastern portion of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and for finishing the fourth and fifth stories, 

 including liabilities already incurred 15, 000 00 



For paving sidewalk on south and east fronts of National 

 Museum building 1, 000 00 



For expense of freight on statue of Joseph Henry from 

 Eome to Washington, and all expenses by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution connected with the erection and cere- 

 monies of unveiling said statue - 900 00 



S. Mis. 33 II 



