REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXVII 



Miscellaneous — ContiniiiHl. 



Fichi material ^fHK;. 1*» 



Freight .'iSO. ft") 



,Su])l)lies 1,8()7. !t8 



Stationery HO. 'AH 



Oftiee furniture VAX. 25 



I'nblications Hiid. (!l> 



Dra\vin,i;s itOS. 77 



Laboratory supplies 117. SO 



Repairs "> 1 . 1 1 



II 1. 20r.. 85 



$47. 766. IS 



Balance .Inly 1. 1802 15, 008. 06 



Expenditures re-elassi(ie<l by subject-matter: 



Sign language and picture-writing 4, 732. 40 



Exi)Iorations of mounds 4, 342. 18 



Researches in archaMilogy 14. .561. 15 



Rfsearchcs, language of A'oitii American Indians 14,660.21 



Salaries in office of Director 3, 678. 2!) 



Illustrations for report.s 1, 388. 21 



Researches among Pueblos 2. 560. 20 



Contingent expenses 1, 673. .52 



47,596.11 

 Bonded railroad accounts settled by Treasury 170. 07 



Total <'X])endi1ures, North .\merican etlin<dni:y 47, 766. 18 



• Balance .July 1, 1802 15, 008. ()(> 



.luly 1, 18!)i. lialaneo on hand 12.774.21 



Ajiitropriation for .North American ethiiologv 50,000.00 



62, 774. 24 

 Ex])en(led 47. 7(i6. 18 



Balance July 1. Is!t2 15,008.0'/ 



NATIONAL :\rT"SEUM. 



PUESERV.\TION OV COLI.KCTIOXS. .JlI.Y 1, ISIU. I ( > .1 TXK 30. 1892. 



Jiecei})lf<: 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending .lune 30, 1892, '' for 

 continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collec- 

 tions from the surveying and (exploring ex])editions of the Govern- 

 ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of ail 

 necessary em]doyes" (sundry civil act, .March 3, 1891) .+ 145,000. 00 



l^xjicudifKrcK. 

 Salaries or compensation : 



nruErTioN. 



1 A.ssistaut Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in 

 charge of U. S. National Museum, 12 mouths, at $333. 33 3, 999. 96 



