liEl'oirr OF THE .SECKHTAKV. 33 



y<ilii>in(l /.Diilnglcrtl Park : Maintenance, etc. — ('oiitimu'd. 



\(iTE. — This sum iiuliidi's: 

 riiyiiient (il'cxtia watcliincii on Sun<ln>s and liiilidavs. ncicssarv lu- 



('•ause of till' meat intlu\ of visitors, i,S nun, 19 days t-acli, at if'j'. $fiS4. 00 



Transjioitation ol s|iec init'iis alri'ad,v oll'ercd to and jjuicliased liy tlio 

 park, viz. : 



From Vtllowstonc I'ark ;ir>o. (Ill 



From South Anifri.a .".(lO.OO 



Fiom Australia 500.00 



(.'are and niaintcnante ot'th(^ ahovo aninuds 900. 00 



Cari" and maintenance of the (Icjiliants i)rf.sented and lent to the j)arl<. 1, 501). 00 



yalioiial Zoohxjical Park: Orgaithatioii, improvement, maintenance — 



For repairs to the Holt mansion to make the saims siiitalilc lor (kmmi- 

 paiicy, aud for office fiuiiitiirt^ : 



To nay D(nereiix & Gaglian, plnmbiii.o- and oas littiiio- .t;i20. 17 



To l)ay Julius Lansbnrgh, chairs 14.00 



To pay 13arber cV Koss, onites l(i. 00 



To i)a.v' Georjte Breitbartb, chairs 25. 75 



To i)ay A. Eberly's Son.s, stoves 20. IJf) 



Total $420. 57 



Note.— The above liabilities were incurred under the supposition that tluty fould 

 pi'operly be charged against other items of this appropriation. The First Comji 

 trolhr is of tiio opinion that tbey should be charged again.st this item. 



'I'd reiuibnrse the Smithsonian fnnd for assnmiug the expenses of labor 

 and materials for repairs nrgeutly necessary for the preservation of 

 the Holt mansion, including the foHowing: 



('. Biirlevr, concreting and pitching $00. 4^> 



licit & Dyer, doors and moldings '61.11 



H. C. Moimie, lathing and plastering 173. (54 



C W. Dawes, carpentry 24. 00 



W. O. .Strieker, carpentry H3. 00 



Church iV Steplieuson, Inniber 11(5. 22 



O. L. Wolfsteiner & Co., skyliglit 55. 00 



Total $U»!). 45 



Note. — The amount ai)propriated by Congress for repairs to the Holt mansion 

 was exjieuded liefori; the rooi' was covered in, and upon the decision of the ( Jomp 

 troller that it could not be covered in from the item for 'expenditures not other 

 wise j^iirovided for," the Smith.soniaii Institution advanced this sum from its 

 ju-ivate funds to |ireveiit the destruction by the weather of what had already 

 been dolM\ 



l'(tr current e.\])ciiscs — 



I'o )»a.v Melville Lindsa.\' for riiblicr liootis lurnished to employes en- 

 gaged to work in water in tlie National ZoiUogical I'aik 38.00 



0()l.02 



NiiTK. — These boots were issued to the uieu cacli nioniiu.i; ai'il taken from tliciu 

 at night. Ixdng worn only wbiltMin duly. Tlu; First Coiuplroller holds thai tlie 

 sum can not jirojierly be paid without sjiecial legislation. 



(.\ll being for the si-rvice of tlie fiscal year 18i)l.) 



'rii(5 following' (leliciciicy uppioin-iatioii wa.s made by Coiij^rcss uiulcr 

 (late of March 8, 1802: 



l"'(»r care and subsistence of animals I'or tlieXational Zo(ilo,i;ical I'ark, 

 liscal year cinlde*!!! huiub'ed a'ld ninety-two, oue thousand dollars, oiu'- 

 lialior w liicli sum shall be paid from tin; revenues of the District ol' 

 ('oluml)ia and the otiier half from the Treasury of the United Slalt's. 



I>(()iit((/('n (urd.sioncd hi/ tlia undue reduction of forcf. — As the season 

 advanced and no additional api)ropriation was made by Congress, it 

 became neeessaiy to reduce the expenses of the i)ark still furthei-. This 

 was done by stoppino- all work upon the buildinj;s and iiroiinds, and 

 r( tlueiny: the force till one watchman only could be on duty at a time, 

 n. ]\Iis. 114 3 



