SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION'S OE THE YEAR. 



Ari'ltOrUIATIONS ANT) EXl'KN DITUKES. 



The total amount appropriated l)y Cong-ress For the mainteuanee of 

 the National Museum during the year ending Jmie oO, l'.>02, was 

 $289,400, as against $203,540 for tlie previous year. The principal 

 changes as compared with 1901 were as follows: An increase of $2,500 

 under furniture and fixtures, an increase of $5,500 under heating- and 

 lighting, of which $5,000 was for completing the electric installation 

 in the Museum building, and an increase of $800 under rent of work- 

 shops and storage quarters. The two following- special appropriations 

 were made: For the purchase and installation of new boilers in the 

 Museum building- of a capacity for heating both l)uilding-s, $12,500; 

 for the construction of two galleries in the Museum building, $5,000. 



The expenditures up to the close of the 3^ear from the appropria- 

 tions for 1901-2 amounted to $274,271. 20, leaving abalance of $15,128.80 

 to meet outstanding liabilities. During- the same year $15,052.81 were 

 disbursed from the balance of $15,293.77 of the appropriations for 

 1900-1901 on hand July 1, 1901. 



The following tables show the expenditures during the year 1901-2 

 under each item of the appropriations for the past two years: 



Appropriations and expenditures for t.he fiscal year enxUng Jane ,!(), lUO,.'. 



Object. 



Preservation of collections 



Furniture and fixtures 



Heating, ligliting, and electrical service, including §5,000 for 



electric installation 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals 



Postage 



Building repairs, including SI2,"i00 for the purchase and 



installation of new boilers 



Construction of galleries 



Rent of workshops and storage quarters 



Purchase of specimens 



Printing and binding 



Total 



Appropria- 

 tions. 



f ISO, 000 

 •JO, 000 



23, 000 

 'J, 000 



500 



27,. 500 

 5,000 

 •1, 400 

 10, 000 

 17,000 



2,S',», 400 



Kxi)endi- 

 tures. 



174,290.22 

 17, 8G3. 85 



21,439.57 

 857. 03 

 500. 00 



25,561.70 

 4,962.08 

 4,399.92 

 7, 528. 70 



lfi,Sf,8.13 



71. 20 



Balance 



.lune 30, 



1902. 



*5,709.78 

 2, 13G. 15 



1,-500.43 

 1, 142. 97 



1,938.30 

 37. 92 



.08 



2,471.30 



131.87 



15, 128. SO 



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