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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



Disbursements from unexpended balances of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 



SO, 1901. 



Object. 



Preservation of collections . 



$6,507.92 



Furniture and fixtures 2, 096. 23 



Heating, lighting, and electrical service and installation 1, 888. 09 



Balance 



June 30, 



1901. 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals. 



Building repairs 



Purchase of specimens 



Total 



858. 04 



884. 93 



3, 058. 5C 



Expendi- 

 tures. 



86,433.43 



2,094.34 



1,887.86 



765.90 



884. 89 



2, 986. 39 



15,293.77 "15,052.81 



Balance 



June 30, 



1902. 



874.49 



1.89 



.23 



92. 14 



.04 



72.17 



aThe total balance on June 30, 1901, was $16,715.33. No appropriations except those from which 

 disbursements were made during the year are mentioned in this table. 



Di.sbur.seiiients from the appropriation for 18'J9-1900 were made as 

 follows: Preservation of collections, $291.24; l)ooks, pamphlets, and 

 periodicals, $2.55, leaving- balances of |40.15 and $28.09, respectively. 

 These balances, together with unexpended bjilanccs of the appropria- 

 tions for furniture and li.xtures, heating- and lighting, l)uilding repairs, 

 and rent of workshops, amounting to $12.80, have reverted to the 

 surplus fund of the Treasury. 



The appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1903, are as follow^s: 



Preservation of oollectiona $180, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 22, 500 



Heating, lighting, and electrical service IS, 000 



Postage 500 



Books, i)aniphlets, and periodicals 2, 000 



Kepairs to })uildings, shops, and slieds 15, 000 



Rent of workshojjs and temporary storage quarters 4, 400 



Purchase of specimens 10, 000 



Printing labels and blanks and the Bulletins and Proceedings, and for Innd- 



ing books for the library 17, 000 



Printing and i)ul)lishing the Contributions from the U. S. National Herba- 

 rium 7, 000 



Preparation of ])reliniinary plans for an additional Museum building. 



5, 000 



Total 281, 400 



BUILDINGS. 



Several important alterations and improvements have been made in 

 the Museum building. Some additional space has been gained through 

 the construction of galleries in three ranges — the west-north, the north- 

 west, and the south-west — wliich are being fitted up for the library 

 and as laboratories for the departments of anthropology and geology. 



The steam boilers, Avhich had become entirel}^ worn out after a 

 service dating from the erection of the l)uilding. liav(> ])een replaced 

 by a pair of water-tube boilers of modern pattern, with capacity 

 for heating both buildings. The introduction of these made it neces- 



