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PRESERVATION OK COLI.KCTIONK. 



At the time of submitting the report for 1891 from this office, the 

 unexpended balance of the appropriation for the preservation of col 

 lections held to meet liabilities contracted during the fiscal year end- 

 ing June :>(>, 1891, was $7,979.99. Since then bills have been vouchered 

 and paid as follows : $489.93 have been expended for services; $1,079.37 

 for supplies; $1,191.51 for specimens; $768*.15 for books; $420.46 for 

 stationery; $273.04 for travel; $465.95 for freight, making a total of 

 $7,688.11. and leaving an unexpended balance July, 1892, of $291. 5S, 

 to settle an account of Elkington & Company, London, and to meet a 

 few other small bills still outstanding. 



From the appropriation of $115,000 for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1892, the disbursements are as follows: 



For salaries or compensation, $119,911.79; for special or contract 

 services, $2,839.64; for specimens, $6,310.12; for general supplies, 

 $2,038.76; for freight and cartage, $2,180.95; for travel, $1,571.81; for 

 stationery, $812.79 ; for books and periodicals, $153 ; a total of $136,181.86, 

 which leaves an unexpended balance of $8,818.11, duly 1, 1892, to meet 

 outstanding liabilities. 



FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. 



The unexpended balance of the appropriation for furniture and fix- 

 tures for 1891, held to meet liabilities contracted during that fiscal 

 year, was $3,690.54. The following bills have been vouchered and paid 

 from this balance: One thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars for 

 exhibition cases; $13.50 for drawers, trays, etc.; $397.91 for glass; 

 $210.77 for hardware, tools, cloth, etc.; $723.76 for glass jars and con- 

 tainers for specimens; $737.65 for lumber; $52.77 for paints, oils, and 

 brushes; *316.70 for office furniture; $12.10 for tin, lead, etc. ; $11.88 

 for rubber goods; $2.85 for traveling expenses, making a total of 

 $3,688.19, and leaving an unexpended balance July 1, 1892, ot $2.35. 



From the appropriation of $25,000 for furniture and fixtures for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, the disbursements are as follows: 



For salaries or compensation, $13,885. si ; for special or contract serv- 

 ices, $87.96; for exhibition cases, with designs and drawings for same, 

 $365; for drawers, trays, and boxes, $513.72; for frames, stands, and 

 miscellaneous woodwork, $l(i!>.50; for lumber, paints, oils, glue, and 

 brushes, $2,159.91; for tools, glass, hardware, and interior fittings 

 for cases, $1,107.31; for apparatus, glass jars, vials, etc, $1,191.97; for 

 office and hall furniture and other fixtures, $765; for plumbing, tin 

 and lead. $999.14; for leather belting, rubber tubing for rendering cases 

 moth proof, etc., $122.28; for traveling expenses, $2, making a total of 

 $21,699.63, and leaving a balance of $3,300.37 on hand July 1, 1892, to 

 meet outstanding liabilities. 



