XLVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



ASTROPHYSK^AL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1901. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation l)y Congress for tlie fiscal year ending June :-50, 1901, "for 

 maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase 

 of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing and publishing 

 results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, 

 repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, twelve 

 thousand dollars" {sun<lry civil act, June 6, 1900) $12, 000. 00 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Salaries or compensation: 



1 aid, 12 months, at $175 $2, 100. 00 



1 clerk, 1 month, at $125 125. 00 



1 junior assistant, 12 months, at $110 1, 320. 00 



1 stenographer, 12 months, at $100 1 , 200. 00 



1 instrument-maker, 9 months, at $80 720. 00 



1 fireman, 12 months, at $50 600. 00 



1 photographer, 29 days, at $4.50 130. 50 



5 carpenters, 22 days, at $3 66. 00 



2 painters, 6 days, at $2.80 16. 80 



2 painters, 6 days, at $2 12. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 45 days, at $70 per month ... 10. 16 



1 laborer, 5 days, at $1.75 8.75 



6 laborers, 98i days, at $1.50 147. 75 



1 cleaner, 166 days, at $1 166. 00 



Total salaries or compensation $6, 622. 96 



General expenses: 



Apparatus $1, 417. 43 



Books 98. 69 



Electric power 116. 70 



Freight 5. 00 



Fuel 61.80 



Drawings and illustrations 16. 40 



Lumber 19. 88 



Reports 3, 106. 34 



Stationery, supplies, etc 321. 98 



Traveling expenses 133. 02 



5, 297. 24 



Total disbursements $11, 920. 20 



Balance July 1, 1901 79. 80 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1900. 



Balance July 1, 1900, as per last report $1, 215. 78 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



General expenses: 



Apparatus $880. 00 



Books 30. 42 



Freight 18. 86 



Fuel 27. 30 



Drawings 20. 00 



