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mation embodied in their journal, herewith submitted and in this report, to 

 be more than an equivalent, m its value to tlie public, for the small sum to 

 which their expenses amount. 



.In regard to the probable expense of completing the building, including 

 its fitting up and furnishing, its lighting, heating, drainage, &c., the laying 

 out, planting, and permanent fencing of the lot, and all other expenses 

 therewith properly connected, as compared with appropriations heretofore 

 made for these objects, the committee report as follows: 



It will be within the recollection of the board that, on the 2Sth of Janu- 

 ary last, resolutions were passed by the board making the following appro- 

 priations : 



The contract for the building not to exceed - - ^231 ,000 



Fitting up and furnishing the same. do - - . 20,000 



Warming and lighting the same do - - 5,000 



Permanent fence around the grounds do - - 10,000 



Laying out and planting the grounds do - - 4,000 



Together - - - - . - - $270,000 



No special appropriation was made for superintendence; but the com- 

 mittee was empowered, by resolution of the 28tii January, in accordance 

 with the fifth section of the act organizing the institution, to "employ one 

 or more persons to superintend the erection of the building," and they Avere 

 required to cause the work to be done "to the entire satisfaction of said 

 superintendent or superintendents." The committee believe that there is 

 no example in this country of the superintendence of a building as exten- 

 sive as that of this institution costing, including all remuneration to 

 the architect for the original design, and all incidentals appertaining to 

 the architect's ofiice, less than S3,000 a year. The salary paid to a 

 resident superintending architect of such a building, when it is his own 

 design, is usually, without reckoning incidentals, either $2,500 or $3,000 

 a year. The committee, are justified, then, in setting down the entire item 

 of superintendence, (not included in the above appropriations,) with its inci- 

 dentals, at $3,000 a year. In consequence of the principal architect resi- 

 ding in New York, it actually costs a trifle more. 



Nor was any appropriation made to supply the building with water. 

 This item, under a favorable contract, has cost $G50. 



The item of drainage, also, was omitted. In consequence of the muni- 

 cipal regulations of Washington city, it M-ill cost from $1,000 to $1,500. 

 The committee has put it down at $1,350. 



It we add to the appropriations specifically made, these necessary items, 

 it will appear that the scale of expenditure to which, by the action of the 

 board, the building committee have been limited for the completion of the 

 building and grounds, all incidentals included, was about $287,000, thus: 

 Special appropriations, already enumerated - - $270,000 



Superintendence, including 'incidentals, say five years, 



$3,000 a year - . . . . 15,000 



Drainage, say - - - . - . 1^350 



Supplying water to the building .... 650 



$287,000 



