272 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Heating and lighting: 



1893 $11.10 



1894 724.30 



1895 13,000.00 



$13, 735. 40 



Building repairs, \8m 4, 000. 00 



Rent of work shops : 



1894 457. 29 



1895 600.00 



1, 057. 29 



Postage, 1895 500. 00 



Total 177,594.31 



From the uiiexpeiuled balances of the appropriations for 1893 and 

 1894 remaining on hand at the close of the last fiscal year the follow- 

 ing expenditures have been made in payment of liabilities contracted 

 in the years for which the appropriations were applicable, viz: 



Preservation of colleetions, 1893. — For special or contract services, 

 75 cents; supplies, $39; si)ecimens, $276, making a total of $315.75, 

 and leaving a balance of $'2.21. 



The above amount, together with the sura of 16 cents, the unex- 

 pended balance of the appropriation for furniture and fixtures, and 

 $11.10, the unexpended balance of the heating and lighting fund, will, 

 under the law, revert to the Treasury, there being no other outstand- 

 ing claims against the appropriation. 



Preserxation of collections., 1894. — For salaries or compensation, $165; 

 special or contract services, $489.21; supplies, $960.58; stationery, 

 $132.78; freight and cartage, $697.79; travel, $122.42; specimens, 

 $756.19; books and periodicals, $620.90; total, $3,944.93. 



Furniture and Ji.itures, 1894. — For exhibition cases, $84; frames, 

 stands, etc., $62.70; glass, $40; hardware, $35.15; tools, $5; cloth, 

 cotton, etc., $48.75; lumber, $72.35; paints, oils, and glue, $111.26; 

 office and hall furniture, etc., $330.66; metals, $6.05; leather and rub- 

 ber, $4.98; apparatus, $2.25; total, $803.15. 



Heating and lighting, 1894. — F«or special or contract services, $6.25; 

 coal and wood, $24.75; gas, $78.50; telephones, $165.50; electrical sup- 

 plies, $50.60; rental of call boxes, $20; heating supplies, $348.48; tel- 

 egrams, $29.46; total, $723.54. 



The expenditures made from the funds appropriated for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1895, have been as follows: 



Preservation of collections. — For salaries or-compensation, $126,142.26 ; 

 special or contract services, $3,381.24; supplies, $2,276.56; stationery, 

 $811.62; freight and cartage, $1,469.98; travel, $585.64; specimens, 

 $2,367.14; books and periodicals, $1,014.68; total, $138,049.12. 



Furniture and fixtures. — For salaries or compensation, $5,609.20; 

 special or contract services, $86.13; designs and drawings, $91.25; 

 drawers, trays, and boxes, $671.79; frames, stands, etc., $67; glass, 

 $45.90; hardware, etc., $510.30; tools, $63.69; cloth, cotton, etc., $20; 



