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lections, books, exhibition eases, furniture, fuel and gas, the main- 

 tenance of the heating and lighting appliances, freight and cartage, 

 traveling expenses of collectors and agents, etc. 



Tor these various purposes the expenditure in the last fiscal year 

 amounted to $45,249.53, and that for the present fiscal year will, it is 

 estimated, amount to about $48,000, a sum very inadequate to the needs 

 of the service. 



It does not include the expenditures lor printing the labels and blanks, 

 and proceedings and bulletins of the Museum, for which the appropri- 

 ation for many years past has been $10,000, and for which I have asked 

 $15,000 for the coming fiscal vear. 



I must not omit to call your attention to the fact that owing to the 

 peculiar constitution of the Museum as a scientific establishment, it has 

 hitherto been possible to secure a special economy, owing to the fact 

 that its officers and employes are not scheduled as in the Executive De- 

 partments. 



In thus presenting, in obedience to the request of the Senate, a 

 schedule of a durable organization of the service, 1 wish to remark, 

 emphatically, that there are pressing needs in other directions — needs 

 that merit the serious consideration of Congress, in order that the 

 National Museum may be enabled to maintain a satisfactory position in 

 comparison with those of European nations. 



I have the honor to be, your most obedient servant, 



S. P. Langley, 



Secretary. 



Hon. John J. Ingalls, 



President pro tempore of the Senate. 



