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travel, .^S9.(»0: speciiiu'iis. s(;.l'i:().2;>; books aiul periodicals, s414.4r): 

 a total expenditiue of sS.SOl.Oit, leaving a balance, July 1, 1S1>:3, of 

 $17.05. 



FUR^"1TUR1; AM) IIXTTRES. 



The (lisburseinents from the miexpeuded balanc(; of this appropria- 

 tion, §3,o()0.o7, are as foUows: 



Special or contract servi(;es, $30; exhibition cases, $1,454; storage 

 cases, $324; drawers, trays and boxes, $50.05; frames, stands, etc., 

 $100.50; glass, $1,038.14; hardware, $43.88; tools, $19.48; cloth, cot- 

 ton, etc., $8; glass jars, vials, etc., $22.20; lumber, $47.97; ottice furni- 

 ture, $(5; tin, lead, etc., $2.94; leather and rubber goods, $13.32; 

 apparatus, $30.32; travel, $3.70; a total of $3,272.59, leaving an uuex- 

 peuded bahince, -Inly 1, 1893, of $27.78. 



lIEATI^a AISI) LKiHTINCf. 



From tlie bahince of $424.91, the foUowing expenditures ha\'e been 

 made: 



Special services, $3; gas, $89; telei)hones, $201.55; electric work, 

 $15; electrical supplies, $14.44; rental of call boxes, $20; heating sup- 

 plies, $81.57: a total of $424.50, leaving a balance, July 1, 1893, of 35 

 cents. 



On July 1, 1892, the unexpended balance of the appropriation for 

 removing the old boilers under the ^Museum hall of the Smithsonian 

 building, replacing them with new ones, and making necessary altera- 

 tions, etc., was $01.53, and there has since been expended for brick- 

 work previously' contracted for, the suni of $00, leaving a balance of 

 $1.53. 



Of the api)roi)riatiou for removing the decayed wooden Hoors in the 

 Museum building, and substituting therefor granolithic or artiticial- 

 stone pavement, there was a balance of $525.3G. Liabilities, amounting 

 to $522.53, have since been ])aid, leaving an unexpended balance. July 

 1, 1893, of $2.83. 



The appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, and the 

 disbursements on account of the same, are as follows: 



PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS. 



The appropriation "for continuing the preservation, exhibition and 

 increase of the collection from the surveying and exploring expeditions 

 of the Government, and from other sources, including sahiries or com- 

 pensation of all necessary employes," was $132,500, together with a 

 deficiency appropriation of $2,000, making a total of $134,500. The 

 expenditures were as follows: 



Salaries or compensation, $110,177.15; special or contract services, 

 $2,224.83; supplies, $1,888.31; stationery, $723.25; freight and cart- 

 age, $1,889.75: travel, $407.88; specimens, $3,030.02; books and period- 



