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icals, 8144.28; n total expenditure of $127,08.").47, leavin.n' an unex- 

 pended balance, July 1, 1803, of $7,414.53 to meet out standinj»- liabili- 

 ties, 



FTKNITTRE AND FIXTURES. 



The amount appropriated "for cases, furniture, fixtures and ai)pli- 

 auces, re(iuired for the exhibition and sale keeping- of tlie collections of 

 the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all neces- 

 sary employes," was 815,000. The following exijentlitures have been 

 made from this appropriation: 



Salaries or compensation, $7,903.47; special or contract services, 

 $91,22; storage cases, $550.53; designs and drawings for cases, $34.50; 

 drawers, trays and boxes, $252.00; frames, stands and miscellaneous 

 woodwork, $10; glass, $774.92; hardware and interior fittings for cases, 

 $049.50; tools, $25.08; cloth, cotton, etc., $47.53 ; glass jars, bottles, etc., 

 $438.10; lumber, $501.44; paints, oils, glue and brushes, $383.35; ofidce 

 and hall furniture and furnishings, $48.22; tin and lead, $30.89; brick, 

 plaster,etc., $0.50 ; leather and rubber goods, $21.8 ('» ; apparatus, $118.20 ; 

 skylights, $100; a total of $12,059.91, leaving a balance on hand, July 

 1, 1893, of $2,940.09 to meet outstanding liabilities. 



The following is a list of cases nuide in the Museum shops during 

 the year : 



Two card-catalogue cases, 1 pine bookcase, 1 walnut bookcase, 2 small si)ecial 

 cases, 2 unit storage cases, 12 unit tabic cases. 



CASKS IIKPAIKKD AND AI.TKIIED. 



Four door-screen cases, 2 Cbiucse cases, 3 llat-top cases, 19 Kensington cases, 1 

 mabogauy bird case, 6 slope-top cases, 9 storage cases, 5 upright cases, 3 wall cases, 

 1 walnut case, 1 card-catalogue case, 36 pine unit table cases, and 1 half-unit table 

 case. In addition, 25 cases were glazed, and 231 were painted and cleaned. 



Miscellaneous furniture and fittings made during the year: 



Seventeen bases, 416 blocks for mounting specimens, 1 large storage rack, 100 jtack- 

 iug boxes, 176 drawers for cases, and 115 frames for labels. 



Miscellaneous furniture and fittings repaired and altered: 



Fire bases, 424 blocks for mounting specimens, 247 drawers for cases, 51 frames for 

 labels, and 130 locks. 



In addition to the work indicated above, many shelves, label-holders, 

 screens, sash, ventilators, skylights, etc., were repaired or altered. 

 Repairs Avere also made to the floors and roofs of the various buildings, 

 ami considerable painting was done from time to time. 



iieatin(t and lighting. 



The apiHopriatioii '^ for the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, 

 telegraphic and telej)hoiiic service for the National Museum," was 

 $11,000, to Avhich was addeil a deficiency ai)propriatioTi of $2,000 for 

 heating, making a total of 81.),000. From this appropriation the follow- 

 ing disbursements have been made: 



