REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXIX 



Sewerage and drainage, water-closets $964. 93 



Skj lights 475. 00 



Stonework 306. 30 



Tin roofing 401. 37 



$8, 085. 48 



Balance July 1,1894 1.14 



A.STROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORT; SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1894. 



Appropriation by Congress " for maintenance of the Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, includ- 

 ing salaries of assistants, apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses" (sun- 

 dry ciTil act, March 3, 1893 ) $9, 000. 00 



EXPENDITURES FROM JULY 1, 1893, TO JUNE 30, 1894. 



Salaries or compensation : 



1 senior assistant, 11 mouths, at $200 $2, 200. 00 



1 assistant, 1 month, at $116.66 116. 66 



1 second assistant, 4^ months, at $83. ,33, $374.98 ; 



4i months, at $83. 33, $374.98; 1 month, at $125, 



$125 : 874.96 



1 junior assistant, 1 month, at $66.66 66. 66 



1 instrument maker, 1^ days, at $83.33, $4.16; 3 



days, at $83.33, $8.06; 8 days, at $83.33, $21.50; 



81 days, $83.33, $22.84 .56. 56 



1 instrument maker, 81^^ days, at $3. .50 285. 25 



1 assistant instrument maker, 12 mouths, at $60. 720. 00 

 1 photographer, 14 days, at $50, $22.50; 16 days, 



at $50, $25.80 43. 38 



1 clerk, 1 month, at $90 90.00 



1 clerk, 12 mouths, at $60 720. 00 



1 carpenter, 70| days, at $3 212. 25 



1 carpenter, 43 days, at $3 129. 00 



1 bricklayer, 1| days, at $4 6. 00 



1 laborer, 6 days, at $50 10.00 



1 laborer, 3i days, at $1.75 5. 69 



1 skilled laborer, If days, at $2.50 4. 38 



Special services, 19 days, at $6.50 123. 50 



Total salaries or compensation $5, 669. 29 



General expenses : 



Apparatus and appliances 2, 059. 13 



Books and binding 43.40 



Castings 60. 42 



Drawings and enlargements 30. 37 



Freight 14.00 



Furniture 40.80 



Lumber 68. 30 



Stationery 16. 79 



Supplies 887. 10 



Traveling expenses 34. 50 



3, 254. 81 



Total expenditure, July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894 $8, 924. 10 



Balance July 1, 1894, to meet outstanding liabilities 75. 90 



