XXX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



ASTKOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1893. 

 Balance as per last report, July 1, 1893 $266. 96 



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



Apparatus $118. 05 



Castings 2.17 



Freight 3.89 



Lumber 14.10 



Sujiplies 98. 74 



Total expenditure, July 1 , 1893, to June 30, 1894 $266. 95 



Balance July 1, 1894 .01 



ASTROPHTSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1892. 



Balance as per last report, July 1, 1893 $37. 03 



Balance carried, under the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the 

 Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1894. 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1894. 

 Aj)propriatiou by Congress " for continuing the construction of roads, 

 walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage, and for grad- 

 ing, planting, and otherwise imjiroving the grounds, erecting and 

 repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and for administrative 

 purposes, care, subsistence, and transportation of animals, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and general inci- 

 dental expenses not otherwise provided for, $50,000, one-half of which 

 sum shall be jiaid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and 

 the other half from the Treasury of the United States. A report in 

 detail of the expenses on account of the National Zoological Park shall 

 be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session" (sundry 

 civil act, March 3, 1893) $50, 000. 00 



expp:nditures from july 1, 1893, to june 30, 1894. 



■Building material, lime, stone, and cement $929. 01 



Business wagon 300. 00 



Freight 979.25 



Food for animals 5, 100. 84 



Fuel 699. 64 



Granolithic pavement 400. 00 



Iron, steel, piping, fencing, and hardware 2, 084, 54 



Lumber 1, 657. 78 



Machinery 280.00 



Miscellaneous supplies 492. 11 



Paints, oils, etc 212. 36 



Postage, telephone, and telegraph 178. 35 



Stationery, printing, etc 106. 18 



Surveying, jilaus, etc 596. 90 



Traveling expenses • 85. 50 



Tools and implements 140. 56 



Trees, plants, fertilizers, etc 591. 46 



Water supply 850.09 



Salaries or compensation 20, 658. 08 



Wages of mechanics and laborers ; hire of teams in construct- 

 ing roads, walks, buildings, etc. ; planting and otherwise 



improving the grounds 12, 119. 94 



Total expenditures $48,462.59 



Balance July 1, 1894, to meet outstanding liabilities 1, 537. 41 



