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for the building itself will be sufficient to complete it. The heating apparatus, how- 

 ever, the plumbing, and the electrical arrangements will necessarily require a separate 

 appropriation. 



The building is now nearly completed and will probabl)^ l)e out of the contractor's 

 hands by the 1st of June. It will greatly facilitate its prompt occupation if the 

 appropriation asked for can be made. 



Very respectfully, Spencer F. Baird. 



Hon. H. G. Davis, 



Chairman Appropriation Committee, United States Senate. 



Amendment agreed to. 

 June 16, 1880. 



Sundry civil act for 1881. 



For cases, furniture, and fixtures for the reception, care, and exhi- 

 bition of the collections of geology, mineralogy, ethnology, technology, 

 and natural history, presented to the Government by foreign nations. 

 $50,000. 



For a steam heating apparatus and for fuel, $:25,000, to be immedi- 

 ately available. 



For water, gas-fixtures, and electrical apparatus, $12,500, to be 

 immediately available. 



For construction of relieving sewer, with the necessary man -holes 

 and traps, from the new National Museum building to the Seventh- 

 street sewer, $1,000. 



(Stat., XXI, 273.) 



For preservation and care of the collections of the surveying and 

 exploring expeditions of the Government and the objects presented 

 to the United States at the International Exhibition of 1876, $45,000. 



Armory building: For expense of watching, care, and storage of 

 articles belonging to the United States, including those transferred 

 from the International Exhibition of 1876, and for transfer to the new 

 National Museum, $2,500. 



(Stat., XXI, 276.) 

 February 26, 1881— House. 



In considering the sundry civil bill for 1882, an item ($60,000) for 

 cases, furniture, and fixtures required for the exhibition of the collec- 

 tions of geology, mineralogy, natural history, ethnology, and tech- 

 nology belonging to the United States was passed. 



Mr. Van H. Manning. I do not want to arraign the gentleman 

 from Georgia [Mr. Blount] * * * but I call attention to the fact 

 that we have just appropriated, under the leadership of the gentleman 

 from Georgia, $25,000 for the purpose of continuing ethnological 

 researches among the North American Indians. The question of what 

 races of the human family have inhabited this countr}^ in 3^ears gone 

 by is interesting and affords intellectual pleasure, but that is all. The 

 masses will hardly keep up with ethnological researches, and would 

 receive no pecuniary benefit if they did. On a proposition involving 



