910 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



different bureaus and subordinate offices also desio-aated. But the 

 National Mu&'eum is not a part or parcel of anj' Executive Depart- 

 ment; therefore it does not come * * * within the limitation of 

 this clause. 



Amendment of Mr. Cannon adopted. 



NATIONAL MUSEUM — ESTIMATES. 



December 5, 1881 — House. 



Estimates for 1883 



For furniture and fixtures, $60,000. 



For heating- and lighting, etc., $6,000. 



For the preservation of collections, $75,000. 



For Armory building, $2,500. 



For distribution of duplicate specimens, $10,000. 



For transfer of collections from Permanent International Exhibi- 

 tion, Philadelphia, $7,500. 



For printing and binding (included in Department of the Interior 

 estimates), $20,000. 



For postage (included in Department of the Interior estimates), 

 $1,000. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washifigton, Noveriiber 7, 1881. 



Sir: I would respectfully ask that the following memorandum in 

 regard to the increase in the estimates for the service of the National 

 Museum, in charge of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1883, 

 over those for 1882, be inserted in the book of estimates: 



The necessary reorganization of the National Museum, in consequence 

 of the occupation of the new building furnished by Congress, affords 

 opportunit}' for an increase of nearly tenfold in the amount of the 

 material to be cared for, and necessitates a general increase for the 

 general maintenance of the Museum. The arrangement of the collec- 

 tions in the new Museum building, and its formal opening to the public, 

 can not be completed properly until toward the end of the. fiscal year, 

 and a largely increased expenditure will be required in the way of 

 compensation of curators, specialists, watchmen, and other attendants. 

 On this score the additional sum referred to is absolutely essential. 



There is on hand a large amount of duplicate material collected by 

 the several Government geological and other surveys and by the United 

 States Fish Commission, of very great value in an educational point of 

 view, and an item is included for the expense of identification, classi- 

 fication, and elimination of duplicates, and for their labeling and pack- 

 ing for distribution to colleges, academies, and museums throughout 

 the United States. 



