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of cases and renewal of glass, to be available for the fiscal years 

 ending June 30, 1885 and 1886, $5,000. 



Note. — From the experience of the Philadelphia, Berlin, and London exhibitions, 

 and that held at Boston in 1883, a very large amount of valuable material, illustra- 

 ting the natural resources of the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, 

 as well as of other parts of the world, will be presented to the Government of the 

 United States, many offers and promises, indeed, having already been received. 

 The amount thus obtained at Philadelphia filled about 30 freight cars and embraced 

 some of the most highly prized objects in the National Museum. 



The transportation to so great a distance of the exhibits from the National Museum, 

 and their exposition in a temporary building with a leaking roof, has already caused 

 serious injury to them and their cases, and their continued exposure to the same 

 evils for nearly six months longer and their return to Washington will greatly 

 increase their deterioration. Much time and labor will also be required to place the 

 specimens in their proper places, for which there is now no provision. 



For payment to the credit of the Union Pacific Railway Companj^ 

 (Kansas division) for transportation furnished January 10, 1876, on 

 account of the ethnological exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution at 

 the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, $33.1:0. 



Note. — This will involve the expenditure of no money from the Treasury, but 

 will be withheld under the law and credited to the Union Pacific account. 



To refund the dut}^ paid by Semon Bache & Co. upon glass from 

 imported stock furnished to the National Museum and the New 

 Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions for exhibition cases, 



$3,562.56. 



NATIONAL MUSEUM — APPROPRIATIONS. 

 Ju/y 7. 1884. 



Sundry civil act for 1886. 



For the preservation and exhibition and increase of the collections 

 received from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov- 

 ernment, and other sources, including salaries or compensation of all 

 necessary employees, $91,000. 



For transfer and arrangement of the collections of the American 

 Institute of Mining Engineers, presented to the Government, in- 

 cluding expenses already incurred, $10,000. 



For care of the Armory building and grounds and expense of watch- 

 ing, preservation, and storage of the duplicate collections of the 

 Government and of the property of the United States Fish Commis- 

 sion contained therein, including salaries or compensation of all 

 necessar}^ employees, $2,500. 



For cases, furniture, and fixtures required for the exhibition of the 

 collections of the United States National Museum, and for salaries or 

 compensation of all necessary employees, $10,000. 



For expense of heating, lighting, and telephonic and electrical serv- 

 ice for the new Museum building, $6,000. 



