102-1 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Floor i^parc occnpicd bij Ihi- Gcoloijicitl Surrei/ ui Washington, offices. 



IIOOE BUILDING. 



Square feet. 



Basement (engine rootn.s and lithologieal laboratory ) 4 557 



Street tioor (document rooms) ] 580 



First floor (rooms) 5 6^7 



Second floor (rooms) 5 539 



Third floor ( rooms) , 5 737 



Fourth floor ( rooms) 5 539 



Fifth floor (rooms) 5 687 



Halls (used for map cases, file cases, etc. ) 5, 956 



Total 40, 332 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Laboratory rooms of National Museum used by the Geological Survey, ))ut 



urgently required for the Museum (about) 12 800 



Grand total 53 132 



The report (H. 2898) contained the following items or expenditures: 



Statement of expenditure of the appropriation of ,flO,000 for Intcrnatiomd Exchanges for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 18S6. 



1 agent in England $500. 00 



1 agent in Germany (for the Continent) 1, 000. 00 



1 clerk in Washington 1 800. 00 



Do 1, 200. 00 



1 clerk in Washington, 6 months at $75 and 6 months at $100 1, 050. 00 



3 clerks in Washington, at $60 per month .• 2, 160. 00 



2 packers in Washington, at $50 per month 1, 200. 00 



1 copyist, at $40 



1 copyist, at $40, for 3 months 



1 copyist, at $30, for 1 month 



1 packer and laborer, 114 days, at $1.50 



1 copyist, for job 



Do 



1 case and cards for records 



Postage 



1 laborer, 70 days, at $1 



480. 00 



120. 00 

 30.00 



171.00 

 30.96 

 51.06 

 36.98 



100. 00 

 70.00 



10, 000. 00 

 In addition to this, the Smithsonian Institution expended from its own funds 

 $6,238.60. 



Excltanges. 



Entries in records in 1885-86, 93,216. Invoices and acknowledgments, 12,686. Cards in use: Foreign, 

 6,116; domestic, 1,573. Letters written, 1,778. 



