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thereof may be expended in either of the two last quarters of the fiscal 

 year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, 

 the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be 

 expended. 



(Stat. XXIV, 255.) 



SMITHSONIAN GROUNDS. 



December 9, 1886 — House, 



Estimates for 1888. 



For the improvement, care, and maintenance of the Smithsonian reservation, 

 including the construction of 5,000 square yards of asphalt pavement, $15,000. This 

 reservation, covering an area of over 58 acres, is the largest and one of the handsomest 

 in the city, and has within its limits the Smithsonian building, the National Museum, 

 and the new Medical Museum. Without permission of the Chief of Engineers, a 

 large frame building and several workshops have been constructed upon the grounds 

 under his charge, just east of the Museum building, which are far from ornamental, 

 and should be removed at once. The employees of the Museum used the grounds 

 adjacent for purposes connected with taxidermy, and frequently during the summer 

 of 1885 the stench from decaying entrails of fish was very great, while several hand- 

 some trees were entirely destroyed by the fire used in the work of preparing 

 specimens. 



It is proposed to continue the construction of a first-class asphalt road in front of 

 the Smithsonian building, running from Seventh to Twelfth streets, a distance of 

 about 1,700 feet, varying in width from 25 to 50 feet, and covering an area of about 

 7,500 square yards. The cost will be about $2 per yard. It is hoped to lay about 

 2,000 yards of this pavement during the present fiscal year. 



Such portion of the $15,000 requested as will be available after providing for the 

 asphalt roads, probably $5,000, will be devoted to the improvement of drainage, the 

 care and maintenance of lawns, roads, paths, trees, shrubs, etc., of this handsome 

 park. 



I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



John. M Wilson, 

 Lieutenant- Colonel of Engineers, Colonel, United States Army. 



The Chief of Engineers, United States Army. 



SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND MEDICINE. 



December 20, 1886— Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. John Sherman) presented resolu- 

 tions adopted by the American Institute of Homoeopathy, in favor of 

 the establishment of a school of original research in all that pertains 

 to materia medica, therapeutics, etc. , to be connected with the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



Referred to Committee on Education and Labor. 



ARMY medical MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 



January 17, 1887 — House. 



Deficiency estimates for 1887, etc. 



To reimburse the appropriation for the erection of a building for 

 the Army Medical Museum and Library by the amount expended in 



