REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE XXVII 



AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. 



Balance July 1 , 1904 §1 yoy^ 94 



General expenses: 



Books ijiyi . 04 



Drawings 25. 80 



Electricity 64. 35 



Freight 50. 87 



Furniture 85. 1 2 



Manuscript 250. 00 



Miscellaneous 40. 68 



Postage, telephone, and telegraj)h 30. 48 



Eental 1 25. 00 



Specimens 08. 00 



Special services (iO. 00 



Supplies 57. 55 



Stationery :U4. 78 



Travel and field expenses 597. 57 



Total disbursements ] , 8;:)1. 24 



Balance July 1, 1905 75. 70 



AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, litC«. 



Balance July 1, 1904 ,fi, 101.87 



General expenses: 



Books $73. 23 



Freight 216. 87 



Manuscript 110. 00 



Postage, telegraph, and telephone 11. 16 



Printing 123. 41 



Stationery 104. 33 



Supplies 11. .30 



Travel 72. 95 



Total disbursements 723. 25 



Balance 378. 62 



Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, l)y the Treasury 

 Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1905. 



PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, NATIONAL MT'SEUM, 190r>. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, "for 

 continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections 

 from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and 

 from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 

 employees, and all other necessary expenses, $180,000, of which sum 

 $5,500 may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for j)ul)li- 

 cations of the National ]\Iuseum, and all other necessary incidental 

 expenses ' ' (sundry civil act of April 28, 1904) $180, 000. 00 



