REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLIII 



PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL BUILDING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



RECEIPTS. 

 Balance July 1, 1904, as per report $43. 20 



EXPENDITURES. 



(July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905.) 

 None. 



Balance July 1, 1905 43. 20 



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

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



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1905. 



RECEIPTS. 



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

 maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase 

 of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary obser- 

 vations in high altitudes, printing and publishing results of researches, 

 not exceeding 1,500 copies, rejiairs and alterations of buildings, and 

 miscellaneous expenses, $15,000" (sundry civil act, April 28, 1904) ... $15,000.00 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Salaries or compensation: 



1 aid, at $225 per month $2, 700. 00 



1 junior assistant, at $150 per month 1, 650. 00 



1 clerk, at $125 per month 125. 00 



1 stenographer, at $116.66 per month 1, 399. 92 



1 special assistant, at $100 per month 310. 00 



1 bolometric assistant, at $50 per month 61. 67 



1 photographic assistant, at $70 per month 140. 00 



1 messenger boy, at $20 per month 60. 00 



1 cataloguer, at $50 per month 50. 00 



1 instrument maker, at $100 per month 1, 190. 00 



1 fireman, at $60 per month 714. 00 



1 carpenter, at $91 per month 45. 50 



1 carpenter, at $3.50 per day 17. 50 



1 carj)enter, at $3.50 per day 1. 75 



1 carpenter, at $3.50 per day 10. 50 



1 carpenter, at $3.50 per day 21. 00 



1 painter, at $3 per day 18. 00 



1 painter, at $3 per day 6. 00 



1 laborer, at $30 per month 270. 00 



1 laborer, at $1.50 per day 7.50 



1 cleaner, at $1.25 per day 163. 75 



1 cleaner, at $1.25 per day 8. 75 



Total salaries or compensation $8, 970. 84 



General expenses: 



Apparatus 264. 37 



Building repairs, etc 290. 92 



Books and binding 139. 04 



