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of which shall not exceed four thousand copies, and binding, in half 

 turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and pamphlets 

 presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, thirty- 

 nine thousand dollars; for the Annual Reports and Bulletins of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, twenty-one thousand dollars; in all, 

 seventy thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, 

 XXXiv, 760.) 



Smithsonian grounds: For improvement, care, and maintenance 

 of Smithsonian grounds, three thousand dollars. 



For resurfacing asphalt roadways in the Smithsonian grounds, five 

 thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 

 733.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



For expenses of the system of international exchanges between 

 the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all 

 necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and period- 

 icals, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. (Approved June 

 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV. 704.) 



Naval Observatory : P"or rej^airs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, 

 furniture, gas, chemicals, and stationery, freight (including trans- 

 mission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), 

 foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contin- 

 gent expenses, tw^o thousand five hundred dollars. (Approved June 

 22, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 425.) 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



For continuing ethnological researches among the American In- 

 dians and the natives of Hawaii under the direction of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all neces- 

 sary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, 

 forty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding one thousand 

 five hundred dollars may be used for rent of building. (Approved 

 June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 704.) 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. 



For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc- 

 tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, 

 the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making 

 necessary observations in high altitudes, printing and publishing 

 results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, 

 repairs and alterations of buildings and miscellaneous expenses, four- 

 teen thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 

 704.) 



