XXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



General expenses: 



Books 129.55 



Freight 2,741.12 



Packing boxes "181. 50 



Postage and telegraph 214. 00 



Stationery and supplies 361. 96 



$3, 828. 13 



Total disbursements $19, 170. 67 



Balance July 1, 1899, to meet liabilitie.>^ 1, 829. 33 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, 189S. 



Balance July 1, 1898, as per last report $40. 16 



Disbursements. 

 Freight :>4. 05 



Balance July 1, 1899 6. 11 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, 1897. 



Balance July 1, 1898, as per last report $1. 08 



Balance carried, under the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the 

 Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1899. 



AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 1899. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, "for 

 continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians under 

 the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or com- 

 pensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary 

 books and periodicals, $50,000, of which sum not exceeding $1,000 may 



be used for rent of building" (sundry civil act, July 1, 1898) $50, 000. 00 



The actual conduct of these investigations has been continued by the 



secretary in the hands of Maj. J. W. Powell, director of the Bureau of 



American Ethnology. 



Disbursements. 

 Salaries or compensation: 



1 director, 12 months, at $375 $4, 500. 00 



1 ethnologist in charge, 12 months, at $325 3, 900. 00 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $200 2, 400. 00 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $183.33 2, 199. 96 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $166.67 2, 000. 04 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $166.67 2, 000. 04 



1 ethnologist, 9| months and 5 J days, at $166.67 1, 612. 93 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $125 1, 500. 00 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $125 1, 500. 00 



1 ethnologist, 12 months, at $125 1 , 500. 00 



1 ethnologic translator, 12 months, at $125 1, 500. 00 



1 illustrator, 11 months, at $166.67 1, 833. 37 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $100 1, 200. 00 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $100 1, 200. 00 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $100 1,200.00 



1 clerk, 3 months, at $100 300. 00 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $75 900. 00 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $50 600. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 12 months, at $60 720. 00 



