REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXVII 



BUILDING REPAIRS, 1898. 



Balance as per report July 1, 1898 !|!81. 98 



Expendilureii to June SO, 1899. 



Cement, brick, lime, sand, plaster $14. 95 



Hardware 12. 50 



Expenditures to June 30, 1899 27.45 



Balance July 1, 1899 4. 53 



TOTAL STATEMENT OF BUILDING REPAIRS, 1898. 



Receipts. 

 Appropriation June 4, 1897 $4, 000. 00 



Expenditures .July 1, 1S97, to June 30, 1899. 



Salaries or compensation $2, 124. 74 



Special services 232. 80 



Total services $2, 357. 54 



Miscellaneous: 



Granolithic pavement 803. 15 



Arches and terrazzo pavement 265. 60 



Iron columns 260. 86 



Hardware 87. 20 



Glass 6. 25 



Lumber 13. 50 



Brick, sand, marble, cement, etc 191. 37 



Frames, etc 10. 00 



Total miscellaneous 1, 637. 93 



Total 3, 995. 47 



Balance July 1, 1898 4. 53 



NATIONAL MUSEUM— BUILDING REPAIRS, 1897. 



Balance July 1, 1898, as per last annual report $0. 58 



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

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



NATIONAL MUSEUM— GALLERIES, 1899. 



Receipts. 



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

 the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National Museum 

 building, under the direction of the superintendent of the Congres- 

 sional Library building and grounds, in accordance with the api)roval 

 of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and for the building of 

 skylights above galleries in the four courts, and the erection of a ven- 

 tilator upon the roof of the lecture hall" (sundry civil act, July 1, 1898) . $10, 000. 00 



Expenditures. 

 Salaries or compensation: 



1 acting foreman, 52 days, at $2.40, $124.80; 1 



month 6 days, at $70, $85 $209.80 



1 carpenter, 26 days, at $3 78. 00 



