REPOET OF THE SECRETARY. 7 



United States National Museum — Continued. 



Postage 1500 



Repairs to buildings 4,000 



Rent of workshops 4,500 



Galleries 10,000 



Books *. 2,000 



Purchase of librarj- of the late G. Brown Goode 5,000 



Printing 17,000 



National Zoological Park 65,000 



Astrophysical Observatory 10,000 



The executive committee has examined all the vouchers for dis- 

 bursements made during the fiscal year, and a detailed statement of 

 the receipts and expenditures will be found reported to Congress, in 

 accordance with the provisions of the sundry civil acts of October 2^ 

 1888, and August 5, 1§92, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives. 



The vouchers for all the expenditures from the Smithsonian fund 

 proper have been likewise examined and their correctness certified to 

 by the executive committee, whose statement will be published, 

 together with the accounts of the fund appropriated by Congress, in 

 that committee's report. 



The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, for carrying 

 on the Government interests under the charge of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and forwarded as usual to the Secretary of the Treasury 

 were as follows: 



International Exchanges $24, 000 



American Ethnology 65, 000 



National Museum: 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Furniture and fixtures _• 25, 000 



Heating and lighting 15, 000 



Postage 500 



Repairs to buildings 10, 000 



Rent of workshops 4, 040 



Books 2, 000 



Investigation of new territory 50, 000 



Printing 17, 000 



National Zoologic-al Park 100, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory 15, 000 



The appropriations made by Congress for the fiscal year 1900 were 

 as follows: 



International Exchanges, Smithsonian Institution $24, 000 



American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution 50, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution 10, 000 



National ^luseum: 



Furniture and fixtures 25, 000 



Heating and lighthig 14, 000 



Preservation of collections 1 70, 000 



Postage 500 



