REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 87 



pology, biology, and geology, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the National 

 Zoological Park, and the Astrophysical Observatory were awarded commemorative 

 bronze medals and accompanying diplomas " for interesting and instructive exhib- 

 its," and 25 members of the administrative and scientific staffs of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and its dependencies were awarded individual commemorative l^ronze 

 medals and ai-companying diplomas "for valuable services rendered" in planning, 

 preparing, and installing exhibits. 



]Mr. "\V. V. Cox, chief special agent for the Smithsonian Institution and National 

 Museum, was secretary of the Government board of management. 



The following is a classified statement of the expenditures of the funds allotted to 

 the Smithsonian Institution, corrected to July 15, 1900: 



Siuu))iarii of allotments made to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Original allotment $20, 000. 00 



Transfer from Interior Department (April 1, 1898) 700. 00 



Trani-for from common fund 1, 000. 00 



Amount necessary to close account 1, 888. 81 



2-1, 088. 81 



Classified statement of t lie expenditures of the funds allotted to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Services |9, 984. 25 



Special services 753. 70 



Travel: 



Railroad fare $1, 411 . 49 



Sleeping-car fare 413. 00 



Subsistence 692. 00 



Incidental expenses 65. 52 



2, 582. 01 



Freight 999. 24 



Cartage 293. 40 



Expressage 99. 15 



Exhibition cases, frames 1 , 666. 00 



Lumber and millwork 505. 78 



Hardware, etc 141. 00 



G lass, paints 1 , 446. 16 



Supplies and prei^arators' material 431. 90 



Packing material 103. 38 



Specimens, etc 2, 293. 34 



Decorations 172. 25 



Office and miscellaneous expenses 3. 20 



21,474.76 



Transfer to l>uilding fund 1, 708. 33 



Transfer to common fund 905. 72 



2,614.05 



24,088.81 

 Respectfully sulnnitted, 



Frederick W. True, 

 Representative, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, 



Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition. 

 Mr. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 



