6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1909. 
Estimates.—The estimates forwarded to Congress in behalf of the 
government branches of the Institution and the appropriations based 
thereon for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, are as follows: 
Estimates. MppTeGE 
International MXCHAN Sess. =. cascade c cea clewelol a =e sees one seine sin sm ~nee mins $32, 000 $32, 000 
/Nsti@ru(Omay, 10)A 0800) fora ogee a pacosas BS OOOO bea oe C060 DOBOO SUB ESECdEES Joecouseneessc. 52, 000 43, 000 
Reimbursement) of Belli Coss enone ae eta wala ale lwee een inlalele == bys Foooaadecc 
Astrophysical Observatory... ..-.-.-.------- 2-0-0 - 2 ee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eens 17,000 13, 000 
National Museum: 
Tyibian tiyebrs\Ehov bitb-yvbNs sjonooeeon aco cn caoDNc OOOH Do cenc Q00dO. codon sODEoseDCnS 200, 000 200, 000 
TSIGHY Huayee hale Mhv=d ek nbey ee Soo cgsoseconoSheos Ss oobobuSHSSHSnooousnopSonaocenass 62, 000 60, 000 
Preservation of collections. ........--.2.-------- 202-20 ee ee essen ee en no --- == 400, 000 250, 000 
BOG sao seeccosmaconcooEsece Spots so cod ae sece Se SO RS Se Fs 22 Sb OOS SeSciae 5, 000 2,000 
IHOSGr 2 Sapp cceo GORD OUOE BOgU OE a doen Sa se EbU So CNOOd soe nos OsEoCooncODDScacasa7 500 500 
Rent of workshops. ~~. <- 22-2 = wee w ene ccc vinnie ne enna eine aman ninn === GA O80) senate 
Bail ine POPAirs soe ape ocala ate te a mite mle lm elem Welw in niall abel alelclatnlelele -bimteleiel=fals === =i=16 = = 15, 000 15, 000 
Moving collections << << <icc < ameisteoe nein ~ om wtiwielait ee » sae eae se om on nee nin 10, 000 4,000 
Inorneyavenl En Mera Ot ee Se sc ocoosscoos seecouobds sees 7 sod Sboe Se ooeoseoSssstce GOAT esonscncec 
INI ALOE | Yayo) Oy LEP eo So pec essseccess son soon secoossessoseesessssaso5scossc 110, 000 95, 000 
ReadjuUshmentof POUNGAIIES: <--)- 22 22m4- - ers bebe om aint ae eee elena 40000! |s53 detae 
J spine [Out ebhers = sone sonsoeoceosode seaondese co JocesocHeansesdasaoonesgs2sbscC 80,000 |....00 caee 
TRG GaMe chal Ale oe (oo sag pea gal one CouCO Daa nu CoOnDEaSCane sogudeaeae= 125000 Iie cterncaete 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature-..........-..-.--.--.----------- 7, 500 6, 000 
ARS Ns al ee ee a ae eet eee See emp BEpaeecraremeaacaack 1,108,105 | 720,500 
«The request was made to the Appropriations Committee that this item be eliminated, as 
rented buildings would be vacated by June 30, 1909. 
The Institution is required each year to submit to Congress, 
through the Secretary of the Treasury, estimates for the support of 
the several branches placed by the Congress under its administrative 
charge. The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, were 
submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury on May 1, 1909, instead 
of in the fall of the year as heretofore, it being the desire of the 
President, expressed through the Treasury Department, that more 
time be given to their examination. 
In preparing these estimates I found it imperative that consider- 
able increases should be made in several directions, as follows: 
For the Bureau of American Ethnology I have asked an increase 
of $10,000, to be allotted for the exploration and preservation of 
antiquities, researches among the tribes of the Middle West, and for 
researches in Hawaii and Samoa. 
To properly carry on the work of the Astrophysical Observatory 
likewise requires a greater appropriation. The furnishing and main- 
tenance of the new building for the National Museum necessitates, in 
general, a large increase in annual appropriations. For the National 
Zoological Park I have asked a considerable increase, in order that 
it may be properly maintained and become in greater measure what its 
name would lead the public to expect and demand in a national park. 
