8 REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 



The executive committee lias 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, 1892, 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 funds appropriated by Congress, in that 

 committee's report. 



The following estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, for 

 carr^dng on the Government interests under the charge of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution were forwarded as usual to the Secretary of the 

 Treasur3^ 



International Exchanges |24, 000 



American Ethnology -. 60, 000 



National Museum: 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 17, 500 



Heating and lighting 17, 500 



Postage ■ 500 



Repairs to buildings 21, 500 



Rent of workshops 4, 040 



Purchase of specimens 25, 000 



Books 2, 000 



Printing 17, 000 



National Zoological Park 105, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory 15, 000 



Observation of Eclipse of May 28, 1900 4, 000 



The appropriations made by Congress for the fiscal year 1901 were 

 as follows: 



International Exchanges $24, 000 



American Ethnology 50, 000 



National Museum: 



Preservation of collections ISO, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 17, 500 



Heating and lighting 17, 500 



Postage 500 



Repairs to buildings 15, 000 



Rent of workshops 4, 040 



Purchase of specimens 10, 000 



Books 2, 000 



Printing 17,000 



National Zoological Park 75, OOO 



Astrophysical Observatory 12, 000 



Observation of Eclipse of May 28, 1900 4, 000 



