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  ANNUAL 
  REPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  herbarium 
  hall 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building 
  cork 
  carpet 
  was 
  

   laid 
  on 
  the 
  floors, 
  and 
  exposed 
  floors 
  were 
  painted, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   walls 
  and 
  ceilings 
  in 
  various 
  other 
  rooms. 
  An 
  old 
  stone 
  walk 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  in 
  bad 
  condition 
  was 
  replaced 
  by 
  concrete. 
  

   Grills 
  were 
  installed 
  in 
  window 
  openings 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  sides 
  

   in 
  the 
  new 
  gallery 
  of 
  the 
  herbarium 
  hall. 
  

  

  The 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  aircraft 
  building 
  was 
  painted, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  exte- 
  

   rior 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  shed. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  plant 
  was 
  in 
  operation 
  from 
  September 
  30, 
  1928, 
  until 
  

   May 
  28, 
  1929. 
  The 
  consumption 
  of 
  coal 
  was 
  3,361 
  tons, 
  an 
  amount 
  

   slightly 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  used 
  in 
  1928. 
  The 
  average 
  cost 
  of 
  coal 
  was 
  

   $5.36 
  per 
  ton, 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  for 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  Steamboat 
  

   Inspection 
  Service 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  examined 
  the 
  boilers 
  during 
  

   .the 
  summer 
  and 
  reported 
  them 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  The 
  elevators 
  

   have 
  been 
  regularly 
  inspected 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  inspector. 
  

   The 
  total 
  electric 
  current 
  produced 
  amounted 
  to 
  648,863 
  kilowatt- 
  

   hours, 
  manufactured 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  1.89 
  cents 
  per 
  kilowatt-hour, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  interest 
  on 
  the 
  plant, 
  depreciation, 
  repair, 
  and 
  material. 
  The 
  

   amount 
  of 
  electric 
  current 
  produced 
  represents 
  approximately 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  45,000 
  kilowatt-hours 
  over 
  any 
  previous 
  year. 
  Demands 
  

   for 
  electric 
  current 
  are 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  and 
  further 
  provision 
  is 
  

   required 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  before 
  long 
  for 
  this 
  current 
  since 
  our 
  plant 
  is 
  

   now 
  practically 
  at 
  the 
  maximum 
  peak 
  of 
  production. 
  The 
  ice 
  plant 
  

   manufactured 
  409 
  tons 
  of 
  ice 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  cost 
  of 
  $1.80 
  per 
  ton, 
  

   which 
  is 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  considerably 
  less 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  due 
  to 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  little 
  need 
  for 
  repairs. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  30 
  exhibition 
  cases 
  and 
  bases, 
  179 
  pieces 
  of 
  storage, 
  

   laboratory 
  and 
  other 
  furniture, 
  and 
  1,476 
  drawers 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  

   were 
  added, 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  manufactured 
  in 
  our 
  sliops. 
  

  

  MEETINGS 
  AND 
  RECEPTIONS 
  

  

  The 
  lecture 
  rooms 
  and 
  auditorium 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  125 
  meetings, 
  covering 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range 
  of 
  activities. 
  Government 
  agencies 
  that 
  utilized 
  these 
  facili- 
  

   ties 
  for 
  hearings, 
  meetings, 
  lectures, 
  and 
  other 
  special 
  occasions 
  

   included 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  the 
  Bureau' 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Survey, 
  the 
  Public 
  Health 
  Service, 
  and 
  the 
  Extension 
  Service 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  The 
  Forest 
  Service 
  

   arranged 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  addresses 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  on 
  various 
  matters 
  

   connected 
  with 
  their 
  work. 
  

  

  Scientific 
  societies 
  that 
  met 
  regularly 
  in 
  the 
  auditorium 
  or 
  small 
  

   lecture 
  room 
  included 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   the 
  Societj^ 
  for 
  Philosophical 
  Inquiry, 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Society 
  

   of 
  "Washington, 
  the 
  American 
  Horticultural 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  Hel- 
  

  

  