OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
The maintenance and operations of the National Museum for the 
year covered by this report, namely, from July 1, 19138, to June 30, 
1914, inclusive, were provided for by the following items of ap- 
propriation in the sundry civil act approved June 23, 1913: 
PTeSeChvabloneOt. COLleCtlON Ss ses a ae Se ee ee $300, OOO 
Hurniturerand ixtures === = ss fop TERA Dae UGE EE 50, 000 
eatin ang eli ont iin Se eee es ee ee ee eee 50, 000 
Bi Gin Pee PALES set eee ee eee 10, 000 
TEATURENOEENS(ES, CO) Eat] OY 00) ef ST eae i Bie ee eee ee 2, 000 
ROSLae Cpe ee ee eee ee eee eee Lt eS 500 
JEverbay EU ayes feNaVe liv] aWh OYE bay eee gee i a ee saa 37, 500 
EDO Galt ns sor ere Sen eee ee LS or See he 450, 000 
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT. 
The greatest extent of repair work was demanded by the Smith- 
sonian building, some parts of which, especially the roofs and win- 
dows at the western end, were badly damaged by the storm of July 30, 
1913. About 400 running feet of the old and worn-out copper gutters 
on the main section of the building were also replaced with the best 
quality of tin, which, if kept painted, should give no further trouble. 
In the interior of this building terrazzo pavement was substituted for 
the old splintered wooden floors in the west hall and connecting 
range, and the walls and ceilings in the same halls, which-had be- 
come much defaced, largely from the heavy downpour of rain in the 
great storm, were repainted. 
With regard to the older Museum building, the exterior work was 
almost wholly confined to the roofs, and consisted, besides miscel- 
laneous repairs, of the painting of all exposed metal surfaces, includ- 
ing the cornices, pinnacles, ornaments, etc. The principal repairs 
in the interior were in the direction of pointing up and repainting 
damaged and defaced walls and ceilings, and painting the woodwork 
of windows, mainly in the exhibition halls. In the new building the 
interior repairs were entirely of a miscellaneous and minor character. 
Exteriorly the woodwork of all windows in the ground and third 
stories was painted, and also some of the metal windows in other 
stories. The roofs and gutters likewise received some attention. 
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