FOKTY-FIFTH CONGKESS, 1877-1879. 779 



NATIONAL MUSEUM GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS TO BE DEPOSITED. 



March 3, 1879. 



Sundry civil act for 1880. 



All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural 

 "history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior 

 Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations 

 in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum. 



(Stat., XX, 394.) 



NATIONAL MUSEUM ESTIMATES. 



December 3, 1877 House. 



Estimates by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 1879 through the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



Preservation and care of the collections of the National Museum, 

 including those from the International Exhibition of 1876, $35,000. 



Expenses of making up into sets for distribution to colleges and 

 museums, the duplicate ores, minerals, and objects of natural history 

 belonging to the United States, $5,000. 



Preservation of collections, Armory building: Expense of watching 

 and storage of articles belonging to the United States, including those 

 transferred from the International Exhibition of 1876, $2,500. 



December 2, 1878 House. 



Estimates by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 1880 through the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



Preservation and care of the collections of the National Museum, 

 including those from the International Exhibition of 1876, $27,500. 



Expenses of making up into sets for distribution to colleges and 

 museums, the duplicate ores, minerals, and objects of natural histoiy 

 belonging to the United States, $5,000. 



Preservation of collections, Armory building: Expense of watching 

 and storage of articles belonging to the United States, including those 

 transferred from the International Exhibition of 1876, $2,500. 



Postage: Stamps are desired, of different values to the amount of 

 $1,000, as in previous years. 



For printing labels, circulars, and blanks for the service of the 

 National Museum, $2,500. 



For printing bulletins and proceedings of the National Museum, 

 $5,000. 



[These items were included in the estimates asked for the Department 

 of the Interior.] 



