1024 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Fluor space occupied by Hie Geological Surrey in, Washington office*. 



HOOE BUILDING. 



Square feet. 



Basement (engine rooms and lithological laboratory) 4, 557 



Street floor (document rooms) 1, 580 



First floor (rooms) 5, 687 



Second floor (rooms) 5, 539 



Third floor (rooms) , 5, 787 



Fourth floor (rooms) 5, 539 



Fifth floor (rooms) 5, 687 



Halls (used for map cases, file cases, etc. } 5, 956 



Total 40, 332 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Laboratory rooms of National Museum used by the Geological Survey, but 

 urgently required for the Museum (about) 1 2, 800 



Grand total . . 53, 132 



The report (H. 2898) contained the following- items or expenditures: 



Statement of expenditure of the appropriation, of $10,000 for International Exchanges for 

 the fiscal year ending June SO, 1SS6. 



1 agent in England $500. 00 



1 agent in Germany (for the Continent) 1, 000. 00 



1 clerk in Washington 1, 800. 00 



Do 1, 200. 00 



1 clerk in Washington, 6 months at $75 and 6 months at $100 1, 050. 00 



3 clerks in Washington, at $60 per month 2, 160. 00 



2 packers in Washington, at $50 per month 1 , 200. 00 



1 copyist, at $40 480. 00 



1 copyist, at $40, for 3 months 120. 00 



1 copyist, at $30, for 1 month 30. 00 



1 packer and laborer, 114 days, at $1.50 171. 00 



1 copyist, for job 30. 96 



Do 51. 06 



1 case and cards for records 1 . 36. 98 



Postage - 100. 00 



1 laborer, 70 days, at $1 70. 00 



10,000.00 



In addition to this, the Smithsonian Institution expended from its own funds 

 $6,238.60. 



Exchanges. 



Receipts. 



1884-85. . . . 

 1885-8G. . . . 



Packages. 

 51,448 

 84,524 



92,748 



Weight. 

 141,465 

 164,922 

 201,635 



Transmis- 

 sions. 



711 



Entries in records in 1885-86, 93,216. Invoices and acknowledgments, 12,686. Cards in use: Foreign, 

 6,116; domestic, 1,573. Letters written, 1,778. 



