1026 



CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Expenditures for preservation of Government collections for year ending June, 30, 1886. 



For salaries of 106 employees $82, 317. 60 



For specimens 1, 400. 00 



For stationery 1, 800. 00 



For freight 2, 000. 00 



For supplies, ice, alcohol, poison, etc 6, 000. 00 



For books and journals 200. 00 



For traveling expenses of assistants 300. 00 



For apparatus and tools 400. 00 



For repairs 400. 00 



For miscellaneous 382. 40 



Amount of appropriation : 95, 000. 00 



Respectfully submitted. 



SPENCER F. BAIRD, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution and Director National Museum. 



Amounts paid for salaries for preservation of collections, National Museum. 



Number of employees, 106. 



Aggregate salaries for one month, 86, 859. 80. 



Aggregate salaries for one year, 882, 317.60. 



