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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



Disbursements from unexpended balances of appropriations for the fiscal year ending Junt 



30, 1903. 



Object. 



Preservation of collections 



Furniture and fixtures 



Heating and lighting 



Building repairs 



Books, pamphlets, etc 



Purchase of specimens 



Rent of workshops 



Publishing contributions from National Herbarium 

 Plans for additional building 



Total 



Disbursements from the appropriation for 1901-02 were made as 

 follows: Preservation of collections, $100.52; books, pamphlets, and 

 periodicals, $165.89; purchase of specimens, $20, leaving balances of 

 $58.61, $32.88, and $35.26, respectively. These balances, together 

 with unexpended balances of the appropriation for furniture and 

 fixtures, heating and lighting, building repairs, construction of gal- 

 leries and rent of workshops, amounting to $161.13, have reverted to 

 the surplus fund of the Treasury. 



The regular appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, 

 are as follows: 



Furniture and fixtures $22, 500 



Heating and lighting 18,000 



Preservation of collections 1 .SO, 000 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals 2, 000 



Building repairs 15, 000 



Rent of workshops 4, 580 



Postage 500 



Printing and binding 25, 000 



Total 267, 580 



It will be observed that the item for printing and binding has been 

 increased from $17,000 to $25,000, and that for rent of workshops 

 from $1,100 to $1,580; while the appropriation of $10, 000 for the 

 purchase of specimens has been omitted. With these exceptions the 

 appropriations are the same as for the fiscal year 1904. 



BUILDINGS. 



The progress made toward the construction of an additional building 

 for the National Museum has been described in a previous part of this 

 report. The architects' plans had advanced so far that actual work 

 upon the site was possible by June 15, 1901, on which date the excava- 



