1240 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
It is estimated that the aggregate expenditures for services for the present fiscal 
year (1888-89) will be $129,710, of which amount $103,000 will be paid from the 
appropriation for preservation of collections, $20,000 from that for furniture and 
fixtures, and $5,710 from that for heating, lighting, and electrical and telephone 
service. i 
‘In the schedule herewith transmitted it is shown that for the proper working of 
the Museum the amount required for services would be as follows: 
For salaries of scientific assistants 
Sa Gh pleco ee 2S ee pene -...--- $56, 300. 00 
Porrelerical forces 62 Mie Coes Sees RESP E SSE Sere CE eer a Renee 36, 920. 00 
For services in preparing, mounting, and installing the collections -.--.. 22, 060. 00 
For services in policing, caring for, and cleaning the buildings -....-.--- 36, 740. 00 
For services in repairing buildings, cases, and objects in the collections... 14, 163, 50 
For salaries and wages in designing, making, and inspecting cases and 
other appliances for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections. 18, 337.50 
For services in connection with the heating, lighting, and electrical tele- 
phonic service 22.20 50-s8set db 2seUs Us Cees reee Eke eee 6, 620. 00 
For services of miscellaneous employees, including draftsmen, messen- 
BOER, (GUC = os cca nan pene ns Shoe deed bee nace = + as ea eee 7, 980. 00 
Motel 3 ivy. fe hieoe Gili he Soe eee hee ie Oe Ee 199, 121. 00 
The increase in the total expenditure as indicated is due partly to the addition of 
a number of officers to the scientific staff and also to the necessity for a few addi- 
tional clerks and a considerable number of watchmen, laborers, cleaners, and mes- 
sengers, whose services are essential to the safety of the collections as well as to 
provide for the cleanliness and proper care of the buildings and for the comfort of 
visitors. 
The rates of pay indicated are in most cases considerably lower than are customar- 
ily allowed for similar service in the Executive Departments. 
In the schedule now presented expenditure for services only is taken into 
consideration. Tr 
No attempt has been made to present the needs of the Museum in regard to the 
purchase or collecting of specimens, the purchase of general supplies, preservatives, 
materials for mounting and installing collections, books, exhibition cases, furniture, 
fuel and gas, the maintenance of the heating and lighting appliances, freight and 
cartage, traveling expenses of collectors and agents, ete. 
For these various purposes the expenditure in the last fiscal year amounted to 
$45,249.53, and that for the present fiscal year will, it is estimated, amount to about 
$48,000, a sum very inadequate to the needs of the service. 
It does not include the expenditures for printing the labels and blanks, and pro- 
ceedings and bulletins of the Museum, for which the appropriation for many years 
past has been $10,000, and for which I have asked $15,000 for the coming fiscal year. 
I must not omit to call your attention to the fact that owing to the peculiar consti- 
tution of the Museum as a scientific establishment, it has hitherto been ‘possible to 
secure a special economy, owing to the fact that its officers and employees are not 
scheduled as in the Executive Departments. 
In thus presenting, in obedience to the request of the Senate, a schedule of a dura- 
ble organization of the service, I wish to remark emphatically that there are pressing 
needs in other directions—needs that merit the serious consideration of Congress, in 
order that the National Museum may be enabled to maintain a satisfactory position 
in comparison with those of European nations. 
I have the honor to be, your most obedient servant, 
S. P. Laneey, Secretary. 
Hon. JoHn J. INGALLS, 
President pro tempore of the Senate. 
