1248 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
To pay the Union Pacific Railroad Company the amount of unpaid 
bills for transportation of property of the National Museum during 
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, $10.78. 
December 3, 1888—House 
Estimates for 1890. 
For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government 
and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all 
necessary employees, $160,000. , 
For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and_ telephonic 
service for the National Museum, $12,000. 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- 
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, 
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $35,000. 
For the custody, care, and exhibition of the collection of living 
animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, 
$5,000. 
For printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and annual 
volumes of the proceedings of the National Museum, $15,000. 
December 11,1888—House. 
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 17, 1888. 
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a 
supplemental estimate submitted by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 
an appropriation of $1,000 for postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the United 
States National Museum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890. 
Respectfully, yours, 
C. S. Farrcuixp, Secretary. 
The SreaKER, House of Representatives. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY, 
IN CHARGE OF UnITED Statres NATionAL Musrum, 
Washington, November 17, 1888. 
Srr: I have the honor to submit the inclosed estimate of $1,000 for postage for the 
United States National Museum, which was omitted in the schedule forwarded to 
you on the 1st of October. j 
This amount has been annually appropriated by Congress, but included in the 
estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. As the disbursements of the 
National Museum are by law now placed in charge of the Smithsonian Institution, 
it becomes necessary to submit this estimate. 
I am, sir, yours, very respectfully, - 
8. P. LANGLEy, 
Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the United States National Museum, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, $1,000. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations, 
