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necessary to close the offices on several occasions, on account of lack of fuel to heat 
the building. A deficiency of $2,000 is therefore asked for. 
It was necessary to reduce the number of telephones in order that money should 
be available to renew the wires, which, from long use, had become entirely worn out. 
January 7, 1893—House. 
Supplemental deficiency estimates for 1893 by the U. 8. Fish Commission, ete. 
Office building, U. S. Fish Commission esis building): For new 
roof, construction of annex for boiler room, coal vault, and fireproof 
storage room; the purchase and introduction of new boilers for heat- 
ing and the necessary connections, and for miscellaneous repairs and 
equipment, $2,500; and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
is hereby directed to vacate the rooms under his charge in said build- 
ing. For fitting up said rooms as offices for the U.S. Fish Commission, 
$1,400; in all, $3,900. 
NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS. 
July 28, 1892. 
Deficiency act for 1892, ete. 
To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treas- 
ury on account of preservation of collections, National Museum, being 
for the services of the fiscal year 1890, as follows: To pay the Balti- 
more and Ohio Railroad Company, $4.47; to pay the Atlantic and 
Pacific Railroad Company, $2.50; in all, $6.97. 
(Stat., XX VIL, 283.) 
For preservation of collections, National Museum, $1. 34. 
(Stat. XX VII, 309.) 
(To cover claim reported in House Ex. Doc. No. 199, Fifty-second 
Congress, first session.) 
August 5, 1892. 
Sundry civil act for 1893. 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col- 
lection from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern- 
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of 
all necessary employees, $132,500. 
For cases, furniture, ne 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, $15,000. 
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and tele- 
phonic service for the National Museum, $11,000. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, 
$500. 
(Stat., XX VII, 360.) 
For the-Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and 
for the ‘* Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the 
National Museum, $12,000. 
(Stat., XX VII, 388.) 
