1582 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
March 3, 1893. 
Sundry civil aet for 1894. _ 
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col- 
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern- 
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of 
all necessary employees, $132,500. 
(Stat., XX VIT, 581.) 
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, $10,000. 
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., X XVII, 582.) 
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, 611.) 
March 3, 1893. 
Deficiency act for 1893, etc. 
For expenses of heating the United States National Museum, $2,000. 
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, $2,000. 
(Stat., X XVII, 649.) 
Under Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections, 
National Museum, $1.37. 
(Stat., XX VII, 668.) 
EXPOSITIONS. 
Madrid Exposition. 
February 8, 1892—Senate. 
Mr. JoHN SHERMAN presented a communication from the Secretary 
of State: 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1892. 
Sir: I desire to suggest that the bill providing for the appointment of representa- 
tives from the United States to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid in 
1892, introduced in the Senate through your courtesy, be amended so that the first 
section will read: ‘‘That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, 
authorized and requested to appoint a commissioner-general and two assistant com- 
missioners, who shall serve without compensation,”’ ete. 
This is to be an historical exposition, and only the United States and the other 
republics and colonies of America have been invited to participate. It is proposed 
