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by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1893. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
December 22, 1894—House. 
The Speaker (Mr. Cares F. Crisp) laid before the House a com- 
munication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (H. 
Misc. Doe. 40) transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of 
the appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Smith- 
sonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES. 
December 4, 1893—House. 
Estimates for 1895. 
For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec: 
essary employees, $14,500. 
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item 
of $8,500 over the present appropriation. ) 
Norr.—For 1892-93 $12,000 were appropriated, and a deficiency appropriation of 
$5,000 was subsequently made, and $1,483.99 were received from different Govern- 
ment bureaus. 
The service has been curtailed on account of the reduced appropriation for 1893-94, 
but to continue the work throughout the year a deficiency of about $2,500 is 
inevitable. 
Attention is called to the fact that the United States is under formal treaty obliga- 
tion to maintain this service. Advantage is now taken of the free freight privileges 
accorded the Institution by many steamship companies, thus materially reducing 
the cost. To meet the entire freight expense and give effect to a further treaty for 
the ‘‘immediate exchange of parliamentary documents,’”’ for which no appropriation 
has yet been made, the sum of $23,000 is estimated. 
February 8, 1894—House. 
Deficiency estimates for 1894. 
For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec- 
essary employees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1894, $1,500. 
December 3, 1894—House. 
Estimates for 1896. 
For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between 
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec- 
essary employees, $23,000. 
