1676 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
or compensation of all necessary employees, of which sum not exceed- 
ing $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $50,000. 
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS. 
February 3, 1894—House. a 
Mr. JoserpH D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub- 
mitted. report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which — 
contained the following item: 
North American Ethnology: Appropriation for 1894, $40,000; esti- 
mate for 1895, $40,000; recommended for 1895, $40,000. 
August 18, 1894. 
Sundry civil act for 1895. 
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, 
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries 
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum 
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent.of building. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 384.) 
March 2, 1895. 
Sundry civil act for 1896. 
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, 
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries 
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum 
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 925.) 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES. 
December 4, 1893—House. 
Estimates for 1895. 
For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of 
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus, 
and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000. 
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item 
of $1,000 over the present appropriation. ) 
Nore.—An astrophysical observatory has been established under the Smithsonian 
Institution, in part from the Smithsonian fund and in part by subscriptions of private 
individuals. 
Researches of great scientific and economic value are carried on by every consid- 
erable civilized government at well-equipped astrophysical observatories. The 
investigations here contemplated are not provided for by any other observatory in 
this country. 
December 3, 1894—House. 
Estimates for 1896. 
For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of 
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus, 
and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000. 
