1694 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
H. C. Mounie, lathing and plastering..........---------------------+----. $173. 64 
C. W. Dawes, carpentry ..---.---------------------+---0-------22-222205 ~ 24.00 
W. 0: Stricker, carpentry: _ 22-2222 2225-222 2222s eee ee 2 eee 33. 00 
Church & Stephenson, lumber -<. --£22-222- 222+. --2sesees--==se=-eeeeee 116. 22 
OG, & 'Wolfsteiner & Co. skylight |< -o22223.2 <3 2 Se ee ne ee 55. 00 
499. 45 
Norr.—The amount appropriated by Congress for repairs to the Holt mansion was 
expended before the roof was covered in, and upon the decision of the Comptroller 
that it could not be covered in from the item for “expenditures not otherwise pro- 
vided for’’ the Smithsonian Institution advanced this sum from its private funds to 
prevent the destruction by the weather of what had already been done. 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—-APPROPRIATIONS. 
February 3, 1894—House. 
Mr. Josrrn D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub- 
mitted report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which 
contained the following item: 
Appropriation | Estimate for | Recommended 
for 1894. 1895, for 1895, 
ZOOOPACH PAIK re cen cacs aescacnensesceuswaccnensancin== $50, 000 $50, 000 $50, 000 
August 18, 1894. 
Sundry civil act for 1895. 
For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup- 
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise 
improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclo- 
sures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence, 
and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all 
necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise pro- 
vided for, $50,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the reve- 
nues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of 
the United States; and hereafter a report in detail of the expenses on 
account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at 
the beginning of each regular session. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 383.) 
August 23, 1894. 
Deficiency act for 1894, ete. 
For amount necessary to pay the bill of V. Baldwin Johnson for 
coal furnished by him for the National Zoological Park, the certificate 
of inspection required by section 3711, Revised Statutes, being hereby 
waived, $4.75. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 430.) 
March 2, 1895. 
Sundry civil act for 1896. 
For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup- 
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise 
