: 
i 
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1V2T 
was transmitted by Hon. A. D. Straus, consul-general of the Republic 
of Nicaragua, in New York. In connection with the transportation of 
this collection to Washington Mr. Straus expended the sum of $120. 
Since the National Museum has no money to its credit from the appro- 
priation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, that being the year 
in which the donation was consummated, I respectfully inclose an esti- 
mate for a deficiency appropriation to cover the amount herein men- 
tioned, in order that Mr. Straus may be reimbursed for his expenditure. 
It seems proper to add that this collection, which was a part of the 
collections exhibited by Nicaragua at the Columbian Centennial Expo- 
sition in Madrid in 1892, contains many objects of great importance, 
and that the intrinsic value of the entire gift is many times that of the 
amount paid by Mr. Straus in connection with its transportation to 
Washington. 
I inclose a copy of a letter of the consul-general of Nicaragua mak- 
ing the donation by the authority of the President of the Republic, and 
would thank you to have an item of $120 inserted in the urgent defi- 
ciency bill to pay for the transportation of this collection. 
Yours, very respectfully, 
S. P. Lanetry, Secretary. 
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
June 8, 1896. 
Deficiency act for 1896, ete. 
To enable the National Museum to refund to the Hon. A. D. Straus, - 
consul-general of the Republic of Nicaragua at New York, the amount 
expended by him in connection with the transportation of a collection 
of antique pottery to Washington City, said collection being the gift of 
the President of the Republic of Nicaragua to the National Museum, 
being for the service of the fiscal year 1895, $120. 
(Stat., X XIX, 279.) 
NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES. 
December 2, 1895—House. 
Estimates for 1897. 
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and 
for the ‘* Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings ” of the 
National Museum—the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 
copies—and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and 
acquired by the National Museum Library, $18,000. 
Notre.—By the decision of the Public Printer the edition of the ‘‘ Proceedings’’ and 
‘*Bulletins’’ of the Museum has been limited to 1,000 copies, to correspond with the 
limitation provided in the act approved January 12, 1895, providing for the public 
