1728 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
printing and binding. (Statutes at Large, XX VIII, section 89, p.622.) This edition is 
_ quite insufficient, since these publications, not being “‘ public documents,”’ so called, 
are printed only in the edition paid for from this appropriation. 
These publications are distributed to all of the public depositories in the United 
States, to all colleges, scientific schools, scientific and technical societies in the 
United States, and to the principal centers of learning throughout the world, and 
are also sent to such teachers and investigators as are known to have use for them - 
in their professional work. 
Besides thus making the Museum of service to the entire country, their distribu- 
tion is of advantage in that it brings to the Museum in exchange a great number of 
specimens and books each year. The reduction of the edition during the current 
year has already caused unfortunate results, and it is hoped that permission will be 
given to print the customary edition of 3,000 copies, since the additional cost is 
but slight. The number of 1,000 is entirely inadequate to meet the legitimate 
demands. 
For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and 
telephonic service for the National Museum, $15,000. 
Norr.—The entire sum of $15,000 is needed, since in addition to the current 
expenses for fuel and light, and the rent of telephones, and the pay of necessary 
employees, the cost of keeping the heating apparatus in order is increasing some- 
what every year as the apparatus grows older. 
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, $180,000. 
Nore.—From this appropriation are paid expenses incident to the increase and 
care of the collections, including pay of scientific and clerical staff, watchmen, labor- 
ers, and cleaners. 
The amount appropriated for the current fiscal year is considerably less than it has 
been in preceding years, though the demands upon the Museum from the public and 
from educational and scientific institutions are constantly increasing, and with the 
present appropriation it is impossible to properly preserve and utilize the contents of 
the Museum. 
There are in the Museum a large number of series which are lacking in essential 
features and which should be completed without delay, since much important mate- 
rial illustrating the ethnology and natural history of our continent is being secured 
by professional collectors and sold to foreign museums, and as a consequence much 
that it isa duty for American museums to preserve is passing beyond our control, 
and American students will be compelled still more than at present to pursue their 
researches in the museums of foreign countries. 
An increase in the staff is also very desirable. Although many scientific specialists 
continue to give their services to the Museum free of compensation, even this aid 
does not enable the staff to perform properly the current work. Clerks are serving 
for smaller salaries than those in similar positions in the Executive Departments. 
The extent and value of the collections, which now include over three million 
specimens, makes the responsibility for their care much more onerous than in the 
past, and more watchmen, laborers, and cleaners are urgently required. ’ 
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ- 
ing all necessary labor and material, $8,000. 
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