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expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent 
Office to foreign governments, $2,000. 
(Stat., XXX, 307.) 
July 1, 1898. 
Sundry civil act for 1899. 
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction.of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, 
$21,000. 
(Stat., XXX, 608.) 
Geological. Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the 
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents 
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000. 
(Stat., XXX, 622.) 
War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to 
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100. 
(Stat., XXX, 634.) 
February 24, 1899. 
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1900. 
Library of Congress: For * * * [one assistant librarian] (in 
charge of Smithsonian deposit), $1,500. 
(Stat., XXX, 853.) 
For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications 
of foreign governments, $1,680. 
(Stat., XXX, 854.) 
Naval Observatory: For repairs [etc.], freight (including transmis- 
sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign 
postage, and expressage [ete. ], $2,500. 
(Stat., XXX, 876.) 
Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and 
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent 
Office to foreign governments, $2,000. 
(Stat., XXX, 880.) 
February 27, 1899—House. 
Sundry civil bill for 1900 under consideration. 
The next amendment from the Committee on Appropriations was 
to increase the appropriation for expenses of the system of international 
exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the 
direction of the Smithsonian Institution, etc., from $21,000 to $24,000. 
Agreed to. 
March 3, 1899. 
Sundry civil act for 1900. 
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
