FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1817 
ing on Armory square. The carpenter shop, on account of its close proximity to the 
Museum building, is regarded as a serious menace to the safety of the Museum 
collections. 
For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National 
Museum building, under the direction of the Superintendent of the 
Library of Congress in accordance with the approval of the Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, and for the building of skylights above 
galleries in the four courts, and the erection of a ventilator upon the 
roof of the lecture hall, $10,000. | 
Norre.—The sundry civil appropriation bills for the fiscal years 1897 and 1898 
each made provision for an expenditure of $8,000 (a total of $16,000) for the con- 
struction of galleries in the National Museum building with the object of increasing 
the area for exhibition purposes. The sum named has been found sufficient to com- 
plete the galleries, seven in number, but without the necessary railings along their 
exposed sides, which must be added before they can be opened to the public. It is 
estimated that the cost of such railings and of the painting of the ironwork about 
the galleries will amount to $2,500. 
Much additional floor space can be economically obtained by connecting the 
galleries in the courts with those in the adjoining halls, at an estimated cost of $5,000. 
In order to improve the lighting of the ground floor in the four courts it is desir- 
able to place a large skylight in the roof above each court. It is estimated that this 
ean be done at a cost of about $1,800. 
One of the north ranges in the Museum building requires additional means of 
ventilation, as it is frequently used as a lecture hall. It is estimated that this can be 
provided at an expenditure not exceeding $700, and an appropriation to that end is 
recommended. ' 
Library of the late G. Brown Goode: For the purchase of 2,900 
volumes, 18,000 pamplets, and 1,800 portraits, autographs, and engray- 
ings, relating to museums, exhibitions, and natural history, $5,000. 
Norr.—Dr. Goode devoted many years of thought and attention to bringing 
together this collection of books and pamphlets, and its acquisition by the Museum 
is especially desirable on account of its relevancy to the principles of Museum 
administration and Museum work in general. 
For the purchase of the herbarium of the late M. S. Bebb, of Rock- 
ford, Ill., for the National Museum, $5,000. 
Norre.—The herbarium collected by the late M. 8. Bebb, of Rockford, Illinois, 
contains about 50,000 specimens, principally American, among them a valuable 
representation of plants of the Eastern United States, especially needed to supply 
deficiencies in the National Herbarium. Most important, however, is the series of 
specimens of American willows, which is exhaustive and of special significance on 
account of the fact that Mr. Bebb was for twenty years the leading American 
authority on this group. 
For postage stamps and foreign postal. cards for the National 
Museum, $500. 
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and 
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and ‘‘ Proceedings” of the National Museum— 
the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 copies—and binding, 
in half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and 
