XXXIV REPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



National Museum: Building Repairs, 1895. 



Balance July 1, 1897, as per last anu ual report $4. 78 



Balance carried, under the. jirovisious of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the 

 Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1897. 



National Museum: Galleries, July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897. 



Receipts. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, "for 

 the erection of galleries in two or more halls of the National Museum 

 building, said galleries to be constructed of iron beams, supported by 

 iron pillars, and protected by iron railings, and provided w^ith suitable 

 staircases, the work to be done under the direction of the Architect of 

 the Capitol, and in accordance with the ajsproval of the Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution " (sundry civil act, June 11, 1896)- $8, 000. 00 



Expenditure^. 



Salaries $246.25 



Special services .' 272. 78 



$519. 03 



Steel beams and iron columns 3, 200. 00 



Drawings and blue prints 141, 95 



Brick, sand, cement, gravel 54. 05 



Advertising proposals 60. 62 



3, 456. 62 



Total expenditure 3, 975. 65 



Balance July 1,,1897 4,0:^4.35 



Analysis of expenditure for salaries. 



1 skilled laborer, 3 months, at $55 $165. 00 



1 laborer, 1 month 42. 25 



1 laborer, 26 davs, at $1.50 39. 00 



246. 25 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1897 



Receipts. 



Appropriation by Congress ''for maintenance of Astrophysical Observa- 

 tory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including 

 salaries of assistants, apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses" (sundry 

 civil act, June 11, 1896) $10, 000. 00 



Disbursements from July 1, 1896 to June 30, 1897. 



Salaries or compensation : 



1 aid, 12 months, at $133.34 $1, 600. 08 



1 junior assistant, 12 months, at $100 1, 200. 00 



1 junior assistant, 3 months, at $75 300. 00 



1 clerk, 1 mouth, at $100 100. 00 



1 clerk, one month, 8 days, at $40 50. 32 



1 stenographer, 6 months, 18 days, at $60 394. 84 



