REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLI 



Appropriations committed hy Congress to the care of the Institution. 



International Exclianges — Smithsonian Institution : 



From balance of 1894-95 $0. 21 



From balance of 1895-96 180. 92 



From appropriation for 1896-97 19, 000. 00 



$19, 181. 13 



North American Ethnology : 



From balance of 1894-95 100. 08 



From balance of 1895-96 1, 444. 13 



From appropriation for 1896-97 45, 000. 00 



46, 544. 21 



Preservation of collections — Museum : 



P'rom balance of 1894-95 42. 31 



From balance of 1895-96 - 2,846.53 



From appropriation for 1896-97 153, 225. 00 



156, 113. 84 



Printing — Museum : 



From balance of 1895-96 52.71 



From appropriation for 1896-97 12, 000. 00 



12, 0.52. 71 



Furniture and fixtures— Museum : 



From balance of 1894-95 .53 



From balance of 1895-96 1, 315. 09 



From appropriation for 1896-97 15, 000. 00 



16, 315. 62 



Heating and lighting, etc. — Museum : 



From balance of 1894-95 1. 15 



From balance of 1895-96 947.33 



From appropriation for 1896-97 13, 000. 00 



13, 948. 48 



Rent of workshops, etc. — Museum: 



From balance of 1894-95 12.54 



From balance of 1895-96 75. 00 



From appropriation for 1896-97 2, 000. 00 



2, 087. 54 



Postage — Museum : 



From appropriation for 1896-97 500. 00 



Building repairs — Museum : 



F'rom balance of 1894-95 4.78 



From balance of 1895-96 929. 51 



From appropriation for 1896-97 4, 000. 00 



— 4, 934. 29 



Galleries — Museum : 



From appropriation for 1896-97 8, 000. 00 



National Zoological Park: 



From balance of 1894-95 2. 48 



From balance of 1895-96 4, 305. 26 



From appropriation for 1896-97 67, 000. 00 



■ 71, 307. 74 



Entrance and driveway, Zoological Park, D. C. : 



From balance of 1895-96 95. 49 



Fire protection — Smithsonian Institution and National Museum : 



From balance of 1895-96 1.71 



Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution: 



From balance of 1894-95 4. 42 



From balance of 1895-96 698. 25 



From appropriation for 1896-97 10, 000. 00 



10, 702. 67 



