XXX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Lumber $1,171.52 



Paints 358. 05 



Office furniture 201. 86 



Rubber 75-54 



Plumbing 463.00 



Api)aratu8 6. 45 



Iron brackets 91. 00 



Total expenditure $12,499.80 



Balance July 1, 1897 - .20 



FUKNITURE AND FIXTURES, 1895. 



Balance July 1, 1896, as per last annual report $0. 53 



Balance carried, under the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by tbe 

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



Heating, Lighting, etc., July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897. 

 Eecei2)ts. 



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

 expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic 

 service for the National Museum (sundry civil act, June 11, 1896) $13, 000. 00 



Expenditures. 



Salaries or compensation $6, 269. 05 



Special services 21. 75 



Total services 6,290.80 



General expenses. 



Coal and wood 3,676.82 



Gas 966.90 



Telephones - 499. 54 



Electric supplies 426. 61 



Rental of call boxes 110. 00 



Heating supplies 281.87 



Telegrams 5. 35 



Total expenditure 12, 257. 89 



Balance, July 1, 1897, to meet liabilities 742. 11 



Heating and Lighting, 1897. 



Analysis of expenditure for salaries. 



1 engineer, 12 months, at $115 $1,380.00 



1 telephone operator, 12 months, at $45 540. 00 



1 fireman, 12 months, at $50 600.00 



1 fireman, 12 months, at $50 600. 00 



1 fireman, 12 months, at $50 600.00 



1 acting fireman, 10 months 52 days, at $45 526. 60 



1 skilled laborer, 12 months, at $75 900. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 12 mouths, at $60 720.00 



1 , .,, 1, , ( 1 month at $55 ) ^,,„ ,^ 



1 skilled laborer, ] „^ , , __, _ \ 106.45 



( 29 days at $01.45 ) 



1 laborer, 2 months, at $40 80. 00 



1 laborer, 144 days, at $1.50 216. 00 



Total expenditure for salaries 6, 269. 05 



