XXVIII REPORT OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Supplies - $3,183.65 



Stationery 1, 076. 00 



Specimeus 3, 366. 47 



Travel 676.25 



Frciiiht ' - 1,920.84 



Books 2,564.08 



Total expcuditure $142, 993. 88 



Balance 6.12 



FUKNITURE AND FIXTURES, JULY 1, 1896, TO JUNE 30, 1897. 



lieceipis. 



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

 cases, furniture, lixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition 

 and safe-ket^ping of tlie collections of the National Museum, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees" (sundry civil act, 

 June 11, 1896) $15,000.00 



Expenditures 



Salaries or compensation $8, 062. 43 



Special services 247. 65 



Total salaries $8, 310. 08 



Miscellaneous : 



Cases 150. 50 



Drawers 286. 93 



Frames 36. 80 



Glass 613.74 



Hardware 954. 99 



Tools 83.54 



Cloth ~. 86. 44 



Glass jars 625. 52 



Lumber 837. 59 



Paints and oils 369. 73 



OfUce furniture 606.62 



Rubber 34. 64 



Plumbing 51.00 



Iron brackets 146. 81 



Brick ., 4.00 



4,888.85 



Total expenditures 13^ 198. 93 



Balance July 1, 1897, to meet liabilities 1, 801. 07 



Analysis of expenditures for salaries. 



1 clerk, 2 months, 24 days, at $50 $138. 71 



1 copyist, 12 months, at $40 480.00 



1 cabinetnuxker, 313 days, at $3 939.00 



1 carpenter, 243 days, at $3 729. 00 



1 carpenter, 176^ days, at $3 529. 50 



1 carpenter, 313 days, at $3 939.00 



1 carpenter, 62 days, at $3 186. OO 



1 carpenter, 97 days, at $3 291. 00 



1 carpenter, 190| days, at $3 571, 50 



1 carpenter, 46 days, at $3 138. oo 



