REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXV 



Miscellaneous — Continued. 



Lime, sand, gravel $31. 55 



Whiteleaol 27.23 



Rope 3.34 



Iron grill 8.90 



Door 8.00 



$718. 05 



Total expenditure $3, 999. 42 



Balance July 1, 1898 .58 



NATIONAL MUSEUM— BUILDING REPAIRS, 1896. 



Balance July 1, 1897, as per last annual report $1. 38 



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

 Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1898. 



NATIONAL MUSEUM— GALLERIES, 1898. 



RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, " for 

 the continuation of the construction of galleries iu the National Museum 

 building, said galleries to be constructed under the direction of the 

 superintendent of the Congressional Library, in accordance with the 

 approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (sundry civil 

 act June 4, 1897) $8,000.00 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries : 



1 inspector, 90J days, at $3 $271. 50 



1 laborer, 6 days, at $1. 50 9. 00 



Special services 471. 03 



$751. 53 



Miscellaneous : 



Drawings and blue prints 58. 65 



Arches and pavements 4, 979. 50 



Iron columns and steel beams 1, 410. 00 



Iron columns and steel beams, erection 75. 00 



Lumber 7. 10 



Advertising 21. 75 



Hardware 6.60 



Brick, lime, sand, etc 138. 00 



6,696.60 



Total 7,448.13 



Balance July 1, 1898, to meet outstanding liabilities 551. 87 



GALLERIES, 1897. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance as per report July 1,1897 $4,024.35 



EXPENDITURES. 



Miscellaneous : 



Drawings and blue prints $12. 00 



Advertising 17. 50 



Steel and iron stairways 1, 780. 00 



Cement arches and pavement 2, 214. 80 



Total expenditures 4, 024. 30 



Balance July 1,1898 .05 



