XXXVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Total statement of appropriation for Museum galleries, 1897. 



RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation by Congress, June 11, 1896 $8, 000. 00 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries $246.25 



Special services 272. 78 



Total services $519. 03 



Miscellaneous : 



Steel beams and iron columns $3, 200. 00 



Drawings and blue prints 153. 95 



Brick, sand, cement, and gravel 54. 05 



Advertising proposals 78. 12 



Steel and iron stairways 1, 780. 00 



Cement arches 1, 267. 30 



Terrazzo floors 947. 50 



7, 480. 92 



Total expenditures $7,, 999. 95 



Balance July 1, 1898 .05 



NATIONAL MUSEUM— BUILDING SHEDS, ETC., 1898. 



RECEIPTS. 



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

 removal of the sheds from their present location south of and adjacent 

 to the Smithsonian building and rebuilding them, including all neces- 

 sary labor and material" (sundry civil act, June 4, 1897) $2,500.00 



EXPENDITURES. 



Inspector of work, 42-J days, at $3 $127. 50 



Carpenters, 249 days, at $3 747.00 " 



Pipe-fitters, 20 days, at $3 60 00 



Tinner, 12 days, $3 36.00 



Skilled laborers, 23 days, at $2.50 81.88 



Skilled laborers, 6 days, at $2 12. 00 



Laborers, 260^ days, at $1.50 390.38 



$1, 454. 76 



Special services 131. 20 



1, 585. 96 

 Miscellaneous : 



Lumber $342. 27 



Hardware 178.32 



Brick, etc 222.85 



Frames 141. 70 



885. 14 



Total expenditures $2,471. 10 



Balance July 1,1898 28.90 



ASTROPHY/SICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1898. 



RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation by Congress "for maintenance of astrophysical observa- 

 tory under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including sala- 

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

 civil act, June 4, 1897) $10,000.00 



