REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXVII 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



(From July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1898.) 



Salaries or compensation : 



1 aid, 6 months, at $133.34, and 6 months, at $166.67 $1, 800. 09 



1 junior assistant, 12 months, at $100 1, 200. 00 



1 junior assistant, 1 month, at $100 100. 00 



1 clerk, 1 month, at $100 100.00 



1 junior assistant, 3 days, at $75 per month 7. 25 



1 instrument maker, 5^ months and 7| days, at $75, and 2 



mouths, at $80 591.25 



1 stenographer, 1 2 months, at $60 720. 00 



1 copyist, 60 days, at $25 per month 49. 17 



1 fireman, 3 months and 46 days, at $45 204. 11 



1 carpenter, 44| days, at $3 133.50 



1 carpenter, 3 days, at $3 9. 00 



1 carpenter, 46 days, at $3 138.00 



1 carpenter, 4 days, at $3 12. 00 



1 painter, 9 days, at $2, and 3 days, at $3 27. 00 



1 painter, 9 days, at $2 18.00 



1 skilled laborer, 1| days, at $55 per month 2. 75 



1 skilled laborer, 2 days, at $2 4.00 



Total salaries or compensation 5, 116. 12 



General expenses : 



Apparatus $1,284.49 



Books 179.81 



Freight 37.32 



Fuel 114.96 



Illustrations 56. 25 



Lumber 71.09 



Stationery 3. 73 



Supplies 428.30 



Miscellaneous 6. 15 



2,182.10 



Total disbursements $7, 298. 22 



Balance July 1, 1898, to meet liabilities 2,701.78 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1897. 

 Balance July 1, 1897, as per last report $2, 426. 44 



Disbursements July 1, 1897, to June SO, 1898. 

 General expenses : 



Apparatus $2,250.08 



Books 35.68 



Freight " 7.15 



Lumber '. 52.40 



Supplies, etc 57. 71 



$2, 403. 02 



Balance July 1, 1898, to meet liabilities 23. 42 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1896. 

 Balance July 1, 1897, as per last report . $56. 50 



