REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXI 



Miscellaneous — Continued. 



Glass jars $660.37 



Lumber 1,206.44 



Paints and oils 412.48 



Office furniture 637.37 



. Rubber 68.40 



Plumbing 126.18 



Iron brackets 146. 81 



Brick, stone, etc 4. 00 



$6, 676. 87 



Total expenditures $14, 991. 70 



Balance July 1, 1898 8. 30 



FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, 1896. 



Balance July 1, 1897, as per last annual report $0.20 



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

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



HEATING, LIGHTING, ETC., 1898. 



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

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

 service for the National Museum" (sundry civil act, June 4, 1897) $14, 000. 00 



EXPENDITURES. 



Salaries $6,542.04 



Special services '. 165. 17 



Total services $6,707.21 



Miscellaneous: 



Coal and wood 3,318.45 



Gas 1,180.10 



Telephones 611. 50 



Rental of call boxes 100.00 



Electrical supplies 413. 23 



Telegrams 19. 51 



Heating supplies 833. 13 



Total miscellaneous 6, 475. 92 



Total expenditures 13,183.13 



Balance July 1, 1898 (to meet outstanding liabilities) 816.87 



Analysis of expenditures for salaries. 



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



1 stenographer and typewriter, 14 days, at $75 33. 87 



1 telephone operator, 6 months, at $45 ; 5 months, 27 days, at $50 565. 00 



1 machinist, 10 days, at $3 30.00 



1 pipefitter, 6 days, at $3 18.00 



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



1 skilled laborer, 12 months, at $60 720.00 



1 skilled laborer, 1 day, at $2 2. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 1 day, at $2 2. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 12 months, at $55 660. 00 



