100 KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



(2) Prior to 1550 A. D., anterior to lace making: Knotted net, darned work, 

 drawn work, cut work. 



(3) From 1550 A. D. : Reticella, point coupe, point lace, and bobbin lace of Venice, 

 Milan, Genoa, Flanders, France, and England. 



(4) Modern laces. 



(5) Series showing process of manufacture of point and bobbin lace, needles, thread, 

 cushions, bobbins, etc. 



Mr. W. V. Cox, chief clerk of the National Museum, was in immediate charge of 

 the entire exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum. 



Credit is due to Mr. J. S. Goldsmith and Mr. C. A. Steuart for their efficient super- 

 vision of the mechanical operations connected with the preparation and installation 

 of the collections. 



The amount appropriated by Congress for the Government exhibit was $100,000, 

 and for the Government building $30,000. The sum allotted to the Institution and 

 Museum was $16,200, the actual cost being $16,073.61, as shown in the following 

 statement : 



Services , .' $7,225.17 



Expert services in preparation and repair of models, transparencies, charts, 



specimens, etc 888. 95 



Travel 1,015.26 



Subsistence 803.30 



Freight 738.19 



Cartage and freight handling 77. 18 



Expressage 168. 35 



Exhibition cases, frames, etc 314. 00 



Lumber and millwork 673. 55 



Hardware, tools, etc 124. 89 



Glass, paints, brushes, etc 1, 320. 99 



Supplies, preparator's material, etc 301. 50 



Packing material 163. 40 



Apparatus, specimens, etc 2, 157. 75 



Decoration, flags, etc 66. 25 



Office expenses 34. 88 



Total 16,073.61 



Respectfully submitted. 



Frederick W. True, 

 Representative Smithsonian Institution and National Museum. 

 Mr. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



