XXXIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1895. 



RECEIPTS. 



Appropriation by Congress "For maintenance of the Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, includ- 

 ing salaries of assistants, apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses" 

 (sundry civil act, August 18, 1894) $9, 000. 00 



EXPENDITURES FROM JULY 1, 1894, TO JUNE 30, 1895. 



Salaries or compensation : 



1 aid, 12 months, at $125 $1, 500. 00 



1 assistant, 12 days, at $100 40.00 



1 junior assistant, 11 months, at $66.66; 1 month at $83.33.. 816.59 



1 clerk, 1 month, at $100 100. 00 



1 clerk, 12 months, at $60 720.00 



1 instrument maker, 99f days, at $3.50 344. 41 



1 assistant instrument maker, 9£ months, at $60; 25 days, 



at $60; 21 days, at $65 624.43 



3 carpenters, 41J days, at $3 123.75 



1 painter, 1 day, at $50 1. 66 



2 steam fitters, 10^ days, at $3 31.50 



1 skilled laborer, 2 days, at $2.50 5.01 



6 laborers, 58£ days, at $1.50 87.75 



1 cleaner, 22 days, at $1 22. 00 



Total salaries or compensation 4, 417. 00 



General expenses: 



Apparatus $1, 726. 71 



Books and binding 135. 46 



Building 172. 00 



Castings 12. 15 



Freight 17.77 



Illustrations 23. 70 



Lumber 133.56 



Postage and telegraph 2. 23 



Stationery 6. 72 



Supplies 690.52 



Traveling expenses 77. 17 



2, 997. 99 



7, 414. 99 



Balance July 1, 1895 1.585.01 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1894. 



Balance July 1, 1894, as per last annual report $75. 90 



EXPENDITURES JULY 1, 1894, TO JUNE 30, 1895. 



General expenses: 



Apparatus $10.98 



Castings 1. 20 



Freight 27. 35 



Stationery 2. 99 



Supplies 24. 36 



66. 88 



Balance July 1, 1895 9. 02 



