XXIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Disbursements: 



Drawings and illustrations $708. 50 



Freight 15.15 



Miscellaneous 12. 97 



Office furniture 216.50 



Office rental 83.33 



Postage, telegraph, etc 20. 30 



Publications 655. 26 



Services 343.33 



Specimens 12. 91 



Stationery 147.03 



Supplies 301.93 



Traveling and field expenses 1, 266. 50 



Total disbursements 3, 783. 71 



Amount carried, under the provisions of Revised Statutes, sec- 

 tion 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the 

 surplus fund, June 30, 1896, by decision of the Comptroller of 



the Treasury 1, 796. 36 



$5,580.07 



Balance July 1, 1896 100.08 



national museum. 



Preservation op Collections, July 1, 1895, to June 30, 1896. 



Beceipts. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, "for 

 coutinuingthe preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections 

 from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and 

 from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 

 employees" (sundry civil act, March 2, 1895) $143, 225. 00 



Expenditures. 

 Salaries or compensation: 



DIRECTION. 



1 assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge, 12 



months, at $333.33 $3, 999. 96 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



1 executive curator, 7 months, at $225 1, 575. 00 



3 curators, 12 months, at $200 7, 200. 00 



1 curator, 12 months, at $175 2,100.00 



1 curator, 11 months, at $175 1, 925. 00 



1 curator, 1 month, at $166.73 ; 11 months, at $166.66 1, 999. 99 



1 curator (acting), lmonth, at $142 ; 2 months, at $140;7days, at$140. 453.61 



1 assistant curator, 12 months, at $150 1, 800. 00 



1 assistant curator, 11 months, at $133.33 ; 1 mon th, at $133.66 1, 600. 29 



1 assistant curator, 12 months, at $125 1, 500. 00 



1 assistant curator, 11 months, at $125 ; 1 month, at $126 i, 501. 00 



1 assistant curator, 11 months, at $100 ; 1 month, at $103 1, 203. 00 



1 assistant curator, 12 mouths, at $80 960. 00 



1 assistant curator, 11 months, at $75 ; 1 mouth, at $76.80 901. 80 



2 aids, 12 months, at $100 2, 400. 00 



1 aid, 11 months, at $80; 1 month, at $80.80 960.80 



1 aid, 4 months, at $70 280.00 



1 aid, 34 days, at $60 65.80 



