XXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Miscellaneous : 



Supplies $2,504.70 



Stationery 765. 96 



Specimens 3, 810. 25 



Books and periodicals ,. 2, 245. 39 



Travel 599.35 



Freight and cartage 1, 586. 08 



$11,511.73 



Total expenditure 140, 378. 47 



Balance July 1, 1896, to meet liabilities 2,846.53 



National Museum: Furniture and Fixtures, July 1, 1895, to June 30, 1896. 



Receipts. 



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

 cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition 

 and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including 

 salaries or compensation of all necessary employees " (sundry civil act, 

 March 2, 1895) $12,500.00 



Expenditures. 

 Salaries or compensation : 



1 cabinetmaker, 314 days, at $3 942. 00 



1 carpenter, 314 days, at $3 942.00 



1 carpenter, 156 days, at $3 468. 00 



1 carpenter, 123 days, at $3 369.00 



1 carpenter, 109 days, at $3 327.00 



1 carpenter, 103 days, at $3 309. 00 



1 carpenter, 95 days, at $3 285. 00 



1 carpenter, 72 days, at $3 216. 00 



1 carpenter, 58 days, at $3 174. 00 



1 carpenter, 17 days, at $3 51. 00 



1 carpenter, 12-J- days, at $3 37.50 



1 carpenter, 12 days, at $3 36. 00 



1 carpenter, 10 days, at $3 30.00 



1 carpenter, 9 days, at $3 27. 00 



1 carpenter, 8 days, at $3 24. 00 



1 carpenter, 2 days, at $3 6. 00 



1 painter, 3 months, at $65 ; 24 days, at $65 245. 95 



1 painter, 10 months, at $50 500. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 218 days, at $2 436.00 



1 skilled laborer, 26 days, at $2 52.00 



1 skilled laborer, 19| days, at $2 39. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 1 month, at $60 60. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 139 days, at $1.75 243.25 



1 laborer, 26 days, at $1.50 39.00 



1 copyist, 6 days, at $40 8.00 



Total salaries 5,866.70 



Special services 394. 75 



Total services 6, 261. 45 



Miscellaneous: 



Cases $300. 00 



Drawings 22. 88 



Drawers 1, 055. 75 



Frames 5. 00 



